Once again, Sara Rath has written a page-turner of a novel set in the present but brimming with historical authenticity. The star-crossed story of writer Jenny Burgess’s summer in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where she plans to research a century-old unsolved murder, links the rough and rowdy history of the region with the reality of sex trafficking today. Fast-paced, fluidly written, chock full of sharply drawn and loveable characters, salted with some dashes of mystery and romantic entanglement, Accidental Summer is fun to read while drawing our attention to a serious and persistent social problem.

—Alan Berolzheimer, managing editor Vermont Historical Society