10 top summer reads

Pack a romance, thriller or family saga for a dose of escapism... here’s our pick of the best out there

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THE WOMAN IN SUITE 11

By Ruth Ware, £16.99

A decade on, this gripping followup to the New York Times' bestselling author's The Woman In Cabin 10 is set on the shores of Lake Geneva where a terrified woman is held ina suite belonging to the hotel's billionaire owner. It sees the return of journalist Lo Blacklock, now married with children, and invited to the grand opening of the exclusive Swiss hotel, only to find herself being asked for help by the wife of the billionaire who claims she is being held prisoner in her marriage.

SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW

By Cathy Bramley, £16.99

The bestselling author of The Lemon Tree Cafe sees a woman grieving over the loss of her daughter, but when she finds her late child's travel journal, she sets out on the gap-year trip the 23-year-old had dreamed of taking. Memories of a romantic summer in Bali soon come flooding back, along with an old flame.

GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE

By Emily Henry, £20

The TikTok sensation and bestselling romantic novelist, whose books have sold over 10.5 million copies worldwide, brings readers this terrific beach read about a journalist, Alice Scott. She tracks down ex-heiress and party girl Margaret Ives on a remote US island, keen to pen the reclusive star's memoir. But when a rival turns up, things get heated, professionally and personally.

A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE

By Adam Kay,

out Aug 28, £20

Anyone taking a late summer break, who loved former junior doctor Adam Kay's hilarious and heartbreaking memoir, This Is Going To Hurt, should bag a copy of his debut novel, described as “hilarious, macabre and heartrending in equal measure”. It begins when a hospital consultant dies of a heart attack and his fellow doctor smells foul play. But then another doctor dies in similar circumstances, and the investigation begins.

MY OTHER HEART

By Emma Nanami Strenner, £18.99