What to read while waiting for...

Deep Freeze By Sandford, John 2017-10 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399176067 Check Our Catalog Class reunions: a time for memories--good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, deadly--in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota, a little too well. A few years back, he investigated the corrupt--and as it turned out, homicidal--local school board, and now the town's back in view with more …More

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

No Man's Land By Baldacci, David 2016-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455586516 Check Our Catalog Special Agent John Puller, combat veteran and the army's most tenacious investigator, is back in this action-packed thriller from worldwide #1 bestselling author David Baldacci. NO MAN'S LAND Two men. Thirty years. John Puller's mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia, when Puller was just a boy. Paul Rogers has been in prison for ten years. But …More

The Drop By Connelly, Michael 2011-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316069410 Check Our Catalog Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder case matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? 416 pp. (Espionage/Thriller) …More

Proof of Life By Jance, J. a. 2017-09 - William Morrow & Company 9780062657541 Check Our Catalog J. P. Beaumont's latest investigation strikes too close to home in this riveting mystery from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance. Be careful what you wish for . . . Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesn't suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-YouTube 10:30 am - 12:00  pm, Saturday, October 28 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000  to register or go to our online calendar.  Registration opens 1 month before the class.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Youtube:  Learn what YouTube is, how to search for videos, and how to save them for later.

MONTHLY MAKERS - SQUISHY CIRCUITS 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 Get hands on with electricity! Make circuits out of battery packs, LEDs, and balls of Playdoh. Ready to try something more advanced? Design your own Playdoh animals with light-up eyes!

Humans vs Zombies 8:00 pm, Monday, October 30 Humans vs. Zombies is a game of tag played at schools, camps, neighborhoods, libraries, and conventions around the world.  Human players must remain vigilant and defend themselves with socks and dart blasters to avoid being tagged by a growing zombie horde. We will meet in the lower level meeting rooms beginning at 7:30 pm to go over the rules and pick the Original Zombie.  The Library will be locked up at 8:00 pm, and the game will start shortly afterwards.   Bring a bandana and either a foam dart blaster or sock (the dart blaster must look like a toy-no realistic looking weapons will be allowed). The game will run about 90 minutes.  Participants must be at least 16 years old.  Attendance limited to the first 75 people.  Check our HVZ website http://hvzsource.com/hackleypl/ for more information and to pre-register (does not necessarily save a spot in the game.) Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 - 2:00 pm, Wednesday, November 1 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Computer Class-Intro to Computers 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, November 4 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000 or visit HPL Events to register. Registeration opens one month before the class date. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Intro to Computers:  Intro to computers will offer an introduction to what a computer is and how to use it.  It is designed for beginners with little or no knowledge of computers.  Topics covered will include an explanation of Windows and files, how to turn on a computer, and how to use the mouse.

NERF! 11:00 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Back by popular demand! Players will run, dodge, and dive as they try to outwit and out-blast the competition during NERF Mobile Games! Weather permitting this event will take place on the lawn of Hackley Administraton Building. In case of rain, NERF will take place at Hackley Public Library, upstairs in the Youth Services Department.

Hackley Craft Club 6:00 pm, Monday, November 6 Join the fun!  Our craft club meets the first Monday of each month.  This month learn arm knitting.  Participants will be able to request the crafts that will be offered during the year.  Led by Nancy Hartman. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Movies @ the Library-Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 5:30 pm, Tuesday November 7 Come to the library to see movies on the first Tuesday of the month.  Bring your own snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.  This month we'll screen Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them (In 1926 Newt Scamander just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.)  The movie runs 133 minutes.   Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 - 2:00 pm, Wednesday, November 8 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

MONTHLY MAKERS:  OZOBOTS

2:00 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Did you know you can program robots with markers and paper? Ozobots have color sensors that drive around a piece of paper any way you tell them to. Solve a coding puzzle or design your own obstacle course for your robot.

New Fiction at HPL

Haunted By Patterson, James Author Born, James O. 2017-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316273978 Check Our Catalog Detective Michael Bennett and his family are about to be haunted... by a father's worst nightmare--the signs he should have seen and a son's desperate cry for help. Reeling from a crisis that would destroy lesser families, the Bennetts escape New York for a much-needed vacation. An idyllic country town in the Maine woods is haunted... by an epidemic emptying its streets …More

The Medical Examiner By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2017-08 - Bookshots 9780316504829 Check Our Catalog A #1 New York Times Bestseller A #1 USA Today Bestseller Two bodies arrived at the morgue--one was still breathing. A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case for the Women's Murder Club--or …More

The Moores Are Missing By Patterson, James 2017-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9781478971634 Check Our Catalog From the world's #1 bestselling writer - 3 pulse-pounding novels in one book THE MOORES ARE MISSING with Loren D. Estleman: The Moore family just vanished from their home without telling a soul. A last-minute vacation? A kidnapping? A run for their lives? You'll never see the truth coming. THE HOUSEWIFE with Sam Hawken: Maggie Denning is a former …More

George and Lizzie By Pearl, Nancy 2017-09 - Touchstone Books 9781501162893 Check Our Catalog " A]n homage to true love, painful childhood experiences, and emotional scars that last a lifetime. It's a story of forgiveness, especially for one's self....Extraordinary." --The Washington Post From "America's librarian" and NPR books commentator Nancy Pearl comes an emotionally riveting debut novel about an unlikely marriage at a crossroads. George and Lizzie have …More

Under a Pole Star By Penney, Stef 2017-09 - Quercus Books 9781681441177 Check Our Catalog A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, falling in love with the cold and unforgiving terrain and forging lifelong bonds with the Inuit people who have carved out an existence on its icy plains. She sets out to become a scientist and polar explorer, despite those who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world, and in 1892, her …More

Once a Rebel By Putney, Mary Jo 2017-05 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781496703521 Check Our Catalog As Washington burns, Callista Brooke is trapped in the battle between her native England and her adopted homeland. She is on the verge of losing everything, including her life, when a handsome Englishman cuts through the violent crowd to claim that she is his. Callie falls into her protector's arms, recognizing that he is no stranger, but the boy she'd once loved, a lifetime ago. Lord …More

The Amber Shadows By Ribchester, Lucy 2017-08 - Pegasus Books 9781681774480 Check Our Catalog As reports begin filtering into Bletchley Park about the stolen loot, Honey receives a mysterious package, hand-delivered from a man that she has never seen before who claims that he works at the Park as well. The package is postmarked from Russia, and inside is a small piece of amber. It is just the first of several such packages, and when she examines them together she realizes that someone, …More

Secrets in Death By Robb, J. D. 2017-09 - Wheeler Publishing Large Print 9781432841584 Check Our Catalog A new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series: Lt. Eve Dallas must separate rumors from reality when a woman who traffics in other people's secrets is silenced. The chic Manhattan nightspot Du Vin is not the kind of place Eve Dallas would usually patronize, and it's not the kind of bar where a lot of blood gets spilled. But that's …More

I'll Always Have You: Once More with Feeling\Reflections By Roberts, Nora 2017-07 - Silhouette Books 9780373282333 Check Our Catalog Two fan-favorite stories about learning to live...and love on your own terms Once More with Feeling Musician Raven Williams was devastated when Brandon Carstairs broke her heart five years ago. Now he's back, asking for her help cowriting the score for a major film--an opportunity she can't refuse. Despite the undeniable heat between them, Raven vows to keep …More

Monster in the Closet By Rose, Karen 2017-08 - Berkley Books 9780399586767 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestselling author of Every Dark Corner returns to Baltimore, where a father-daughter reunion puts innocent victims in the sights of a stone-cold killer... Baltimore PI Clay Maynard routinely locates missing children for clients, but his own daughter--stolen by his ex-wife--has eluded him for years. Until she turns up right under his nose... Since …More

Best Day Ever: A Psychological Thriller By Rouda, Kaira 2017-09 - Graydon House 9781525811401 Check Our Catalog "I glance at my wife as she climbs into the passenger seat, and I am bursting with confidence. Today will be everything I've promised her...and more..."Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive, a beautiful wife, two healthy boys and a big house in a wealthy suburb. And he's the perfect husband: breadwinner, protector, provider. That's why …More

The Golden House By Rushdie, Salman 2017-09 - Random House 9780399592805 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture--a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities On the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of "the Gardens," …More

Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral By Russell, Mary Doria 2015-03 - Ecco Press 9780062198761 Check Our Catalog Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Sparrow, returns with Epitaph. An American Iliad, this richly detailed and meticulously researched historical novel continues the story she began in Doc, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. A deeply divided nation. Vicious …More

Final Girls By Sager, Riley 2017-07 - Dutton Books 9781101985366 Check Our Catalog THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "The first great thriller of 2017 is here: Final Girls, by Riley Sager. If you liked Gone Girl, you'll like this."--Stephen King Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie-scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a …More

Exposed By Scottoline, Lisa 2017-09 - Wheeler Publishing Large Print 9781432840891 Check Our Catalog "Plot twists aplenty raise the stakes." --People Magazine A BATTLE FOR JUSTICE PITS PARTNER AGAINST PARTNER... Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills …More

Sourdough By Sloan, Robin 2017-09 - MCD/Farrar Straus and Giroux 9780374203108 Check Our Catalog In his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world of books in Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood …More

Less Than a Treason By Stabenow, Dana 2017-05 - Head of Zeus 9781786695697 Check Our Catalog Kate Shugak is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5'1" tall, carrires a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat, and owns a half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine--and she needs to be, to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. And throw their worst the wilds have: …More

My Absolute Darling By Tallent, Gabriel 2017-08 - Riverhead Books 9780735211179 Check Our Catalog INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Impossible to put down." --NPR "A novel that readers will gulp down, gasping." --The Washington Post "The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one." --Stephen King …More

A Casualty of War: A Bess Crawford Mystery By Todd, Charles 2017-09 - William Morrow & Company 9780062678782 Check Our Catalog From New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd comes a haunting tale that explores the impact of World War I on all who witnessed it--officers, soldiers, doctors, and battlefield nurses like Bess Crawford. Though the Great War is nearing its end, the fighting rages on. While waiting for transport back to her post, Bess Crawford meets Captain Alan Travis from the island of …More

Sisters By Tuck, Lily 2017-09 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802127112 Check Our Catalog "Tuck's prose is elegant." -- New York Times Book Review Lily Tuck's critically-lauded, bestselling I Married You for Happiness was hailed by the Boston Globe as "an artfully crafted still life of one couple's marriage." In her singular new novel Sisters, Tuck gives a very different portrait of marital life, exposing the intricacies and scandals of a new …More

Sing, Unburied, Sing By Ward, Jesmyn 2017-09 - Scribner Book Company 9781501126062 Check Our Catalog Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction "The heart of Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing is story--the yearning for a narrative to help us understand ourselves, the pain of the gaps we'll never fill, the truths that are failed by words and must be translated through ritual and song...Ward's writing throbs with life, grief, and love, and this book is the kind that makes …More

No One Is Coming to Save Us By Watts, Stephanie Powell 2017-04 - Ecco Press 9780062472984 Check Our Catalog *THE INAUGURAL SARAH JESSICA PARKER PICK FOR BOOK CLUB CENTRAL* CHOSEN AS A 2017 BEST SUMMER READ PICK BY The Wall Street Journal - The Washington Post - The Seattle Times NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2017 BY …More

The Countess of Prague: Book One By Weeks, Stephen 2017-09 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781464208423 Check Our Catalog The Countess of Prague is the wonderfully exciting introduction to Beatrice von Falklenburg, known to her intimates as Trixie, who will lead us from Prague through Europe and occasionally beyond on a ten-book set of investigations that begins in 1904 and finishes in 1914. The assassination of the Archduke in Sarajevo that summer effectively ended the Old Europe into which she was born to …More

A Summer of Firsts: The Goodbye Quilt\First Time in Forever By Wiggs, Susan Author Morgan, Sarah 2017-07 - Mira Books 9780778318019 Check Our Catalog changes lead to fresh starts and new connections in these two emotional tales The Goodbye Quilt--Susan Wiggs Linda Davis is driving her daughter, Molly, across the country to start college. As her only child readies for this big change, Linda is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Who will she be when she is no longer needed in her role as …More

Misadventures of a City Girl By Wild, Meredith Author Bliss, Chelle 2017-09 - Waterhouse Press 9781943893409 Check Our Catalog Fresh off a divorce from a Hollywood hotshot, Madison Atwood needs an escape. With the paparazzi fresh on her heels and her love life splashed on every tabloid, she runs away to a swanky retreat in Northern California. Avalon Springs is the mountainside haven she needs to find herself again. Luke Dawson lives off the grid, preferring solitude to society. When he finds a beautiful woman …More