Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

Guns in the Gallery By Brett, Simon 2012-02 - Creme de La Crime 9781780290157 Check Our Catalog Invited to a Private View of the work of controversial artist Denzil Willoughby, the good citizens of Fethering are not quite sure what to expect. And it turns out to be a lively affair, culminating in several embarrassing confrontations. But what no one could have anticipated was that the evening would end in sudden, violent death. HPL patron: For fun in a …More

Cat of the Century By Brown, Rita Mae Illustrator Gellatly, Michael 2010-04 - Bantam 9780553807073 Check Our Catalog Brown and her feline partner are back with this new mystery starring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. This time they must catch a killer determined to turn a birthday party into a funeral. …More

Cat's Eyewitness By Brown, Rita Mae Author Sneaky Pie Brown 2005-04 - Thorndike Press 9780786274246 Check Our Catalog When a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary starts mysteriously crying tears of real blood, terrible events are prophesied--and it's not long before things start shaking up the sleepy little town of Crozet, Virginia. …More

Sour Puss By Brown, Rita Mae Author Sneaky Pie Brown Illustrator Gellatly, Michael 2006-03 - Thorndike Press 9780786284504 Check Our Catalog When spring comes to the small town of Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen unexpectedly remarries her ex-husband and gets embroiled in the strange murder of a visiting professor. 272 pp. 75,000 print. (Mystery/Detective) …More

Tail Gait: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery By Brown, Rita Mae 2015-05 - Bantam 9780553392364 Check Our Catalog There's nothing like a tail well told. Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with an all-new mystery featuring Mary Minor Harry Haristeen, crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and ever-faithful Tee Tucker the corgi. TAIL GAIT Spring has sprung in Crozet, Virginia a time for old friends to gather and bid farewell to the doldrums of winter. …More

The Tail of the Tip-Off By Brown, Rita Mae Illustrator Gellatly, Michael Joint Author Sneaky Pie Brown 2003-06 - Thorndike Press 9780786249916 Check Our Catalog The Tail of the Tip-Off When winter hits Crozet, Virginia, it hits hard--and hangs on for months. That's nothing new to postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her friends, who keep warm with hard work, hot toddies, and rabid rooting for the University of Virginia's women's basketball team at the old stadium affectionately dubbed "The Clam." But the usual postgame high spirits …More

Wayfaring Stranger By Burke, James Lee 2014-07 - Simon & Schuster 9781476710792 Check Our Catalog In his most ambitious work yet, "New York Times" bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life--connecting a fateful encounter with Bonnie and Clyde to heroic acts at the Battle of the Bulge and finally to the high-stakes gambles and cutthroat players who ushered in the dawn of the American oil industry. In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon …More

Loving Each Other By Buscaglia, Leo F. 1984-01 - Slack 9780943432274 Check Our Catalog In this exploration of loving and living, bestselling author Leo Buscaglia addresses the intricacies and challenges of love relationships. He asks such important questions, as: How do we best interweave our lives with our loved ones? Do we change our way of relating depending on the circumstances: If we fail in one relationship, can we succeed in others? In this exhilarating book, Leo doesn't give …More

Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (GPS) By Calton, Jayson Author Calton, Mira 2013-02 - Primal Nutrition 9780984755172 Check Our Catalog With nearly 40,000 items populating the average supermarket today, this unique guide steers the consumer through the grocery store aisles, directing them to health enhancing Rich Food options while avoiding health detracting Poor Food ones. …More

Voices Behind the Veil: The World of Islam Through the Eyes of Women By Caner, Ergun Mehmet 2003-08 - Kregel Publications 9780825424021 Check Our Catalog More than half a billion women live their lives peering out from behind heavy veils. Their lives are mysterious, misunderstood, and often marked by great persecution and hopelessness. This groundbreaking book written by women intimately familiar with the world of Islam, draws back the covering on every stage and aspect of life for the Muslim woman--as a child, wife, mother, sister, …More

The Tigers of '68: Baseball's Last Real Champions By Cantor, George 1997-04 - Taylor Trade Publishing 9780878339280 Check Our Catalog An uproarious, stirring tale of what some are calling baseball's last real champions. Detroit journalist George Cantor revisits the main performers of this illustrious team and weaves their stories into a cohesive narrative that captures the drama and color of Detroit's 1968 season. Embossing the text is the social turmoil of the decade, which worked its way into the clubhouse and often pitted …More

Pulse By Carman, Patrick 2013-02 - Katherine Tegen Books 9780062085764 Check Our Catalog Fans of action-packed sci-fi thrillers such as I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner will love bestselling author Patrick Carman's Pulse, with its epic action scenes and memorable love story. In the year 2051, Faith Daniels discovers that she can move objects with her mind. This telekinetic ability is called a "pulse," and her mysterious classmate, Dylan Gilmore, has the talent, too. In …More

Tremor By Carman, Patrick 2014-02 - Katherine Tegen Books 9780062085801 Check Our Catalog Tremor, the second book in bestselling author Patrick Carman's Pulse trilogy, is filled with more action-packed scenes and romance. Tremor will excite fans of I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner with its richly developed characters and electrifying story of love and revenge. In the year 2051, some people have a second pulse. Like all who have "the pulse," Faith Daniels and Dylan Gilmore have …More

The Heart of the Five Love Languages By Chapman, Gary 2008-03 - Northfield Press 9781881273806 Check Our Catalog People express and receive love in different ways. Dr. Gary Chapman identifies these as the five languages of love: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service and physical touch. If you express love toward others in a way they don't understand, they will not realize you've expressed your love at all. The problem is that you're speaking different languages! Abridged version of …More

I'll Walk Alone By Clark, Mary Higgins 2011-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781439180969 Check Our Catalog The #1 bestselling Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark presents her latest captivating thriller. HPL patron: Very good book. Kept me in suspense. …More

I've Got You Under My Skin By Clark, Mary Higgins 2014-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781476749068 Check Our Catalog Five years after her husband's murder, Laurie Moran, an award-winning TV producer and single mother, starts filming a new "cold case" series in which four women involved in the unsolved murder of a wealthy Westchester matron reunite to recreate the scene of the crime -- along with the real killer. HPL patron: Very good book. Kept me in suspense. She is my …More

Pinnacle Event By Clarke, Richard A. 2015-05 - Thomas Dunne Books 9781250047984 Check Our Catalog With the 2016 presidential election just weeks away, five simultaneous murders on three continents lead to an investigation revealing the recent black-market sale of five nuclear weapons. But who bought them? And what is their intended target? Washington fears the bombs are timed to explode in major American cities before the election. They call on intelligence expert Ray Bowman to prevent …More

Trust No One: A Thriller By Cleave, Paul 2015-08 - Atria Books 9781476779171 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Most realistic, cleverist thriller I've read. Picture a mom with Alzheimer's; thinking her younger daughter is a whorish fiend out to do steal her husband. Only my dad's being in the home saved me from more than badly bruised arms. Look at this guy's stance on the back cover; he sure gets it right...have ordered Five Minutes Alone …More

Armada By Cline, Ernest 2015-07 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780804137256 Check Our Catalog Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, world-altering event will shatter the monotony of his humdrum existence and whisk him off on some grand space-faring adventure. But hey, there's nothing wrong …More

The Harry Bosch Novels 3: A Darkness More Than Night/City of Bones/Lost Light By Connelly, Michael 2010-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316132855 Check Our Catalog Connelly's most famous character, Detective Harry Bosch, has been thrilling readers for years. Now available in the third omnibus edition are the seventh, eighth, and ninth novels in the series: "A Darkness More Than Night, City of Bones," and "Lost Light." …More

Jurassic Park By Crichton, Michael Author Crichton 1990-11 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780394588162 Check Our Catalog Iowa Teen Award - 1995 Winner State-of-the-art science and suspense combine in this uniquely exciting high-tension thriller from the author of The Andromeda Strain. Bioengineers create authentic, detail-perfect, real-life dinosaurs for a Pacific island theme park, but scientific triumph explodes into horrendous disaster as the first visitors encounter the unbelievable. …More

Hour of the Red God By Crompton, Richard 2013-05 - Sarah Crichton Books 9780374171995 Check Our Catalog Awards: L.A. Times Book Prize (2013) In Nairobi's Uhuru Park, the police have recovered the body of a local prostitute. Detective Mollel, himself a former Maasai warrior, is assigned to the case. Like all great heroes in crime fiction, Mollel is complicated, even flawed. As Mollel pursues the death of the prostitute, he begins to suspect something far more extensive than an ordinary murder. HPL patron: …More

How to Change Minds about Our Changing Climate: Let Science Do the Talking the Next Time Someone Tries to Tell You... the Climate Isn't Changing, Glob By Darling, Seth B. Author Sisterson, Douglas L. Illustrator Sisterson, Sarah M. 2014-07 - Experiment 9781615192236 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: A witty and informative read about climate change and the many myths that are surrounding this issue. This book willl give you the scientific facts regarding the effects of climate change on the Earth. …More

What's Wrong with My Vegetable Garden?: 100% Organic Solutions for All Your Vegetables, from Artichoke to Zucchini By Deardorff, David Author Wadsworth, Kathryn 2011-12 - Timber Press (OR) 9781604692839 Check Our Catalog More and more home gardeners are discovering the rewards of growing their own vegetables. But along with the pleasures of homegrown produce come a host of problems: bugs, diseases, and mysterious ailments that don't have an obvious cause. What's a gardener to do? Don't panic -- help is at hand. "What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?" teaches you how to keep your vegetables healthy so …More