For most of us, summer reading has long been simply. But as far as the concept of summer reading goes, nothing has really changed.Īfter all, Summer Reading was always an imaginary category, at least for adults-a nostalgic holdover from the memory of finally being released from schoolbooks, and suddenly having lots of spare time and freedom to read whatever we wanted.
We may have more or less time than usual for reading, depending on our individual circumstances. Yes, there’s a pandemic happening, which means most of us will be doing markedly less traveling and sitting on beaches over the next three months. They Did Bad Things is a deviously clever psychological thriller about the banality of evil and the human capacity for committing horror.There’s been plenty of discussion already (in the ambient Book Media sphere as well as in the Literary Hub slack) about how to approach the concept of Summer Reading this year. They are given one choice: confess to their crimes or die. Trapped inside with no way out and no signal to the outside world, the now forty-somethings fight each other-and the unknown mastermind behind their gathering-as they confront the role they played in their housemate's death. Twenty years later, all five of them arrive-lured separately under various pretenses-at Wolfheather House, a crumbling, secluded mansion on the Scottish isle of Doon. The remaining five all knew it wasn't, and though they went on with their lives, the truth of what happened to their sixth housemate couldn't stay buried forever. His death was ruled an accident by the police. Months later, one of them was found dead on the sofa the morning after their end-of-year party. In 1995, six university students moved into the house at 215 Caldwell Street. And Then There Were None meets The Last Time I Lied in this dark and twisty psychological thriller.
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