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Oh sure, you could be making yourself smarter this summer with some brainy nonfiction or looking high-class at the beach with a literary classic. But wouldn’t you really rather dive into a creepy, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller? Of course you would! Here’s a fresh list of page-turning novels that will be enough to scare anyone out of seeking summer love. The Bookseller, by Cynthia Swanson This alternate-universe novel will intrigue anyone who likes to ponder what might have been. In 1960s Denver, Kitty Miller enjoys her quiet single life, co-owning a bookstore with a friend and living her life just as [...]

Until very recently, if I thought about Archie comics at all, it was along with Reader’s Digest and TV Guide in the category of “mini-magazines that old people buy at the grocery checkout counter.” But issue #1 of the new Archie reboot has made me a convert and a diehard fan! Here’s why. Written by Mark Waid (Daredevil) and penciled by Fiona Staples (Saga), this origin story starts with the shocking breakup of Archie and Betty, a couple “since kindergarten” — before sultry brunette Veronica even moves to town. All we know is that it’s due to a mysterious “Lipstick [...]