HPL Adult Summer Reading

The Black Elfstone: The Fall of Shannara By Brooks, Terry 2017-06 - Del Rey Books 9780553391480 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This one is one of a long line of books in the Shannara saga. It follows former High Druid Drisker as he agrees to train a young woman, Tarsha, who is strong with Wishsong. Drisker Arc has another problem in the fact that an enemy wants him dead. His apprentice wants to be trained to help her brother who has gone insane because he can't control his …More

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. …More

Missing You By Coben, Harlan 2014-03 - Dutton Books 9780525953494 Check Our Catalog From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Harlan Coben, a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past...and the lies that bind us together. HPL patron: A female detective investigating the 18 yr old murder of her father (a police officer) forces her to confront old demons while she actively solves the disappearence of several kidnapped …More

Summer By Crilley, Mark Illustrator Crilley, Mark 2007-06 - Harper Teen 9780060846176 Check Our Catalog Has Miki fallen too hard? It's summer, and Miki Yoshida is learning all about love. Her senior year has blossomed with promise ever since she gained Hiro Sakurai's confidence. Now, she's resolved to keep his trust as he reveals more about his secret mission and warns: "Don't get involved." But Miki fears his work might do more harm than good, and she takes control--with disastrous …More

Shadow Man By Drew, Alan 2017-05 - Random House 9781400067800 Check Our Catalog A novel of psychological suspense about an idyllic community rocked by a serial killer--and a dark secret. Detective Ben Wade has returned to his hometown of Rancho Santa Elena in search of a quieter life and to try to save his marriage. Suddenly the community, with its peaceful streets and excellent public schools, finds itself at the mercy of a serial killer who slips through windows …More

Full House By Evanovich, Janet 2012-12 - St. Martin's Press 9781250025418 Check Our Catalog Polo instructor Nicholas Kaharchek senses danger the minute he sees Billie Pearce. She represents everything he's always avoided. She's also irresistibly fascinating to the footloose Nick. Their fateful meeting will put them on a collision course of seduction, dysfunction, mayhem, murderNand maybe even love. Reissue. …More

The Job By Evanovich, Janet Author Goldberg, Lee 2014-11 - Bantam 9780345543127 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER He's a charming con man and she's a dedicated FBI agent, and they're about to drive each other crazy . . . again The FBI had one demand when they secretly teamed up Special Agent Kate O Hare with charming con man Nicolas Fox bring down the world's most-wanted and untouchable felons. This time it's the brutal leader of a global …More

The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire By Everitt, Anthony 2012-08 - Random House 9781400066636 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known. …More

Whiteout By Follett, Ken 2005-10 - Signet Book 9780451215710 Check Our Catalog Caught in a severe Christmas Eve blizzard, several people converge on a remote farm house. As the storm worsens, the emotional sparks crackle, desperate secrets are revealed, and hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge in Follett's latest "New York Times" bestseller. HPL patron: Excellent. …More

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen By Groen, Hendrik 2017-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455542178 Check Our Catalog In the vein of bestsellers like A Man Called Ove or The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes a funny, tender-hearted tale about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart. Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer …More

Shadow Zone By Johansen, Iris Author Johansen, Roy 2010-07 - St. Martin's Press 9780312611606 Check Our Catalog A #1 "New York Times-"bestselling author teams up once again with her Edgar award-winning son to bring a new heart-pounding thriller involving the search for a mysterious Atlantean city. HPL patron: Absolutely loved this book! …More

The Detroit Electric Scheme By Johnson, D. E. 2010-09 - Minotaur Books 9780312644567 Check Our Catalog Awards: Michigan Notable Books (2011) Set against the fascinating backdrop of the burgeoning electric car industry and filled with strong historical detail and dozens of real-life characters, this sure-handed and accomplished debut takes readers back to 1910 Detroit. HPL patron: Okay. Drawn out and not very plausible. Too long. …More

Touch By Maum, Courtney 2017-05 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780735212121 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: On point. Relevant and a good read. I was thinking it would turn into a "new couple saves the world" kind of thing. Very well written. …More

Ghost Hunting in Michigan By Mikulka, Bradley P. 2015-09 - Schiffer Publishing 9780764349416 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: A big disappointment this book is. …More

Final Demand By Moggach, Deborah 2017-06 - Overlook Press 9781468310931 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: My thought is that the book wasn't as interesting as I thought it would be. And didn't think the ending fit, seemed like the end of the story was being too rushed. I do like how it shows selfish actions can have extreme consequences. HPL patron: To review would give too much away...tightly plotted, well written. …More

The Last Time I Saw Her By Robards, Karen 2015-08 - Ballantine Books 9780804178297 Check Our Catalog In the sizzling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, Dr. Charlie Stone must prove the innocence of a dangerously sexy condemned man, or lose her one chance at true love. THE LAST TIME I SAW HER In this world, Dr. Charlotte Charlie Stone skillfully probes the twisted minds of incarcerated serial killers to …More

Island of Glass By Roberts, Nora 2016-12 - Berkley Books 9780425280126 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Compared to the first two books in this trilogy, this lacks. I thought this one would surpass the action in the others, but I was disappointed. No real build up of characters nor magic. …More

Northern Lights By Roberts, Nora 2005-09 - Jove Books 9780515139747 Check Our Catalog Roberts's latest #1 "New York Times" bestseller--a colorful, compelling novel about two lonely souls who find love and redemption in Lunacy, Alaska--is available in Jove's new Premium Format, with a trim size of 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 for more comfortable reading. HPL patron: Kept your interest. Gave a couple of good choices of the villian. …More

Breaking By Rollins, Danielle 2017-06 - Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books 9781619637405 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Easy read. Felt like part fairy tale, part super hero. Fun read with an unexpected ending. Kind of reminded me of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. …More

Conversations with Friends By Rooney, Sally 2017-07 - Hogarth Press 9780451499059 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Beautiful, incredibly heartbreaking with some very lovely moments thrown in. The ending was perfect. …More

The Fix By Baldacci, David 2017-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455586561 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I don't believe conspiracy theories are plausible in most fiction. This one was well crafted and fun to read. …More

Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet By Bova, Ben 2004-08 - Tor Books 9780812579420 Check Our Catalog Following the bestselling, widely-praised "Venus" and "Jupiter," Bova offers a new adventure of solar system discovery, like nothing readers have previously imagined. …More

Mrs Pargeter's Public Relations By Brett, Simon 2017-04 - Creme de La Crime 9781780290928 Check Our Catalog Mrs Pargeter discovers the skills by which Public Relations can make evil look good in the latest wickedly entertaining mystery. It is her characteristic generosity rather than her love of animals that finds Mrs Pargeter supporting her friend, Jasmine Angold, at a charity reception for PhiliPussies, whose worthy aim is to rehabilitate stray cats from the Greek island of …More

Sorrow Road By Keller, Julia 2016-08 - Minotaur Books 9781250089588 Check Our Catalog In 1944, three young men from a small town in West Virginia are among the American forces participating in D-Day, changing the fortunes of the war with one bold stroke. How is that moment aboard a Navy ship as it barrels toward the Normandy shore related to the death of an old man in an Appalachian nursing home seventy-two years later? In Sorrow Road, the latest mystery from …More