Best beach books
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
Maureen Callahan (nonfiction, Viking, out July 2)
Israel Keyes was an American serial killer who went undetected by the police for more than a decade, burying “kill kits” — cash, weapons and body-disposal tools — all over the country, going to those locations to commit random murders before returning to his life as a mild-mannered construction worker. A pageturning mystery from the Post’s own critic-at-large.
Lady in the Lake
Laura Lippman (f iction, William Morrow, out July 22)
Madeline Schwartz is a former pampered housewife, now a divorcee, who turns to newspaper reporting in 1960s Baltimore. Maddie is determined to solve the case of the “lady in the lake,” the body of a young black woman named Cleo Sherwood. Told from different points of view, an eerie page turner of a novel.
Her Daughter’s Mother
Daniela Petrova (f iction, GP Putnam’s Sons, out June 18)
Lana Stone knows she shouldn’t be stalking her IVF egg donor Katya, but she can’t help herself. The two strike up a fast friendship, the other woman having no idea who Lana is. But when Katya disappears and is later found dead, Lana is left wondering what she was mixed up in — and whether it involves her own husband. usband.
The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware (f iction, Gallery/Scout Press, out Aug. 6)
When Rowen Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House to begin a live-in nannying post, the arrangement seems too good to be true. And it is: Before long, a child will be dead and Rowan will find herself in prison accused of murder.
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
J. Ryan Stradal (f iction, Pamela Dorman Books, out July 23)
From the best-selling author of “Kitchens of the Great Midwest” comes a delightful novel about strong Midwestern estern women and a family beer business that might change their fortunes.
The Chelsea Girls
Fiona Davis (f iction, Dutton, out July 30)
The Chelsea Hotel is brought to life in this novel about playwright Hazel Riley and actress Maxine Mead, two friends trying to make it on 1950s Broadway. Butt the Com-Communist scare is sweeping the country, with the entertainment industry targeted, and the women’s Broadway dreams suddenly hang in the balance.
Patsy
Nicole Dennis-Benn (f iction, Liveright, out June 4)
When Patsy gets a coveted visa to America, she has big dreams of a new life in which she makes her own rules. But when she leaves Jamaica (and her daughter) behind, she quickly realizes that life as an undocumented immigrant is far from ideal.
Cari Mora
Thomas Harris (f iction, Grand Central Publishing, out Tuesday)
This novel from the author of “The Silence of the Lambs” takes the reader inside a Miami Beach mansion beneath which $25 million dollars off cartel gold lies. While violent men circle around the treasure, a house caretaker named Cari Mora is determined to protect it.
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Jean Kwok (f iction, William Morrow, out June 4)
Amy’s sister Sylvie went to the Netherlands to visit their dying grandmother — but never gets on her return flight back to the US. As days go by without word, Amy decides to go looking for her — and in doing so, family secrets come to light. A haunting novel.