Zohara is a lonely almost-40 divorcee who works in a used bookstore. She lives in an old, crum­bling building and is trying to escape depres­sion, anxiety, and a bank loan. 

As her best friend is trying to set her up with a cute guy, she realizes that she is actually falling for the woman who lives across the street. Their unexpected love story encounters a series of obstacles, and then a body is discovered in one of the apartments in the building. So begins a dark and funny chain of events in which everyone is a suspect.

WHERE ARE YOU THIS SUMMER is a book about the surprises that come with turning 40, the deep fracture of divorce, and the human insistence on getting up, after each blow, and falling in love again. Some might say it’s a romantic comedy, just with murder.

Reviews:

“Every book by Neta Hoter is a gem. May she never stop writing.” —Ivrit

“Hoter’s third novel is delightful. There is a touch of melancholy about it, and yet it is deeply funny. It deals with the crisis of adolescence and the longing for human connection." —Maariv

“The book is sprinkled with small, brilliant gifts, a kind of wink to parents whose children are relegated to a somewhat burdensome life after their divorce. There is a healthy drip of sarcasm in the spirit of the book, which actually strives for love – after all, this is a romance.” —Haaretz