HPL Adult Summer Reading

Been There Prayed That By Joy, E. N. 2010-06 - Urban Books 9781601628824 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Second book of the New Day Divas series, easy read. Characters from previous books. There are secrets. There is a realness of the plot. It is emotional, spiritual, funny, and there is drama. HPL patron: Lots of twists and turns, keeps your attention. …More

Every Last Lie: A Gripping Novel of Psychological Suspense By Kubica, Mary 2017-06 - Park Row Books 9780778319986 Check Our Catalog Clara Solberg's world shatters when her husband and their four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an accident...until the coming days, when Maisie starts having night terrors that make Clara question what really happened on that fateful afternoon. Tormented by grief and her obsession that Nick's death was far more than just an …More

One Dead Preacher: A David Price Mystery By Lindsay, Tony 2007-03 - Q-Boro Books 9781933967028 Check Our Catalog David Price sets out to protect the sexy, smart, and saucy Sugar Owens from her husband, who happens to be a powerful religious leader. But Sugar may not be as sweet and innocent as she appears. When the preacher turns up dead, Price becomes the prime suspect. …More

Beautiful Ugly By Lipsey, Shelia E. 2009-08 - Urban Books 9781601629975 Check Our Catalog The empowering story of three women--each with her own set of problems, situations, and secrets--who share a friendship bound together by their need for each other. …More

The First Person By Long, Peron 2010-05 - Urban Books 9781601622051 Check Our Catalog Well-known gospel artist T'Shobi Wells' biggest desire is to erase a tumultuous past filled with molestation. When he moves to Charlotte, North Carolina, it isn't long before he finds himself involved in not one but two affairs, causing the skeletons in his closet to rattle loudly. …More

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain By Massie, Allan 2011-12 - Thomas Dunne Books 9780312581756 Check Our Catalog "Compelling...A masterly feat...A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history." --"The Wall Street Journal" In this fascinating and intimate portrait of the Stuarts, author Allan Massie takes us deep into one of history's bloodiest and most tumultuous reigns. Exploring the family's lineage from the first Stuart king to the last, The Royal Stuarts is a panoramic history of the …More

Skeleton God By Pattison, Eliot 2017-03 - Minotaur Books 9781250067623 Check Our Catalog In Eliot Pattison's Skeleton God, Shan Tao Yun, now the reluctant constable of a remote Tibetan town, has learned to expect the impossible at the roof of the world, but nothing has prepared him for his discovery when he investigates a report that a nun has been savagely assaulted by ghosts. In an ancient tomb by the old nun lies a gilded saint buried centuries earlier, flanked by the …More

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper By Patrick, Phaedra 2016-05 - Mira Books 9780778319337 Check Our Catalog -Phaedra Patrick understands the soul. Eccentric, charming, and wise...The Curious Charms is not just for those who are mourning over love or the past. This book will illuminate your heart.- -- Nina George, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop Don't miss this curiously charming debut In this hauntingly beautiful story of love, loneliness and …More

The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder By Rowe, Claudia 2017-01 - Dey Street Books 9780062416124 Check Our Catalog "Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching. . . . A must-read."--Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl In this superb work of literary true crime--a spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspense--a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted …More

The Cheating Curve By Renfroe, Paula T. 2010-04 - Dafina Books 9780758238894 Check Our Catalog In this dazzling and bold debut that cuts to the heart of modern relationships, Renfroe introduces two thirty-something best friends, each dealing with a different side of infidelity. …More

Wealthy & Wicked By Renee, Chris 2011-12 - Life Changing Books 9781934230336 Check Our Catalog Tracey Robbins has it all: money, successful, business, and a closet a girl would kill for. St. Louis is her playground as everybody who wants to be somebody tries desperately to be in her circle. However, living the young, black, and privileged life comes with perks that could turn the purest hearts wicked, just for a chance to be like her. The unannounced arrival of Tez, a sexy seemingly no good …More

The Last Victim By Robards, Karen 2012-08 - Ballantine Books 9780345535405 Check Our Catalog Electrifying suspense, cutting-edge psychological insight, and an unforgettably sensuous love story--these are the trademarks of Robards's sizzling novels. Now the "New York Times"-bestselling author launches a red-hot new paranormal romantic thriller series. HPL patron: Hard to put down. Author keeps your interest. Love the way she writes. …More

The Five Red Herrings By Sayer, Dorothy L. Author Sayers, Dorothy L. 1995-10 - HarperTorch 006104363X Check Our Catalog The body was on the pointed rocks alongside the stream. The artist might have fallen from the cliff where he was painting, but there are too many suspicious elements -- particularly the medical evidence that proves he'd been dead nearly half a day, though eyewitnesses had seen him alive a scant hour earlier. And then there are the six prime suspects -- all of them artists, all of whom wished him …More

Murder Must Advertise: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery By Sayers, Dorothy L. 2014-12 - Bourbon Street Books 9780062341655 Check Our Catalog When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident. Then Lord Peter Winsey is called in, and he soon discovers there's more to copywriting than meets the eye--cocaine, blackmail and wanton women can be read between the lines. …More

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery By Sayers, Dorothy L. 2014-01 - Bourbon Street Books 9780062311917 Check Our Catalog Old General Fendman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died--and the time of death was the determining factor in a half-million-pound inheritance. …More

Cheaper to Keep Her 2 By Swinson, Kiki 2015-11 - Dafina Books 9780758293855 Check Our Catalog After a spree of revenge against her ex-lover, Duke Carrington, and her former best friend, Diamond, Lynise Washington is out of jail--under one condition. She's agreed to help homicide detectives bring Duke down. But now that she's had a minute to think it over, she's decided that putting him behind bars isn't enough to satisfy her. She wants back everything he's taken from her. Fortunately, her …More

Cheaper to Keep Her 3 By Swinson, Kiki 2016-02 - Dafina Books 9781496700728 Check Our Catalog "Kiki captures the heat of the streets." --Wahida Clark In the aftermath of a bloody spree of revenge, Lynise Washington agrees to leave Virginia with her new man, Bishop, a hot, money-making gangsta. Lynise knows she's not Bishop's main woman, but she's cool with that. She believes he's the only one who can help her make things right. So she's happy to let him give her a nice set-up …More

Most Wanted By Turner, Nikki Author Swinson, Kiki 2013-09 - Dafina Books 9780758280251 Check Our Catalog National bestselling authors Kiki Swinson and Nikki Turner turn up the heat with two twisty tales of women on the run and under the gun. …More

Runaways By Szymkowski, Beth 2014-10 - Awesomeness Ink 9781941341087 Check Our Catalog A select group of Danbury Prep students are interrogated about the disappearance of the school's most unlikely couple. Kaylee and Mason left behind a dead body and a trail of secrets. It's anyone's guess what happened, but everyone has their theories. This novel is based on the Web series on the YouTube channel, AwesomenessTV. …More

Because You'll Never Meet Me By Thomas, Leah 2015-06 - Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books 9781619635906 Check Our Catalog Awards: William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2016) In a stunning literary debut, two boys on opposite ends of the world begin an unlikely friendship that will change their lives forever. …More

The Millionaire Mistress By Montgomery, Tiphani 2011-05 - Dafina Books 9780758263254 Check Our Catalog Rising urban lit star Montgomery accurately relates the hustle of the streets with this gritty, scandalous look into one woman's quest to have it all. …More

The Pearl Thief By Wein, Elizabeth 2017-05 - Disney-Hyperion 9781484717165 Check Our Catalog Before Verity . . . there was Julie. When fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in the hospital, she knows the lazy summer break she'd imagined won't be exactly what she anticipated. And once she returns to her grandfather's estate, a bit banged up but alive, she begins to realize that her injury might not have been an accident. One of her family's employees is missing, …More

The Inheritance By Alers, Rochelle 2017-02 - Dafina Books 9781496707307 Check Our Catalog In bestselling author Rochelle Alers' passionate, uplifting new series, four friends from very different backgrounds find new beginnings amid the sultry beauty of New Orleans... Corporate attorney Hannah DuPont-Lowell always pictured herself returning to New Orleans to retire--just not yet. But after her Manhattan company abruptly lays off its staff, there's no better place to figure …More

No Breaking My Heart By Angell, Kate 2016-07 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781496703668 Check Our Catalog "Known for her charming beach reads." --Kirkus Reviews Relationship Status: Complicated Professional baseball player Halo Todd doesn't like failure, but he can never turn down a challenge. Especially when there's a pretty woman involved. How else would he end up dressed as a rooster, helping a complete stranger compete on a wacky game show? Even when they're eliminated after …More