ATHLEISURE MAG #70 OCT ISSUE

HARLEM SHUFFLE

Doubleday

Colson Whitehead

We're introduced to Ray Carney, an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture. Although the residents of Harlem know him to be a family man, they don't know that he struggles with his upbringing as he comes from a family of people who weren't above doing a few hustles on the side. When he needs to make ends meet, he falls back on a few projects to keep everything moving along.

When he opts in to another score, not only doesn't it go smoothly, but he finds that he's got a new group of clientele from shady cops and other less than desirable people. How does he maintain his reputation while being able to stay upwardly mobile in this novel about social morality and power in Harlem Shuffle?

BILLY SUMMERS

Scribner

Stephen King

We meet Billy Summers who is a good guy that happens to be in a really bad job - he's a killer for hire and he's the best at what he does. If you hire his services, he will only take a project if the target is truly a bad guy. Now, he's looking to get out after working this job, being a sniper, a decorated war vet, excellent at vanishing after the completion of a job - what could go wrong?

We're along for the ride with Billy as he navigates his time in the war while also being in a small town. We meet the people that he is around. We see the complexities of a man with issues who is looking to redeem himself while finishing his last job.

APPLES NEVER FALL

Henry Holt & Co.

Liane Moriarty

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Liane Moriarty of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers just dropped Apples Never Fall. In this novel, she shares marriage, siblings and how the people that we love the most can hurt us more than anyone else. When we meet the Delaney family, we learn that this is a family that loves one another - even though they've been known to want to murder one another.

When would you get the police involved if you knew your mother was missing? Would you still call if you suspected that it was your father that did it? The 4 grown Delaney children are faced with this issue.

Stan and Joy are tennis royalty who recently sold their noted tennis academy and after 50 years of marriage, how could they be unhappy? All 4 of the children were stars in the sport in their own way; however, not enough to make it all the way.

Savannah appears on Stan and Joy's door needing help which they are happy to provide. But when Joy is missng and no one knows where Savannah went - Stan is the one left being questioned. The children are divided on his innocene and they all need to look at their family history in a new light.