Bad Summer People

By Emma Rosenblum

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island.

"This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp." --Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and Sex and Vanity

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2023: Bustle, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, PopSugar, Bloomberg, Vogue, and more

None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder?

Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating people to get what they want. Their husbands, Sam and Jason, have summered together on the island since childhood, despite lifelong grudges and numerous secrets. Their one single friend, Rachel Woolf, is looking to meet her match, whether he's the tennis pro--or someone else's husband. But even with plenty to gossip about, this season starts out as quietly as any other.

Until a body is discovered, face down, off the side of the boardwalk.

Stylish, subversive, and darkly comedic, this is a story of what's lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250887003
• ISBN13: 9781250887009
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Flatiron Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Reminiscent of Gossip Girl but I hated all of the characters and wasn’t rooting for any of them.

This book was such a let down! The “mystery” was compelling at first but had a strange and unsatisfying end. I feel like there are a lot of other books that also have a witty, dry sense of humor along with a mystery. I don’t think it’s worth the time or money! Dumb af