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.

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The Worst Thing By Elkins, Aaron 2011-05 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425240991 Check Our Catalog From the Edgar Award-winning creator of Gideon Oliver, the Skeleton Detective, comes an exciting, new stand-alone mystery about a man who must face his worst fears head on. …More

Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel By Evanovich, Janet 2011-06 - Bantam 9780345527684 Check Our Catalog Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie's name is on the killer's list. With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful of hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire, Stephanie's life looks like it's about to go up in smoke. …More

Buried Secrets By Finder, Joseph 2011-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312379148 Check Our Catalog Nick Heller--a private spy who discovers things powerful people want to keep hidden--returns in the follow-up to "Vanished," finding himself in the middle of a life-or-death situation that's both high-profile and intensely personal. …More

Spider Web By Fowler, Earlene 2011-05 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425240984 Check Our Catalog The Memory Festival is a celebration of recollections and loved ones through crafts. But when a local cop is wounded by a mysterious sharpshooter who seems to have a vendetta against the police, Benni fears for "her" loved ones, especially her police chief husband. …More

Inner City Hoodlum By Goines, Donald 1988-06 - Holloway House Publishing Company 9780870670336 Check Our Catalog …More

Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp By Goines, Donald, Jr. 2007-07 - Holloway House Publishing Company 9780870679711 Check Our Catalog …More

A Drug Dealer's Lover By Goldsmith Jr, MR Jim Author Goldsmith Jr, Jim 2011-03 - Createspace 9781442185449 Check Our Catalog …More

A Reliable Wife By Goolrick, Robert 2009-03 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781565125964 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In rural Wisconsin in 1909, Ralph Truitt stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting. …More

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead By Gran, Sara 2011-06 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780547428499 Check Our Catalog PI Claire DeWitt has just arrived in post-Katrina New Orleans to investigate the disappearance of Vic Willing, a prosecutor known for winning convictions in a homicide-plagued city. Has an angry criminal enacted revenge on Vic? Or did he use the storm as a means to disappear? …More

Bones of a Feather By Haines, Carolyn 2011-06 - Minotaur Books 9780312595029 Check Our Catalog A missing necklace worth $4 million makes for high stakes for PI Sarah Booth Delaney when its wealthy owner is also snatched up, in the latest charming southern mystery from the author of "Wishbones." …More

Misery Bay By Hamilton, Steve 2011-06 - Minotaur Books 9780312380434 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Acclaimed Edgar Award-winning author Hamilton returns to the series that made him a legend--with Alex McKnight hunting a bloodthirsty killer through frostbitten Michigan. …More

Dead Reckoning By Harris, Charlaine 2011-05 - Ace Books 9780441020317 Check Our Catalog With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but her attention is divided when she realizes that her lover Eric Northman and his "child" Pam are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, Sookie is drawn into the plot--which is much more complicated than she knows. …More

Flint Book 5 Back to the Hood By Hernandez, Treasure 2011-06 - Urban Books 9781601624543 Check Our Catalog Hernandez's new novel in her Flint Book series follows Malek and Halleigh as they escape to the trenches of the inner city, while searching for their souls and exposing secrets in this drama-rich continuation. Original. …More

The Inheritance: And Other Stories By Hobb, Robin Author Lindholm, Megan 2011-05 - Harper Voyager 9780061561641 Check Our Catalog From "New York Times"-bestselling master storyteller Robin Hobb--a.k.a. MeganLindholm--comes a new collection of short stories. …More

Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage By Ignatius, David 2011-06 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393078114 Check Our Catalog From the author of the bestselling "Body of Lies" and "The Increment" comes an engaging thriller in which the CIA falls victim to its own daring operation in the Middle East. …More

Wicked Lies By Jackson, Lisa Author Bush, Nancy 2011-02 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758252203 Check Our Catalog Includes excerpts from Born to die, by Lisa Jackson, and Hush, by Nancy Bush. …More

Hotbed By James, Bill 2011-05 - Countryman Press 9780881509502 Check Our Catalog Who gets hurt when the bad guys cross paths? …More

Hell Is Empty: A Walt Longmire Mystery By Johnson, Craig 2011-06 - Viking Books 9780670022779 Check Our Catalog Well-read and world-weary, Sheriff Walt Longmire has been maintaining order in Wyoming's Absaroka County for more than 30 years, but in this riveting seventh outing, he is pushed to his limits as he braves a frozen inferno to capture an escaped murderer. …More

Little Black Girl Lost 2 By Johnson, Keith Lee 2008-09 - Urban Books 9781601620378 Check Our Catalog After the success of "Little Black Girl Lost," Johnson returns to 1950s New Orleans, into the world of betrayal, envy, lust, and murder, and where everyone has ulterior motives. …More

Little Black Girl Lost By Johnson, Keith Lee 2005-02 - Urban Books 9780974702551 Check Our Catalog When an old-school pimp is released from prison after ten years, he reconnects with his friends in the old neighborhood and teams up with a young, dynamic pimp in search of his missing daughter. Original. …More

The Star Witch By Jones, Linda Winstead 2006-01 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425201282 Check Our Catalog "The Sun Witch" and "The Moon Witch" introduced the Fyne sisters, three "different and engrossing" witches coming into their own. Here, in this final book of the Sisters of the Sun trilogy, the eldest wonders how she can remain chaste with a sensuous enemy tempting her. Original. …More

The Eye of the World By Jordan, Robert 1995-09 - Tor Books 9780812511819 Check Our Catalog The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. "Jordan is able to take ... familiar elements and make them his own, in a powerful novel of wide and complex scope. Open religious and political conflicts add a gritty realism, while the cities and courts provide plenty of drama and splendor. Women have a stronger role than in Tolkien.... Each character in this large cast remains distinct.... Their adventures are varied, and exciting.... "The Eye of the World" stands alone as a fantasy epic."--"Locus" "Robert Jordan has created a fantasy world as tangible and credible as history. He has a fine eye for detail and a vivid sense of drama."--Morgan Llewelyn "Robert Jordan's "The Eye of the World" proves that there's still plenty of life in the ancient tradition of epic fantasy. Jordan has a powerful vision of good and evil-- but what strikes me as most pleasurable about "The Eye of the World" is all the fascinating people moving through a rich and interesting world."--Orson Scott Card "Jordan's world is rich in detail and his plot is rich in incident. Impressive work, and highly recommended."--"ALA Booklist" …More

Root of All Evil By Jossel, Joylynn 2004-06 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312328603 Check Our Catalog Previously a self-published bestseller, "The Root of All Evil" is a sexy, dramatic novel about 34-year-old Klarke Taylor who has two children, a pile of bills, and creditors who won't leave her alone. And she's had just about enough. So Klarke and her confidants, Breezy and Jeva, resort to devising a shady plan to snag her a man who will make all her monetary dreams come true. …More