Bad Summer People: A Novel

Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum is a sharp, darkly funny novel about infidelity, manipulation, and murder set in the elite summer community of Salcombe on Fire Island. Every summer, best friends Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker dominate the social scene with their charm and cunning, while their husbands, Sam and Jason, maintain a friendship strained by old rivalries and hidden secrets. Their single friend Rachel Woolf is on the hunt for love, possibly with the tennis coach—or someone else’s husband. The season begins as usual, full of gossip and games, until a dead body is found by the boardwalk, exposing the darkness beneath their glamorous, seemingly perfect lives