This August, we’re stepping into the hazy, heat-drenched world of Sunburn by Laura Lippman—a sultry, slow-burning noir set beneath the glaring sun of a small Delaware town. When Polly walks out on her family during a roadside vacation and ends up in Belleville, she’s not looking to be found. But when Adam, a man with secrets of his own, follows her there, a delicate dance of trust, deceit, and desire begins.

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Lippman’s prose simmers with restrained intensity, crafting a story as atmospheric as it is psychologically astute. Sunburn explores the weight of past lives, the complexity of moral ambiguity, and the intoxicating power of reinvention. It’s a novel that invites you to sit in the heat a little longer, to question who’s watching whom—and why.

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A darkly elegant tale of love, danger, and the parts of ourselves we conceal, Sunburn is the perfect companion to long, languid summer days.