Elizabeth Adler, Sailing to Capri.
When a tycoon dies in mysterious circumstances, his assistant and a private investigator take a group of suspects on a Mediterranean cruise in an attempt to unmask a killer.

Jeffery Archer, A Prisoner of Birth.
A man who is framed for the murder of his best friend is determined to escape from prison to clear his name and seek revenge.

Judy Blume, Summer Sisters.
Two girls from different backgrounds bond during a summer on Martha’s Vineyard.

Ann Brashares, The Last Summer of You and Me.
The relationship between two sisters undergoes a dramatic change one summer on Fire Island.

Suzanne Brockmann, Force of Nature.
A P.I. lets his assistant help out on a seemingly simple case but things soon turn dangerous.

Lincoln Child, Deep Storm.
A doctor investigates the source of a mysterious illness at an undersea research station and suspects something sinister is afoot.

Carol Higgins Clark, Decked. Mystery
P.I. Regan Reilly’s investigation of an Oxford class-mate’s death takes her aboard an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic.

Harlan Coben, The Woods. Mystery
A current case prompts a prosecutor recall tragic events that happened while he was at summer camp 20 years ago.

Pat Conroy, Beach Music.
A man moves to Rome with his daughter after his wife commits suicide but is soon called home to South Carolina to face his demons.

Claire Cook, Life’s a Beach.
An aimless woman living above her parents’ garage finds excitement when a movie crew comes to town.

Amanda Craig, Love in Idleness.
When a group of friends rent a house in Tuscany, romantic entanglements ensue with the help of a magic potion.

Philip Craig, Dead in Vineyard Sand. Mystery
An ex-cop on Martha's Vineyard discovers a hand sticking out of a golf course sand trap and finds himself suspected of murder.

Robert Ellis, City of Fire.
An LAPD detective haunted by her brother’s unsolved murder tracks a sexual predator while forest fires rage around Los Angeles.

Aaron Elkins, Little Tiny Teeth. Mystery
Forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver investigates a murder on a riverboat expedition up the Amazon.

Nicholas Evans, The Divide.
Skiers in the Rockies find the frozen body of a young woman who is a suspected eco-terrorist.

Clare Francis, Deceit.
A woman whose husband is missing at sea and presumed dead meets a stranger at the funeral who claims to have known him.

Dorothea Benton Frank, Sullivan’s Island.
After learning her husband is unfaithful, a woman rebuilds her life and comes to terms with her past.

Dave Freedman, Natural Selection.
A team of ocean researchers discover a species of giant prehistoric rays that have developed the ability to fly and hunt prey ashore.

Patricia Gaffney, The Saving Graces.
Four women friends sustain each other through the trials of their lives.

Linda Greenlaw, Slipknot. Mystery
An ex-cop becomes a marine investigator in Maine and finds a dead body, a murderous conspiracy, and a town full of secrets.

Andrew Gross, The Blue Zone.
A medical researcher becomes a target when her father is accused of laundering money for a Colombian drug cartel.

Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants.
After the deaths of his parents, a man drops out of veterinary school and joins a traveling circus during the Depression.

John Hart, The King of Lies.
A struggling defense attorney finds himself under suspicion when his father's body is discovered a year after he was last seen.

Elin Hilderbrand, Barefoot.
A woman diagnosed with cancer spends the summer at a Nantucket beach house with her children, her sister, and her best friend.

Nancy Horan, Loving Frank.
A novel based on the true story of an adulterous love affair between Frank Lloyd Wright and a woman whose house he designed.

Stephen King, Duma Key.
After an accident a man becomes subject to uncontrollable rages and retires to the Florida Keys where he creates art with supernatural powers.

Christina Kline, The Way Life Should Be.
A New York event planner meets a sailing instructor through online dating and moves to Maine envisioning the perfect New England life.

Chris Knopf, The Last Refuge. Mystery
A divorced, burned-out businessman moves into a rundown cottage in the Hamptons and finds his elderly neighbor drowned in her tub.

Jill Marie Landis, Heat Wave.
A P.I. housesitting in a beach town helps a man looking for the daughter he never knew existed.

William Lashner, Falls the Shadow.
Criminal defense attorney Victor Carl is hired to seek a new trial for a French chef accused of murdering his beautiful wife.

Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing. Mystery
Two girls imprisoned at the age of 11 for their role in a baby’s death are under suspicion when another baby disappears seven years later.

Jacquelyn Mitchard, Still Summer.
Four women on a sailing trip become lost at sea and are under threat from the elements, sharks, and modern-day pirates.

Mary Alice Monroe, The Beach House.
After losing her high-powered job in Chicago, a woman reluctantly returns to South Carolina and tries to make amends with her estranged mother.

Frank Nappi, The Legend of Mickey Tussler.
An autistic farm boy is recruited as a pitcher by a minor league baseball team in the 1940s.

Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes.
Students and their families try to cope in the aftermath of a school shooting.

Luanne Rice, Cloud Nine.
A cancer survivor hoping to reconcile with her estranged father and son meets a pilot who has lost his own family.

Michelle Richmond, Year of Fog.
A photographer loses sight of her fiancé’s 6-year-old daughter for an instant while walking along the beach and the girl vanishes without a trace.

Sherri Rifkin, LoveHampton.
After a break-up, a New Yorker heads to the Hamptons to share a summer home with 5 others.

David Rosenfelt, Sudden Death.
New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter reluctantly agrees to defend a NY Giants running back accused of murdering a Jets wide receiver.

Brandon Sanderson, Elantris. Science Fiction
A prince is exiled to Elantris—a city that has lost its magic—and he struggles to find the cause.

Frank Schatzing, The Swarm.
Bizarre and dangerous behavior among the denizens of the oceans poses a threat to humanity.

Lisa Scottoline, Devil’s Corner.
While investigating the shooting of her partner and an informant, a U.S. Attorney uncovers a drug ring.

Nicholas Sparks, Dear John.
A soldier and an idealistic college student fall in love but are separated when he reenlists after 9/11.

Ian Vasquez, In the Heat.
An aging boxer in Belize is hired to find a runaway girl who made off with a large sum of cash.

Penny Vincenzi, Sheer Abandon.
Fifteen years after three college students return from their gap year, a girl seeks the mother who abandoned her as a newborn at Heathrow airport.

Randy Wayne White, Ten Thousand Islands. Mystery
Florida sleuth Doc Ford investigates when grave robbers exhume the body of a girl who died 15 years ago after she discovered a Native American artifact said to have strange powers.

Marcia Willett, A Summer in the Country.
A woman inherits an estate in the English country-side and rents out cottages in the summer.

Hilma Wolitzer, Summer Reading.
A retired English professor leads book groups on the Hamptons for trophy wives including one who is trying to impress the others despite her dyslexia.