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Turbo Twenty-Three By Evanovich, Janet 2016-11 - Bantam 9780345543004 Check Our Catalog In the heart of Trenton, N.J., a killer is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. Larry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Larry is just stupid enough to attempt almost the exact same crimeagain. Only this time he flees the …More

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Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery By Clark, Carol Higgins 2012-03 - Pocket Books 9781439170298 Check Our Catalog Private investigator Regan Reilly and her husband, Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, become involved with a case that takes them from Cape May through the casinos and boardwalks of Atlantic City to the music halls and restaurants of Asbury Park. …More

Ghost in the Wind By Copperman, E. J. 2015-12 - Berkley Books 9780425269275 Check Our Catalog Murder and mystery on the Jersey Shore from the national bestselling author of" Inspector Specter.".. Never meet your heroes especially when they're dead Guesthouse owner, single mother, and reluctant ghost whisperer Alison Kerby is about to sit down to movie night with her family and friends when she's struck speechless. Floating before her is the ghost of her musical …More

To Have and to Kill By Clark, Mary Jane 2011-10 - Avon Books 9780061995552 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Mary Jane Clark delights readers with her tasty new mystery "To Have and to Kill" Piper Donovan never imagined that decorating wedding cakes could be so dangerous! A struggling actress with no immediate prospects and a recently broken engagement, Piper moves back in with her parents to take stock of her life. She steps tentatively into the family …More

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What to read while waiting for...

Night School By Child, Lee 2016-11 - Delacorte Press 9780804178808 Check Our Catalog The incomparable hero of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back takes readers to school in his most explosive novel yet. After eleven straight global #1 bestsellers, discover the thrillers that The New York Times calls utterly addictive. It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That …More

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The First Order By Abbott, Jeff 2016-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455558414 Check Our Catalog "Sam Capra is on a one-man mission to find his brother . . . And to stop a war." THE FIRST ORDER Two brothers. One dead, executed by extremists on a grainy video. The other forged into a top undercover agent. But now, Sam Capra has reason to believe that his brother, Danny, may be alive. And if Danny has been living a secret life these past years, where has he …More

Last Chance to Die By Boyd, Noah 2011-05 - HarperCollins Publishers 9780007312160 Check Our Catalog The gripping new action thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former FBI agent Noah Boyd. Steve Vail has brains, brawn and balls - and is back for his latest mission. …More

The Detachment By Eisler, Barry 2011-10 - Thomas & Mercer 9781612181554 Check Our Catalog John Rain is back. And the most charismatic assassin since James Bond (San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy. When legendary black ops veteran Colonel Scott Hort Horton tracks Rain down in Tokyo, Rain can't resist the offer: a multi-million dollar payday for the natural …More

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Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, November 30 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

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The Wrong Side of Goodbye By Connelly, Michael 2016-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316225946 Check Our Catalog Detective Harry Bosch must track down someone who may never have existed in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office, and he's picky about who he works for, but it doesn't matter. His chops from thirty years with the LAPD …More

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

Motive: An Alex Delaware Novel By Kellerman, Jonathan 2015-02 - Ballantine Books 9780345541376 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER Jonathan Kellerman writes razor-sharp novels that cut to the quick. Now comes "Motive, " which pits psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide cop Milo Sturgis against a vicious criminal mind the kind only Kellerman can bring to chilling life. Even having hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from …More

The Promise By Crais, Robert 2015-11 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399161490 Check Our Catalog Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in the new heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Robert Crais. Loyalty, commitment, and the fight for justice have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them …More

The Blue Knight By Wambaugh, Joseph 2001-12 - Little Brown and Company 9780316921466 Check Our Catalog Don't pass up the incredible values offered in this month's $3.99 promotion with Robert B. Parker's Spenser novel, Pale Kings and Princes, John Saul's terrifying Comes the Blind Fury, and Joseph Wambaugh's blockbuster, The Blue Knight. The Blue Knight is a Los Angeles cop whose beat is a world of pimps, pushers, winos, whores, and killers--a cop who lives each day on the razor's edge. …More

Book Review-The Miniaturist

Many little girls are charmed by dollhouses.  I had one that my grandfather built, and my daughter had one that my husband and I built.  They are fun to decorate and play with. When I saw the description of "The Miniaturist" I thought I would like to read it. This book takes place in Amsterdam in the late 17th century.  Nella has recently wed Johannes, a wealthy merchant.  When she arrives at her new home she is greated not by Johannes, but by his sister Marin, who does not extend any welcome.  Nella finds that she is lonely because Johannes is so often gone and when he is home he does not pay her any attention.  He does feel bad about this, so he buys her a cabinet sized reproduction of their house.  He gives Nella money in order to furnish it.  She finds a miniaturist, whose pieces are eerily similiar to what is going on in the house.  Nella is fascinated and frightened by this.  She resolves to find out more about the miniaturist and about the secrets that Johannes and Marin keep from her, and from each other.

The Miniaturist By Burton, Jessie 2014-08 - Ecco Press 9780062306814 Check Our Catalog Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant. There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . . On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life …More

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Gutenberg's Apprentice By Christie, Alix 2014-09 - Harper 9780062336019 Check Our Catalog An enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal, rich in atmosphere and historical detail, told through the lives of the three men who made it possible. Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a scribe in Paris when his foster …More

Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady By O'Reilly, Sally 2014-05 - Picador USA 9781250048134 Check Our Catalog A TALE OF SORCERY AND PASSION IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY LONDON WHERE WITCHES HAUNT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND HIS DARK LADY, THE PLAYWRIGHT'S MUSE AND ONE TRUE LOVE The daughter of a Venetian musician, Aemilia Bassano came of age in Queen Elizabeth's royal court. The Queen's favorite, she develops a love of poetry and learning, maturing into a young woman known not only for her beauty but also her …More

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The Angel of History By Alameddine, Rabih 2016-10 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802125767 Check Our Catalog There are many ways to break someone's heart, but Rabih Alameddine is one rare writer who not only breaks our hearts but gives every broken piece a new life. Yiyun Li Following the critical and commercial success of An Unnecessary Woman, Alameddine delivers a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of profound political and social upheaval. Set over the …More

Luxe Two: A Lala Land Addiction By Antoinette, Ashley 2016-10 - St. Martin's Griffin 9781250066985 Check Our Catalog In Luxe Two: A LaLa Land Addiction by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette, there is only one thing more powerful than anything...the love of the high... Bleu is addicted...addicted to the luxe life and it has led her down a road of self-destruction. She knows what it feels like to be turned out by the game. With a crack cocaine addiction that she can't seem …More

Moth to a Flame By Antoinette, Ashley 2010-03 - Urban Books 9781601622631 Check Our Catalog From bestselling author Antoinette comes the gritty, harrowing tale of a young woman who finds herself drawn to a seductive street hustler who will be the death of her. …More

Hag-Seed By Atwood, Margaret 2016-10 - Hogarth 9780804141291 Check Our Catalog William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen …More

Waves of Mercy By Austin, Lynn N. 2016-10 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764217616 Check Our Catalog Austin Returns with a Multi-Generational Historical Novel Geesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she's asked to write a memoir of her early experiences as the town celebrates its anniversary. Reluctant at first, she soon …More

The Mothers By Bennett, Brit 2016-10 - Riverhead Books 9780399184512 Check Our Catalog One of Buzzfeed's"21 New Books You Need to Read this Fall" One of The Millions' "Most Anticipated" for the second half of 2016 "Brit Bennett is a brilliant and much-needed new voice in literature." -Angela Flournoy, author of National Book Award-finalistThe Turner House A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new …More

The Terranauts By Boyle, T. C. 2016-10 - Ecco Press 9780062349408 Check Our Catalog A deep-dive into human behavior in an epic story of science, society, sex, and survival, from one of the greatest American novelists today, T. C. Boyle, the acclaimed, bestselling, author of the PEN/ Faulkner Award winning World's End and The Harder They Come. It is 1994, and in the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the …More

Cakewalk By Brown, Rita Mae 2016-10 - Bantam 9780553392654 Check Our Catalog Continuing in the exuberant tradition of Six of One, Bingo, and Loose Lips, New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown returns to her much-loved fictional hamlet of Runnymede, whose memorable citizens are welcoming both the end of the Great War and the beginning of a new era. The night a riot breaks out at the Capitol Theater movie house during a Mary …More

Casting Bones: A New Voodoo Mystery Series Set in New Orleans By Bruns, Don 2016-10 - Severn House Publishers 9780727886361 Check Our Catalog Introducing New Orleans homicide detective Quentin Archer in the first of a brand-new mystery series. When a prominent New Orleans judge is brutally murdered, former Detroit cop Quentin Archer is handed the case. His enquiries will lead him into a world of darkness and mysticism which underpins the carefree atmosphere of the Big Easy. Interrogating crooked police …More

The Life She Wants By Carr, Robyn 2016-09 - Mira Books 9780778319672 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr brings together a poignant novel with a rich tapestry of characters. A moving story that will leave the reader laughing and crying, as two friends confront their pasts and move towards their futures. In the aftermath of her financier husband's suicide, Emma Shay Compton's dream life is shattered. Richard Compton stole his …More

Against the Light: An Irish Nationalist Mystery Set in Edwardian London By Eccles, Marjorie 2016-09 - Severn House Publishers 9780727886224 Check Our Catalog A baby is kidnapped and the repercussions reach the highest levels of government in this absorbing historical mystery. London, April, 1912. The third Irish Home Rule Bill is passing through Parliament and the situation is growing ever more tense. Closely involved in the negotiations, cabinet minister Edmund Latimer finds himself under growing pressure which only …More

Livia Lone By Eisler, Barry 2016-10 - Thomas & Mercer 9781503939660 Check Our Catalog Filled with raw power, Livia Lone] may be the darkest thriller of the year. Kirkus Reviews Seattle PD sex-crimes detective Livia Lone knows the monsters she hunts. Sold by her Thai parents along with her little sister, Nason; marooned in America; abused by the men who trafficked them the only thing that kept Livia alive as a teenager was her determination to find …More

Reckless By Ervin, Keisha 2014-08 - Urban Books 9781601626097 Check Our Catalog National bestselling author Ervin breathes new life into the urban fiction market with this emotional, scandalous roller coaster ride of a novel, where is everyone is seeking happiness . . . at a major cost. …More

Order to Kill By Flynn, Vince Author Mills, Kyle 2016-10 - Atria Books 9781476783482 Check Our Catalog In the next thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, the anti-terrorism operative heads to Pakistan to confront a mortal threat he may not be prepared for. In fact, this time he might have met his match. Mitch Rapp is used to winning. But in this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling The Survivor, the CIA operative …More

Triple Crown By Francis, Felix 2016-10 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399574702 Check Our Catalog Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country. Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to …More

Friday on My Mind By French, Nicci 2016-10 - Penguin Books 9780143127222 Check Our Catalog In Nicci's French's thrilling fifth book, London psychotherapist Frieda Klein herself becomes the prime suspect in a murder A bloated corpse turns up in the Thames, throat slashed, and the only clue is a hospital wristband reading Dr. F. Klein. Frieda is taken to see the body and realizes with horror that it is Sandy, her ex-boyfriend. She's certain that the killer is …More

The Trespasser By French, Tana 2016-10 - Viking 9780670026333 Check Our Catalog Atmospheric and unputdownable. People A brilliant new novel from theNew York Timesbestselling author, whom Gillian Flynn calls "mesmerizing" and Stephen King calls "incandescent." Being on the Murder squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she's there. …More

An Amish Family Christmas By Gray, Shelley Shepard 2016-10 - Avon Inspire 9780062337863 Check Our Catalog In Shelley Shepard Gray's fourth book in her Charmed Amish Life series, an unlikely Amish romance reveals that Christmas is a time for family, miracles and love. Ever since his father died in a tragic fire, Levi Kinsinger has felt adrift. Newly returned to Charm, Ohio, Levi is trying to fit into his old life, only to discover he seems to have outgrown it. But when …More

The Whistler By Grisham, John 2016-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385541190 Check Our Catalog From John Grisham, America's #1 bestselling author, comes the most electrifying novel of the year, a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State. We expect our judges to be honest and wise.Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to …More

El Paso By Groom, Winston 2016-10 - Liveright Publishing Corporation 9781631492242 Check Our Catalog Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, best-selling author Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten period of history in this episodic saga set in six parts. Pitting the legendary Pancho Villa against the Colonel, a thrill-seeking Bostonian railroad tycoon whose fading fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua, …More

Crimson Death By Hamilton, Laurell K. 2016-10 - Berkley Books 9781101987735 Check Our Catalog In her twenty-fifth adventure, vampire hunter and necromancer Anita Blake learns that evil is in the eye of the beholder... Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn't usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he's being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats. And now, with Damian at his most …More

A Shoe Addict's Christmas By Harbison, Beth 2016-10 - St. Martin's Press 9781250087218 Check Our Catalog From the author of the beloved bestseller Shoe Addicts Anonymous comes a heartwarming twist on a classic tale filled with holiday cheer. Noelle is not a fan of the holidays and to make matters worse, she is at a crossroads in her life when it seems that love and adventure are no longer possible. When she stays late at her job in a department store on a snowy Christmas Eve she …More

All the Little Liars By Harris, Charlaine 2016-10 - Minotaur Books 9781250090034 Check Our Catalog Aurora Teagarden is basking in the news of her pregnancy when disaster strikes her small Georgia town, four kids vanish from the school soccer field in an afternoon. Aurora's fifteen year old brother Phillip is one of them. While the local police and sheriff's department comb the county for the missing kids and interview everyone even remotely involved, Aurora and her new husband, true crime …More

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell By Hashimi, Nadia 2016-10 - Thorndike Press 9781410493934 Check Our Catalog …More

Winter Storms By Hilderbrand, Elin 2016-10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316261173 Check Our Catalog Gather under the mistletoe for one last round of caroling with the Quinn family in this heartwarming conclusion to Elin Hilderbrand's bestselling Winter Street Trilogy. Some of the stormy weather of the past few seasons seems to have finally lifted for the Quinns. After a year apart, and an ill-fated affair with the Winter Street Inn's old Santa Claus, Mitzi has …More