What to read while waiting for...

What to read while waiting for...

Dark Legacy By Feehan, Christine 2017-09 - Berkley Books 9780399583995 Check Our CatalogIn a thrilling Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, a woman fights to free herself from the grip of the vampire trying to possess her... In a beautiful compound hidden away from the world, Emeline Sanchez tries to blunt the pain that has wracked her body ever since her terrifying ordeal in the labyrinth beneath the city--when she was …More

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Silence Fallen By Briggs, Patricia 2017-03 - Ace Books 9780425281277 Check Our CatalogIn the #1 New York Times bestselling Mercy Thompson novels, the coyote shapeshifter has found her voice in the werewolf pack. But when Mercy's bond with the pack--and her mate--is broken, she'll learn what it truly means to be alone... Attacked and abducted in her home territory, Mercy finds herself in the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world, taken as a …More

Love Stories of World War II By King, Larry 2001-11 - Random House Large Print Publishing 9780375431258 Check Our CatalogThe moving and heartwarming stories of fifty couples who met by chance and fell in love during World War II, based on Larry King's original interviews. A treasure of unique reminiscences, Love Stories of World War II offers an unexpected view into the personal side of the war experience and celebrates the incredible legacy of remarkable relationships forged in the mist of tragedy. …More

Come Sundown By Roberts, Nora 2017-05 - St. Martin's Press 9781250123077 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Could not put it down! …More

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What to read while waiting for...

A Legacy of Spies By Le Carre, John 2017-09 - Viking 9780735225114 Check Our Catalog The undisputed master returns with a riveting new book--his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? …More

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

Empire Games By Stross, Charles 2017-01 - Tor Books 9780765337566 Check Our Catalog Charles Stross builds a new series with Empire Games, expanding on the world he created in the Family Trade series, a new generation of paratime travellers walk between parallel universes. The year is 2020. It's seventeen years since the Revolution overthrew the last king of the New British Empire, and the newly-reconstituted North American Commonwealth is developing rapidly, on …More

London Calling By Sheridan, Sara 2017-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781496701220 Check Our Catalog In the years following World War II, former Secret Service employee Mirabelle Bevan has found a refuge in the quiet coastal town of Brighton. But she can't seem to resist an attraction to danger and a thirst for justice . . . 1952: Eighteen-year-old debutante Rose Bellamy Gore was last seen outside a Soho jazz club in the company of a saxophone player named Lindon Claremont. Now …More

Double Up By Archer, Gretchen 2017-02 - Henery Press 9781635111811 Check Our Catalog "Outrageous, outlandish, and impossible to put down." - Janet Evanovich On behalf of USA TODAY bestselling author Gretchen Archer and the entire Henery Press crew, welcome aboard flight DOUBLE UP. Fasten your seatbelts for non-stop action as stiff competition blows into town and the resulting turbulence threatens to take down the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, …More

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HPL's Adult Summer Reading-Last Post for 2017

The Apartment By Steel, Danielle 2016-05 - Delacorte Press 9780345531070 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This vibrant, tender, and moving tale pulses with the excitement of New York City, as Danielle Steel explores twists of fate, and the way that sometimes, in special places, friends can be the family we need most. They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up …More

Notorious By Swinson, Kiki 2009-09 - Dafina Books 9780758228376 Check Our Catalog The "Essence"-bestselling author of the Wifey series pens a scintillating tale of the rewards and risks of doing business on the wrong side of the law, in this sequel to "Playing Dirty." …More

The Lower River By Theroux, Paul 2012-05 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780547746500 Check Our Catalog A taut, tense, darkly suspenseful novel about a man who flees to Africa afterhis marriage falls apart, only to be caught up in a precarious situation in a seemingly benign village. HPL patron: A man who served in the Peace Corps decides to go back to Africa after retirement-things have changed. I was reading a Theroux travel book and like how he uses the …More

Murder in Mount Holly By Theroux, Paul 2011-12 - Mysterious Press 9780802126047 Check Our Catalog Theroux, one of the world's most popular authors both for his travel books and his fiction, has produced an off-beat story of 1960's weirdos unlike anything he has ever written. Combine Donald E. Westlake with Abby Hoffman, add a bit of Gore Vidal at his most vitriolic, and the result is "Murder in Mount Holly." HPL patron: Disappointing! Obviously intended …More

Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight By Thomas, M. E. 2013-05 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307956644 Check Our Catalog Drawn from the author's own experiences; her popular blog, Sociopathworld.com; and scientific literature, this is part confessional memoir, part primer for the curious. Written from the point of view of a diagnosed sociopath, it unveils for the very first time these people who are hiding in plain sight. …More

Cutting for Stone By Verghese, Abraham 2009-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780375414497 Check Our Catalog Awards: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (2010), Indies Choice Book Awards (2010) A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home. HPL patron: Extraordinary-enlightens while it touches what makes us human. …More

Juliet in August By Warren, Dianne 2012-07 - Amy Einhorn Books 9780399157998 Check Our Catalog With writing reminiscent of Alice Munro, Carol Shields, and Larry McMurtry, "Juliet in August" uncovers the incredible drama beneath the inhabitants of a sleepy prairie hills town set in Canada. …More

Spiders of the North Woods By Weber, Larry 2013-05 - Adventurekeen 9781936571062 Check Our Catalog Which spider spits venom and sticky threads? Why don't Northerners need to fear the Black Widow? These answers and more are found in Spiders of the North Woods. The easy-to-follow format makes field identification of 135 species simple and fun. …More

The Night the Lights Went Out By White, Karen 2017-04 - Berkley Books 9780451488381 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: It was one of the best books I have read by Karen White and I have read all her books. I couldn't put it down. …More

Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II By Williams, Susan 2016-08 - PublicAffairs 9781610396547 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: From Albert Einstein telling Franklin D. Roosevelt about rainfall in Congo, this is an exciting take on those who risked their lives to deny Hitler the Atomic Bomb. It gave a part of history I knew nothing about. …More

Along Came Trouble: A Romance Novel By Woods, Sherryl 2017-04 - Mira Books 9780778319894 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods returns readers to the beloved Southern town of Trinity Harbor with a story of intrigue and second chances. Sheriff Tucker Spencer has seen some action...but finding an almost-naked woman asleep in his bed leaves him speechless. Especially because this same woman, Mary Elizabeth, broke Tucker's heart …More

Wind Chime Point By Woods, Sherryl 2013-04 - Mira Books 9780778314424 Check Our Catalog Facing a personal crisis, ambitious Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her family. Everything she's worked for has been yanked out from under her, and she seeks the serenity of her grandmother's home on the North Carolina coast. With difficult decisions to make about her future, the last thing she wants is an unexpected love. Original. HPL …More

Fast and Loose By Woods, Stuart 2017-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399574191 Check Our Catalog In this explosive thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington's newest foe has a short fuse...and it's just been lit. Stone Barrington is enjoying a boating excursion off the Maine coast when a chance encounter leaves him somewhat the worse for wear. Always able to find the silver lining in even the unhappiest circumstances, Stone is pleased …More

HPL's Adult Summer Reading

Let's Play Make-Believe By Patterson, James With Born, James O. 2016-08 - Bookshots 9780316317221 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I have to say this is one of my favorite bookshots by James Patterson. I would never have guessed the way it ended from the way it started. I had this book finished in about an hour and a half and it usually takes me longer due to distractions. …More

Little Black Dress By Patterson, James With Raymond, Emily 2016-07 - Bookshots 9780316276382 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This book kind of reminded me of 50 Shades of Grey. I wasn't a fan of this book. …More

Taking the Titanic By Patterson, James With Slaven, Scott 2016-11 - Bookshots 9780316504096 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This was a very good book. I love almost anything and everything about the Titanic. This book was full of suspense, romance, and it was a good easy read. …More

The Trial: A Bookshot By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2016-07 - Bookshots 9780316317153 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This book by far was my favorite James Patterson book. It had the perfect amount of work, friend, romance, murder investigation and eveyrthing in this book. I absolutely loved it. …More

The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband: A Bridgertons Prequel By Quinn, Julia 2017-05 - Avon Books 9780062674777 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Interesting book and the start to what I expect will be a wonderful series. I found myself stuck between wanting to trhottle Miss Harcort for her dishonesty, lining herself up to break her own heart, to understanding her situation. Especially for a woman in her time. rewarding ending with a cliff hanger lead in to the next book. …More

Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana By Rice, Anne 2008-03 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781400043521 Check Our Catalog Rice's second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous series on the life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism and concludes with the miracle at Cana. As with "Out of Egypt," this novel is based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. HPL patron: Anne Rice takes fascinating material and puts me to sleep …More

The Young Messiah By Rice, Anne 2016-01 - Ballantine Books 9780399594779 Check Our Catalog SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With the Holy Land in turmoil, seven-year-old Jesus and his family leave Egypt for the dangerous road home to Jerusalem. As they travel, the boy ponders the mysteries surrounding his birth. Anne Rice's dazzling, kaleidoscopic novel, based on the gospels and the most respected New Testament scholarship, summons up the voice, …More

A Density of Souls By Rice, Christopher 2014-11 - 47north 9781477826645 Check Our Catalog When four friends reunite five years after high school, new facts about their mutual history are revealed, and what was held to be a tragic accident is discovered to be murder. As the true story emerges, other secrets begin to unravel and the casual cruelties of high school develop into acts of violence that threaten an entire city. Abridged. HPL patron: A …More

The Snow Garden By Rice, Christopher 2004-01 - Pocket Star 9780743470384 Check Our Catalog From the son of Anne Rice comes his electrifying "New York Times" bestseller of infidelity, murder, and betrayal on a college campus. "An enthralling narrative . . . "--"Booklist." HPL patron: This was my introduction to Christopher Rice, a better writter than his mother Anne Rice. His story, set in an East Coast college sort of like Harvard, follows three …More

The Macgregors: Alan & Grant By Roberts, Nora 2011-01 - Silhouette Books 9780373281343 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nora Roberts enchants again with two more beloved classics about the passionate and headstrong MacGregor family. All the Possibilities Creative, compelling, unconventionalShelby Campbell was unlike any woman Senator Alan MacGregor had ever known. The cynical politician found himself falling in love with the …More

Portrait in Death By Robb, J. D. 2003-02 - Berkley Books 9780425189030 Check Our Catalog Awards: Rita Awards (2004) The "New York Times" #1 bestselling police thriller series featuring futuristic cop Eve Dallas continues in this brand-new, first-time-in-print novel. Author tour for Roberts's next hardcover, "Birthright, " to be released in March 2003. Original. …More

Purity in Death By Robb, J. D. 2002-08 - Berkley Books 042518630X Check Our Catalog For the first time in print comes the 15th installment in Nora Roberts's (writing as J.D. Robb) bestselling futuristic In Death series (following "Reunion in Death"), featuring New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas. …More

Reunion in Death By Robb, J. D. 2002-03 - Berkley Books 9780425183977 Check Our Catalog Awards: Rita Awards (2003) In the 14th installment of Robb's (aka Nora Roberts) futuristic In Death series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, celebrate their first anniversary--which will be one they, nor fans of this series, never forget! …More

Collared By Rosenfelt, David 2017-07 - Minotaur Books 9781250055354 Check Our Catalog Lawyer Andy Carpenter's true passion is the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization he runs with his friend Willie Miller. All kinds of dogs make their way to the foundation, and it isn't that surprising to find a dog abandoned at the shelter one morning, though it was accompanied by a mysterious anonymous note. But they are quite surprised when they scan the dog's embedded chip, and …More

Board Stiff By Ryan, Annelise 2014-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758272768 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: An entertaining cozy mystery. …More

Lucky Stiff By Ryan, Annelise 2013-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758272751 Check Our Catalog It's Christmas Day in the sleepy town of Sorenson, Wisconsin, and deputy coroner Mattie Winston is at the burnt remains of a house, where a charred body has been found. The victim is identified as Jack AllenNa paraplegic who had recently won a huge casino jackpot. Original. …More

Who-ology: Doctor Who: The Official Miscellany By Scott, Cavan Author Wright, Mark 2013-06 - BBC Books 9781849906197 Check Our Catalog The official miscellany, celebrating 50 years of "Doctor Who," a cult favorite around the world and the longest-running science fiction television show of all time. …More

Out-Of-Style: A Modern Perspective of How, Why and When Vintage Fashions Evolved By Shubert, Betty Kreisel 2012-11 - Flashback Publishing 9780983576167 Check Our Catalog Fascinated by fashion design and fashion history? Love vintage clothes & costume? Interested in Genealogy and how to time-date old family photos through fashion? Want a beloved fashion coffee table book filled with gems of social history? Need a stylish gift? Winner of FIVE AWARDS for Best Book ● 2017 …More

Dust By Slade, Arthur 2014-02 - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 9781495470059 Check Our Catalog A rainmaker brings rain to a drought-stricken town, but the children begin to disappear... Strange things are happening in Horshoe, a Dust Bowl farm town in the Depression-era prairies. Young Matthew Steelgate has vanished on a walk into town. His brother, Robert, knows that he has to find Matthew. He has to figure out why the hens are frightened and their eggs full of blood. Why a broken jar he …More

The Good Daughter By Slaughter, Karin 2017-08 - William Morrow & Company 9780062430243 Check Our Catalog Instant New York Times Bestseller The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author -- a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense. Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind... Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and …More

Bone #9: Crown of Horns By Smith, Jeff 2009-01 - Graphix 9780439706315 Check Our Catalog It's full-fledged war as Briar, the rat creatures, and the Pawan army storm the city of Atheia. The Bone cousins, Thorn, and Gran'ma Ben are all there to defend the Valley and stop the return of the Lord of the Locusts. When Thorn goes inside a ghost circle, she hears a voice urging her to seek the Crown of Horns. What follows is another dangerous journey for Thorn and loyal Fone Bone as they race …More

The Cradle By Somerville, Patrick 2009-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316036122 Check Our Catalog ""The Cradle" is a story of family and the connections across time that define our lives in secret and surprising ways. It is a vivid story of renewal and a new beginning. Patrick Somerville is a storyteller you will not forget--Robert Morgan, author of "Gap Creek." …More

Born to Run By Springsteen, Bruce 2016-09 - Simon & Schuster 9781501141515 Check Our Catalog "A virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band's famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more." --NPR "Richly rewarding...Bruce Springsteen proves that he has taken on life fully engaged both in living and examining it, and in doing …More