What to read while waiting for...

Foreign Agent: A Thriller By Thor, Brad 2016-06 - Atria Books 9781476789354 Check Our Catalog From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Brad Thor a brilliant thriller as current as tomorrow's headlines. Terrorism in Europe has spun out of control. The United States has decided on a dramatic response. Now, the CIA needs a very special kind of operative. Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former U.S. Navy SEAL with extensive …More

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

The Art of War By Coonts, Stephen 2016-02 - St. Martin's Press 9781250041999 Check Our Catalog The Chinese dragon is flexing its muscles. As its military begins to prey on neighbors in the South China Sea, attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources, the US goes on high alert. But a far more ominous danger lurks closer to home: a Chinese sleeper cell has planted a nuclear weapon in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, the biggest naval base on the planet. The target: a …More

The Insider Threat By Taylor, Brad 2015-06 - Dutton Books 9780525954903 Check Our Catalog In the eighth action-packed thriller in the" New York Times" bestselling Pike Logan series, ISIS, the most maniacal terrorist organization the modern world has ever seen, is poised to make their most audacious strike yet. The United States has anticipated and averted countless attacks from terrorist groups thanks in large part to the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the …More

The Third Target: A J. B. Collins Novel By Rosenberg, Joel C. 2015-01 - Tyndale House Publishers 9781414336275 Check Our Catalog 2016 Christian Book Award finalist (Fiction category)When "New York Times" foreign correspondent J. B. Collins hears rumors that an al-Qaeda splinter cell--ISIS--has captured a cache of chemical weapons inside Syria, he knows this is a story he must pursue at all costs. Does the commander of the jihadist faction really have weapons of mass destruction? If so, who is the intended target? The U.S.? …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

KIDDIE HIP HOP FITNESS SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2:00 PM Dance at the library with Bliss Dance Concepts owner, Rebecca Jackson. Learn new hip hop moves to get active and involved for the summer.

STORYTIME TOYBOX MONDAY, JUNE 27, 6:30 PM Read a story. Make a craft. Play a game and have a snack. Storytime Toybox is a great way to get your toddler ready for school. For ages 3 - 5.

"PIZZA & A PAPERBACK" FOR LUNCH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 12:00 PM Keep those reading levels up through the summer and conquer the 4th grade slump. Come to HPL for "Pizza & a Paperback," a lunchtime easy reader program to keep kids reading through the summer. This is specifically for ages 6 - 9 and/or 1 - 3rd grade kids already reading.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, June 29 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, July 6 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

"PIZZA & A PAPERBACK" LUNCH MASTER READER'S GROUP THURSDAY, JULY 7, NOON Big Kids-4th grade through 7th grade- or 10 - 13 year olds, come to HPL for lunch and get in on the fun as we bring a great book to life to keep us reading through the summer. If you are reading at 4th grade level or up, this is for YOU!

JUGGLING IN THE LIBRARY WITH TIM SALISBURY

SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2:00 PM

Join HPL  along with juggler extraordinaire, Time Salisbury, for an afternoon of comedy, juggling, and all around entertainment.

What to read while waiting for...

End of Watch By King, Stephen 2016-06 - Scribner Book Company 9781501129742 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Best one yet: thoroughly modernly enjoyable. …More

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

Tick Tock By Patterson, James Author Ledwidge, Michael 2011-01 - Little Brown and Company 9780316128520 Check Our Catalog A rash of horrifying crimes tears through New York City, throwing it into complete chaos and terrorizing everyone living there. Immediately, it becomes clear that these offenses are not the work of an amateur, but of a calculating, efficient, and deadly mastermind. All too soon, another appalling murder leads Detective Michael Bennett to a shocking discovery that exposes the killer's pattern and …More

T Is for Trespass By Grafton, Sue 2007-11 - G. P. Putnam's Sons 9780399154485 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The 20th Kinsey Millhone crime novel (after 2005's S Is for Silence), a gripping, if depressing, tale of identify theft and elder abuse, displays bestseller Grafton's storytelling gifts. …More

Silencing Eve By Johansen, Iris 2013-10 - St. Martin's Press 9781250020024 Check Our Catalog This is the finale that fans have been waiting for. In Taking Eve, the game began. In Hunting Eve, the chase was on. Now, in Silencing Eve, the prey is cornered. Will Eve Duncan survive? Will those she loves take the fall with her? And will the secrets of Eve's past ultimately become her undoing? In Silencing Eve, all the questions will be answered in a shocking, you never saw it coming …More

Upcoming events at HPL

FATHER'S DAY CRAFTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2:00 PM

Dad deserves recognition for all he does for the family. Create a one of a kind Father's Day gift to celebrate this special man in your life.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ARE BACK! SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2:00 PM Kids, shape up your karate skills in this program inspired by TMNT. Join Master Salomon Villalpando of Solomon's Karate Studio for smooth moves any aspiring ninja can use. There will also be games, a craft and a treat. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXT. 230 TO REGISTER.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, June 22 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

"SAMMY THE FROG" AUTHOR, JAMIE CHESTER VISITS WITH GAMES AND FUN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2:00 PM Local author, Jamie Chester gets kids excited about reading and showcases her "Sammy the Frog" series while exploring fitness, fun, and friends. Kids play a game for prizes, make a craft and have a snack. Get set for reading fun.

KIDDIE HIP HOP FITNESS SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2:00 PM Dance at the library with Bliss Dance Concepts owner, Rebecca Jackson. Learn new hip hop moves to get active and involved for the summer.

STORYTIME TOYBOX MONDAY, JUNE 27, 6:30 PM Read a story. Make a craft. Play a game and have a snack. Storytime Toybox is a great way to get your toddler ready for school. For ages 3 - 5.

"PIZZA & A PAPERBACK" FOR LUNCH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 12:00 PM Keep those reading levels up through the summer and conquer the 4th grade slump. Come to HPL for "Pizza & a Paperback," a lunchtime easy reader program to keep kids reading through the summer. This is specifically for ages 6 - 9 and/or 1 - 3rd grade kids already reading.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, June 29 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

New Fiction at HPL

To see if the book is in, or to place a hold, click on the "Check our Catalog" link.  To see the full list of our new books download the Excel file for 2016 .  To see new books from other years try: 2015, 2014 , 2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Bitch a New Beginning By King, Deja 2011-08 - King Productions 9780984332571 Check Our Catalog Precious Cummings is back but this time her own daughter is causing mayhem. Aaliyah Carter Mills was born into street royalty but that isn't enough for her. She wants to play by her own rules. But can Aaliyah follow in Precious' footsteps or will mother have to save daughter? Find out in the new installment of the Bitch Series. …More

Queen Bitch By King, Deja 2009-02 - King Productions 9780975581155 Check Our Catalog In Queen Bitch, Precious has lost it all, her daughter, Aaliyah, the love of her life, Supreme, and the luxurious lifestyle she's grown accustomed to. The perpetrator of her demise is the very person she called family--Maya. Precious learns the hard way, it's true what they say, blood is thicker than water, as Maya aligns herself with her brother, Pretty Boy Mike. As Precious fights to escape …More

Brush of Wings By Kingsbury, Karen 2016-03 - Howard Books 9781451687538 Check Our Catalog From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the third novel in an unforgettable series about divine intervention and the trials and triumphs of life for a group of friends. Despite needing a heart transplant and against the advice of her doctor, Mary Catherine moves to Uganda to work at a new orphanage. Whatever time she has left, Mary Catherine wants to spend it …More

Devil Knows: A Tale of Murder and Madness in America's First Century By Kolb, David Joseph 2015-09 - Garn Press 9781942146223 Check Our Catalog Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a finalist in the USA Best Book Awards in the Historical Fiction category, Devil Knows: A Tale of Murder and Madness in America's First Century is a mystery-in-the-archives thriller written with great charm and cinematic flair. In the dead of night at the height of the 1692 Salem mania, a dying smallpox victim collapses in prison while visiting a witch …More

Fall of Man in Wilmslow By Lagercrantz, David 2016-05 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781101946695 Check Our Catalog From the author of the #1 best seller "The Girl in the Spider's Web" an electrifying thriller that begins with Alan Turing's suicide and plunges into a post-war Britain of immeasurable repression, conformity and fear June 8, 1954. Several English nationals have defected to the USSR, while a witch hunt for homosexuals rages across Britain. In these circumstances, no one is surprised …More

A Buccaneer at Heart By Laurens, Stephanie 2016-04 - Mira Books 9780778318781 Check Our Catalog Unexpected loveplus passion, intrigue, and dangerchallenge our hero to embrace his true nature. #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET, a riveting blend of Regency-era high seas adventure, a mystery shrouded in the heat of tropical jungles, and the passionate romances of four couples and their unexpected journeys into love. After a decade …More

The Atonement By Lewis, Beverly 2016-03 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764212482 Check Our Catalog A Must-Have Novel from the #1 Name in Amish Fiction The mistakes of the past haunt Lucy Flaud, who years ago stopped attending the activities for courting-age young people in her hometown of Bird-in-Hand. Now twenty-five and solidly past the age of Amish courtship, Lucy has given up any hope of marriage, instead focusing her efforts on volunteering in both the Plain and fancy …More

Wilde Lake By Lippman, Laura 2016-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780062083456 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed standalones After I m Gone, I'd Know You Anywhere, and What the Dead Know, challenges our notions of memory, loyalty, responsibility, and justice in this evocative and psychologically complex story about a long-ago death that still haunts a family. Luisa Lu Brant is the newly elected and first female state's attorney of Howard County, …More

Denim and Diamonds: A Cold Creek Reunion By Macomber, Debbie Author Thayne, RaeAnne 2016-03 - Harlequin 9780373010394 Check Our Catalog Second choice, or second chance? Restless teenager Letty Ellison left Red Springs, Wyoming, with an audacious dream. She was going to LA to become a superstar. And she was never coming back. Now, nearly ten years later, Letty returns to Red Springs with one last hope: Chase Brown. Chase never left Red Springshis ties to the land are what kept him from following Letty. So when she returns …More

Blood Flag By Martini, Steve 2016-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780062328960 Check Our Catalog Defending a client accused of killing her father, attorney Paul Madriani is drawn into a treacherous conspiracy dating to World War II in this enthralling installment in the New York Times bestselling series. Paul Madriani and Harry Hinds have a new client: Emma Brauer, a woman accused in the mercy killing of her aged father, Robert Brauer. Insisting she's innocent, Emma tells Paul about a …More

The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder By McMillan, Rachel 2016-04 - Harvest House Publishers 9780736966405 Check Our Catalog In 1910 Toronto, while other bachelor girls perfect their domestic skills and find husbands, two friends perfect their sleuthing skills and find a murderer. Inspired by their fascination with all things Sherlock Holmes, best friends and flatmates Merinda and Jem launch a consulting detective business. The deaths of young Irish women lead Merinda and Jem deeper into the mire of the city's …More

No Safe Secret By Michaels, Fern 2016-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781617734601 Check Our Catalog In her powerful new novel, #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Fern Michaels weaves a story of betrayal, courage, and starting over From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly's life is gleaming and beautiful--at least on the surface. Married to Tanner, a top cosmetic dentist, she has a wonderful daughter finishing high school and twin stepsons from Tanner's first …More

Sweet Lamb of Heaven By Millet, Lydia 2016-05 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393285543 Check Our Catalog Lydia Millet's chilling new novel is the first-person account of a young mother, Anna, escaping her cold and unfaithful husband, a businessman who's just launched his first campaign for political office. When Ned chases Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. But the longer they stay, the less the guests in the dingy …More

Impure Blood: A Captain Darac Novel 1 By Morfoot, Peter 2016-04 - Titan Books (UK) 9781783296644 Check Our Catalog In the heat of a French summer, Captain Paul Darac of the Nice Brigade Criminelle is called to a highly sensitive crime scene. A man has been murdered in the midst of a prayer group, but no one saw how it was done. And the more Darac and his team learn about the victim, the longer their list of suspects grows. Darac's hunt for the murderer will uncover a desire for revenge years in …More

Hittin' the Bricks: An Urban Erotic Tale By Noire 2009-01 - One World 9780345508782 Check Our Catalog From Noire, the queen of urban erotica and the #1 bestselling author of "G-Spot," comes a sensual new novel set in Spanish Harlem about a woman torn between family and love. …More

Diary of a Stalker By Parks, Electa Rome 2010-01 - Urban Books 9781601621993 Check Our Catalog An exciting, erotically charged novel, "Diary of a Stalker" tells the story of a bestselling author who gets more than he bargained for when he becomes involved with an obsessed fan. …More

15th Affair By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2016-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316407076 Check Our Catalog Detective Lindsay Boxer chases an elusive, possibly very dangerous suspect...her husband, Joe. Lindsay Boxer has a beautiful baby daughter and a husband she loves unconditionally. She'd always been too focused on her career as a San Francisco police detective to wonder what domestic bliss might feel like, but now she knows, and she's never been happier. She can't imagine …More

A Perfect Life By Pollack, Eileen 2016-05 - Ecco Press 9780062419170 Check Our Catalog A luminous and insightful novel that considers the moral complexities of scientific discovery and the sustaining nature of love. A young researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine's Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. Her pursuit is deeply personal Valentine's killed her mother, and she and her freewheeling sister, Laurel, could be genetic …More

Garden of Lies By Quick, Amanda 2015-04 - Berkley Books 9780399165153 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Otherwise Engaged" and "The Mystery Woman" presents an all-new novel of intrigue and murder set against the backdrop of Victorian London The Kern Secretarial Agency provides reliable professional services to its wealthy clientele, and Anne Clifton was one of the finest women in Ursula Kern's employ. But Miss Clifton has met an untimely end …More

Everybody's Fool By Russo, Richard 2016-05 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307270641 Check Our Catalog Richard Russo, at the very top of his game, now returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and the characters who made "Nobody's Fool "(1993)" "a confident, assured novel that] sweeps the reader up, according to the" San Francisco Chronicle "back then." " Simple as family love, yet nearly as complicated. Or, as "The Boston Globe "put it, a big, rambunctious novel with endless riffs and …More

Dark Hearts By Sala, Sharon 2016-03 - Mira Books 9780778318774 Check Our Catalog Some lies never stay buried Betsy Jakes was having nightmares, nightmares that could solve a decades-old mystery. And for someone in her small town, that meant she had to die. When Sam Jakes returns home to help his brother solve their mother's murder, two things shake him to the core. This crime is clearly the work of a serial killer who has struck twice before. AndLainey Pickett is still …More

Maestro: Homecoming, Book II By Salvatore, R. A. 2016-04 - Wizards of the Coast 9780786965915 Check Our Catalog Something terrible, unspeakable, immense, has come to Menzoberranzan and is leaving death and destruction in its wake. The primordial of Gauntlgrym stirs, sending Cattie-brie and Gromph to Luskan, and the ruins of the only power that can keep the beast in check. The damage of the Darkening, of war, and of a demon-ravaged Underdark has sent cracks out across the North. Some of this damage may never …More

Extreme Prey By Sandford, John 2016-05 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410485274 Check Our Catalog …More

The Nest By Sweeney, Cynthia D. 2016-03 - Ecco Press 9780062414212 Check Our Catalog Instant New York Times Bestseller Hilarious and big-hearted, The Nest is a stellar debut. People, Book of the Week Her writing is like really good dark chocolate: sharper and more bittersweet than the cheap stuff, but also too delicious not to finish in one sitting. Entertainment Weekly Humor and delightful irony abound in this lively first novel. New York Times Book Review A warm, …More