HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2011 . To see new books from other years try: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Driving on the Rim By McGuane, Thomas 2010-10 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781400041558 Check Our Catalog There must be meaning to existence beyond professional accreditation, and though scantly equipped, Berl Pickett has been on a mission to find it, despite being charged with negligent homicide in the death of his former lover. …More

The Interruption of Everything By McMillan, Terry 2006-08 - Signet Book 9780451209702 Check Our Catalog McMillan's smash "New York Times" bestseller introduces Marilyn Grimes, who decides to make changes in her life. Today, Marilyn has decided to be herself. But first, she must find out who that is. Available in a premium edition. …More

Castle Waiting Volume 2: Solicitine By Medley, Linda Illustrator Medley, Linda 2003-07 - Olio Press 9780965185240 Check Our Catalog …More

Under Fishbone Clouds By Meekings, Sam 2010-12 - Thomas Dunne Books 9780312622794 Check Our Catalog In a powerful and mesmerizing novel (Amy Tan), Meekings delivers an elegant debut that follows a young Chinese couple as their love grows, and is tested, during Mao's Cultural Revolution. …More

A Zombie's History of the United States: From the Massacre at Plymouth Rock to the CIA's Secret War on the Undead By Miller, Worm 2010-12 - Ulysses Press 9781569758601 Check Our Catalog This shocking expos reveals how zombies helped create America but were later victimized and eventually demonized by the "land of the free. It presents recently unclassified documents on heroic (and horrifying) zombie actions during the Civil War, World War II, and throughout American history. …More

The Crossing By Morris, Gilbert 2011-02 - Barbour Publishing 9781602609075 Check Our Catalog From beloved author, Gilbert Morris, comes a new trilogy about the Civil War. Yancy Tremayne, son of an Amish man, joins General Stonewall Jackson's troops, which leads to adventure and romance with a Southern belle. …More

The Winter Ghosts By Mosse, Kate 2011-02 - Putnam Adult 9780399157158 Check Our Catalog By the author of the "New York Times"-bestselling "Labyrinth," a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage. In the winter of 1928, still seeking some kind of resolution to the horrors of World War I, Freddie is traveling through the beautiful but forbidding French Pyrenees. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. Dazed, he stumbles through the woods, emerging in a tiny village, where he finds an inn to wait out the blizzard. There he meets Fabrissa, a lovely young woman also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories. By the time dawn breaks, Freddie will have unearthed a tragic, centuries-old mystery, and discovered his own role in the life of this remote town. …More

Superman vs. Muhammad Ali By O'Neil, Denny Author Adams, Neal Illustrator Adams, Neal 2010-11 - DC Comics 9781401228415 Check Our Catalog Two legendary figures meet for the first time in this spectacular adventure, as an alien race called the Scrubb demand that Earth's greatest champion battle their world's own greatest fighter. Both Superman and Muhammad Ali step forward -- and to determine who is truly Earth's greatest fighter, Superman temporarily loses his powers and faces Ali in the ring. Ultimately, the duo must work together to defeat the Scrubb, with Ali taking on their champion while Superman battles their space-armada. Features previously unpublished developmental artwork and other bonus features, at DC's Deluxe Edition trim size. …More

The Invisible Bridge By Orringer, Julie 2011-01 - Vintage Books USA 9781400034376 Check Our Catalog Paris, 1937. Andras Levi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he promised to deliver. But when he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter's recipient, he becomes privy to a secret that will alter the course of his--and his family's--history. From the small Hungarian town of Konyar to the grand opera houses of Budapest and Paris, from the despair of Carpathian winter to an unimaginable life in labor camps, "The Invisible Bridge "tells the story of a family shattered and remade in history's darkest hour. …More

MPD Psycho By Otsuka, Eiji Illustrator Tajima, Sho-U 2008-06 - Dark Horse Comics 9781593079628 Check Our Catalog …More

A Heartbeat Away By Palmer, Michael 2011-02 - St. Martin's Press 9780312587529 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense delivers another novel at the crossroads of politics and medicine in this shocker of a thriller. …More

Cross Fire By Patterson, James 2010-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316036177 Check Our Catalog Detective Alex Cross's wedding plans are put on hold when he is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington, D.C.'s, most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians. …More

London Bridges By Patterson, James 2005-09 - Warner Vision 9780446613354 Check Our Catalog Alex Cross must pull together the most powerful law enforcement agencies to save millions of people from the most vicious predator he has ever faced--the Big Bad Wolf. In his tenth Alex Cross novel, Patterson presents a bonus special section on the beloved FBI agent. …More

Hearts Aglow By Peterson, Tracie 2011-03 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764206139 Check Our Catalog Adventure and romance in 1880s Texas; when a young woman feels her dreams arethwarted at every turn, can she find her heart's desire? …More

A Shore Thing By Polizzi, Nicole "Snooki" 2011-01 - Gallery Press 9781451623741 Check Our Catalog Giovanna 'Gia' Spumanti and her cousin Isabella 'Bella' Rizzoli are going to have the sexiest summer ever. While they couldn't be more different-- pint-size Gia is a carefree, outspoken party girl and Bella is a tall, slender athlete who always holds her tongue-- for the next month they're ready to pouf up their hair, put on their stilettos, and soak up all that Seaside Heights, new Jersey, has to offer: hot guidos, cool clubs, fried Oreos, and lots of tequila. …More

Gideon's Sword By Preston, Douglas Author Child, Lincoln 2011-02 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446564328 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling authors Preston and Child launch a new series introducing Gideon Crew, who as a child witnessed his father's murder. He vowed revenge, but now that the day has come, Gideon finds the act unexpectedly catapults him into a new life as a rogue operative with only one year to live. …More

I'm a Fool to Kill You By Randisi, Robert 2011-01 - Severn House Publishers 9780727869401 Check Our Catalog A Rat Pack Mystery - When a rumour spreads that Frank Sinatra's ex-wife, Hollywood Goddess Ava Gardner, was seen in the Sands Hotel & Casino in a state of distress, sleuth Eddie G. is asked to check it out. Eddie tracks her down to LA, where he finds out that Ava's afraid she did something horrible . . . and it falls to Eddie to find out exactly what went down. But someone's after Ava who means her harm, and soon he's dodging bullets in Vegas in an attempt to keep Ava - and himself - alive. …More

Treachery in Death By Robb, J. D. 2011-02 - G. P. Putnam's Sons 9780399157035 Check Our Catalog Detective Eve Dallas' partner, Peabody, overhears two fellow officers arguing. It doesn't take long to realize they're both crooked--guilty not just of corruption but of murder. Now Peabody, Eve, and Eve's husband, Roarke, are trying to get the hard evidence they need to bring the dirty cops down--knowing all the while that the two are willing to kill to keep their secret. …More

On Borrowed Time By Rosenfelt, David 2011-02 - Minotaur Books 9780312598365 Check Our Catalog Richard Kilmer is in love, and after proposing to Jennifer Ryan, she takes him on a drive up to Kendrick Falls. Rumor has is that no man has ever gone to the falls with Jen and come back the same, and Richard is no exception. Halfway up the mountain, Richard loses control of his car, and it rolls. Richard is shaken, but Jen is gone, completely missing. He can’t find her, and neither can the police once they’re on the scene. In fact, no one in Richard’s life will even confirm Jen’s existence. But where could she have gone? Has Richard lost his mind or is someone else behind it all? David Rosenfelt’s stunning new thriller about an ordinary man who is forced to play a terrible game will have readers holding on tight. …More

Miss Julia Stands Her Ground By Ross, Ann B. 2007-04 - Penguin Books 9780143038559 Check Our Catalog Doubts arise as to whether or not Little Lloyd is the illegitimate son of Miss Julia's late philandering husband. When DNA testing seems to be the only way to settle the dispute, her housekeeper has a few souvenirs that might just be the key to ending this ugly mess. …More

Swamplandia! By Russell, Karen 2011-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307263995 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, its island home and gator-wrestling theme park, is swiftly being encroached upon by a competitor. To save her family, Ava must journey on her own to a perilous part of the swamp called the Underworld. …More

Fourth Day By Sharp, Zoe 2011-02 - Pegasus Books 9781605981215 Check Our Catalog "Zoe Sharpe will keep you turning pages till dawn."--Jeffery Deaver …More

Daughter of Twin Oaks By Snelling, Lauraine 2011-06 - Bethany House Publishers 9781556618390 Check Our Catalog Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father, eighteen-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little brother and the family's remaining Thoroughbreds from Twin Oaks plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they will be safe for the remainder of the Civil War. Jesselynn is also fleeing a cruel man in Confederate uniform who has pledged to take revenge against her for refusing his hand in marriage. No longer safe at Twin Oaks, she embarks on a perilous journey, taking on the momentous responsibility for the lives and welfare of all who go with her. They ride at night and hide during the day, dodging both Confederate and Union troops along the way. Encountering hunger, sickness, and the devastation of war, they finally arrive in Missouri only to discover that the situation there puts them in even greater danger. Discouraged, disillusioned, and facing a severe testing of her faith, Jesselynn will stop at nothing to save her family, the horses, and whatever remains of Twin Oaks. Will the wounded soldier she rescues from certain death be able to break down the walls of bitterness that surround her heart? …More

A Heart for Home By Snelling, Lauraine 2011-03 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764206115 Check Our Catalog Astrid and Joshua discover God's plans for them through difficult circumstances in the conclusion to this bestselling prairie romance series set in South Dakota. …More

Sisters of the Confederacy By Snelling, Lauraine 2011-11 - Bethany House Publishers 9781556618406 Check Our Catalog In Book Two of the dramatic new "A Secret Refuge" series, Jesselynn Highwood flees Kentucky with her ragtag band of freed slaves and Thoroughbred horses, only to find their destination has been burned to the ground. In the meanwhile, her sister Louisa smuggles desperately needed supplies for the hospital in Richmond, where she helps care for war-wounded soldiers. …More