New Books at HPL

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2014.  To see new books from other years try: 2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 By Prose, Francine 2014-04 - Harper Torch 9780061713781 Check Our Catalog A richly imagined and stunningly inventive story of love, art, and betrayal in Paris of the 20's, 30's, and 40's. …More

Otherwise Engaged By Quick, Amanda 2014-04 - Putnam Adult 9780399165146 Check Our Catalog When Victorian world traveler Amity Doncaster meets an injured Benedict Stanbridge in a dark alley on a small Caribbean island, she saves his life and falls in love with him, leading them both into peril. …More

The Directive By Quirk, Matthew 2014-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316198646 Check Our Catalog HPL patron:  A fast paced novel of intrigue and betrayal.  A smart Harvard trained lawyer outsmarts a crooked FBI agent and his family's past in order to move on with his new live and wife.  Great book. …More

The Rise & Fall of Great Powers By Rachman, Tom 2014-06 - Dial Press 9780679643654 Check Our Catalog For fans of Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, and Donna Tartt--the brilliant, intricately woven new novel by Tom Rachman, author of "The Imperfectionists" …More

No Man's Nightingale: An Inspector Wexford Novel By Rendell, Ruth 2013-11 - Scribner Book Company 9781476744483 Check Our Catalog From crime legend Ruth Rendell, the gripping new novel in her "beloved" (USA Today) Inspector Wexford series, which will soon mark its fiftieth anniversary. …More

Money Maker By Ridley, Tonya 2010-10 - Life Changing Books 9781934230695 Check Our Catalog Mena Austin is a certified paper chaser who knows no boundaries when it comes to money, especially the counterfeit kind. However, Mena s empire is threatened when her ex-boyfriend, Trick wants his operation back and will stop at nothing until he gets the ultimate revenge. When old friends turn into enemies and greed comes calling, Mena won t know who to trust. Money Maker will give an eye-opening …More

Love Comes Along: The Best MistakeLocal Hero By Roberts, Nora 2014-04 - Silhouette Books 9780373281794 Check Our Catalog THE BEST MISTAKE Ex-model Zoe Fleming is now a hardworking single mom--and she wouldn't have it any other way. Though she would like a tenant to share household expenses. What she gets is confirmed bachelor J. Cooper McKinnon. Coop quickly befriends her son and in no time has the reluctant Zoe charmed, too. But she has zero room in her life for a man Either this was a recipe for disaster or …More

The Next Always By Roberts, Nora 2011-11 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425243213 Check Our Catalog "America's favorite writer" ("The New Yorker") begins a new trilogy inspired by the inn she owns and the town she loves. The historic hotel in Boonsboro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett's social life consists mostly of …More

Watching You By Robotham, Michael 2014-03 - Mulholland Books 9780316252003 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Michael Robotham brings us face-to-face with a manipulative psychopath who has destroyed countless lives and is about to claim one final victim. HPL patron:  It kept me interested and was easy to follow.  The end had a nice twist.  It didn't have much depth to it-I wouldn't recommend it to anyone as a …More

One Eyed Jack: The Uncovered Mystery of Clam River By Robotham, Rc 2013-01 - Createspace 9781480028326 Check Our Catalog A story that spans a century Starting with a young man in 1964 and weaving back through connections that reach to the Civil War Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, the story brings history alive. The young man overcomes the "fear by ignorance" to write poems with a widowed man living in what locally is believed to be a haunted cottage. Those same fears have to be overcome for the young man to reach …More

Attachments By Rowell, Rainbow 2011-04 - Dutton Books 9780525951988 Check Our Catalog Beth and Jennifer's company monitors their office e-mail. Lincoln is supposed to turn people in for misusing company e-mail, but he can't bring himself to crack down on Beth and Jennifer. By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's too late for him to ever introduce himself. …More

A Better World By Sakey, Marcus 2014-06 - Thomas & Mercer 9781477823941 Check Our Catalog The brilliants changed everything. Since 1980, 1% of the world has been born with gifts we?d only dreamed of. The ability to sense a person's most intimate secrets, or predict the stock market, or move virtually unseen. For thirty years the world has struggled with a growing divide between the exceptional...and the rest of us. Now a terrorist network led by brilliants has crippled three …More

China Dolls By See, Lisa 2014-06 - Random House 9780812992892 Check Our Catalog The author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and Shanghai Girls has garnered international acclaim for her great skill at rendering the intricate relationships of women and the complex meeting of history and fate. …More

Astonish Me By Shipstead, Maggie 2014-04 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307962904 Check Our Catalog From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the passionate, political world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. …More

The English Girl By Silva, Daniel 2013-07 - Harper Torch 9780062073167 Check Our Catalog Daniel Silva delivers another spectacular thriller starring Gabriel Allon, The English Girl. When a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister's career is threatened with destruction. Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems...and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might …More

The Farm By Smith, Tom Rob 2014-06 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446550734 Check Our Catalog The new international bestseller from the author of phenomenal Child 44 trilogy... Daniel believed that his parents were enjoying a peaceful retirement on a remote farm in Sweden. But with a single phone call, everything changes. Your mother...she's not well, his father tells him. She's been imagining things - terrible, terrible things. She's had a psychotic breakdown, and been committed to …More

Tit 4 Tat By Strange, Alonzo L. 2010-06 - New Vision Publication 9780982677209 Check Our Catalog Having witnessed the brutal rape and murder of her mother, Myah Johnson is found frightened and alone in the closet of a Bronx apartment. After being adopted by her mother's only sister, she tries to live a normal life, but the nightmares are constant reminders of what happened that fatal night. Her mother's murder was never solved, so she vows to find the person responsible. But when Myah …More

Monster's Chef By Tervalon, Jervey 2014-06 - Amistad Press 9780062316202 Check Our Catalog From award-winning, bestselling author Jervey Tervalon comes an enthralling, twisting tale of suspense, drugs, perverse sex, and poisonous celebrity worship. Gibson was once a successful chef enjoying the popularity of his hip New York City restaurant with his beautiful, loving wife. But Gibson also had a raging drug addiction that lurked in the background, threatening to ravage everything he …More

Nantucket Sisters By Thayer, Nancy 2014-06 - Ballantine Books 9780345545480 Check Our Catalog NATIONAL BESTSELLER Friendship takes center stage in "New York Times" bestselling author Nancy Thayer's captivating, emotionally charged novel featuring all the tenderness and wit, drama and romance that readers have come to expect from this insightful, much-loved writer. When they meet as girls on a beach in Nantucket, Maggie Drew and Emma Hudson become fast friends--though Emma's …More

Backstage: Street Chronicles By Turner, Nikki With Dane, Dana Featuring Turley, Harold L., II 2009-09 - One World 9780345504296 Check Our Catalog Turner, a "New York Times"-bestselling author and hip-hop aficionado, has selected four authors to join her in the latest installment of the Street Chronicles series. …More

All Fall Down By Weiner, Jennifer 2014-06 - Atria Books 9781451617788 Check Our Catalog From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Jennifer Weiner Allison Weiss got her happy ending--a handsome husband, adorable daughter, a job she loves, and the big house in the suburbs. But while waiting in the pediatrician's office, she opens a magazine to a quiz about addiction and starts to wonder...Is a Percocet at the end of the day really different from a glass of wine? Is it such a bad …More

Robert the Bruce By Whyte, Jack 2013-08 - Forge 9780765331571 Check Our Catalog From author Jack Whyte comes the true story of Robert the Bruce: a passionate man. An incredible warrior. And one of Scotland's finest. Robert I, or as he is known to a grateful Scottish nation, Robert the Bruce, was one of Scotland's greatest kings, as well as one of the most famous warriors of his generation. He spearheaded the valiant Scots in their quest for freedom, leading his people …More

Sugar Walls By Williams, Brittani 2007-12 - Urban Books 9781933967264 Check Our Catalog In this sexy, suspenseful slice of urban fiction, an ambitious womans love ofeasy money and fast living leads her to the brink of destruction. …More

Wildwood Creek By Wingate, Lisa 2014-02 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764208249 Check Our Catalog "With love and loss tangled together, how was she to know where her life would lead? " Allie Kirkland has always heard the call of her father's unfinished destiny. When she's offered a production assistant's job on a docudrama filming in the hills near Moses Lake, Texas, the dream of following in her director-father's footsteps suddenly seems within reach. The reenactment of the legendary …More

What to read while waiting for...

NYPD Red 2 By Patterson, James Author Karp, Marshall 2014-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316211239 Check Our Catalog When NYPD Red arrives at a crime scene, everyone takes notice. Known as the protectors of the rich, famous, and connected, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only for New York City's most high-profile crimes. …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

Airtight By Rosenfelt, David 2013-02 - Minotaur Books 9781250024763 Check Our Catalog From the author of the beloved Andy Carpenter series comes a high-octane thriller of murder, revenge, and family loyalty. Terrifying forces lead to a judge's death, and an unlikely but strangely close alliance between two men devoted to saving their brothers. …More

Buried on Avenue B By De Jonge, Peter 2012-07 - Harper 9780061373558 Check Our Catalog Darlene O'Hara--the hard-living detective introduced in the acclaimed "Shadows Still Remain"--returns in this suspenseful, edgy thriller that traverses the gritty landscape of New York's Lower East Side and the tawdry regions of Sarasota, Florida. …More

Carnal Curiosity By Woods, Stuart 2014-04 - Putnam Adult 9780399164163 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington seems to have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When Manhattan's elite are beset by a series of clever crimes-and Stone is a material witness-he and his former partner Dino Bacchetti find themselves drawn into the world of high-end security and fraud, where insider knowledge and access are limited to a privileged few, and the wealthy are made vulnerable by …More

Cemetery Dance By Preston, Douglas J. Author Child, Lincoln 2009-05 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446580298 Check Our Catalog Aloysius Pendergast--the world's most enigmatic FBI special agent--returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. His serpentine journey takes him into a secretive and deadly hotbed of Obeah, the West Indian Zombii cult of sorcery and magic. And it is here he finds his true peril is just beginning. HPL patron:  Zombies?  Religious cults? …More

Delusion in Death By Robb, J. D. 2012-10 - Wheeler Publishing 9781410452283 Check Our Catalog After 12 minutes of violence at a downtown bar, 80 people lay dead. Surviving witnesses talk about seeing things--monsters and swarms of bees. The patrons were exposed to a cocktail of chemicals and illegal drugs that could drive anyone to temporary insanity--if not kill them. …More

Reminders from the Secretary of State

For the first time, Michigan voters can sign-up for free text or email reminders from the Secretary of State's office whenever an upcoming election is around the corner.  To sign-up, go to Michigan.gov/sos and click on the red envelope.  A similar service is also available to remind drivers when it's time to renew their license plate tabs.