New Books

HPL's New Books Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for:  2011 .  To see new books from other years try:  2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

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Riptide By Adair, Cherry 2011-08 - St. Martin's Press 9780312371982 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Adair plunges into the dangerous world of high-seas treasure hunting, where one man's greatest passion unlocks one woman's wildest fantasies. Original. …More

Last Man in Tower By Adiga, Aravind 2011-09 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307594099 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title With fearlessness and insight, Aravind Adiga broadens his canvas to give us a riveting story of money and power, luxury and deprivation, set in the booming city of Mumbai. …More

The Tale of Castle Cottage By Albert, Susan Wittig 2011-09 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425243503 Check Our Catalog The latest in the Cottage Tales series-starring Miss Potter herself! It's the heart of summer in 1913, and Beatrix is eager to marry her fianc?, solicitor William Heelis. But there are a few obstacles blocking the happy couple's path to the altar, like the troubled remodeling of Castle Cottage-Will and Beatrix's future home... …More

Paper Chasers By Anthony, Mark 2007-09 - Q-Boro Books 9781933967301 Check Our Catalog After tragedy strikes, Professor Rashawn Ams attempts to reintroduce herself to life. The common threads of lust, greed, and obsession bind three important men in her life. The only problem is one of these men is a killer. …More

The Hitman's Woman By Archer, Devon Vaughn 2011-09 - Urban Books 9781601624628 Check Our Catalog …More

Wonderland Creek By Austin, Lynn N. 2011-10 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764209192 Check Our Catalog Happily-ever-after librarian Alice Ripley unexpectedly finds herself in a real-life adventure filled with mystery and romance in the 1930's as she serves rural communities. …More

As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin Mystery By Beaton, M. C. 2011-10 - Minotaur Books 9780312387020 Check Our Catalog The picturesque village of Winter Parva has decided to warm the winter months by roasting a pig in the town square. Agatha, always one for a good roasting, has arrived with her former protge and current rival in the private detection racket to enjoy the merriment. But as the rotary spit is placed over a bed of fiery charcoals, Agatha realizes that things are not as they seem. 288 pp. 75,000 print. …More

Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection By Bendis, Brian Michael Illustrator Bagley, Mark 2007-03 - Marvel Comics 9780785124924 Check Our Catalog Collecting the groundbreaking first year of Ultimate Spider-Man in one colossal trade paperback! High school, puberty, first dances - there are many pitfalls to being young. Compound these with intense personal tragedy and superhuman powers, and you can start to visualize the world of Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man. Following the murder of his uncle and the Green Goblin's assualt on his high school, Peter finds himself on the brink of manhood: getting a job at the Daily Bugle to help support his widowed aunt and taking on extracurricular activities - such as bringing down the Kingpin, the head of organized crime in New York City! Collects Ultimate Spider-Man #1-13. …More

The Night Strangers By Bohjalian, Chris 2011-10 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307394996 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Chip and Emily Linton buy a Victorian in New Hampshire. In the basement there's a mysterious door sealed by 39 bolts—39 being exactly the number of passengers who died when pilot Chip was forced to land his regional jet on Lake Champlain. Soon Chip is haunted (literally) by the dead passengers. …More

Nowhere to Run By Box, C. J. 2010-04 - Putnam Adult 9780399156458 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The Edgar Award-winning author of the bestselling Joe Pickett series really knows how to create a complex situation, add suspense, and then twist the tale with surprises that make for an intense and satisfying read ("The Denver Post"). …More

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues By Brandman, Michael 2011-09 - Putnam Adult 9780399157844 Check Our Catalog Paradise, Massachusetts, is preparing for the summer tourist season when a string of car thefts disturbs what is usually a quiet time in town. In a sudden escalation of violence, the thefts become murder, and chief of police Jesse Stone finds himself facing one of the toughest cases of his career. …More

Headstone By Bruen, Ken 2011-10 - Mysterious Press 9780802126009 Check Our Catalog Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has encountered most of them. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him--until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, which has committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland. 256 pp. …More

Book of Dreams By Bunn, T. Davis Author Bunn, Davis 2011-10 - Howard Books 9781416556701 Check Our Catalog Bunn delivers a thrilling novel about a psychologist whose psychic gifts are unleashed when she has to rely on an ancient manuscript to interpret the dreams of a mysterious client. As Elena's own dreams take a dramatic turn, she wonders how she can better understand and fulfill the will of God. 352 pp. 35,000 print. …More

Heartless By Carriger, Gail 2011-06 - Orbit 9780316127196 Check Our Catalog Soulless Lady Alexia Maccon is at it again; only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past. Original. …More

The Affair By Child, Lee 2011-09 - Delacorte Press 9780385344326 Check Our Catalog Ever wonder why Jack Reacher left the Military Police and became a one-man freelance vigilante squad? Child goes back 14 years to show how it all happened. …More

Ready Player One By Cline, Ernest 2011-08 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307887436 Check Our Catalog At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut--part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by "Blade Runner," and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed. …More

The Burning Soul By Connolly, John 2011-09 - Atria Books 9781439165270 Check Our Catalog Randall Haight has a secret: He is a convicted murderer, a man with the blood of a young girl on his hands. He has built a new life for himself in the small Maine town of Pastor's Bay, but someone has discovered the truth about him. He is being tormented by anonymously sent reminders of his crime. He wants private detective Charlie Parker to make them go away. But another girl has gone missing, this time from Pastor's Bay itself, and her family has its own secrets to protect. …More

The Q Continuum: #03 Q-Strike By Cox, Greg 1998-09 - Pocket Books 9780671019228 Check Our Catalog The galactic barrier has fallen and Q's oldest enemy is free once more--and Captain Picard and his crew find themselves in the middle of a cosmic war between vastly powerful entities. …More

The Star Trek: The Lost Era: 2328-2346: The Art of the Impossible By DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2003-09 - Pocket Books/Star Trek 9780743464055 Check Our Catalog The never-before-told story of the Betraka Nebula "Incident"--the 18-year cold war between the Klingon Empire and the Cardassian Union--is revealed as the Federation attempts a dangerous diplomatic solution. Original. …More

Forbidden By Dekker, Ted Author Lee, Tosca 2011-09 - Center Street 9781599953540 Check Our Catalog In the distant future, a dystopian world is ruled by The Order that controls humanity by genetically removing all emotions but fear. When young Rom Elias receives a cryptic message written on animal skin and a vial of blood from a man who seems to know a lot about his father's death, he risks everything to escape the Order and find out what the vellum and vial mean. …More

Adjustment Team: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume Two By Dick, Philip K. 2011-07 - Subterranean Press 9781596063952 Check Our Catalog …More

The Language of Flowers By Diffenbaugh, Vanessa 2011-08 - Ballantine Books 9780345525543 Check Our Catalog The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past. …More

Always a Temptress By Dreyer, Eileen 2011-09 - Forever 9780446542050 Check Our Catalog His greatest battle is just beginning" . . ." Captain Harry Lidge has done his duty. After losing too many good men on the battlefield, he's ready to put his responsibilities behind him and live a life free of care. But first he has one last mission: find out what the most outrageous woman in London, the same woman who betrayed him nearly a decade earlier, is concealing, before her secrets take down the crown. Her heart is the only thing she won't risk . . . "" Surrounded by ardent admirers and a few loyal friends, Lady Kate Seaton glides through the ton on a confection of couture gowns and bon mots. No one suspects that beneath her lighthearted fa ade Kate hides a sorrow so scandalous she'll do anything to keep it hidden. But only when she trusts Harry with the truth and only when he trusts her with his heart can they stop the villains all too willing to kill Kate to attain their ultimate goal: destroy England …More