This is the Silicon Valley spy novel we’ve all been waiting for, with a side order of biting satire and furious feminism.

– Dwyer Murphy, CrimeReads Editor-in-Chief This is a crime novel that takes on big social issues with style and insight. Snow decides to help, and the investigation soon takes in a shadowy real estate operation and the attempted gentrification of Detroit’s Mexicantown. Here, Snow is approached by the head of a local institution, Authentico Foods, who is being strong-armed by an anonymous antagonist. Stephen Mack Jones’s August Snow series has been a true revelation for detective fiction, and in this, the third installment, the world just keeps getting richer and more nuanced and the writing more incisive. As we follow her on a desperate journey to her old haunting grounds, interspersed with slow reveals of horrific neglect suffered by Chrissie in her own childhood, we begin, perhaps, to understand her childhood act, and to see a path toward redemption. Two decades later, Chrissie is living under a new name with her young daughter, whom Chrissie is terrified of losing. It begins with a murder-8-year-old Chrissie has killed a small boy, her motives obscure, and her pleasure at the act unquestioned. The First Day of Spring is a strange combination of heartwarming, disturbing, and devastating.

(Publication dates are subject to change. Take these books to the beach, to the pool, on vacations, and on road trips-just don’t forget to get vaccinated first! With that in mind, this year’s summer reading preview is dedicated to the thrilling, the riveting, and the wildly creative, as we recommend 80+ books to keep you reading long past sunset (even on the Summer Solstice). The sun is out, the flowers are in bloom, the vaccines are flowing freely, and this summer, we all deserve to have some much-needed (and long-delayed) fun.

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