Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

That Summer Place: Old Things\Private Paradise\Island Time By Macomber, Debbie Author Wiggs, Susan Author Barnett, Jill 2015-05 - Mira Books 9780778318217 Check Our Catalog Three award-winning, "New York Times" bestselling authors join forces to create this anthology that's perfect for summer reading. Includes "Private Paradise" by Macomber, "Island Time" by Wiggs, and "Old Things" by Barnett. …More

The Girls of Mischief Bay By Mallery, Susan 2015-02 - Mira Books 9780778316022 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: An unlikely group of women become best friends as they support each other through finding Mr. Right, becoming a widow, and divorcing. Stages of life and how friendship, family, and love conquer all. …More

Three Sisters By Mallery, Susan 2013-02 - Harlequin Mira 9780778314349 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Mallery's prose has been called "gritty and magical" and "luscious and provocative" ("Publishers Weekly"). Now she returns to Blackberry Island with the story of three women whose friendship will change their lives forever. Original. …More

Where They Found Her By McCreight, Kimberly 2015-04 - Harper 9780062225467 Check Our Catalog An idyllic suburban town. A devastating discovery. Shocking revelations that will change three lives forever. At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of a newborn is found in the woods fringing the campus of the town's prestigious university. No one knows the identity of the baby, what ended her very short life, or how she came to be found among the …More

The Sacred Vault By McDermott, Andy 2011-03 - Bantam 9780553593648 Check Our Catalog American archaeologist Nina Wilde and bodyguard Eddie Chase are back for another heart-stopping, globe-spanning adventure in the latest in McDermott's "New York Times"-bestselling series that includes "The Hunt for Atlantis." Original. HPL patron: A thrilling tale chasing after stolen archeological treasures and uncovering betrayal and saving them while …More

The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance By McNamee, Thomas 2012-05 - Free Press 9781439191507 Check Our Catalog Awards: IACP Crystal Whisk Award (2013) From the bestselling author of "Alice Waters and Chez Panisse" comes the first biography of the father of the American food revolution, who introduced the world to the likes of Julia Child, Wolfgang Puck, and Alice Waters. HPL patron: Interesting story of the life of Craig Claiborne, America's first food critic, however the food descriptions got a little long …More

How to Build a Girl By Moran, Caitlin 2014-09 - Harper 9780062335975 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: In the same way I could hardly get through Moran's How to Build a Woman, this is juvenal, trite, tacky. I thought it might be different as it is a "novel" instead of a memoir. But I was just as disappointed. …More

Death's Half Acre By Maron, Margaret 2009-06 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446618083 Check Our Catalog Unchecked urbanization has begun to eclipse the North Carolina countryside. In the shadows, corrupt county commissioners use their political leverage to make profitable deals with new developers. A murder will pull Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant into the middle of this bitter dispute. HPL patron: A bit more political, other than that a …More

High Country Fall By Maron, Margaret 2005-08 - Warner Books (NY) 9780446615907 Check Our Catalog As friends and family overreact to her plans to marry Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, Judge Deborah Knott seizes the opportunity to fill in for the vacationing judge in the hills of Cedar Gap. However, her peaceful break is interrupted by murder. HPL patron: Yet again the characters surprise me. Detail to the scenary and plot are superb. …More

Rituals of the Season By Maron, Margaret 2005-08 - Mysterious Press 9780892968091 Check Our Catalog Awards: Agatha Awards (2005) Judge Deborah Knott finally ties the knot--and solves a murder--in this latest installment of Maron's bestselling series. HPL patron: A good twist of characters. …More

Never Again Once More By Morrison, Mary B. 2004-04 - Dafina Books 9780758200211 Check Our Catalog In this compelling sequel to the bestselling "Soul Mates Dissipate," the story of Jada Diamond Tanner and Wellington Jones continues as they find themselves facing new conflicts that challenge the decisions they made years ago. …More

Temptation By Christopher Murray, Victoria 2001-10 - Walk Worthy Press 9780446677837 Check Our Catalog Married for 16 years, Kyla and Jefferson Blake realize their marriage is in danger. Kyla faces a devastating betrayal while her husband must find the strength to confront his weaknesses, so both turn to God to help them rise above. HPL patron: Kyla made the biggest mistake a woman can make by bringing another woman into her house. This book has scriptures, …More

Cockroaches By Nesbo, Jo 2014-06 - Thorndike Press 9781410468635 Check Our Catalog The thrilling sequel to Jo Nesbo's debut novel, "The Bat," "Cockroaches "sees Harry Hole sent to Bangkok to investigate the murder of the Norwegian ambassador. Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. But it's work, not pleasure. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and no witnesses have come forward. The ambassador had close ties to the …More

Nemesis By Nesbo, Jo Translator Bartlett, Don 2009-01 - Harper 9780061655500 Check Our Catalog Awards: Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2010), Macavity Award (2010) Gripping and surprising, "Nemesis" is the new thriller by one of the biggest stars of Scandinavian crime fiction. …More

American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest By Nordhaus, Hannah 2015-03 - Harper 9780062249210 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: American Ghost is so much more than a ghost story. It is a fascinating history of early immigrants to the Southwest and a "love story" of a great-great-granddaughter's search for her relatives. This is a well researched and well written saga. …More

The Tiger's Wife By Obreht, Tea 2011-03 - Random House 9780385343831 Check Our Catalog Awards: ALA Notable Books (2012), Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2011), Indies Choice Book Awards (2012), National Book Awards (2011), New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award (2011), Orange Broadband Prize (2011), Women's Fiction AKA Orange Prize (2011) Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Obreht, the youngest of "The New Yorker's" 20 best American fiction writers under 40, spins a timeless novel about a young doctor who confronts the inexplicable circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather's recent death. HPL patron: Throughout the book I was curious how everything would …More

The Murder Man By Parsons, Tony 2014-10 - Minotaur Books 9781250052322 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Beautifully crafted book. From the beginning you seem to "know" the characters. The things you think you know, get totally switched up. The best kind of suspense novel. …More

The Christmas Wedding By Patterson, James Author DiLallo, Richard 2011-10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316097390 Check Our Catalog The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the packages are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting …More

High on Arrival By Phillips, MacKenzie With Liftin, Hilary 2009-09 - Simon Spotlight Entertainment 9781439153857 Check Our Catalog The former teen star of "One Day at a Time" reveals her shocking, moving story about growing up in a legendary rock-and-roll family, the personal demons and addictions she has battled, and her struggle to find redemption and peace. HPL patron: Excellent portrayal of generational addiction and the difficulty of breaking the cycle. …More

The Everything Cooking for Baby and Toddler Book: 300 Delicious, Easy Recipes to Get Your Child Off to a Healthy Start By Priwer, Shana Author Phillips, Cynthia With Vincent, Iannelli 2006-10 - Adams Media Corporation 9781593376918 Check Our Catalog Babies can be fussy eaters; many suffer from food allergies and others are just plain persnickety about food. This helpful book is the perfect tool to help craft a balanced diet for little ones, offering 300 recipes that employ a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, meats, and fish. …More

Scents and Sensibility By Quinn, Spencer 2015-07 - Atria Books 9781476703428 Check Our Catalog When a mysterious case of illegal cactus smuggling comes to their attention, Chet and his human P.I. companion, Bernie Little, find themselves in a prickly situation in this eighth book in the "New York Times" bestselling mystery series. In the latest entry in the immensely popular Chet and Bernie mystery series, Private Investigator Bernie Little and his canine companion Chet return …More

The Life of Langston Hughes By Rampersad, Arnold 2002-01 - Oxford University Press, USA 9780195146424 Check Our Catalog Featuring a new Afterword, this is Ramprsad's highly praised biography of an extraordinary and prolific American writer. Including 50 illustrations per volume, this anniversary edition will offer a new generation entrance to the life and mind of one of the 20th century's greatest artists. "An exquisite orchestration of the life fully lived."--"The Boston Globe." …More

The Son of Neptune By Riordan, Rick 2013-07 - Disney Press 9781423141990 Check Our Catalog Awards: Massachusetts Children's Book Award (2015) Three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a quest. But who are the other four mentioned in the prophesy? The answer may lie in another camp miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea. …More

Summer Garden Murder By Ripley, Ann 2005-08 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758208170 Check Our Catalog When Peter Hoffman, identified by Louise Eldridge five years ago as the "mulch murderer," is released from a mental institution, he crashes a soiree in Louise's neighborhood. Later, Louise finds him buried beneath her azalea patch. Now she'll have to dig up some serious clues to bring a killer to light. …More