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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Drive Me Crazy By Dickey, Eric Jerome 2005-05 - New American Library 9780451215192 Check Our Catalog Dickey is at his best in this novel of raw emotions, softened as always with his incomparable humor and memorable characters--such as a femme fatale from "Thieves' Paradise," who adds spice and surprises every time she turns up. …More

The Prague Cemetery By Eco, Umberto Translator Dixon, Richard 2011-11 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780547577531 Check Our Catalog The story of a secret agent who weaves plots, conspiracies, intrigues and attacks, and helps determine the historical and political fate of the Continent. …More

Nasty By Dr XYZ 2010-08 - Strebor Books 9781593092627 Check Our Catalog …More

The Farther Shore By Eck, Matthew 2007-09 - Milkweed Editions 9781571310576 Check Our Catalog Kansas Notable Book - 2008 In coastal Africa, a small unit of U.S. Army soldiers is separated from its command and left for dead. Josh and his battle buddies are forced to keep moving to escape the marauding gangs that rule the area, and after a series of terrifying, violent encounters, only a few of them survive. In this haunting, adrenaline-filled war novel, both natives and invaders are almost inhuman, reflecting the horror and strangeness of postmodern military engagements. …More

Lost December By Evans, Richard Paul 2011-11 - Simon & Schuster 9781451628005 Check Our Catalog As heir to the Crisp Copy Center fortune, Luke has it made--until he burns through his entire inheritance in just one year of partying. Ashamed to ask his famous father for help, he finds employment--and romance--as an entry-level clerk. Can his new love get him back on track? 272 pp. 400,000 print. (General Fiction) …More

Dark Demon By Feehan, Christine 2006-09 - Wheeler Publishing 9781597223195 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title For as long as she can remember, Natalya has been fighting demons: first in the form of childhood nightmares, then later, immortal creatures that kill and prey on the innocent--including her own twin brother. Whether Carpathian or vampire, she slays those who murder by night, and has no equal--until she is seduced by the very thing she considers her enemy. …More

The Wild Zone By Fielding, Joy 2010-04 - Atria Books 9781439157831 Check Our Catalog Two brothers -- Will and Jeff -- and their friend Tom are out one night at their favorite South Beach bar, the Wild Zone, and decide to make a bet on who can be the first to seduce a mysterious-looking young woman drinking by herself. Pretty, dark-haired, blue-eyed Suzy has an innocent, almost ordinary girl-next-door way about her. Little do the friends know that their harmless bet is about to take on a life of its own, a life full of deadly consequences for all concerned. …More

The Long Mile: The Shango Mysteries By Ford, Clyde W. 2005-10 - Midnight Ink 9780738707853 Check Our Catalog Framed for murder, former NYPD officer John Shannon is racing to clear his name and keep his family together. …More

Garden of Secrets By Freethy, Barbara 2011-09 - Pocket Star Books 9781451636512 Check Our Catalog Dr. Charlotte Adams is torn between two men. Rev. Andrew Schilling is her past, a high-school romance that went drastically wrong. But he's back in town now and part of her present--along with newly divorced Police Chief Joe Silviera, whom she's been powerfully attracted to for months. Original. …More

Lucky Break By Freud, Esther 2011-10 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 9781608196906 Check Our Catalog It is their first day at Drama Arts, and the nervous students huddled in a circle are told in no uncertain terms that here, unlike at any other drama school, they will be taught to Act. To Be. To exist in their own world on the stage. But outside is the real world--a pitiless, alluring place in which each of them in their most fervent dreams hopes to flourish and excel. 320 pp. 20,000 print. …More

River of Smoke By Ghosh, Amitav 2011-09 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374174231 Check Our Catalog Continuing his "Ibis" trilogy, begun with the Man Booker-shortlisted "Sea of Poppies", Ghosh puts three ships in the midst of a cyclone on the Bay of Bengal. Those aboard eventually meet in Canton's foreign enclave as the Opium Wars get started. …More

Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense By Dann, Jack Editor Gevers, Nick 2011-09 - Harper Voyager 9780061999710 Check Our Catalog Edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers, Ghosts by Gaslight is a showcase collection of all-new stories of steampunk and supernatural suspense by modern masters of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the paranormal. An absolutely mind-boggling gathering of some of today's very best dark storytellers. …More

The Battle of the Crater By Gingrich, Newt Author Forstchen, William R. Author Hanser, Albert S. 2011-11 - Thomas Dunne Books 9780312607104 Check Our Catalog August, 1864. A court of inquiry convenes at the Union Army headquarters to investigate the Battle of the Crater, one of the worst disasters endured by a disaster-prone army. The eyes of the world are on it, and much is at stake: the military news of that spring had been full of unrelenting frustration and outright catastrophe. 352 pp. 250,000 print. (Historical Fiction) …More

No Ordinary Noel: A Sister Betty Novel By G'Orge-Walker, Pat 2011-10 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758259660 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author comes an uplifting holiday novel featuring the hilarious and beloved Sister Betty, as her congregation tries to make a Christmas miracle happen to save their church. 320 pp. …More

V Is for Vengeance By Grafton, Sue 2011-11 - Marian Wood Book 9780399157868 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A woman with a murky past who kills herself. A dying old man. A lovely woman. A professional shoplifting ring. A brutal and unscrupulous gangster. A wandering husband. A spoiled kid. A lonely widower. An elegant but ruthless businessman whose dealings are definitely outside the law: the spider at the center of the web. And in the middle of it all is Kinsey Millhone, whose 38th-birthday gift is a punch in the face that leaves her with two black eyes and a busted nose. 448 pp. 1,250,000 print. (Mystery/Detective) …More

An Angel for Christmas By Graham, Heather 2011-09 - Mira Books 9780778312796 Check Our Catalog Christmas has never brought out the best in the MacDougal family. Still, year after year, they gather together in the Blue Ridge Mountains to try to make the season merry and bright. But this year is an especially strained one, between Shayne's impending divorce, Morwenna's slavish devotion to work, and Bobbie's reluctance to face what life has to offer. Then, in the midst of a snowy sibling shouting match, a mysterious stranger appears. …More

The Evil Inside By Graham, Heather 2011-08 - Mira Books 9780778312536 Check Our Catalog For as long as it has stood overlooking New England's jagged coastline, the Lexington House has been a witness to madness . . . and murder. But in recent years, the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims. Until now. Original. …More

Sacred Evil By Graham, Heather 2011-07 - Mira Books 9780778312420 Check Our Catalog …More

Victory and Honor By Griffin, W. E. B. Author Butterworth, William E., IV 2011-08 - Putnam Adult 9780399157554 Check Our Catalog Just weeks after Hitler's suicide, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS find themselves up to their necks in battles every bit as fierce as the ones just ended. To get a jump on Joseph Stalin, Frade has been conducting a secret operation, one of great daring--and great danger--but to conduct it and not be discovered, he and his men must walk a perilously dark line. …More

The Litigators By Grisham, John 2011-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385535137 Check Our Catalog The incomparable master of the legal thriller takes us deeper into the labyrinth that is the American justice system, always drawing us in with an irresistible hook, pull-ing the thread of tension tighter and tighter, and then knocking us out with a conclusion that's never "by the book." Maybe that's why, after more than twenty years of consecutive #1 "New York Times" best sellers, a new novel by America's favorite storyteller is still a major publishing event. …More

Targets Down By Hamer, Bob 2011-06 - B&H Publishing Group 9781433672774 Check Our Catalog While on a spiritual quest of his own, an FBI agent is tasked with finding whoever critically wounded a fellow agent's wife and uncovers a world of Russian organized crime, neo-Nazis, and sex slavery. …More

Sister Girls 2 By Hunter, Angel M. 2010-04 - Urban Books 9781601622105 Check Our Catalog Elsie is still confused about her sexuality--until she reconnects with an old friend. Faith, a therapist, is married to a controlling man who offers stability at the price of her dignity, while Harmony wants to let go of her promiscuous past. Forced to make changes, each woman must discover her true self. …More

A Lone Star Christmas By Johnstone, William W. Author Johnstone, J. a. 2011-10 - Pinnacle Books 9780786029099 Check Our Catalog …More