New Books

HPL's New Books

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

The Convalescent By Anthony, Jessica 2009-06 - McSweeney's Books 9781934781104 Check Our Catalog Anthony, the inaugural winner of the Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award, makes an unforgettable debut with an unforgettable hero: Seymour Akos Pfliegman--unlikely bandit, unloved lover, and historian of the unimportant. …More

Cartel 3: The Last Chapter By Ashley Author Jaquavis Author Ashley &. Jaquavis 2010-08 - Urban Books 9781601622570 Check Our Catalog Filled with murder, deception, and seduction, this is the highly-anticipated finale to "The Cartel" saga from the dynamic duo of street lit. …More

Burn By Barr, Nevada 2010-08 - Minotaur Books 9780312614560 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title As she recovers from the trauma of the past couple of months, National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon visits an old friend in New Orleans. She's not in town long when she crosses paths with a creepy guy who apparently attempts to put a curse on her, and she begins to slowly find traces of very dark doings in the heart of post-Katrina New Orleans. …More

Five Days Apart By Binchy, Chris 2010-07 - Harper 9780061704352 Check Our Catalog In the tradition of Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, and Michael Chabon, Irish-born author Binchy delivers an addictive tale of looking back and looking forward--a wonderfully charming and bittersweet story of friendship, love, and the courage of second chances. …More

More Church Folk By Bowen, Michele Andrea 2010-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446577762 Check Our Catalog The "Essence"-bestselling author of "Church Folk" returns with this follow-upset in 1986. …More

China Doll: Triple Crown Publications Presents By Branch, Leah 2010-06 - Triple Crown Publications 9780982588802 Check Our Catalog …More

My Name Is Memory By Brashares, Ann 2010-06 - Riverhead Hardcover 9781594487583 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" comes the magical love story of a man who spends centuries falling in love with the same girl. A magical, suspenseful, heartbreaking story of true love, "My Name Is Memory" proves the power and endurance of a union that was meant to be. …More

Breaking the Cycle By Zane 2005-03 - Strebor Books 9781593090210 Check Our Catalog This eagerly awaited collection is a stunning and moving anthology of stories, each of which focuses on an aspect of domestic abuse and points toward the steps to be taken to break the cycle that perpetuates it. …More

Bearers of the Black Staff By Brooks, Terry 2010-08 - Brilliance Corporation 9781441805065 Check Our Catalog The survivors of the Great Wars that devastated the world must now face unimaginable challenges in this first of two novels by "New York Times"-bestselling author Brooks, set in the prehistory of Shannara. …More

Tough Customer By Brown, Sandra 2010-08 - Simon & Schuster 9781416563105 Check Our Catalog A new novel from "New York Times"-bestselling author Brown, full of her trademarks: tight plotting, breathless twists, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and sizzle. …More

This Is Where We Live By Brown, Janelle 2010-06 - Spiegel & Grau 9780385524032 Check Our Catalog …More

Life's Golden Ticket By Burchard, Brendon 2007-05 - Harperluxe 9780061260407 Check Our Catalog ""Find my coat," she whispered weakly. "There's an envelope in the pocket. Don't open it. Take it to the park. You remember the rumors."" In what is sure to become a classic, Brendon Burchard has crafted a triumphant tale of personal growth and change that will inspire any reader who has ever wished for a second chance. "Life's Golden Ticket" tells the story of a man who is so trapped in the prisons of his past that he cannot see the possibilities, the choices, and the gifts that are right in front of him. At the behest of his fiancee, Mary, who is clinging to life in a hospital bed, he takes a mysterious envelope from her and makes his way to an abandoned amusement park to appease her delirious pleadings. When he steps through the rusted entrance gates, the deserted park magically comes to life. He soon meets an old, wise groundskeeper and together they set out to uncover what happened to Mary. Along the way, he encounters a number of caring yet confrontational park employees--a hypnotist, a fortune-teller, a lion tamer, high-wire performers--and they teach him more about his fiancee and himself than he bargained for. What follows is an unforgettable journey of personal transformation as he overcomes his past, uncovers what happened to Mary, and, finally, discovers what is inside her mysterious envelope. The author is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book to Kiwanis International, Junior Achievement, and the YMCA. …More

The Glass Rainbow By Burke, James Lee 2010-08 - Wheeler Publishing 9781410428196 Check Our Catalog Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to New Iberia to solve a series of grisly murders, in this latest installment by a two-time Edgar Award-winning author and Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. …More

Vixen Icon By Carruth, Buffie 2009-06 - Triple Crown Publications 9780982099636 Check Our Catalog Buffie Carruth, known as the legendary Buffie the Body, takes readers from ATL'S most wanted dancer, most sought-after YouTube actress, leading lady in G-Unit and other music videos, an in-demand ringtone wallpaper model, the most sought-after prison wall pinup girl in America and most curvaceous woman in the world, to book author with her highly anticipated expose of the industry, Vixen Icon. Buffie gives readers a Making-of-the-Body look behind the videos and cover shots and reveals the Who, the What, and the Why of the industry and leaves no opinion unwritten. …More

The Rehearsal By Catton, Eleanor 2010-05 - Reagan Arthur Books 9780316074339 Check Our Catalog In the aftermath of a high-school sex scandal caused by a teacher's affair with an underaged student, a group of teenage girls becomes the focus of public scrutiny. After a local drama school decides to turn the scandal into a play, the boundaries between private and public, and fact and fiction, begin to dissolve. …More

The Man with the Baltic Stare: An Inspector O Novel By Church, James 2010-08 - Minotaur Books 9780312372927 Check Our Catalog Inspector O is wrenched from retirement and ordered back to Pyongyang for a final assignment: lead an investigation into a crime of passion committed by the young man who has been selected as the best possible leader of a transition government. …More

The Grim Reaper's Dance: A Grim Reaper Mystery By Clemens, Judy 2010-08 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781590587317 Check Our Catalog Casey Maldonado and Death hitch a desperate ride away from disaster. The semi in which they are traveling crashes, and before the Grim Reaper takes away Evan the trucker, Evan whispers to Casey about a stash hidden in the truck that she should keep away from them. …More

The House on Salt Hay Road By Clevidence, Carin 2010-05 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374173142 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Suffused with a haunting sense of place--salt marshes in the summer, ice boats on the frozen Great South Bay, Fire Island at the height of a storm--this vivid and emotionally resonant debut captures the golden light of a vanished time, and the hold that home has. …More

Cure By Cook, Robin 2010-08 - Putnam Adult 9780399156625 Check Our Catalog With her son's illness in remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work to face the case of her career: the mysterious death of a CIA agent. While her coworkers doubt her assassination theory, Laurie's determination wins over her husband, fellow medical examiner Jack Stapleton, and together they race to connect the dots before they are consumed in a dangerous game of biotech espionage. …More

Undead and Unfinished By Davidson, MaryJanice 2010-07 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425234358 Check Our Catalog Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor returns in the ninth novel in Davidson's "New York Times"-bestselling series, and she's having a tough time getting through the "Book of the Dead"--until the Devil strikes a bargain. …More

Death's Excellent Vacation By Harris, Charlaine Editor Kelner, Toni L. P. 2010-08 - Ace Books 9780441018680 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost--plus Lilith Saintcrow, Jeff Abbott, and others--send postcards from the edge of the paranormal world to fans. Includes a brand-new Sookie Stackhouse story and 12 other original tales. …More

Bliss, Remembered By Deford, Frank 2010-07 - Overlook Press 9781590203590 Check Our Catalog At the 1936 Berlin Olympics the beautiful Sydney Stringfellow begins an intense love affair with a German but the affair abruptly ends when political forces tear them apart. …More

Scarlet Nights By Deveraux, Jude 2010-08 - Atria Books 9781439107973 Check Our Catalog The third book in the multigenerational Edilean series from "New York Times"-bestselling author Deveraux, "Scarlet Nights" is about a woman who learns that her fianc is not who he appears to be. …More

Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme By Douglas, Carole Nelson 2010-08 - Forge 9780765318633 Check Our Catalog Temple Barr and her saucy feline take on the legends of the mob in Las Vegas, in this latest Midnight Louie mystery. …More

The Clouds Beneath the Sun By Ford, MacKenzie 2010-07 - Nan A. Talese 9780385529112 Check Our Catalog An exotic setting and a passionate, forbidden affair make "The Clouds Beneath the Sun" an irresistible page-turner that is sure to satisfy readers looking for an intelligent blend of history, romance, and intrigue. Set in Kenya in 1961, the novel follows archaeologist Natalie Nelson as she navigates a controversial dig and an affair with a young man that turns dangerous. …More