Hit the Beach — or the Couch — With the 52 Best Summer Reads of 2021

Alex Michaelides's latest novel, The Maidens, is a suspenseful tale of murder, a secret society, and a dangerous cat and mouse game all set within the hallowed halls of Cambridge. Group therapist Mariana Andros knows Edward Fosca, a beloved Greek-tragedy professor at the university, is a murderer, but in order to prove it she'll have to risk her reputation and her life.