What to Read while waiting for...

The Liar By Roberts, Nora 2015-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399170867 Check Our Catalog The extraordinary new novel by the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Collector." Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions ... The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn't …More

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

Trust No One By Krentz, Jayne Ann 2015-01 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399165139 Check Our Catalog Following up on the incredible success of River Road, New York Times–bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz delivers another masterpiece of romantic suspense. …More

Perfect Touch By Lowell, Elizabeth 2015-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780062328342 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestselling queen of romantic suspense returns with a heart-racing tale in which a former soldier turned rancher and a beautiful designer race to stop a vicious killer--a battle for survival that threatens to explode in an intense and irresistible passion. An art dealer and owner of her own design studio, Perfect Touch, Sarah "Sam" Maddox travels the world to find the ideal …More

When Day Breaks By Banks, Maya 2014-06 - Berkley Books 9780425263785 Check Our Catalog THE ALL-NEW KGI NOVEL BY "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELING AUTHOR AUTHOR MAYA BANKS The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background. Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the U.S. government can't... Eden is said to be one of the most beautiful …More

A Promise to Protect By Bradley, Patricia 2014-10 - Fleming H. Revell Company 9780800722814 Check Our Catalog Acting Sheriff Ben Logan hasn't heard from Leigh Somerall in a very long time, but it doesn't mean he can get her--or their whirlwind romance of ten years ago--out of his head. When she calls out of the blue, it is with a strange request to protect her brother, Tony. When Tony dies just days later, Ben is charged with a different task--protecting Leigh and her nine-year-old son, TJ, from the …More

Upcoming Events

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Email 11:00 am, Saturday, April 25 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic-Intro to Email. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Email 12:15 pm, Saturday, April 25 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro to Email. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

FAMILY LEGO MANIA AT THE LIBRARY 2:00 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015 KIDS! What can YOU build with LEGOs? Bring the whole family out for this family-friendly activity. The most creative builds win a candy prize. We provide the LEGOs; you provide the imagination!

Gardening-From Seed to Plant 2:00 - 3:30 pm, Saturday, April 25 Join Community Gardeners to learn the latest on growing productive and attractive gardens. Session 2) April 25: From Seed to Plant. Review planting techniques, watering, herb and flowers that enhance a garden; Compost and mulch options. Upcoming session: Session 3) June 6: In the Ground - pest and disease prevention, weed control, watering - too much or too little. Favorite ideas and recipes for produce.

Anyone Can Learn to Draw 6:00 pm, Tuesday, April 28 Patty Warner has been drawing and teaching drawing for many years. She will help build your confidence and give you tips and instructions on drawing. Class size is limited, so call 231-722-7276 or visit the circulation desk to register. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Tech Wednesday-Flickr 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Wednesday, April 29 Bring your laptop or tablet and follow along while we explain tech topics in an informal setting. Today we will look at Flickr, an online photo storing/sharing site.

2nd Annual Local Author Fair Noon to 3 pm, Saturday, May 2 On Saturday, May 2 local authors will be at Hackley Public Library to discuss their work, sell and autograph their books, and chat with the public. Whether you’re an avid reader or writer, this is your chance to get to know and support the local authors from West Michigan. Writers representing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, teens, and children’s books will be available, and each author table will feature copies of selected works available for purchase and signing. Save the date, tell everyone you know, and join us for our Second Annual Local Author Fair!

Hackley Handicrafts 6:00 pm, Monday, May 4 Learn a new craft with Nancy Hartman! This month get ready for summer by making a swim pool noodle horse. Please register in advance so we can have enough supplies. Sign up at http://goo.gl/VKoAeE or call 231-722-7276. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Score workshop Social Media Marketing 5:30 pm, Tuesday, May 5, Score Workshop-Building a Website Learn how to define what you want to accomplish using social media and choose which medium(s) fit your business needs. Please call 231-722-7276 to register by phone, or visit http://www.hackleylibrary.org/pg/EVENTS/score_workshop_registration.html to register online. Brought to you through Score, a national organization of active and retired businessmen and women who volunteer their time to share their expertise with small businesses as well as new business start-ups. Their objective is to help America’s small businesses grow and prosper.

Trouble with your Tablet? 1:30 pm, Wednesday, May 6 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

Saturday Computer Class-Powerpoint 10:30 am, Saturday, May 9 De'ondra Pentecost teaches a computer class on Saturday at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Powerpoint. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

MOTHERS' DAY CRAFT 12:00 PM SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015 Make somthing special for Mothers' Day. Hackley Public Library will provide materials for you to make Mom's day the best ever.

MINECRAFT 2:00 PM SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015 REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Explore, gather resources, build and survive in Minecraft--the computer game of virtual worlds! Call 231-722-7276, ext. 230 to reserve your place.

Book Review-The Yarn Whisperer

Do you have a hobby?  My friends say that I pick up a new hobby every 6 months!  The one I've stuck with for almost 40 years, though, is knitting.  I always have a book and my knitting with me...just in case I have to wait for something (I knit if there are other people around because reading is a solitary activity.)  I even started a knitting group.  If you have a fiber related hobby-or know someone who does-you will enjoy The Yarn Whisperer by Clara Parkes. The book is a series of essays on life and the act of knitting-sometimes more about knitting, but mostly about life and how it is like knitting.  The essays are funny and at times wistful. Clara tells us of the upheaval in her life when her parents divorced, and how she "hid" her knitting in college until she found friends who knit.  It is not a technique book or a book on how to knit. This was a very gentle and peaceful book.  I liked the way she made parallels between life and knitting, but didn't force the link.  Some of the essays were very funny (the bobbles chapter cracked me up), but on the whole they were thoughtful and introspective.  I feel like Clara is a friend with whom I'd like to have tea on a regular basis.

The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting By Parkes, Clara 2013-09 - Stewart, Tabori, & Chang 9781617690020 Check Our Catalog Clara Parkes shares 22 captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny stories about the role yarn and knitting play in her life. In the process, she hits upon the universal truths that drive knitters as well as the ways in which knitting can be looked at as a metaphor for so many other things. …More

Complimentary Reads

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Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter By Pearl-McPhee, Stephanie 2005-09 - Andrews McMeel Publishing 9780740750373 Check Our Catalog These essays cover the obsession, frustration, reflection, and fun of knitting. The author says, "It is a well-known fact that knitting is a sparkling form of entertainment, as spiritual as yoga, as relaxing as a massage, and as funny as Erma Bombeck trapped in a PTA meeting." …More

All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin By Pearl-McPhee, Stephanie 2011-10 - Andrews McMeel Publishing 9780740797576 Check Our Catalog Bestselling author and self-proclaimed Yarn Harlot Pearl-McPhee spins her third yarn on knitting for the 60 million knitters in North America. In her trademark style, she talks about knitting, parenting, friendship, and--gasp!--even crocheting in essays that are at times touching, often hilarious, and always entertaining. 240 pp. 50,000 print. …More

Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting By Hood, Ann 2014-09 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393349870 Check Our Catalog A collection of poignant essays about the transformative power of knitting by twenty-seven extraordinary writers. …More

A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter By Herron, Rachael 2011-08 - Chronicle Books (CA) 9781452100531 Check Our Catalog In these 20 heartfelt essays, Rachael Herron celebrated romance novelist by day, 911 dispatcher by night, and founder of the hugely popular blog Yarnagogo.com shows how when life unravels there's always a way to knit it back together again, many times into something even better. Honest, funny, and full of warmth, Herron's tales, each inspired by something she knit or something knit for her, will …More

The Reader's Shelf

From Library Journal

Halfway to Horror:  Halloween Previews

The Keep By Egan, Jennifer 2007-07 - Anchor Books 9781400079742 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Two cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe. In an environment of extreme paranoia, cut off from the outside world, the men reenact the signal event of their youth, with even more catastrophic results. And as the full horror of their predicament unfolds, a prisoner, in jail for …More

Castaways By Keene, Brian 2011-09 - Deadite Press 9781936383931 Check Our Catalog Contestants on a "Survivor"-like reality TV show find the dangers are too real after they are stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific with inhuman creatures out to kill them. Original. …More

Mayhem By Pinborough, Sarah 2014-01 - Jo Fletcher 9781623650865 Check Our Catalog Already frustrated in their attempts to capture serial murderer Jack the Ripper, the detectives of Scotland Yard are suddenly confronted with a new monster, dubbed the Torso Killer for his habit of leaving behind neatly wrapped parcels of his victims' body parts, minus the heads. With the terrible increase in mutilated corpses to examine, the highly regarded police surgeon Dr. Thomas Bond has lost …More

Rot & Ruin By Maberry, Jonathan 2010-09 - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 9781442402324 Check Our Catalog Awards: Bram Stoker Awards (2010), Cybils (2010), Florida Teens Read (2013), Gateway Readers Award (2013), Iowa High School Book Award (2013), Isinglass Teen Read Award (2012), Nutmeg Book Award (2013), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (2012), Sequoyah Book Awards (2013), Texas Lone Star Reading List (2012) Acclaimed horror author Maberry ("Patient Zero") makes his young adult debut with this detail-rich depiction of a post-apocalypic world where humanity has fallen, the dead have risen, and danger is always imminent. …More

Welcome to Lovecraft By Hill, Joe Illustrator Rodriguez, Gabriel 2008-10 - IDW Publishing 9781600102370 Check Our Catalog Keyhouse is an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them.... and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature. The bestselling author of "Heart-Shaped Box" creates an all-new story of dark fantasy and wonder.IDW …More

The Ruins By Smith, Scott 2008-02 - Vintage Books USA 9780307390271 Check Our Catalog Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they've ever known, in this national bestseller that is soon to be a major motion picture. …More

Upcoming Events

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Word 11:00 am, Saturday, April 18 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro to Word. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Word 12:15 pm, Saturday, April 18 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro to Word. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Trouble with your Tablet? 1:30 pm, Wednesday, April 22 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

Tech Wednesday-Flickr 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Wednesday, April 22 Bring your laptop or tablet and follow along while we explain tech topics in an informal setting. Today we will look at Flickr, an online photo storing/sharing site.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Email 11:00 am, Saturday, April 25 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic-Intro to Email. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Email 12:15 pm, Saturday, April 25 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro to Email. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

FAMILY LEGO MANIA AT THE LIBRARY 2:00 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015 KIDS! What can YOU build with LEGOs? Bring the whole family out for this family-friendly activity. The most creative builds win a candy prize. We provide the LEGOs; you provide the imagination!

Gardening-From Seed to Plant 2:00 - 3:30 pm, Saturday, April 25 Join Community Gardeners to learn the latest on growing productive and attractive gardens. Session 2) April 25: From Seed to Plant. Review planting techniques, watering, herb and flowers that enhance a garden; Compost and mulch options. Upcoming session: Session 3) June 6: In the Ground - pest and disease prevention, weed control, watering - too much or too little. Favorite ideas and recipes for produce.

Anyone Can Learn to Draw 6:00 pm, Tuesday, April 28 Patty Warner has been drawing and teaching drawing for many years. She will help build your confidence and give you tips and instructions on drawing. Class size is limited, so call 231-722-7276 or visit the circulation desk to register. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Tech Wednesday-Flickr 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Wednesday, April 29 Bring your laptop or tablet and follow along while we explain tech topics in an informal setting. Today we will look at Flickr, an online photo storing/sharing site.

2nd Annual Local Author Fair Noon to 3 pm, Saturday, May 2nd: The 2nd Annual Local Author Fair On Saturday, May 2 local authors will be at Hackley Public Library to discuss their work, sell and autograph their books, and chat with the public. Whether you’re an avid reader or writer, this is your chance to get to know and support the local authors from West Michigan. Writers representing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, teens, and children’s books will be available, and each author table will feature copies of selected works available for purchase and signing. Save the date, tell everyone you know, and join us for our Second Annual Local Author Fair!

New Books at HPL

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2015 .  To see new books from other years try: 2014  2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

The Girls of Mischief Bay By Mallery, Susan 2015-02 - Mira Books 9780778316022 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Susan Mallery is world renowned for her "insightful, funny, and poignant" stories ("Booklist"). With her brand-new Mischief Bay series, she brings vivid color to the story of three friends on the brink of a new life. Nicole Lord wants to be a good wife, but there's a difference between being supportive and "supporting "her husband, who quit his job to write …More

Death in Venice and Other Stories By Mann, Thomas Translator Chase, Jefferson P. Afterword by Swales, Martin 2006-11 - Signet Classics 9780451530325 Check Our Catalog This translation of Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann's work includes his masterpiece, "Death in Venice" and six of the author's short stories," Tristian, Tonio Kroger, Man and Dog: An Idyll, Hour of Hardship, Tobias Mindernickel," and "The Child Prodigy." Revised and repackaged. …More

Against the Sky By Martin, Kat 2015-01 - Zebra 9781420133844 Check Our Catalog In America's last wilderness, there are no limits to what a man can do. For detective Nick Brodie, that means keeping the perps off the streets of Anchorage 24/7. Nick has never backed down from danger, but after the horrors he's seen, he's definitely in need of a break. Samantha Hollis never thought she'd meet anyone like Nick, especially in a place like Las Vegas. But after one reckless, …More

Too Bad to Die By Mathews, Francine 2015-03 - Riverhead Books 9781594631795 Check Our Catalog A tense and enthralling historical thriller in which British Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming attempts to foil a Nazi plot to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. November, 1943. Weary of his deskbound status in the Royal Navy, intelligence officer Ian Fleming spends his spare time spinning stories in his head that are much more exciting than his own life...until the critical Tehran …More

Crow Fair: Stories By McGuane, Thomas 2015-03 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780385350198 Check Our Catalog From one of our most deeply admired storytellers, author of the richly acclaimed "Gallatin Canyon, "his first collection in nine years. Set in Thomas McGuane's accustomed Big Sky country, with its mesmeric powers, these stories attest to the generous compass of his fellow feeling, as well as to his unique way with words and the comic genius that has inspired comparison with Twain and Gogol. …More

The Marriage Charm By Miller, Linda Lael 2015-01 - Harlequin Books 9780373778928 Check Our Catalog The women of Bliss County have a pact--to find husbands. The right husbands. One already has: Hadleigh Stevens, who married rancher Tripp Galloway a few months ago. Now Melody Nolan thinks it's her turn. Melody has recently found success as a jewelry designer, and her work is the focus of her life. She's not exactly unhappy, but she wants more. She's always been attracted to Spence Hogan, the …More

Rebel Queen By Moran, Michelle 2015-03 - Touchstone Books 9781476716350 Check Our Catalog From the internationally bestselling author of "Nefertiti "and "Cleopatra's Daughter "comes the breathtaking story of Queen Lakshmi--India's Joan of Arc--who against all odds defied the mighty British invasion to defend her beloved kingdom. When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the mid-nineteenth century, it expects a quick and easy conquest. India is fractured and divided into …More

Invincible By Palmer, Diana 2014-07 - Harlequin 9780373778805 Check Our Catalog He's everything she fears... and everything she wants Mercenary by name and by nature, Carson is a Lakota Sioux who stays to himself and never keeps women around long enough for anything emotional to develop. But working with his friend Cash Grier on a complex murder investigation provides Carson with another kind of fun--shocking Cash's sweet-but-traditional secretary, Carlie Blair, with …More

Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley: Novellas and Stories By Pancake, Ann 2015-02 - Counterpoint LLC 9781619024649 Check Our Catalog Ann Pancake's 2007 novel "Strange As This Weather Has Been" exposed the devastating fallout of mountaintop removal mining on a single West Virginia family. In "Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley," a follow-up collection of eleven astonishing novellas and short stories, Pancake again features characters who are intensely connected to their land--sometimes through love, sometimes through hate--and …More

A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction By Pratchett, Terry Foreword by Byatt, A. S. 2015-03 - Doubleday Books 9780385538329 Check Our Catalog A collection of short fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from schooldays to Discworld and the present day. …More

Courting Catherine By Roberts, Nora Author Morgan, Sarah 2015-01 - Silhouette Books 9780373010172 Check Our Catalog A LASTING LEGACY Catherine "C.C." Calhoun is determined to keep her family's estate, known affectionately as the Towers, "in" the family. She admits the cost of keeping up the crumbling mansion might be quickly exceeding what C.C., her sisters and her aunt can afford, but the only way to save the house can't be to sell it. Especially not to arrogant and handsome hotel magnate Trenton St. James …More

Hidden Riches By Roberts, Nora 2012-08 - Jove Books 9780515152951 Check Our Catalog When antiques dealer Dora Conroy becomes the target of a ruthless smuggler after she purchases a few curiosities at an auction, she turns to her new neighbor, ex-cop Jed Skimmerhorn, for help. …More

Life or Death By Robotham, Michael 2015-03 - Mulholland Books 9780316252058 Check Our Catalog Why would a man serving a long prison sentence escape the day before he's due to be released? Audie Palmer has spent ten years in a Texas prison after pleading guilty to a robbery in which four people died and seven million dollars went missing. During that time he has suffered repeated beatings, stabbings and threats by inmates and guards, all desperate to answer the same question: where's the …More

Return of the Cartier Cartel By Santiago, Nisa 2010-10 - Melodrama Publishing 9781934157305 Check Our Catalog Brooklyn empress Cartier knows the streets of Brooklyn like nobody's business. In fact, she successfully built her Cartier Cartel drug ring on the code of the streets, hustling and stacking paper. However, the life of crime is wearing her down, and she's ready to quit the game when two of her Cartel soldiers are gunned down in the same streets that fattened her bankroll. Now she's hell bent on …More

Arsene Schrauwen By Schrauwen, Olivier 2014-12 - Fantagraphics Books 9781606997307 Check Our Catalog Awards: L.A. Times Book Prize (2014) In 1947, the author s grandfather, Arsene Schrauwen, traveled across the ocean to a mysterious, dangerous jungle colony at the behest of his cousin. Together they would build something deemed impossible: a modern utopia in the wilderness but not before Arsene falls in love with his cousin s wife, Marieke. Whether delirious from love or a fever-inducing jungle virus, Arsene s loosening grip on …More

The Coldest Winter Ever By Sister Souljah 2006-02 - Pocket Star Books 9781416521693 Check Our Catalog Now available in a trade paperback edition, Sister Souljah's debut novel about the daughter of a drug lord captures the allure and the danger of Brooklyn's streets. …More

Midnight: A Gangster Love Story By Sister Souljah 2008-11 - Atria Books 9781416545187 Check Our Catalog Awards: Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) (2009) Sister Souljah, renowned hip-hop artist, political activist, and bestselling author, delivers a powerful story about love and loyalty, strength and survival, in this follow-up to her riveting masterpiece, "The Coldest Winter Ever." HPL patron: Excellent read!  Great story about a young male stepping up to take care of his family and falling in love at the same time. I …More

A Gangster's Daughter 2 By Sullivan, Leo 2014-02 - Createspace 9781495449550 Check Our Catalog This is Gangster's Daughter 3 off of e-book. The urban classic continues as 17-year-old Kadisha Spencer finds herself entangled in a vicious web of murder, larceny, and intrigue as a host of enemies plot her demise. The precious possession of her father's safe is finally opened; inside she discovers a Pandora's Box of clues that hintto her father's whereabouts. Is he still alive? With no other …More

The Candy Shop By Swinson, Kiki 2010-01 - Dafina Books 9780758238917 Check Our Catalog In this drama-filled page-turner, an "Essence"-bestselling author presents the raw tale of one woman's struggle with her demons, and the depths she will go to feed her addiction to street candy. HPL patron: Kiki tells all about how Faith loses it all because of a drug addiction.  I had hoped it would have a happy ending, but Kiki had a dose of reality for you.  Not …More

The Lodger By Treger, Louisa 2015-04 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410477774 Check Our Catalog Dorothy Richardson is existing just above the poverty line, doing secretarial work at a dentist's office and living in a seedy boarding house in Bloomsbury, when she is invited to spend the weekend with a childhood friend. Jane has recently married a writer who is hovering on the brink of fame. His name is H.G. Wells, or Bertie, as they call him. Bertie appears unremarkable at first. But …More

A Spool of Blue Thread By Tyler, Anne 2015-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781101874271 Check Our Catalog Awards: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2015) "It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon. . ." This is how Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate togetherness: an indefinable, enviable kind of specialness. But they are also like all families, in that the stories they tell themselves reveal only part of the picture. …More

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel By Walls, Jeannette 2009-10 - Scribner Book Company 9781416586289 Check Our Catalog Walls's "The Glass Castle" was nothing short of spectacular ("Entertainment Weekly"). Now Walls presents this magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hardworking, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. …More

A Dangerous Place By Winspear, Jacqueline 2015-03 - Harper 9780062220554 Check Our Catalog Maisie Dobbs returns in a powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy: a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gibraltar leads the investigator into a web of lies, deceit, and danger. Spring 1937. In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability--and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure. Now, all she wants is the peace …More

Standup Guy By Woods, Stuart 2014-01 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399164156 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington's newest client does not seem the type to bring mayhem in his wake. A polite, well-deported gentleman, he comes to Stone seeking legal expertise on an unusual--and potentially lucrative--dilemma. Stone points him in the right direction and sends him on his way, but it's soon clear Stone hasn't seen the end of the case. Several people are keenly interested in this gentleman's …More

True to the Game By Woods, Teri 2010-10 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446571562 Check Our Catalog Includes excerpts from: True to the game II and True to the game III. …More

The Hot Box By Zane 2010-08 - Atria Books 9780743499279 Check Our Catalog Harmony, Bryce, and Lucinda are back with their friends Fatima and Colette as they embark on a new set of adventures involving love, fun, and of course, drama. But they are not alone. Tempest and Janessa from "The Heat Seekers" join the festivities. (Adult Fiction) …More