Adult Summer Reading - Week 11 - Monday

What We Find By Carr, Robyn 2016-04 - Mira Books 9780778318859 Check Our Catalog Join Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River and Thunder Point series, as she explores the healing powers of rural Colorado in a brand-new story of fresh starts, budding relationships and one woman's journey to finding the happiness she's long been missing Between the urban bustle of Denver and the high-stress environment of a career in neurosurgery, Maggie …More

Storm Front By Castle, Richard 2013-05 - Hyperion Books 9781401324902 Check Our Catalog Four years after he was presumed dead, Derrick Storm--the man who made Richard Castle a perennial bestseller--is back in this rip-roaring, full-length thriller. …More

The Rathbones By Clark, Janice 2014-05 - Anchor Books 9780345803610 Check Our Catalog Mercy, fifteen years old, is the last of the Rathbone whaling clan. Her father has been lost at sea for nearly ten years ever since the last sperm whale was seen off the coast of Connecticut. As Mercy's memories of her father grow dimmer with each passing day, she spends more of her time in the attic hideaway of her reclusive cousin Mordecai. But when a strange and threatening visitor turns up one …More

Guilt by Association By Clark, Marcia 2011-04 - Mulholland Books 9780316129510 Check Our Catalog With her tremendous expertise in the nuances of L.A. courts and crime, and with a vibrant ensemble cast of characters, Clark, the lead prosecutor in the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson, combines intimate detail, riotous humor, and visceral action in a debut thriller that marks the launch of a major new figure on the crime-writing scene. …More

Without a Doubt By Clark, Marcia With Carpenter, Teresa 2016-06 - Graymalkin Media 9781631680694 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: After reading this book there is no dout OJ did those murders. Great read. …More

Dead End Street By Connolly, Sheila 2016-06 - Berkley Books 9780425273470 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Privy to the Dead" returns to Philadelphia for more history and a chilling mystery . . . When the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society discovers it owns some unique real estate, a deadly plot unfolds . . . Society president Nell Pratt believes life is finally going her way. Everything's running smoothly at work, and her love life is …More

Summer Blowout By Cook, Claire 2008-06 - Hyperion Books 9781401322410 Check Our Catalog A string of Italian beauty salons run by a lovably insane Boston Irish family is the backdrop for this hilarious, rambunctious novel that is full of juicy conflict and unconditional love. …More

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss By Cooper, Anderson Author Vanderbilt, Gloria 2016-04 - Harper 9780062454942 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Lovely mother/son conversation. …More

Live Wire By Coben, Harlan 2012-02 - Dutton Books 9780451233936 Check Our Catalog When Myron Bolitar gets involved in the family drama of his former tennis star client and her rock star husband, he discovers secrets about his own family, specifically his brother, who abandoned the Bolitars long ago. Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel By Cornwell, Patricia 2015-10 - William Morrow & Company 9780062325402 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I used to love the Kay Scarpetta series, but a few books ago, everything went weird. I still read them because I feel I have to, but they are as disjointed and funked up as Cornwell's plastic surgery. Maybe she can't write like the same person because she doesn't even resemble her former self. …More

Insidious By Coulter, Catherine 2016-08 - Gallery Books 9781501150296 Check Our Catalog "Insidious" is the twentieth thriller in #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Catherine Coulter's FBI series. FBI agents Savich and Sherlock must discover who is trying to murder Venus Rasmussen, a powerful, wealthy society icon. They soon find out that the danger may be closer than expected. Venus Rasmussen, a powerful woman who runs the international conglomerate Rasmussen …More

Art: A Visual History By Cumming, Robert 2015-09 - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) 9781465436610 Check Our Catalog Art provides a deeper understanding and richer enjoyment of 45 works from the world's greatest artists. …More

Prisoners of Hope: The Story of Our Captivity and Escape in Afghanistan By Curry, Dayna Author Mercer, Heather Author Mattingly, Stacy 2002-06 - Waterbrook Press 9781578566457 Check Our Catalog Awards: Gold Medallion Book Awards (2003) Danya Curry and Heather Mercer tell the story of their work in Afghanistan; their love for the people they served; their arrest, trial, and imprisonment; and their heroic rescue by U.S. Special Forces. HPL patron: Two captives who are Christians who were trying to help people in need. They were put in prison in Afghanistan and it is amazing what they went through. …More

Hard Rain By Daniels, B. J. 2016-03 - Harlequin Books 9780373789139 Check Our Catalog Sooner or later, every family secret comes to light When Brody McTavish sees Harper Hamilton's runaway horse galloping across the pastures, he does what any good cowboy would dogives chase and rescues her. Unfortunately for him, the woman he's secretly loved for years didn't need saving, and she's just reached her limit with people treating her as hopeless. But they soon have bigger problems …More

Grilled for Murder By Day, Maddie 2016-05 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781617739279 Check Our Catalog Robbie Jordan may have had reservations about the murder victim, but she still needs to turn up the heat on a killer if she wants to keep her new restaurant open for business In the charming small town of South Lick, Indiana, Robbie has transformed a rundown country store into the runaway hit Pans 'N Pancakes. But the most popular destination for miles around can also invite trouble. …More

The Blue Nowhere By Deaver, Jeffery 2001-05 - Simon & Schuster 9780743230483 Check Our Catalog His code name is Phate -- a sadistic computer hacker who infiltrates people's computers, invades their lives, and with chilling precision lures them to their deaths. To stop him, the authorities free imprisoned former hacker Wyatt Gillette to aid the investigation. Teamed with old-school homicide detective Frank Bishop, Gillette must combine their disparate talents to catch a brilliant and …More

The Strings of Murder By De Muriel, Oscar 2016-05 - Pegasus Books 9781681771328 Check Our Catalog 1888: a violinist is brutally murdered inhis Edinburgh home. Fearing a national panic over a copycat Jack the Ripper, Scotland Yard send Inspector IanFrey. Frey reports to Detective "Nine-Nails"McGray, local legend and exact oppositeof the foppish English Inspector.McGray's tragic past has driven himto superstition, but even Frey must admitthat this case seems beyond belief... There was no …More

The After Party By DiSclafani, Anton 2016-05 - Riverhead Books 9781594633164 Check Our Catalog One of the Best New Books for Summer 2016 "Good Housekeeping " One of the 3 Beach Reads You Won't Be Able to Put Down "O Magazine" DiSclafani's story sparkles like the jumbo diamonds her characters wear to one-up each other. Historical fiction lovers will linger over every lush detail. "People" From the nationally bestselling author of "The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for …More

The Prince Kidnaps a Bride By Dodd, Christina 2006-11 - Avon Books 9780060561185 Check Our Catalog In this third novel of Dodd's Lost Princesses series, Princess Sorcha and Prince Rainger were destined to rule together. Then revolution sent Sorcha to a convent, while Rainger was imprisoned and presumed dead. Now, Sorcha must travel home with a simple fisherman as her companion--Prince Rainger in disguise. Original. …More

Cartwheel By DuBois, Jennifer 2014-05 - Random House Trade 9780812985825 Check Our Catalog When Lily Hayes arrives in Buenos Aires for her semester abroad, she is enchanted by everything she encounters: the colorful surroundings, the street food, the elusive guy next door. Her studious roommate Katy is a bit of a bore, but Lily didn't come to Argentina to hang out with other Americans. Five weeks later, Katy is found brutally murdered in their shared home, and Lily is the prime suspect. …More

The Measure of Darkness By Durcan, Liam 2016-03 - Bellevue Literary Press 9781942658047 Check Our Catalog A deft exploration of the heart and mind that offers the pathos of a Sam Shepard play nested within the unreliable storytelling of Christopher Nolan's "Memento." "Kirkus Reviews" Martin, an acclaimed architect, emerges from a coma after a roadside accident to find his world transformed: not only has the commission of a lifetime been taken from him, but his injury has left him with …More

The Plague of Doves: A Hannah Ives Mystery By Erdrich, Louise 2008-04 - Harper 9780060515126 Check Our Catalog Awards: ALA Notable Books (2009), Minnesota Book Award (2009) In this multigenerational tour-de-force of sin, redemption, murder, and vengeance ("Publishers Weekly"), a senseless and horrific crime in 1911 forever changes the lives of several families living in and around Pluto, North Dakota, a white town on the far western edge of an Ojibwe reservation. …More

Dark Promises By Feehan, Christine 2016-03 - Berkley Books 9780425277355 Check Our Catalog Lovers challenge destiny and risk their lives in the new Carpathian novel by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling queen of paranormal romance. * Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the man she's engaged to nearlylose his life when it isn't even his fight.Once Gary was a gentleand very human researcher. Now he's a fearless and lethal Carpathian warrior with the blood …More

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe By Flagg, Fannie 1997-01 - Ballantine Books 9780449911358 Check Our Catalog Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award (1991), Book Sense Book of the Year Award (1992) Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in …More