While riding along with thriller author Chelsea Cain for a tour of her favorite summer spots—and spots to stash dead bodies in her best-selling Archie Sheridan series—we also asked her for a couple recommendations for summer readings. Here they are in haiku:

 The Stud Book
by Monica Drake

Sex, life, motherhood?

Four Portland women question

Bodily functions 

Captain Marvel
by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Bombshell heroine

Formerly styled ‘Ms. Marvel’

Lands a promotion   

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

by Mary Roach

Bite to bile, fun facts

Make weird science of bodies 

Easy to swallow