HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2012.  To see new books from other years try:  2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

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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

Against All Enemies By Clancy, Tom With Telep, Peter 2011-06 - Putnam Adult 9780399157301 Check Our Catalog The master of international intrigue and explosive action introduces a new hero for a new era of warfare . . . against a new kind of threat. Get ready to meet ex-Navy SEAL Max Moore. A terrorist bombing in Pakistan wipes out Max Moore's entire CIA team. As the only survivor, the former Navy SEAL plunges deeper into the treacherous tribal lands to find the terrorist cell, but what he discovers there leads him to a much darker conspiracy in an unexpected part of the globe?the US/Mexico border. Here a drug war rages between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels. The landscape is strewn with bodies, innocents and drug dealers alike, but is there an even deadlier enemy lurking in background? Into this deadly brew, Moore leads a group of specially selected agents whose daring actions reveal shocking answers and uncover an unholy plan?a strike against the very heart of America. HPL patron:  High action-good Tom Clancy as usual. …More

Payback Is a Mutha By Clark, Wahida 2009-04 - Dafina Books 9780758212542 Check Our Catalog The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Every Thug Needs a Lady" tells the story of a woman who thinks she has everything, but who really has everything to lose--starting with her best friend and ending with her life. …More

Stay Close By Coben, Harlan 2012-03 - Dutton Books 9780525952275 Check Our Catalog Master of domestic suspense Coben ("Live Wire") delivers his trademark combination of pulse-pounding thrills and unrivaled insight into the dark shadows that creep into even the happiest communities. …More

Songs of the Earth By Cooper, Elspeth 2012-02 - Tor Books 9780765331656 Check Our Catalog A former Knight of the Church now under sentence of death for heresy and witchcraft, Gair finds deliverance in the form of the mysterious Alderan, who spirits him away to the island location of the Chapterhouse of the Guardians of the Veil. …More

Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor By Couch, Dick Author Galdorisi, George 2012-01 - Berkley 9780425259351 Check Our Catalog …More

The Sentry By Crais, Robert 2012-01 - Berkley 9780425245729 Check Our Catalog Dru Rayne and her uncle fled to L.A. after Hurricane Katrina; now they face a different danger. After Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a protection gang, he offers his help, but neither of them wants it. Pike and Elvis Cole soon learn that Dru and her uncle are not who they seem. Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

Taken By Crais, Robert 2012-01 - Putnam Adult 9780399158278 Check Our Catalog When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike--and Cole soon determines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the world of professional border kidnappers. Fortunately, the kidnappers don't yet know who the boy is, but when Cole goes undercover to try to buy the two hostages back, he himself is taken and disappears. …More

Skeleton Coast By Cussler, Clive With Du Brul, Jack B. 2012-01 - Berkley 9780425245712 Check Our Catalog The latest entry in the "New York Times"-bestselling Oregon Files series. A priceless treasure under the sea, a merciless threat on the surface--Juan Cabrillo can handle both. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

The Thief By Cussler, Clive Author Scott, Justin 2012-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399158612 Check Our Catalog On the ocean liner "Mauretania," two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize business and popular culture-and perhaps something more. …More

The Evil That Men Do By Dams, Jeanne M. 2012-01 - Severn House Publishers 9780727880901 Check Our Catalog Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are on holiday in the idyllic English village of Broadway when they stumble across the body of a man who appears to have fallen down a disused quarry. When it is revealed that the man, a local farmer, was probably pushed over the edge, and that the police have failed to find any suspects or motives for the murder, Dorothy can't help but get involved. …More

Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse By Denning, Troy 2012-03 - Lucas Books 9780345509222 Check Our Catalog In the stunning finale of the epic Fate of the Jedi series, Jedi and Sith face off--with Coruscant as their battlefield. For the Sith, it's the chance to restore their dominance over the galaxy that forgot them for so long. For Abeloth, it's a giant step in her quest to conquer all life everywhere. For Luke Skywalker, it's a call to arms to eradicate the Sith and their monstrous new master once and for all. …More

Pineapple Grenade By Dorsey, Tim 2012-01 - William Morrow & Company 9780061876905 Check Our Catalog In the latest laugh-riot thriller from the "New York Times"-bestselling author Dorsey, Serge Storms has finagled his way into becoming a secret agent in Miami, spying for the president of a banana republic. Will he still have time for a cocktail before Homeland Security brings him down? …More

A Bicycle Built for Two: Meet Me at the Fair By Duncan, Alice 2002-10 - Zebra 9780821772782 Check Our Catalog Chicago-bred Kate Finney has few illusions about love. She knows handsome Alex English isn't looking to marry a girl who spends her nights telling fortunes and dancing the hootchy-kootchy at the World's Fair. And yet, she's never met anyone like Alex before. Kate knows she had better put him in his place before he melts her icy armor--and steals her heart. …More

Sail of Stone By Edwardson, Ake Translator Willson-Broyles, Rachel 2012-03 - Simon & Schuster 9781451608502 Check Our Catalog From a bestselling Scandinavian crime writer--whose books are international sensations in Europe--comes this gripping novel of suspense and character involving two missing persons, two detectives, and a mystery dating to World War II. …More

Dark Road Rising By Elrod, P. N., Editor 2009-09 - Ace Books 9780441017553 Check Our Catalog Vampire P.I. Jack Fleming is playing babysitter to Gabriel Kroun, a dangerously unstable mobster--and newly-created vampire--with deadly secrets to hide. …More

In My Hood 3 By Endy Foreword by Clark, Wahida 2009-12 - Melodrama Publishing 9781934157626 Check Our Catalog The streets of Newark have never been as cutthroat as in Endy's third installment of her In My Hood epic. Just when the hood seems at momentary peace, the emergence of an enigmatic hit-woman known as the Black Widow jolts everyone back to attention when she marks one of the hood's dignitaries as her target. But she's not done. She's on the hunt, out for blood, and relentless in her pursuit to right the wrongs committed against her family. Ishmael and Desiree's fifteen-year-old son Nyeem is trying to step out of his father's shadow and avoid becoming another casualty of the hustle. Escaping from his heritage becomes especially troublesome, however, when his world is shaken to its core by an extraordinary turn of events The fall of the head hustler in town conjures up droves of backstabbers, small-timers on the come-up, and young Nyeem facing a grown man's decision just to survive. …More

Cinnamon Roll Murder By Fluke, Joanne 2012-02 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758234933 Check Our Catalog When Hannah learns that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their namesake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour bus overturns on its way into town. But minor injuries for the keyboard player turn deadly when someone plunges surgical scissors into his chest. …More

Kill Shot: An American Assassin Thriller By Flynn, Vince 2012-02 - Atria Books 9781416595205 Check Our Catalog Flynn is back with another nail-biting political thriller that follows the young Mitch Rapp on a deadly mission to hunt down the men responsible for the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. Rapp has become a liability, and he absolutely cannot be allowed to be taken alive by the French authorities. But it will soon become clear that nothing is more dangerous than a wounded and cornered Mitch Rapp. 448 pp. 850,000 print. (Espionage/Thriller) …More

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close By Foer, Jonathan Safran 2011-11 - Mariner Books 9780547735023 Check Our Catalog Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, "Everything Is Illuminated." Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey. …More

The Memory of Blood: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery By Fowler, Christopher 2012-03 - Bantam 9780345528636 Check Our Catalog Fowler's acclaimed Peculiar Crimes Unit novels crackle with sly wit, lively suspense, and twists as chilling as London's fog. Now the indomitable duo of Arthur Bryant and John May, along with the rest of their quirky team, return to solve a confounding case with dark ties to the British theater and a killer who may mean curtains for all involved. …More

Shifting Sands By Fraser, Anthea 2011-10 - Severn House Publishers 9780727880574 Check Our Catalog "A gripping psychological mystery and a warm, sympathetic exploration of widowhood - "Anna's family hope that a South African safari holiday will help her to get over her beloved husband's death. No one is more surprised than Anna herself when she finds herself strongly attracted to a fellow traveller, Lewis Masters, and despite her initial resistance, she is soon drawn into a new relationship. But back home, Anna's journalist son Jonathan is being repeatedly contacted by a young woman asking for his help, even though she's too frightened to say what is worrying her . . . …More

Blue Monday By French, Nicci 2012-03 - Pamela Dorman Books 9780670023363 Check Our Catalog Nicci French's Blue Monday is the first novel in a new suspense series featuring Frieda Klein, an insomniac London psychologist who does her best thinking while taking long walks through city streets at night. She has a lot on her mind, including a patient named Alan Dekker who tells her he desperately wants a child--right before five-year-old Matthew Farraday goes missing from a local school. Alan wants a son who looks like him, with red hair and freckles--attributes Matthew happens to have. …More