HPL Adult Summer Reading

The Night Strangers By Bohjalian, Chris 2011-10 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307394996 Check Our Catalog Chip and Emily Linton buy a Victorian in New Hampshire. In the basement there's a mysterious door sealed by 39 bolts�"39 being exactly the number of passengers who died when pilot Chip was forced to land his regional jet on Lake Champlain. Soon Chip is haunted (literally) by the dead passengers. HPL patron: This was a very good read. Occult and witches are …More

The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty By Borman, Tracy 2016-12 - Grove Press 9780802125996 Check Our Catalog England's Tudor monarchs--Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I--are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal families in history. Their love affairs, their political triumphs, and their overturning of the religious order are the subject of countless works of popular scholarship. But for all we know about Henry's quest for male heirs, or Elizabeth's purported …More

Long Black Veil By Boylan, Jennifer Finney 2017-04 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780451496324 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This was a hard book to get inot, but if you stick to it, I think you would like it. …More

Boardroom Seduction By Bunkley, Anita 2010-12 - Kimani Press 9780373861934 Check Our Catalog When Kacey Parker leaves her hectic big-city life for small-town Texas, the ambitious swimwear designer doesn't expect to go overboard for her new boss. Leon Archer is a man few women can resist and Kasey decides to enter the uncharted waters of passion. Original. …More

Talk Cowboy to Me By Brown, Carolyn 2017-03 - Sourcebooks Casablanca 9781492637929 Check Our Catalog "A sweet story about building family out of what life hands you."--Kirkus For Remington Luckadeu, The Double Deuce Ranch is the perfect place to raise his two boys. But some fiery woman is fighting him for it, and Remington is not sharing--no matter how the sparks fly when he and Adele O'Donnell are together One cowboy. One cowgirl. One ranch. …More

Price of Duty By Brown, Dale 2017-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780062441973 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Very good book for those who like military thrillers. …More

First Class Seduction By Bunkley, Anita 2010-06 - Kimani Press 9780373861651 Check Our Catalog Flight attendant Lori Myles is stunned when her just-one-night-of-dance partner Ramon Vidal turns up on her flight. And when a smuggling ring threatens their relationship, he's the only one that can provide the seductive protection she craves. Original. HPL patron: First class is sure to take you on a ride! …More

A Dog's Way Home By Cameron, W. Bruce 2017-05 - Forge 9780765374653 Check Our Catalog From W. Bruce Cameron, the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture Lucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment he shares with his mother, a disabled veteran, doesn't allow dogs, Lucas can't resist taking Bella home. …More

Mama's Girl By Chambers, Veronica 1996-06 - Riverhead Books 1573220302 Check Our Catalog In a moving and candid memoir, a young African-American writer describes growing up in Brooklyn with her mother and little brother as a member of the post-Civil Rights generation, discussing her relationship with her mother and the hard times they faced. HPL patron: The struggles and perserverence to become all you want to be despite any and all obstacles …More

Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It By Tha God, Charlamagne 2017-04 - Touchstone Books 9781501145308 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Through anecdotes and eight principles, Charlamgne Gives an honest and humorous perspective in how you can possibly make your dream career happen. It is NOT easy. You have to take risks andprove yourself but in the end, it's worth the time and work. Charlamagne does not sugar coat anything. …More

The Gentleman from Japan By Church, James 2016-12 - Minotaur Books 9780312614317 Check Our Catalog James Church, a former Western intelligence officer, returns to the secret world of North Korean intelligence with another "crackling good" (The Washington Post) story in his critically acclaimed Inspector O series. Under the guise of machinery for making dumplings, a Spanish factory near Barcelona is secretly producing a key component in the production of nuclear weapons. When …More

Clover By CLAMP 2000-11 - TokyoPop 9781892213662 Check Our Catalog In a world where the government seeks to control Clovers, special children with amazing powers, Sue finds herself being hunted. Unaware of who she really is our heroine is accompanied by Kazuhiko, a retired soldier called back to "transport a top secret item, " (Sue). Sue comes to discover that she is unique even among Clovers and, with Kazuhiko's help, strives to uncover the government's true …More

The Overlook By Connelly, Michael 2007-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316018951 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title An execution on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam entangles Bosch with F.B.I. Agent Rachel Walling and homeland security. …More

The Reversal By Connelly, Michael 2010-10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316069489 Check Our Catalog Awards: Thriller Awards (2011) Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. Together Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger. HPL patron:  A thriller.  Many turns and twists with an unexpected hide away. …More

The Cutthroat By Cussler, Clive Author Scott, Justin 2017-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399575600 Check Our Catalog Isaac Bell may be on the hunt for the greatest monster of all time in the newest action-adventure novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Clive Cussler. The year is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency has had many extraordinary cases before. But none quite like this. Hired to find a young woman named …More

The Building of Jalna By De La Roche, Mazo 2009-02 - Dundurn Group 9781550028782 Check Our Catalog "The Building of Jalna" is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada's Mazo de la Roche. In "The Building of Jalna," Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ont …More

Blueprints By Delinsky, Barbara 2015-06 - St. Martin's Press 9781250007049 Check Our Catalog New York Times Bestseller Returning to her beloved New England, the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Salt Air explores the limits of love and asks what happens when the right man comes along at the wrong time? Caroline and Jamie McAfee are close. Not only do they enjoy their relationship as mother and …More

The 19th Wife By Ebershoff, David 2008-08 - Random House 9781400063970 Check Our Catalog This new novel from the author of "The Danish Girl" and "Pasadena" is a spellbinding work of literary suspense, set against the history of the Mormon Church, that combines historical fiction with a modern-day mystery. HPL patron: Wonderful! Very interesting. Rushed through it! …More

The Lake of Dreams By Edwards, Kim 2011-01 - Viking Books 9780670022175 Check Our Catalog With revelations that prove as captivating as the deceptions at the heart of her #1 "New York Times"-bestselling phenomenon "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," Edwards now presents the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. …More

The Memory Keeper's Daughter By Edwards, Kim 2006-05 - Penguin Books 9780143037149 Check Our Catalog Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son is perfectly healthy, but his daughter has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect his wife, he asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, the nurse disappears into another city to raise the child herself. …More

The Little Book By Edwards, Selden 2008-08 - Dutton Books 9780525950615 Check Our Catalog An irresistible triumph of the imagination more than 30 years in the making, "The Little Book" is a breathtaking love story that spans generations, ranging from fin de siecle Vienna through the pivotal moments of the 20th century. …More

Never End By Edwardson, Ake Translator Thompson, Laurie 2006-07 - Viking Books 9780670037667 Check Our Catalog Detective Erik Winter chases a copycat murderer, hunting for a link bridging the current violence to an unsolved rape and murder that occurred five years earlier. …More