Adult Summer Reading - Week 11 - Friday

The Body in the Big Apple By Page, Katherine Hall 1999-11 - William Morrow & Company 9780688157487 Check Our Catalog A prequel to the award-winning series brings amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild to New York City, where a friend's life is threatened and time runs out to catch a killer. Includes the author's trademark recipes (all featuring apples). …More

The Body in My Bookcase By Page, Katherine Hall 1998-11 - William Morrow & Company 9780688157470 Check Our Catalog As amateur detective Faith Fairchild prepares a lavish feast for finicky Stephanie Bullock's wedding, Page showcases more the the delicious recipes her readers have come to adore. …More

Untamed By Palmer, Diana 2015-06 - Harlequin Books 9780373788439 Check Our Catalog Stanton Rourke lives life on the edge. The steely mercenary is dangerous in every wayespecially to Clarisse Carrington's heart. She and Rourke were playmates as children, but she's not the innocent girl he once knew. When tragedy robbed Clarisse of her entire family, her life was changed forever. Besides, she's a grown woman now, and there are secrets that hold her back from succumbing to her …More

Appaloosa By Parker, Robert B. 2005-07 - Wheeler Publishing 9781597220002 Check Our Catalog This is a richly imagined novel of the Old West, as spare and vivid as a high plains sunset, from "one of the world's most talented performers" ("The San Diego Union-Tribune") …More

Blue-Eyed Devil By Parker, Robert B. 2010-05 - Putnam Adult 9780399156489 Check Our Catalog After the new chief of police in Appaloosa begins shaking down local merchants for protection money, those who don't want to play along seek the help of Cole and Hitch. But the guns-for-hire are thorns in the side of the power-hungry chief. There will be a showdown, but who'll be left standing? …More

London Bridges By Patterson, James 2004-11 - Hachette International 9780316009577 Check Our Catalog Alex Cross is back - and so is the Big Bad Wolf. Terrorists have seized the world's largest cities. London, Washington, DC, New York, and Frankfurt will be destroyed, unless their demands are met - and their demands are impossible. After a city in the western United States is fire bombed, Alex Cross knows that it is only a matter of time before the bombers' threats to the other cities are …More

Private Games By Patterson, James Author Sullivan, Mark 2012-02 - Little Brown and Company 9780316206808 Check Our Catalog Private has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The opening ceremony is hours away when Private investigator and single father of twins, Peter Knight, is called to the scene of a ruthless murder. A high-ranking member of the games' organizing committee has been killed. It's clear to Peter that this wasn't a crime of passion. …More

Roses Are Red By Patterson, James 2000-11 - Random House Large Print Publishing 9780375430909 Check Our Catalog The Mastermind is behind a series of bank robberies notable for their precise demands -- and their explosive violence when the demands are not met exactly. When detective Alex Cross gets involved and recognizes that a particular kind of criminal mind is at work, the Mastermind decides to make it his personal goal to take revenge on Cross and his entire team. Amidst all this, Cross' relationship …More

Arcadia By Pears, Iain 2016-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781101946824 Check Our Catalog From the author of the international best seller"An Instance of the Fingerpost, ""Arcadia"is an astonishing work of imagination. Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers. But who controls the future or the past? In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. …More

People We Meet: Unforgettable Conversations By NPR 2014-06 - HighBridge Audio 9781467676342 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I was disappointed in this book's stories, only 1 or 2 were as moving as I expected. …More

The Raven in the Foregate By Peters, Ellis 2009-04 - Mysterious Press 9780446405348 Check Our Catalog It is Christmas, A.D. 1141, Abbot Radulfus returns from London, bringing with him a priest for the vacant living of Holy Cross, also known as the Foregate. The new priest is a man of presence, learning, and discipline, but he lacks humility and the common touch. When he is found drowned in the millpond, suspicion is cast upon a young man who arrived with the priest's train and was sent to work in …More

The Shepherd's Crown By Pratchett, Terence David John 2015-09 - HarperCollins 9780062429971 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Take one last journey to DiscWorld. Death goes a visiting in Lancre and the world changes, in the land of inbetween the fairy folk feel the change and try to enter again-in Lancre and on the Chalk. But first they have to get by the Witches, the Feegles, and a goat named Mephistopheles. …More

Miller's Valley By Quindlen, Anna 2016-04 - Random House 9780812996081 Check Our Catalog Filled with insights that are hallmarks of Anna Quindlen's bestsellers, this extraordinary novel is about a woman coming of age, as she unearths secrets about her family and her town, and surprising truths about herself. …More

Cold Barrel Zero By Quirk, Matthew 2016-03 - Mulholland Books 9780316259217 Check Our Catalog A CODE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. A BLACK OPS TEAM THAT WENT TOO FAR. John Hayes is a Special Operations legend who went rogue on a deep-cover mission and betrayed his own soldiers. Disgraced and on the run, he returns to the United States to get back to his wife and daughter and take revenge on his accusers with a series of devastating attacks. Only one man can stop him: …More

Even Dogs in the Wild By Rankin, Ian 2016-01 - Little Brown and Company 9780316342513 Check Our Catalog Rebus comes out of retirement...to save his nemesis. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She's investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one of their own is killed, the powers that be want answers fast. But Clarke is puzzled: if Minton died in a robbery as everyone thinks, why is nothing missing …More

I'm Thinking of Ending Things By Reid, Iain 2016-06 - Gallery/Scout Press 9781501126925 Check Our Catalog "I'm Thinking of Ending Things is one of the best debut novels I've ever read. Iain Reid has crafted a tight, ferocious little book, with a persistent tenor of suspense that tightens and mounts toward its visionary, harrowing final pages" (Scott Heim, award-winning author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear). You will be scared. But you won't know why …More

The Cheating Curve By Renfroe, Paula T. 2013-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758287670 Check Our Catalog In this dazzling and bold debut that cuts to the heart of modern relationships, Renfroe introduces two thirty-something best friends, each dealing with a different side of infidelity. …More

The Lawless Land By Richards, Dusty 2016-05 - St. Martin's Press 9781250091956 Check Our Catalog From a talented new author comes the start of a series that chronicles the conception of the Territorial Marshal, which was integral to bringing about justice in the lawless Arizona Territory. The hero of this story is Sam T. Mayes, who pins on the badge and takes on a cutthroat gang. He is accompanied by an alcoholic army scout, a wanted man, and a fierce native woman. …More

When We Were Sisters By Richards, Emilie 2016-06 - Harlequin Enterprises Ltd 9780778322764 Check Our Catalog Love and loyalty made them sisters. Secrets could still destroy them. As children in foster care, Cecilia and Robin vowed they would be the sisters each had never had. Now superstar singer-songwriter Cecilia lives life on the edge, but when Robin is nearly killed in an accident, Cecilia drops everything to be with her. Robin set aside her career as a successful photojournalist to create the …More

Beastly Bones: A Jackaby Novel By Ritter, William 2015-09 - Algonquin Young Readers 9781616203542 Check Our Catalog " I've found very little about private detective R. F. Jackaby to be standard in the time I've known him. Working as his assistant tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality . . . " In 1892, New Fiddleham, New England, things are never quite what they seem, especially when Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, are called upon to investigate the supernatural. …More

Jackaby By Ritter, William 2015-08 - Algonquin Young Readers 9781616205461 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Jackaby sees things no one else can, ghosts, pixies, and others read only about in folk and fairy tales but behind every tale is a truth and behind every truth is a danger. Set in Fiddleham New England, at the turn of the new century, Jackaby and his assistant Emma seek out these truths before the Banshee wails again. …More

Blue Dahlia By Roberts, Nora 2005-01 - Large Print Press 9781594130618 Check Our Catalog Book 1 of the "In The Garden Trilogy" A New York Times Bestseller #1 bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the first novel of her "In the Garden" trilogy. A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at …More

Chasing Passion: Falling for Rachel\Convincing Alex By Roberts, Nora 2016-02 - Silhouette Books 9780373282104 Check Our Catalog The unforgettable Stanislaskis return in this pair of stories from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts Falling for Rachel Landlocked in Manhattan, rugged seaman Zack Muldoon needs a tough, no-nonsense lawyer to save his kid brother's delinquent hide. Public defender Rachel Stanislaski is not what he has in minduntil he discovers there's a lot more to the beautiful, coolheaded …More

Christmas with You: Gabriel's Angel\Home for Christmas By Roberts, Nora 2015-10 - Silhouette Books 9780373281930 Check Our Catalog Feel the magic of the season in two unforgettable stories by #1 New York Times bestselling author NORA ROBERTS GABRIEL'S ANGEL All Gabriel Bradley wants is solitude. But when a very pregnantand very beautifulwoman ends up at his remote cabin during a blizzard, desperate, alone and on the run, the modern-day Scrooge can't bring himself to turn her away. Despite her intrusion, Laura brings …More

Adult Summer Reading - Week 11 - Thursday

North to Alaska By Macomber, Debbie 2014-02 - Mira Books 9780778315988 Check Our Catalog www.DebbieMacomber.com North to the Future That Wintry Feeling She's not in Kansas anymore Cathy Thompson was betrayed by the man she'd loved, a betrayal that sent her north to a new teaching job and a brand-new life. Now she's fallen in love with the grandeur of Alaskaand with a bush pilot named Grady Jones, who has custody of his young daughter, Angela. He offers Cathy a marriage of …More

Dangerous Women By Martin, George R. R. Editor Dozois, Gardner 2015-09 - Tor Books 9780765332073 Check Our Catalog All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors' bestselling continuities--including a new "Outlander" story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden's world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin …More

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms By Martin, George R. R. Illustrator Gianni, Gary 2015-10 - Bantam 9780345533487 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "LOS ANGELES TIMES "AND"BUZZFEED "Taking place nearly a century before the events of "A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms "compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. These never-before-collected adventures recount an age when the …More

The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones By Martin, George R. R. Author Garcia, Elio M., Jr. Author Antonssen, Linda 2014-10 - Bantam 9780553805444 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER THE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HISTORY OF WESTEROS AND THE LANDS BEYOND WITH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF ALL-NEW MATERIAL FROM GEORGE R. R. MARTIN If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin's masterwork the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with ""The World of Ice & Fire"." …More

Daring in a Blue Dress By MacAlister, Katie 2016-06 - Signet Book 9781101990667 Check Our Catalog Chivalry is far from dead in the third novel in the gut-wrenchingly funny * Matchmaker in Wonderland Romance series. Stranded in England without money or a ticket home, Mercy Starling takes a job working for a medieval reenactment company. After all, who wouldn't want to pretend to live in the past, wield swords and long bows, and dress up in armor? And the best part of her summer job …More

The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker [With CDROM] By Mankoff, Robert Foreword by Remnick, David 2004-09 - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 9781579123222 Check Our Catalog Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award (2005) A BookPage Notable Title More than a book, this is a bona fide publishing event. The largest-ever collection of "New Yorker cartoons features the best of every decade in book form, plus two easy-to-browse CDs--Windows and Macintosh compatible--with every cartoon ever published in the magazine--more than 68,000 of them! HPL patron: Having a down day? …More

The Revolving Door of Life By McCall Smith, Alexander 2016-02 - Anchor Books 9781101971918 Check Our Catalog Excitement abounds when the revolving door of life brings fresh faces and hilarious new developments to the residents of 44 Scotland Street. Things are looking up for seven-year-old Bertie Pollock. The arrival of his spirited grandmother and the absence of his meddlesome mother who is currently running a book club in a Bedouin harem (don't ask) bring unforeseen blessings: no …More

Carousel Court By McGinniss, Joe, Jr. 2016-08 - Simon & Schuster 9781476791272 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Wonderful. I feel like Phoebe, lost and alone and trying-but I have no one to save me at the end. …More

Circling the Sun By McLain, Paula 2015-07 - Ballantine Books 9780345534187 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, "BOOKPAGE, "AND "SHELF AWARENESS" "" Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of "The Paris Wife" will be captivated by "Circling the Sun, "which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing. Ann Patchett, "Country Living" Paula McLain, author of …More

Never the Bride By McKay, Cheryl Author Gutteridge, Rene 2009-06 - Waterbrook Press 9780307457905 Check Our Catalog What girl can't identify with Never the Bride? This is a fabulously funny novel with deep truths embedded in its pages. -Kristin Billerbeck, author of What a Girl Wants I admire writers who employ words to paint touchable pictures, likable characters, introducing us to instant friends who lead us to unexpected endings. That's why I love Never The Bride. -SQuire Rushnell, author of the …More

The Wrangler By McKenna, Lindsay 2012-12 - Thorndike Press 9781410452375 Check Our Catalog After Wall Street collapses, investment banker Griff McPherson trades in his suits and ties for Stetsons and cowboy boots. He returns to the Wyoming ranch he co-owns with his brother, but it's not exactly a happy homecoming. So to prove to everyone, including himself, that that he belongs back in Jackson Hole, he takes a post as a wrangler on another ranch. Air force …More

The Dominant By Me, Tara Sue 2013-08 - New American Library 9780451466235 Check Our Catalog ""THE SUBMISSIVE" IS A MUST READ IF YOU LOVED "50 SHADES OF GREY.""-" The Romance Review " Now comes "The Dominant, " the continuation of the tantalizing series by Tara Sue Me, which has captivated millions and made its way onto the "New York Times "bestseller list... Nathaniel West doesn't lose control. As the playboy CEO of West Industries, he governs the …More

The Submissive: The Submissive Series By Me, Tara Sue 2013-06 - New American Library 9780451466228 Check Our Catalog For the first time in print, the first in "New York Times "bestseller Tara Sue Me's seductive and scandalous series that has enthralled millions... Abby King has a secret fantasy. New York knows Nathaniel West as the brilliant and handsome CEO of West Industries, but Abby knows he's more: a sexy and skilled dominant who is looking for a new submissive. Yearning to …More

The Training By Me, Tara Sue 2013-10 - New American Library 9780451466242 Check Our Catalog Now, in the enticing continuation of"New York Times"bestselling authorTara Sue Me's Submissive Series, the submissive and her dominant explore just how long they can make the pleasure last It started with a hidden desire. Millionaire CEO Nathaniel West has always played by his own strict set of rules, ones he expects everyone to follow especially the women he's dominated in …More

Turkey Day Murder By Meier, Leslie Producer Kensington 2000-10 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781575666051 Check Our Catalog Tinker's Cove has a long history of Thanksgiving festivities, but this year, someone has added murder to the menu, and Lucy intends to discover who left Metinnicut Indian activities Curt Nolar deader than the proverbial Thanksgiving turkey. …More

The First Counsel By Meltzer, Brad 2008-08 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446543538 Check Our Catalog The runaway bestseller that takes us down the rabbit hole of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. John F. Jennedy, Jr., was Lark. Amy Carter was Dynamo. Chelsea Clinton was Energy. Meet Shadow. Shadow is the Secret Service code name for First Daughter Nora Hartson. And when White House lawyer Michael Garrick begins dating the irresistible Nora, he's …More

The Book of Fate By Meltzer, Brad 2008-08 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446543514 Check Our Catalog Brad Meltzer's #1 New York Times bestseller featuring a two-hundred-year-old code devised by Thomas Jefferson and a present-day conspiracy at the highest level of power . "Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming." So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the …More

Dead Even By Meltzer, Brad 2010-10 - HarperTorch 9780061978128 Check Our Catalog In this second novel from a "New York Times"-bestselling author, a husband and wife face off in a legal thriller that poses the most chilling question of all: How far would you go to save the one you love? Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

The Inner Circle By Meltzer, Brad 2011-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446577892 Check Our Catalog Number-one "New York Times"-bestselling author Meltzer returns with a pulse-pounding new novel of lies and deception at the highest levels of government. After reuniting with a childhood crush, a young archivist makes an astonishing discovery in the secret vault of the National Archives, where the president privately reviews classified documents. The two soon find themselves entangled in a …More

The Millionaires By Meltzer, Brad 2010-12 - Warner Books 9780446611923 Check Our Catalog Working at an exclusive bank, the Caruso brothers are faced with an offer they can't refuse--$3 million abandoned in an account no one knows exists. But as soon as they take the cash, a friend is killed and the bank, the Secret Service, and a female P.I. close in. Now on the run, the brothers uncover an explosive secret which will forever change their lives. …More

The Zero Game By Meltzer, Brad 2004-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446533164 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Millionaires" and "The First Counsel" returns to Washington, D.C., with the story of an insider's game that turns deadly. …More

Chasing the North Star By Morgan, Robert 2016-04 - Algonquin Books 9781565126275 Check Our Catalog In his latest historical novel, bestselling author Robert Morgan brings to full and vivid life the story of Jonah Williams, who, in 1850, on his eighteenth birthday, flees the South Carolina plantation on which he was born a slave. He takes with him only a few stolen coins, a knife, and the clothes on his back--no shoes, no map, no clear idea of where to head, except north, following a star that …More

Someone Always Knows By Muller, Marcia 2016-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455527953 Check Our Catalog Finally settled into their new home after losing their house in a fire, and fully established in their new shared offices, private investigator Sharon McCone and her business partner husband Hy are starting to feel comfortable. That calm is shattered when Hy's former colleague Gage Renshaw--a shady troublemaker who they had presumed dead--reappears, and it's unclear what he wants from his …More

The 1916 Irish Rebellion By Nic Dhiarmada, Braiona Author Nic Dhiarmada, Braiona 2016-03 - University of Notre Dame Press 9780268036140 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Reading this book was a good dose of details for me who used to listen to alot of Irish Rebel music. This book is about a lot more than the 1916 Irish Rebellion. It is about how Ireland was a political powder keg ready to blow and remains so to this day. The 1916 Irish Rebellion had implications far beyond Ireland. Vladimir Lenin was impressed by the Easter Rising …More