HPL's Adult Summer Reading

The Final Solution: A Story of Detection By Chabon, Michael 2004-11 - Fourth Estate (GB) 006076340X Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title In deep retirement in the English countryside, an 89-year old man, vaguely recollected by the locals as a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his bookkeeping than his fellow man. Into his life wanders Linus Steinman, nine years old and mute, who has escaped from Nazi Germany with his sole companion: an African grey parrot. What is the meaning …More

The Runaway Quilt By Chiaverini, Jennifer 2010-10 - Simon & Schuster 9781451606096 Check Our Catalog Now in paperback, the second in the successful series follows Sylvia as she uncovers her family's involvement in the Underground Railroad. …More

Pekoe Most Poison By Childs, Laura 2017-03 - Berkley Books 9780425281680 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Great mystery! HPL patron: A really good cozy mystery. …More

Just Take My Heart By Clark, Mary Higgins 2009-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781416570868 Check Our Catalog The latest work from America's undisputed queen of suspense takes Clark into uncharted new territory, as Emily, one of three friends inseparable since childhood, becomes a pawn in a plan to save one life at the expense of another. …More

Lost Light By Connelly, Michael 2014-09 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455550692 Check Our Catalog The vision has haunted him for four years--a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstretched in silent supplication. Harry Bosch was taken off the Angella Benton murder case when the production assistant's death was linked with the violent theft of two million dollars from a movie set. Both files were never closed. Now retired from the L.A.P.D., Bosch is determined to find justice for …More

Chaos By Cornwell, Patricia 2016-11 - William Morrow & Company 9780062436689 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Either the protagonist or the author is paranoid. Who in the world cares that much about a medical examinier? I read them all anyway. …More

A Tale of Two Cities By Dickens, Charles 1998-12 - Dover Publications 9780486406510 Check Our Catalog Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Dickens unfolds his masterpiece of drama, adventure, and romance about a man falsely accused of treason. Excitement and derring-do in the shadow of the guillotine. …More

The Wonder By Donoghue, Emma 2016-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316393874 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Good story, well laid out. Wonder how much truth there may be to it. Good read-would like a sequel. …More

The Flight of the Falcon By du Maurier, Daphne 2010-03 - Sourcebooks Landmark 9781402220043 Check Our Catalog Master storyteller Daphne du Maurier, bestselling author of Rebecca, conjures a chilling tale in which the line between good and evil is blurred and suspicions run rampant. …More

Hungry Hill By du Maurier, Daphne Author Du, Maurier Daphne 1971-12 - Bentley Publishers 9780837604145 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Historic fiction family saga concerning a copper mine and six generations of wealthy male heirs 1820-1920. I liked the characters and family drama but tended to get confused about the family tree especially when my busy life interrupted my reading time. …More

My Cousin Rachel By du Maurier, Daphne 2009-03 - Sourcebooks Landmark 9781402217098 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of "Rebecca," another classic set in beautiful and mysterious Cornwall. …More

I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections By Ephron, Nora 2010-11 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307595607 Check Our Catalog Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of "I Feel Bad About My Neck," taking a cold, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten. HPL patron: Hilarious! I had to read several passage …More

Fire Bound By Feehan, Christine 2016-04 - Berkley Books 9780515156119 Check Our Catalog A woman possesses the power to inflame the most dangerous passions of all in this Sisters of the Heart novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. On the shores of Sea Haven, six women touched by great loss have come together in a sisterhood strengthened by the elements--a bond each will need as new love and danger enter their lives... …More

Shadow Reaper By Feehan, Christine 2017-05 - Berkley Books 9780399583957 Check Our Catalog THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Christine Feehan returns to her scorching-hot series starring a Chicago crime family that has built its empire in the shadows... Billionaire playboy Ricco Ferraro knows no other life. Being a shadow rider is in his blood--but so is a haunting desperation stemming from the secrets of his dark past. His recklessness puts not only his life at risk, …More

Knitting Bones [With Knitting Pattern] By Ferris, Monica 2007-12 - Berkley Prime Crime 9780425217528 Check Our Catalog The stitchers of the Embroiderers Guild are thrilled to have raised over $20,000 for charity, but they're less pleased when the representative who accepts the check disappears with it. Includes a knitting pattern. …More

I Still Dream about You By Flagg, Fannie 2010-11 - Random House 9781400065936 Check Our Catalog A major new novel--the first in four years--by the irresistible bestselling author of "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!," and "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe." HPL patron: Enjoyed it immensely-kept me entertained throughout. HPL patron: This was not the best of Fanny Flagg. The …More

All You Need Is Love By Force, Marie 2014-02 - Berkley Sensation 9780425266762 Check Our Catalog Bonus: Exclusive to this edition--a never-before-in-print Green Mountain story The family-run Green Mountain Country Store is cherished by locals as a reminder of simpler times. The Abbott children are determined to keep it that way--but their father has different plans... When Cameron Murphy heads to Vermont to build a website for a new client, she …More

Triple Crown By Francis, Felix 2016-10 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399574702 Check Our Catalog Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country. Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a …More

Astronomy: A Visual Guide By Garlick, Mark A. Manufactured by Firefly Books 2004-06 - Firefly Books 155297958X Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title Recent photographs from the world's finest observatories and space-based cameras provide a visual survey of science's growing understanding of space. Vivid cross-sections, concise descriptions, and a chart of the planets provide at-a-glance information. HPL patron: It is a good book selection on the history of the …More

The Firm By Grisham, John 2012-01 - Bantam 9780345534965 Check Our Catalog When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought that he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school loans, arranged a mortgage, and hired the McDeeres a decorator. Mitch should have remembered what his brother Ray-doing fifteen years in a Tennessee jail-already knew: You never get nothing for nothing. Now the …More

The King of Torts By Grisham, John 2012-01 - Dell Publishing Company 9780345531995 Check Our Catalog #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that …More

The Last Juror By Grisham, John 2012-03 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440246022 Check Our Catalog In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The" "Ford County Times," " went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23-year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome …More

Rogue Lawyer By Grisham, John 2015-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385539432 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Reads a bit slow, but in the end a good story line. Lots of action-packed moments! …More

A Time to Kill By Grisham, John 2009-06 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440245919 Check Our Catalog Grisham's gripping classic is being reissued on its 20th anniversary for the first time in a tall Premium Edition, featuring new materials from the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. Reissue. HPL patron: What would you do to protect your daughter? Bring the tissues! Colored man in Mississippi shot and klled the two white men who raped and beat his 10 …More