Saturday, August 12, 2017

HPL Adult Summer Reading





The Night Strangers
The Night Strangers
By Bohjalian, Chris
2011-10 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780307394996 Check Our Catalog


Chip and Emily Linton buy a Victorian in New Hampshire. In the basement there's a mysterious door sealed by 39 bolts�"39 being exactly the number of passengers who died when pilot Chip was forced to land his regional jet on Lake Champlain. Soon Chip is haunted (literally) by the dead passengers.
HPL patron: This was a very good read. Occult and witches are …More


The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
By Borman, Tracy
2016-12 - Grove Press
9780802125996 Check Our Catalog

England's Tudor monarchs--Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I--are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal families in history. Their love affairs, their political triumphs, and their overturning of the religious order are the subject of countless works of popular scholarship. But for all we know about Henry's quest for male heirs, or Elizabeth's purported …More


Long Black Veil
Long Black Veil
By Boylan, Jennifer Finney
2017-04 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780451496324 Check Our Catalog


HPL patron: This was a hard book to get inot, but if you stick to it, I think you would like it.
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Boardroom Seduction
Boardroom Seduction
By Bunkley, Anita
2010-12 - Kimani Press
9780373861934 Check Our Catalog

When Kacey Parker leaves her hectic big-city life for small-town Texas, the ambitious swimwear designer doesn't expect to go overboard for her new boss. Leon Archer is a man few women can resist and Kasey decides to enter the uncharted waters of passion. Original. …More


Talk Cowboy to Me
Talk Cowboy to Me
By Brown, Carolyn
2017-03 - Sourcebooks Casablanca
9781492637929 Check Our Catalog


"A sweet story about building family out of what life hands you."--Kirkus
For Remington Luckadeu, The Double Deuce Ranch is the perfect place to raise his two boys. But some fiery woman is fighting him for it, and Remington is not sharing--no matter how the sparks fly when he and Adele O'Donnell are together
One cowboy. One cowgirl. One ranch.
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Price of Duty
Price of Duty
By Brown, Dale
2017-05 - William Morrow & Company
9780062441973 Check Our Catalog


HPL patron: Very good book for those who like military thrillers.
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First Class Seduction
First Class Seduction
By Bunkley, Anita
2010-06 - Kimani Press
9780373861651 Check Our Catalog


Flight attendant Lori Myles is stunned when her just-one-night-of-dance partner Ramon Vidal turns up on her flight. And when a smuggling ring threatens their relationship, he's the only one that can provide the seductive protection she craves. Original.
HPL patron: First class is sure to take you on a ride!
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A Dog's Way Home
A Dog's Way Home
By Cameron, W. Bruce
2017-05 - Forge
9780765374653 Check Our Catalog


From W. Bruce Cameron, the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture
Lucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment he shares with his mother, a disabled veteran, doesn't allow dogs, Lucas can't resist taking Bella home. …More


Mama's Girl
Mama's Girl
By Chambers, Veronica
1996-06 - Riverhead Books
1573220302 Check Our Catalog


In a moving and candid memoir, a young African-American writer describes growing up in Brooklyn with her mother and little brother as a member of the post-Civil Rights generation, discussing her relationship with her mother and the hard times they faced.
HPL patron: The struggles and perserverence to become all you want to be despite any and all obstacles …More


Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
By Tha God, Charlamagne
2017-04 - Touchstone Books
9781501145308 Check Our Catalog


HPL patron: Through anecdotes and eight principles, Charlamgne Gives an honest and humorous perspective in how you can possibly make your dream career happen. It is NOT easy. You have to take risks andprove yourself but in the end, it's worth the time and work. Charlamagne does not sugar coat anything.
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The Gentleman from Japan
The Gentleman from Japan
By Church, James
2016-12 - Minotaur Books
9780312614317 Check Our Catalog


James Church, a former Western intelligence officer, returns to the secret world of North Korean intelligence with another "crackling good" (The Washington Post) story in his critically acclaimed Inspector O series.
Under the guise of machinery for making dumplings, a Spanish factory near Barcelona is secretly producing a key component in the production of nuclear weapons. When …More


Clover
Clover
By CLAMP
2000-11 - TokyoPop
9781892213662 Check Our Catalog


In a world where the government seeks to control Clovers, special children with amazing powers, Sue finds herself being hunted. Unaware of who she really is our heroine is accompanied by Kazuhiko, a retired soldier called back to "transport a top secret item, " (Sue). Sue comes to discover that she is unique even among Clovers and, with Kazuhiko's help, strives to uncover the government's true …More


The Overlook
The Overlook
By Connelly, Michael
2007-05 - Little Brown and Company
9780316018951 Check Our Catalog

BookPage Notable Title

An execution on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam entangles Bosch with F.B.I. Agent Rachel Walling and homeland security.
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The Reversal
The Reversal
By Connelly, Michael
2010-10 - Little Brown and Company
9780316069489 Check Our Catalog

Awards:
Thriller Awards (2011)


Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. Together Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger.
HPL patron:  A thriller.  Many turns and twists with an unexpected hide away.
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The Cutthroat
The Cutthroat
By Cussler, Clive
Author Scott, Justin
2017-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780399575600 Check Our Catalog

Isaac Bell may be on the hunt for the greatest monster of all time in the newest action-adventure novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Clive Cussler.



The year is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency has had many extraordinary cases before. But none quite like this.

Hired to find a young woman named
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The Building of Jalna
The Building of Jalna
By De La Roche, Mazo
2009-02 - Dundurn Group
9781550028782 Check Our Catalog


"The Building of Jalna" is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada's Mazo de la Roche. In "The Building of Jalna," Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ont …More


Blueprints
Blueprints
By Delinsky, Barbara
2015-06 - St. Martin's Press
9781250007049 Check Our Catalog


New York Times Bestseller



Returning to her beloved New England, the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Salt Air explores the limits of love and asks what happens when the right man comes along at the wrong time?

Caroline and Jamie McAfee are close. Not only do they enjoy their relationship as mother and …More


The 19th Wife
The 19th Wife
By Ebershoff, David
2008-08 - Random House
9781400063970 Check Our Catalog


This new novel from the author of "The Danish Girl" and "Pasadena" is a spellbinding work of literary suspense, set against the history of the Mormon Church, that combines historical fiction with a modern-day mystery.
HPL patron: Wonderful! Very interesting. Rushed through it!
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The Lake of Dreams
The Lake of Dreams
By Edwards, Kim
2011-01 - Viking Books
9780670022175 Check Our Catalog

With revelations that prove as captivating as the deceptions at the heart of her #1 "New York Times"-bestselling phenomenon "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," Edwards now presents the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. …More


The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
By Edwards, Kim
2006-05 - Penguin Books
9780143037149 Check Our Catalog

Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son is perfectly healthy, but his daughter has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect his wife, he asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, the nurse disappears into another city to raise the child herself. …More


The Little Book
The Little Book
By Edwards, Selden
2008-08 - Dutton Books
9780525950615 Check Our Catalog

An irresistible triumph of the imagination more than 30 years in the making, "The Little Book" is a breathtaking love story that spans generations, ranging from fin de siecle Vienna through the pivotal moments of the 20th century. …More



Never End
Never End
By Edwardson, Ake
Translator Thompson, Laurie
2006-07 - Viking Books
9780670037667 Check Our Catalog

Detective Erik Winter chases a copycat murderer, hunting for a link bridging the current violence to an unsolved rape and murder that occurred five years earlier. …More

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