What Should I Read This Summer?

Summer is around the corner, and here are the summer titles that have my interest:

*"Gone at Midnight." Elisa Lam may have had mental health struggles; she checked into the Hotel Cecil, a notorious hotel for criminals (Richard Ramirez once stayed there) and went missing. Eventually, hotel guests complained of a foul smell, and it was discovered that "corpse water" had been trickling into various sinks. Lam had been dead and submerged in a water cistern for days and days. Suicide? Terrible accident? Murder? Well, sure, I will read about this case.

*"Fire in Paradise." A major fire in California resulted in the deaths of over eighty people in a town, a town called "Paradise." Disaster stories tend to involve memorable character portraits--think of the brave pregnant woman in "Chernobyl"--and that's what I anticipate here.

*"More than Love." Natalie Wood had three Oscar nominations before she was 25! She had three! Then she became Maria in "West Side Story." At some point, she was on a boat with Christopher Walken--Christopher Walken!--and at a later point she was found drifting and floating and dead. There were murder theories involving Wood's husband. Apparently, these theories are wrong. Still. Oscar nominations and a legendary death. A book that seems to have been designed specifically for yours truly.

That's what is calling out to me right now.

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