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Amy, Piper, and Margot spend childhood summers together skating, listening to the radio and exploring the decrepit old motel where Amy lives. One summer, their last as friends, they discover a shocking secret that could solve the mystery of Amy’s Aunt Sylvie’s disappearance thirty years before - except Amy vows her friends to silence and severs all ties with them. Now, as adults, they learn that Amy, her husband and son have mysteriously died- can Piper and Margot find out what happened to Amy’s family and will that lead to finally solving Sylvie’s disappearance? Scary, supernatural and utterly absorbing.

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August Reads Are you still looking for something to nominate for the August Library Reads list? These four titles are definitely worthy of consideration and I’d love to see more ‘Much Loves’ for each of them. All are available on Edelweiss. Nominations are due on June 20.

Stephanie Clifford’s debut novel takes us into the world of high society in NYC in 2006. Evelyn Beegan, who’s always been on the fringes of the smart set, meets It girl Camilla Rutherford and her ambition and desire to belong get the best of her. Her deceptive effort to keep pace with Camilla wreaks all kinds of havoc. Pride goeth before a fall and all that. Compelling, with a sympathetic main character and a fascinating look into how the other half lives, this money-soaked tale is irresistible.

Death at a hen party in the English countryside - was it murder or an accident? Reclusive writer Nora wakes up in the hospital the day after the death with no memory of what happened yet the police are guarding her room. Could she be responsible? Tense, chilling and a definite page-turner - this will appeal to fans of Elizabeth Haynes, Sabine Durrant, etc.

A glittering, beautifully written book inspired by the lives of Jazz Age golden couple Gerald and Sara Murphy. This wistful novel is a luminous take on the mythical, magical years during which the Murphys lived, loved, drank and feasted on the French Riviera. An excellent work of biographical fiction.

When Alice Pearse’s husband loses his job she steps up to become a full-time breadwinner and secures a position at uber-cool, uber-secretive (some would say cultish) Scroll - a company that wants to reinvent reading. As she struggles to keep up with her pressure-filled job and family responsibilities, her father falls ill and Alice’s life becomes unhinged. Is her high status job worth losing her family for? Super funny, perceptive, moving women's fiction with a bookish heroine and great insights into motherhood, family and friendship.