4 Crime and Suspense Novels That Make for Hot Summer Reading

For fans of remote mysteries and lawyer main characters!

Ro Krishna has decided to take the settlement from losing his job and go to a Himalayan spa. This sounds like a fantastic life choice, except he’s in a mystery book, so L O L, it’s the perfect place for a murder to take place! Now add in a group of guests who are all suspects and Ro being selected to look into the continuing murders because of his legal training!

For fans of fictional serial killers, aimless leads, and an uncomfortable look at society’s “obsession” with serial killers!

Hannah is in her 30s, living in Minneapolis, and finding things not going great for her. She works at a nonprofit where she doesn’t get promoted, she lies to her parents about her life, and she gets ghosted. While posting on an online community board of true crime that turns a focus to an Atlanta serial killer, she decides to write a letter to William Thompson, the lawyer accused of the crimes. She did not intend to seek him out for a relationship and now, she is suddenly his girlfriend and traveling to Atlanta for his trial. There, she gets entangled with his family and questions whether she’s dating a serial killer or not…

For fans of YA, mystery, and nonlinear storytelling!

Manny is a 17-year-old kid who has been unhoused for about a year but is hopeful now that he has found some security with the Varela family, including parents Ricardo and Monica and Carlos, their teen son. But Manny is missing his older sister, Elena—they were always close as they grew up in the foster care system. He uses a local Deacon’s broadcasted show to try and spot Elena when he can to know that she’s okay, but when he sees a news video report that a body has been found near a religious camp, he knows he needs to find out what happened.

The audiobook is narrated by Alejandro Ruiz, who you might know from books like The Murderbot Diaries (dramatized adaptations) and A Court of Thorns and Roses—also the recent YA romance Canto Contigo.