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 Girl Who Disappeared Twice By Kane, Andrea 2011-05 - Mira Books 9780778329848 Check Our Catalog A "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers the first novel in a new series centered on a team of unconventional private investigators called Forensic Instincts. …More

Death Toll By Kelly, Jim 2011-06 - Minotaur Books 9780312573522 Check Our Catalog Detectives Shaw and Valentine investigate after the coffin of a murdered pub landlady is exhumed but revealed to contain the twisted corpse of a young man. …More

Learning By Kingsbury, Karen 2011-06 - Zondervan 9780310276364 Check Our Catalog Learning, book two in The Bailey Flanigan series, picks up where Leaving ended. Bailey Flanigan and Cody Coleman are not only separated by physical distance, they are also faced with great emotional distance. Bailey grows closer to her dream to be an actress and dancer in New York, while Cody coaches a small high school football team ... on and off the field. But neither feels complete without the chance to share their dreams with one other. Can distance truly make the heart grow fonder? Or will Cody learn to turn to others to share in his happiness? And when tragedy strikes? Who will be there to provide comfort in the face of loss? As Cody's past catches up with him, he must learn to reach out for help or risk withdrawing permanently inside himself. Both Bailey and Cody find themselves learning significant life lessons in this poignant love story, featuring members from Karen Kingsbury's popular Baxter family. …More

The Ridge By Koryta, Michael 2011-06 - Little Brown and Company 9780316053662 Check Our Catalog On an isolated ridge in the Kentucky woods stands a homemade lighthouse, hundreds of miles from any substantial body of water. Local reporter Roy Darmus has always found it an amusing oddity--until he is selected as the recipient of a suicide note from its builder. Roy soon has a storytelling assignment more daunting than anything he's seen before. …More

The Dirty Divorce- Part 3 By Miss Kp 2011-05 - Life Changing Books 9781934230305 Check Our Catalog …More

Section 8: A Hood Rat Novel By K'wan 2009-09 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312536961 Check Our Catalog Since she was a little girl, Tionna's on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is as cold as a December chill, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons, and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare. With Duhan behind bars and everything she loves seized she finds herself starting over in the same neighborhood she swore she'd never come back to. With two kids, a man in prison and no back up plan, Tionna is once again living by her wits in order to maintain the lifestyle she'd become so accustomed to. Back in the thick of things with her best friends Gucci, Boots and Tracy, she finds herself rediscovering her old life and suddenly begins to wonder if she's really cut out to be a prisoner's wife. …More

If You Were Here By Lancaster, Jen 2011-05 - New American Library 9780451234384 Check Our Catalog Amish-zombie-teen-romance author Mia and her husband Mac buy and renovate their first home in the Chicago suburbs that John Hughes' movies made famous. Along their harrowing renovation journey, they get caught up in various wars with the homeowners' association, meet some less-than-friendly neighbors, and are joined by a hilarious cast of supporting characters. …More

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest By Larsson, Stieg 2010-05 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307269997 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Lisbeth Salander is ready to fight back. "[The trilogy] is intricately plotted, lavishly detailed but written with a breakneck pace and verve . . ["Hornet's Nest"] is a tantalizing double finale--first idyllic, then frenetic . . . Larsson has made the literary moods of saga and soap opera converge--with suspense as the adhesive."--"Independent." …More

The Girl Who Played with Fire By Larsson, Stieg 2010-03 - Vintage Books USA 9780307454553 Check Our Catalog The electrifying follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" features Lisbeth Salander, the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker, as the focus and fierce heart of its story. …More

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo By Larsson, Stieg 2009-06 - Vintage 9780307454546 Check Our Catalog Perfectly timed before the July publication of Larsson's second book in this series--"The Girl Who Played with Fire"--this international publishing sensation introduces readers to Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, the stars of both contagiously exciting books. …More

A Young Wife By Lewis, Pam 2011-06 - Simon & Schuster 9781451612721 Check Our Catalog In this sweeping saga of love, betrayal, and redemption, a young Dutch woman's search for family takes her across three continents. …More

Livin' Ain't Easy By Long, Peron 2009-03 - Urban Books 9781601621436 Check Our Catalog A page-turning tale of self-evaluation, heartache, and renewal--all wrapped up in suspense and murder--"Livin' Ain't Easy" chronicles seven months in the lives of two friends. …More

Blood Trust By Lustbader, Eric Van 2011-05 - Forge 9780765329745 Check Our Catalog The third installment of Van Lustbader's "New York Times"-bestselling series finds Alli Carson, daughter of the recently deceased President of the United States, suspected of murder. It's up to National Security Adviser Jack McClure to clear her name. …More

Whore By Lynch, Tanika 2006-05 - Triple Crown Publications 9780976789468 Check Our Catalog Whoever said "whoring wasn't easy" never lied! But somebody had to do it! Working the mean streets of Detroit was getting hard on young Kamone, with two small mouths to feed. Forced to get on the grind non-stop by her madam, Cookie, after being abandoned by her dopefiend, HIV infected mother, there's nothing Kamone won't do to get that paper - drugs, murder, sex, lies and videotapes! That is, until she is scandalously set up to be raped, drugged and left for dead. Just when Kamone thinks it's the end, she finds what every bad girl longs for - a bad boy with a heart, who literally picks her up out of the gutter. But will Lucci's thug passion be enough to satisfy Kamone's lustful habits? Or will she run back to the only life she knows? …More

The Borrower By Makkai, Rebecca 2011-06 - Viking Books 9780670022816 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and an upsetting family history thrown in their path. …More

Trader of Secrets: A Paul Madriani Novel By Martini, Steve 2011-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780061930232 Check Our Catalog Defense attorney Paul Madriani is on the trail of men who are trying to steal state-of-the-art weapons technology in this latest installment of the "New York Times"-bestselling series. …More

The Dog Who Came in from the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel By McCall Smith, Alexander 2011-06 - Pantheon Books 9780307379733 Check Our Catalog In the heartwarming and hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series, surprising canine hero, Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay--belonging to failed oenophile William French--has been recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring. …More

Lady on the Loch By McInnes, Betty 2011-04 - Severn House Publishers 9780727869760 Check Our Catalog A compelling historical novel from a much-loved author - 1567. A young man - Lachlan Gilmore - rescues a lady whose cart has become stuck in a ditch, but unbeknownst to him, Lady Annabel Erskine has a secret mission: to keep Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned on Castle Island in Lochleven, supplied with garments fit for her high estate. Soon, Lachlan's sister, talented seamstress Christina, is assisting Lady Annabel in her work. But as their friendship grows, she is unwittingly drawn deeper into the doomed Queen's affairs . . . …More

To Be Sung Underwater By McNeal, Tom 2011-06 - Little Brown and Company 9780316127394 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title "To Be Sung Underwater" is the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget. …More

Mama Ruby By Monroe, Mary 2011-05 - Dafina Books 9780758238610 Check Our Catalog A "New York Times"-bestelling author returns to the turbulent 1940s she painted with verve and passion ("Christian Science Monitor") in her novel "The Upper Room" to bring fans the early years of one of the most indomitable heroines in contemporary literature. …More

The Inspector and Silence: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery By Nesser, Hakan Translator Thompson, Laurie 2011-06 - Pantheon Books 9780375425233 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A secretive and dubious religious sect comes under investigation when a young girl is found dead. Inspector Van Veeteren and the other detectives on the case are mystified and infuriated when the members of the Pure Life--led by a charismatic but unnervingly guarded messiah figure--choose to remain silent about the incident rather than defend themselves. …More

The Night Bookmobile By Niffenegger, Audrey 2010-09 - ABRAMS 9780810996175 Check Our Catalog First serialized as a weekly column in the UK's "Guardian" newspaper, "The Night Bookmobile" tells the story of a wistful woman who searches for a mysterious disappearing library on wheels that contains every book she has ever read. …More

State of Wonder By Patchett, Ann 2011-06 - Harper 9780062049803 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Award-winning "New York Times"-bestselling author Patchett ("Bel Canto, The Magician's Assistant") returns with a provocative novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest--a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love. …More