HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

212 By Burke, Alafair 2010-04 - Harper 9780061561221 Check Our Catalog …More

Forest Gate By Akinti, Peter 2010-02 - Free Press 9781439172179 Check Our Catalog A violent and sexy first novel, "Forest Gate" is set among young Somalian refugees and the miscreants they encounter in the council estates of London. …More

Liars All By Bannister, Jo 2010-03 - Minotaur Books 9780312612399 Check Our Catalog …More

The Infinities By Banville, John 2010-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307272799 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In his first novel since the Booker Prize-winning "The Sea," John Banville gives readers a dazzling new work that chronicles both a human family and a rather unholy gathering of immortals. …More

The Queen's Lover By Bennett, Vanora 2010-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780061689864 Check Our Catalog A sweeping love story, set in 15th-century England and France, "The Queen's Lover" tells the story of a woman of enormous courage, independence, and passion, who is destined to rule two kingdoms. …More

Murder in the Palais Royal By Black, Cara 2010-03 - Soho Crime 9781569476208 Check Our Catalog …More

Hell Gate By Fairstein, Linda A. 2010-03 - Dutton Books 9780525951612 Check Our Catalog Head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for decades, Fairstein is one of the most reliable legal experts on sexual assault and domestic violence. For her 12th novel, Fairstein takes her Alexandra Cooper series inside the world of human trafficking. …More

Bad Night By Brubaker, Ed Author Phillips, Sean Introduction by Bruen, Ken 2008-12 - Marvel Comics 9780785132288 Check Our Catalog A woman in trouble, friends on the run from cops and mobsters, and a secret no one is prepared to face! Five years ago, Jake was a happy family man, long-retired from the life of crime he grew up in, and then the police made him the prime suspect in a horrible crime and ripped his life apart! Now, years later, Jake is less than a shadow of his former self, a hopeless insomniac who walks the city streets at night. But one night, he walks into the wrong place at the right time, and his whole life changes again... Collects Criminal 2 #4-8. …More

Coward By Brubaker, Ed Illustrator Phillips, Sean 2007-05 - Marvel Comics 9780785124399 Check Our Catalog From Harvey Award-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker, and Scream Award-Winning Best Artist Sean Phillips comes the first collection of Criminal, one of the best reviewed comics of 2006. Coward is the story of Leo, a professional pickpocket who is also a legendary heist-planner and thief. But there's a catch with Leo, he won't work any job that he doesn't call all the shots on, he won't allow guns, and the minute things turn south, he's looking for any exit that won't land him in prison. But when he's lured into a risky heist, all his rules go out the window, and he ends up on the run from the cops and the bad men who double-crossed him. Now Leo must come face-to-face with the violence he's kept bottled up inside for 20 years, and nothing will ever be the same for him again. Collects Criminal #1-5. …More

Lawless By Brubaker, Ed Illustrator Phillips, Sean Illustrator Staples, Val 2007-12 - Marvel Comics 9780785128168 Check Our Catalog Twenty years ago, Tracy Lawless traded the crime-ridden streets of the city for a life in the military, and it's a decision he's rarely regretted. But now he's walking out of the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq and back into the world he grew up in, to find out who killed his brother Rick, and why. But truth is one of the few things uglier than family history, and the only thing Tracy has in his favor as he unravels the twisted strands of the criminal life his brother led, is that no one knows who the hell he is. And what they don't know, just might kill them! Collects Criminal #6-10 …More

The Pallbearers By Cannell, Stephen J. 2010-03 - St. Martin's Press 9780312557294 Check Our Catalog From a "New York Times"-bestselling author comes a powerful new novel in which Detective Shane Scully, who grew up as an orphan, must revisit his painful childhood to find out who murdered the kind and charismatic man who became a father to him. …More

The Unwritten, Volume 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity By Carey, Mike Illustrator Gross, Peter Introduction by Willingham, Bill 2010-01 - Vertigo 9781401225650 Check Our Catalog …More

The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson By Charyn, Jerome 2010-02 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393068566 Check Our Catalog Charyn pens an astonishing novel that removes Emily Dickinson's mysterious mask and reveals the passions and heartbreak of America's greatest poet. …More

Long for This World By Chung, Sonya 2010-03 - Scribner Book Company 9781416599623 Check Our Catalog A brilliant, powerful debut novel about a Korean family divided between America and a small Korean town. …More

A Darker God By Cleverly, Barbara 2010-03 - Bantam 9780385339919 Check Our Catalog Aspiring archaeologist and occasional detective Laetitia Talbot returns to 1920s Greece to stop a brutal killer in award-winning author Cleverly's new mystery. …More

Caught By Coben, Harlan 2010-03 - Dutton Books 9780525951582 Check Our Catalog In this explosive new thriller, a reporter's investigative work has resulted in a man being taken into custody in front of a shocked television audience. But months later, she realizes she may have unwittingly been part of a grand manipulation aiming to destroy an innocent man. …More

Clean Kill By Coughlin, Jack With Davis, Donald A. 2010-03 - St. Martin's Press 9780312551025 Check Our Catalog …More

Wild Ride By Crusie, Jennifer Author Mayer, Bob 2010-03 - St. Martin's Press 9780312533779 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times"-bestselling duo of Crusie and Mayer teams up again with a hilarious paranormal novel that shows why the wildest ride at the Dreamland amusement park isn't the roller coaster. …More

The Creation of Eve By Cullen, Lynn 2010-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399156106 Check Our Catalog …More

The Silent Sea By Cussler, Clive With Du Brul, Jack 2010-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399156250 Check Our Catalog Cussler's tales of the "Oregon" and its crew--the clever, indefatigable Juan Cabrillo and his merry band of tough, tech-savvy fighting men and women ("Publishers Weekly")--return in their most remarkable adventure yet. (Men's Adventure) …More

The Moonpool By Deutermann, Peter T. 2008-05 - St. Martin's Press 9780312371593 Check Our Catalog A nuclear power plant comes under attack in this frightening, authentic what-if thriller. …More

Death of a Wine Merchant By Dickinson, David 2010-03 - Soho Constable 9781569476222 Check Our Catalog Praise for the Lord Francis Powerscourt series: "Fine prose, high society, and [a] complex plot recommend this series."-"Library Journal" "Rich in historical detail. . . . Lovers of British historical mysteries will enjoy Powerscourt's latest adventure."-"Booklist" "Both erudite and elegant."-"Mystery Scene" The scion of the Colvilles, who are wealthy wine merchants, is about to marry the daughter of the even grander Nash family. Immediately after the nuptials, the bridegroom's uncle Cosmo is found clutching a gun, having apparently killed his own brother. He refuses to give any explanation, even to his solicitor, who retains Lord Francis Powerscourt to investigate. …More

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky By Durrow, Heidi W. 2010-02 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781565126800 Check Our Catalog This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. Growing up in the 1980s, she confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. …More

The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel By Doyle, Arthur Conan Illustrator Culbard, I. N. J. Adapted by Edginton, Ian 2009-08 - Sterling 9781402770005 Check Our Catalog After the success of their "Illustrated Classics" version of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," Ian Edginton and I.N.J. Culbard have teamed up again to create a visually compelling graphic novel adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's masterpiece. And the superb writing and beautiful art takes Conan Doyle's supernatural tale to new heights. All the elements are here for a thrilling tale: A gnarled walking stick, missing boot, neglected family portrait, convicted killer on the loose, and the ancestral curse of a phantom hound. The great detective himself, Sherlock Holmes--with the help of Dr. Watson has his work cut out for him in a dramatic mystery that will keep readers guessing until the very end. …More

Serpent Pool: A Lake District Mystery By Edwards, Martin 2010-02 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781590585931 Check Our Catalog DCI Hannah Scarlett is determined to uncover the truth behind Emily Friend's mysterious drowning in the Serpent Pool. But Hannah's distracted by a new sergeant with a troublesome reputation, a new house, and new cause to doubt her partner--second hand bookseller Marc Amos. One of Marc's best customers has been burned to death in the converted boathouse filled with priceless books. Then Hannah meets Louise Kind, sister of the historian Daniel Kind, who has just returned from America to work on a book about Thomas De Quincey and the history of murder. How are all of these elements related? …More