New Items at HPL

HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein By Ackroyd, Peter 2009-10 - Nan A. Talese 9780385530842 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In Ackroyd's haunting and atmospheric novel, two 19th-century Oxford students--Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley--form an unlikely friendship. …More

The Wasted Vigil By Aslam, Nadeem 2008-09 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307268426 Check Our Catalog From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers comes a new novel--at once lyrical and blistering--about war in modern times, told through the lives of five people who come together in post-9/11 Afghanistan. …More

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters By Austen, Jane 2009-09 - Quirk Books 9781594744426 Check Our Catalog Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels? It's survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love! …More

Though Waters Roar By Austin, Lynn N. 2009-10 - Bethany House Publishers 0764204963 Check Our Catalog …More

Sharp Teeth By Barlow, Toby 2008-02 - Harper 9780061430220 Check Our Catalog 2009 Alex Award Capturing the pace and feel of a graphic novel, this spellbinding debut blends dark humor and epic themes with card-playing dogs, crystal meth labs, surfing, and carne asada tacos. …More

Capitol Offense By Bernhardt, William 2009-09 - Ballantine Books 9780345502995 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of the legal thrillers "Capitol Conspiracy, Capitol Murder," and "Capitol Threat" comes his newest book in the series to feature intrepid legal eagle Ben Kincaid. …More

Tower By Bruen, Ken Author Coleman, Reed Farrel 2009-09 - Busted Flush Press 9781935415077 Check Our Catalog …More

Contagious By Carter, Quentin 2007-03 - Vickie Stringer 9780976789482 Check Our Catalog Maurice Jones is a smooth, conniving player who specializes in manipulating young women for his own financial gain. Tired of dealing with the same na?ve women day after day, Maurice searches for the one female who can match his wit. …More

Married to the Game By Chunichi 2005-12 - Urban 0974702595 Check Our Catalog In this urban tale of sex, money, murder, and the mayhem of the drug game, Crystal is a good-girl-turned-bad after her world is brutally destroyed. Consumed with her desire for revenge, she and her best friend Lisa, enter a life of drugs, fast money, and betrayal only to adopt the lifestyle that pushed them in the game in the first place. …More

Nine Dragons By Connelly, Michael 2009-10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316166317 Check Our Catalog While investigating the murder of a Chinese liquor store owner, Harry Bosch gets word his daughter, who lives in Hong Kong with her mother, has been kidnapped. Bosch drops everything and journeys across the Pacific to a new city where nothing is as it seems. …More

Necessary as Blood By Crombie, Deborah 2009-10 - William Morrow & Company 9780061287534 Check Our Catalog From "New York Times" Notable author Crombie comes a thrilling new mystery featuring favorite Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. …More

By the Grace of God By Dawns, Keshia 2008-07 - Urban Books 9781601629623 Check Our Catalog In this powerful debut novel dealing with the epidemic of HIV and AIDS, a young woman's life is thrown into turmoil by her fianc's betrayal. …More

Hold U Down By Ervin, Keisha 2006-07 - Vickie Stringer 0977880427 Check Our Catalog Robbing men, getting money and living lavishly is all they know. For Unique a.k.a. Nique, Kiara, Kay Kay and Zo?, tomorrow isn?t promised, love doesn?t exist and men ain?t shit. Stealing cars is their hustle and their way of doing it is Simply Unique. But jealousy, greed, love and envy are lurking in the shadows. For only the strong will survive and the weak shall fall. Unique knows this but the game of love has won her over. Once she decides to leave the only hustle she knows for the man she loves, her drama begins. When loyalty amongst family is questioned and their fate is unanswered, who will hold who down? …More

The Christmas List By Evans, Richard Paul 2009-10 - Simon & Schuster 9781439150009 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box returns with a holiday novel of hope, love, and redemption. …More

To Try Men's Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom By Gingrich, Newt Author Forstchen, William R. Author Hanser, Albert S. 2009-10 - Thomas Dunne Books 9780312591069 Check Our Catalog After two bestselling series examining the Civil War and World War II, Gingrich and Forstchen turn their sharp eyes for detail to the Revolutionary War. Their story follows three men with three very different roles to play in history: General George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Jonathan Van Dorn, a private in Washington's army. …More

Little Black Girl Lost 2 By Johnson, Keith Lee 2006-02 - Urban Books 1893196399 Check Our Catalog When an old-school pimp is released from prison after ten years, he reconnects with his friends in the old neighborhood and teams up with a young, dynamic pimp in search of his missing daughter. Original. …More

Little Black Girl Lost 3: Ill Gotten Gains By Johnson, Keith Lee 2007-02 - Urban Books 189319678X Check Our Catalog When an old-school pimp is released from prison after ten years, he reconnects with his friends in the old neighborhood and teams up with a young, dynamic pimp in search of his missing daughter. Original. …More

The Million Dollar Divorce By Johnson, R. M. 2005-08 - Simon & Schuster 0743258177 Check Our Catalog RM Johnson, the "Essence" bestselling author of "Dating Games" and "The Harris Family," delivers an absorbing and provocative new novel about the lowdown schemes and broken dreams that follow a fractured marriage. Successful business entrepreneur Nate Kenny is thrilled to marry the beautiful and intelligent Monica, chiefly because it means he can at last fulfill his lifelong dream of having a family. While he isn't happy about it, he agrees with Monica to wait three years before trying for pregnancy. Once those three years are up and the couple discovers that she is unable to bear children, any love he once felt for Monica is gone, and Nate wants out of the marriage. But he's worried about losing half of his sixty-million-dollar fortune in a divorce settlement. Desperate for an out, he searches for a way to exploit the infidelity clause in the couple's prenuptial agreement. Enter Lewis Waters. With his baby's mother addicted to drugs, Lewis is already seriously down on his luck when he accidentally smashes his car into Nate's Bentley. Without auto insurance or any way to pay for the repairs, Lewis is at the end of his financial rope. But the scheming Nate sees another way for the attractive young man to repay his debt: as sexual bait for Monica. And so Nate sets up Lewis with all of the accessories he believes Lewis will need to earn Monica's love, or at the very least, her lust: a big house, a fancy car, expensive clothes, and a full bank account. But as is often the case when it comes to matters of the heart, things don't unfold according to plan. When Monica falls hard for Lewis, Nate panics -- was protecting his fortune more important than trying to save his marriage? As hefinds himself overwhelmed by second thoughts, Nate is willing to do anything to get Monica back. An inspired fusion of realism and romance, "The Million Dollar Divorce" is an unpredictable caper of lust, betrayal, and family ties. …More

The Vintage Caper By Mayle, Peter 2009-10 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307269010 Check Our Catalog Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Mayle's newest and most delightful work is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. …More

Her Fearful Symmetry By Niffenegger, Audrey 2009-09 - Scribner Book Company 9781439165393 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, comes a spectacularly compelling second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London. …More

The Museum of Innocence By Pamuk, Orhan Translator Freely, Ureen 2009-10 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307266767 Check Our Catalog A stirring exploration of the nature of romantic attachment and the strange allure of collecting. Orhan Pamuk's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize. …More

The Professional By Parker, Robert B. 2009-10 - Putnam Adult 0399155945 Check Our Catalog A knock on Spenser's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer who claims her friends are being blackmailed. Spenser agrees to take the seemingly straightforward case, but when women start turning up dead, Spenser's assignment takes a sinister turn. …More

Hostile Dawn By Pendleton, Don 2009-04 - Gold Eagle 9780373619849 Check Our Catalog Rogue organizations within anti-Western nations are banding together to attack their common enemy. New Dawn Rising is the bad-boy club of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and its goal is to access global seats of corporate and political power to wreak mass terror. Original. …More

Somebody Else's Man By Poole, Daaimah S. 2009-10 - Dafina Books 9780758222473 Check Our Catalog …More

206 Bones By Reichs, Kathy 2009-08 - Scribner Book Company 9780743294393 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestselling author and co-producer of the FOX television hit Bones returns with a spectacular new novel featuring America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan. …More