In Texas it’s too hot to spend much time outside. This is the hottest summer I can remember. So many days in a row with temperatures 100 or more make me want to sit in the air conditioning, drink iced tea, and read a good book. Here are some new ones you may not have heard about yet or eagerly anticipated:

Smokin’ Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel, Janet Evanovich

V is for Vengeance (Kinsey Millhone Myster), Sue Grafton

Learning (Bailey Flanigan Series), Karen Kingsbury

Cart Blanche (latest James Bond), Jeffery Deaver

Sisterhood Everlasting: A Novel (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Ann Brashares