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.

The Alpine Vengeance By Daheim, Mary 2011-03 - Ballantine Books 9780345502575 Check Our Catalog Daheim's Alpine novels--the other alphabet series--is wicked entertainment for mystery fans who enjoy delicious intrigue. …More

Crunch Time: A Novel of Suspense By Davidson, Diane Mott 2011-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780061348150 Check Our Catalog Caterer and sleuth-extraordinaire Goldy Schulz returns in another tasty and suspenseful adventure from the ace of the culinary mystery, "New York Times"-bestselling author Davidson. …More

The Longest Night By Dees, Cindy 2010-07 - Harlequin 9780373276875 Check Our Catalog He was the original cool operator. But now Jake Harrington needs Shannon McMahon's help to complete his deadly mission. Watching his target from her apartment, the military sniper isn't prepared for the emotions Shannon awakes in him, tempting him with her tenderness...and her innate sexiness. Shannon had come to far-off St. George to hide. She knows Jake is one of the good guys, but he won't let himself get close to anyone--until his cover is blown, sending them fleeing for their lives. Together on the run, desire flares, hot and unstoppable. Jake will surely rescue her from danger, but can she rescue his soul? …More

The Priest's Graveyard By Dekker, Ted 2011-04 - Center Street 9781599953342 Check Our Catalog Danny Hansen is a priest who lives by a law of love and compassion. It is powerful men and hypocrites who abide by legal law but eschew the law of love that most incense Danny. As an avenging angel, he believes it is his duty to show them the error of their ways, at any cost. …More

Tappin' on Thirty By Dow, Candice 2008-02 - Dafina Books 9780758219374 Check Our Catalog From the author of "Caught in the Mix" and "A Hire Love" comes a sexy, soul-searching novel about love lost, new beginnings, and the big 3-0. …More

The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Doyle, Arthur Conan Illustrator McKowen, Scott 2004-10 - Sterling Publishing (NY) 9781402714535 Check Our Catalog The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations. Scott created these drawings in scratchboard - an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally. It's elementary--there's no more intriguing detective than Sherlock Holmes, with his unequalled powers of deduction, and no better mysteries than the tricky ones that only he can solve. Here are some of the finest Holmes stories, recounted by his trusty friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. …More

The Hanging Wood By Edwards, Martin 2011-04 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781590588529 Check Our Catalog Twenty years ago, teenager Callum Hinds went missing in England's Lake District. His uncle was suspected of having done the boy harm and was interviewed by the police. When he committed suicide close to his cottage in the Hanging Wood, everyone assumed it was a sign of guilt, though the body of the boy was never found. Now his sister, Orla Payne, who never believed in their uncle's guilt, has returned to the Lakes. She wants to find the truth about Callum's disappearance, and--at the prompting of Daniel Kind--in a drunken call tries to interest DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of Cumbria's Cold Case Review Team, in the case. Hannah is reluctant, leading Orla to demand whether she cares about justice. Hannah does care, and when Orla dies in strange and shocking circumstances, she determines to find the truth about what happened to Callum--and to Orla. …More

Three Days Before the Shooting... By Ellison, Ralph Editor Callahan, John F. Editor Bradley, Adam 2011-04 - Modern Library 9780375759543 Check Our Catalog NATIONAL BESTSELLER " [A]n extraordinary book, a work of staggering virtuosity. With its publication, a giant world of literature has just grown twice as tall." --"Newsday" From Ralph Ellison--author of the classic novel of African-American experience, Invisible Man--the long-awaited second novel. Here is the master of American vernacular--the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech--at the height of his powers, telling a powerful, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century. " Tell me what happened while there's still time, " demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerate Negro preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raised to be a preacher like himself. Bliss's history encompasses the joys of young southern boyhood; bucolic days as a filmmaker, lovemaking in a field in the Oklahoma sun. And behind it all lies a mystery: how did this chosen child become the man who would deny everything to achieve his goals? Brilliantly crafted, moving, wise, Juneteenth is the work of an American master. …More

Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk By Evans, Richard Paul 2011-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781439191378 Check Our Catalog Evans presents the second installment in an inspiring new series about an executive who loses everything and embarks on a walk that takes him across America. …More

Silent Mercy By Fairstein, Linda 2011-03 - Dutton Books 9780525952022 Check Our Catalog In the latest thriller in Fairstein's "New York Times"-bestselling series, prosecutor Alex Cooper dives deep into the Byzantine, sinister world of New York City's powerful religious institutions to find out why the body of a young woman has been decapitated, set on fire, and left on the steps of a church. …More

Special Exits By Farmer, Joyce 2010-12 - Fantagraphics Books 9781606993811 Check Our Catalog A major, original graphic memoir in the vein of Fun Home. …More

Dark Prince By Feehan, Christine 2005-04 - Leisure Books 9780843955286 Check Our Catalog The indispensable first book in the "New York Times" bestselling author's Dark series--which first introduced the masters of darkness to the world--is now available in this special edition that includes the bonus original short story "Dark Descent." …More

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing By Fforde, Jasper 2011-03 - Viking Books 9780670022526 Check Our Catalog Fforde's exuberant return to the fantastical BookWorld opens during a time of great unrest. All-out Genre war is rumbling, and the BookWorld desperately needs a heroine like Thursday Next. With the real Thursday apparently retired to the Realworld, the Council of Genres turns to the written Thursday. …More

Baby Brother: An Urban Erotic Appetizer By 50 Cent Author Noire 2007-01 - G-Unit 9781416532026 Check Our Catalog Zabu "Baby Brother" Davis has a future full of promise until fate intervenes, and he is wrongly accused of murder. He soon finds himself trapped in a web of justice, murder, and vengeance. …More

The Bone House By Freeman, Brian 2011-03 - Minotaur Books 9780312562830 Check Our Catalog A year after Mark Bradley was accused of a torrid affair with a student, another teenage girl is found dead--and once again Mark faces a hostile town convinced of his guilt. Mark's wife Hilary is determined to prove that Mark is innocent, but she's on a lonely, dangerous quest. …More

Against the Grain By Freeze Contribution by Turner, Nikki 2008-09 - One World 9780345503619 Check Our Catalog Set on the gritty streets of Baltimore, this second novel in the Nikki Turner Presents line, about a hustler with a heart of gold, is the brilliant debut from a fresh new voice in urban fiction. …More

Love You More By Gardner, Lisa 2011-03 - Bantam 9780553807257 Check Our Catalog Detective D. D. Warren of the Boston police and Massachusetts state trooper Bobby Dodge are together again, this time not as lovers but as partners in the investigation of a state trooper who shot and killed her husband. …More

Keep a Little Secret By Garlock, Dorothy 2011-03 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446540124 Check Our Catalog When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, Charlotte Tucker jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer to begin her new career. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant. …More

Dawn Country By Gear, W. Michael Author Gear, Kathleen O'Neal 2011-03 - Forge 9780765320179 Check Our Catalog The story that began in "People of the Longhouse" continues in this second book of the thrilling new Iroquois quartet by the husband-and-wife archaeologists turned bestselling authors. …More

Elizabeth I By George, Margaret 2011-04 - Viking Books 9780670022533 Check Our Catalog One of today's premier historical novelists, "New York Times" bestseller George dazzles here as she tackles her most difficult subject yet: the legendary Elizabeth Tudor, queen of enigma. But what was she really like? In this novel, her flame-haired, lookalike cousin, Lettice Knollys, thinks she knows all too well. …More

Girls from Da Hood 6 By Antoinette, Ashley Author McCall, Amaleka Author Coleman, Jaquavis 2011-04 - Urban Books 9781601624444 Check Our Catalog Bestselling superstar author Ashley & JaQuavis and the talented McCall spin the sixth gritty street drama in this popular series, where fast cash, love, and tragedy drive a trio of fast-paced stories. …More

Flying Changes By Gruen, Sara 2007-04 - Harper Paperbacks 9780061241093 Check Our Catalog The much-anticipated sequel to Gruen's poignant debut novel "Riding Lessons" continues the story of Annemarie Zimmer. As she struggles to make peace with her past, an unanticipated event occurs that drastically alters the fragile world of her family. …More

A Discovery of Witches By Harkness, Deborah 2011-02 - Viking Books 9780670022410 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Debut novelist Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense--a richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. …More

Hellhole By Herbert, Brian Author Anderson, Kevin J. 2011-03 - Tor Books 9780765322692 Check Our Catalog From the stunning imaginations of "New York Times"-bestselling and award-winning authors Herbert and Anderson comes an all-new epic original science fiction series set on a colonized planet called Hellhole. …More

Not Without Laughter By Hughes, Langston 2008-04 - Dover Publications 9780486454481 Check Our Catalog Langston Hughes, long recognized as a major American poet and an influential force in African-American literature, brought to this, his first novel, the lyricism, humor, and sureness of touch that characterizes his award-winning poetry. This story reflects the joys and hardships of an African-American boy growing to manhood. …More