Your search for a scandalous summer read officially ends here. Emma Rosenblum’s “Bad Summer People” is a stylish and subversive dark comedy that takes place in Salcombe, Fire Island, an exclusive summer haven hungry for gossip… until a body is discovered off the side of the boardwalk. This thrilling satire about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue explores what’s lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide.

It’s the same scene every night at dinner at Samm Davidson’s house: “First comes the fart noises. Then it’s the wildly expressive facial contortions. And don’t forget the good old fashioned potty talk. My older boys, nine and seven, are the ring leaders — endlessly one-upping one another to make each other and their little sisters laugh.” Here’s the problem, though: She finds it all just as funny as they do.