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2020 Virtual Vacation Reads: Books Set in Getaway Locations

Do the current stay-at-home measures have you craving a summer getaway? Bookreporter has a way for you to virtually travel with our list of books set in vacation locales. Escape to idyllic spots like Cape Cod, Nantucket, Montauk, Charleston and Pasadena --- along with many others --- in our inaugural Virtual Vacation Reads feature. Pick your book(s) to embark on the summer vacation you've been dreaming of. You’ll only have to figure out how to send postcards!

Week of June 8, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of June 8th include A MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT by David Baldacci, which finds FBI Agent Atlee Pine returning to her Georgia hometown to investigate her twin sister's abduction, only to encounter a serial killer; AMERICAN PREDATOR, in which journalist Maureen Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement; Lauren Willig's THE SUMMER COUNTRY, a sweeping Victorian epic of lost love, lies, jealousy and rebellion set in colonial Barbados; THE WHISPER MAN, Alex North's multi-generational story of a father and son caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town; and THE LAST BOOK PARTY by debut novelist Karen Dukess, a propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980s New York and the timeless beaches of Cape Cod.