Thursday, September 7, 2017

HPL's Adult Summer Reading






Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
By Rice, Anne
2006-10 - Fawcett Books
9780345436832 Check Our Catalog
Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Rice presents her most thoughtful and powerful book, a novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. …More


Interlude in Death
Interlude in Death
By Robb, J. D.
2006-09 - Berkley Publishing Group
9780425210628 Check Our Catalog
In early spring of 2059, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal--giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide, and Eve is off and running. Unabridged. 3 CDs. …More


Seduction in Death
Seduction in Death
By Robb, J. D.
2001-08 - Berkley Books
9780425181461 Check Our Catalog

In this all-new original novel from bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb, Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is back on the beat, and hot on the trail of a seductive killer in the "New York Times" bestselling series.
HPL patron:  This was a great book.  Just started the "In Death" series and I can't get enough.
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Race Against Time
Race Against Time
By Sala, Sharon
2017-06 - Mira Books
9780778319979 Check Our Catalog

Sometimes fate brings you together...only to tear you apart
Growing up in the foster system, Quinn O'Meara made a point of never getting involved. But when she discovers a crying baby amid a fiery crime scene, she knows she has no choice. Suddenly in way over her head, Quinn turns to the police, unintentionally positioning herself in the crosshairs of a deadly human-trafficking …More


In the Teeth of the Evidence: And Other Mysteries
In the Teeth of the Evidence: And Other Mysteries
By Sayers, Dorothy L.
2012-07 - Open Road Media
9781453258972 Check Our Catalog
Serial murder baffles local authorities, but for the ever-unshakable Lord Peter and the working-class sleuth Montague Egg, the killings are intriguing invitations to unravel postmortem puzzles, fascinating falsehoods, mysterious motives, and diabolical demises. Originally published in 1940. …More


The Alchemyst [With Earbuds]
The Alchemyst [With Earbuds]
By Scott, Michael
Read by O'Hare, Denis
2011-05 - Findaway World
9781617074523 Check Our Catalog

According to legend, Nicholas Flamel discovered the secret of eternal life from the powerful book of Abraham the Mage--a book he has protected since his death in 1418. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. When the book is stolen, Sophie and Josh Newman find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time.
HPL patron: Great book, I love …More


The Professor's Daughter
The Professor's Daughter
By Sfar, Joann
Author Guibert, Emmanuel
Translator Siegel, Alexis
2007-04 - First Second
9781596432550 Check Our Catalog

Imhotep IV is an Egyptian mummy who's just opened his eyes for the first time in 3,000 years. Lillian Bowell is the daughter of a renowned Egyptologist. One day, when the Professor's away, the two go out for an afternoon on the town. The heap of trouble that they land in--brought on by Mozart, afternoon tea, and a passing gentleman's sensitive nature--only deepens when they learn Imhotep IV's …More


The Dark Lady
The Dark Lady
By Spencer, Sally
2001-05 - Severn House Publishers
9780727870551 Check Our Catalog
Chief Inspector Woodend is confronted with the case of a German efficiency expert, found murdered in the woods near the chemicals plant at which he worked. It is known all the workers hated Germans, but what is the link with a ghost from the past? …More


Death of a Cave Dweller
Death of a Cave Dweller
By Spencer, Sally
2018-02 - Severn House Trade Paperback
9781847518378 Check Our Catalog
When Eddie Barnes, of popular group The Seagulls, is electrocuted on the stage of the Cellar Club, in front of three hundred adoring fans, the Liverpool Police immediately call in Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Charlie Woodend. But Woodend doesn't understand why Eddie's mother says that Eddie had a girlfriend, while his best mate insists that he didn't. And who has been playing nasty tricks on …More


Blue Moon
Blue Moon
By Staub, Wendy Corsi
2016-07 - William Morrow & Company
9780062349750 Check Our Catalog

New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub returns to Mundy's Landing--a small town where bygone bloodshed has become big business.

Hair neatly braided, hands serenely clasped, eyes closed, the young woman appeared to be sound asleep. But the peaceful tableau was a madman's handiwork. Beneath the covers, her white nightgown was spattered with …More


Blood Red: Mundy's Landing Book One
Blood Red: Mundy's Landing Book One
By Staub, Wendy Corsi
2015-09 - William Morrow & Company
9780062349736 Check Our Catalog

From New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub comes the first in a terrifying new series set in a small town with a sinister secret
The razor's gleaming blade slices effortlessly through skin and tendon, and he relishes the final anguished moments of his prey. There's only one thing he prizes more: their long, silken strands of red hair. But these women are merely …More


Leap of Faith
Leap of Faith
By Steel, Danielle
2001-06 - Delacorte Press
9780385332965 Check Our Catalog
In her fifty-second bestselling novel, Danielle Steel weaves a compelling story of the power of lies, the misuse of trust -- and of one woman's triumph over a devastating betrayal.

Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that most people dream of. Freedom, love, security in a beautiful old French chateau. But when Marie-Ange is just eleven, a tragic accident marks the end of her
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Rogue
Rogue
By Steel, Danielle
2008-06 - Delacorte Press
9780385340250 Check Our Catalog
An unforgettable story of two people pursuing happiness from opposite directions, this latest novel by #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Danielle Steel is a journey of choices and the amazing opportunities that come together--just when life seems to have been successfully rearranged at last. …More


Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My
Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My
By Swanson, Denise
2017-07 - Berkley Books
9780451477774 Check Our Catalog
From the New York Times bestselling author of Between a Book and a Hard Place comes the latest Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery--and it packs a bite.

Opening up a dime store in her hometown of Shadow Bend, Missouri, Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair thought she'd left the wilds of city life behind her. But she's about to discover that even rural life can be beastly. . . …More


Falling for Trouble
Falling for Trouble
By Title, Sarah
2017-06 - Zebra Shout
9781420141856 Check Our Catalog
The riot grrrl and the bookworm--just the pair to get the whole town talking...
Liam Byrd loves Halikarnassus, New York. He loves its friendliness, its nosiness, the vibrant library at the center of it all. And now that Joanna Green is home, the whole town sizzles. A rebel like her stirs up excitement, action, desire--at least in Liam.
Joanna never thought she'd have to come …More


Murder Between the Lines
Murder Between the Lines
By Vatsal, Radha
2017-05 - Sourcebooks Landmark
9781492638926 Check Our Catalog

"I really and truly could not put it down... Vatsal succeeds once again "--Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times-bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series
For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Rhys Bowen, Murder Between the Lines combines true historical events with a thrilling mystery.
"Vatsal's combination of a feisty protagonist with a tumultuous, fast-changing …More


Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
By Waugh, Evelyn
2012-12 - Back Bay Books
9780316216456 Check Our Catalog
The basis of the award-winning television miniseries tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this novel of the upper class of the 1920s and the abdication of responsibility in the 1930s. Unabridged. …More


Marrying Daisy Bellamy
Marrying Daisy Bellamy
By Wiggs, Susan
2011-01 - Mira Books
9780778329251 Check Our Catalog

Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men -- one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.
HPL patron: It was a cute story. I have read many of her books. This is not one of her best but it was still good.
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The Nuns of Sant'ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
The Nuns of Sant'ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
By Wolf, Hubert
Translator Martin, Ruth
2015-01 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780385351904 Check Our Catalog

HPL patron: Very good book if interested in Roman Catholic church history.
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The Shack
The Shack
By Young, William Paul
2008-07 - Windblown Media
9780964729247 Check Our Catalog

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment …More

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