HPL's Adult Summer Reading

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt By Rice, Anne 2006-10 - Fawcett Books 9780345436832 Check Our Catalog Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Rice presents her most thoughtful and powerful book, a novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. …More

Interlude in Death By Robb, J. D. 2006-09 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425210628 Check Our Catalog In early spring of 2059, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal--giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide, and Eve is off and running. Unabridged. 3 CDs. …More

Seduction in Death By Robb, J. D. 2001-08 - Berkley Books 9780425181461 Check Our Catalog In this all-new original novel from bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb, Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is back on the beat, and hot on the trail of a seductive killer in the "New York Times" bestselling series. HPL patron:  This was a great book.  Just started the "In Death" series and I can't get enough. …More

Race Against Time By Sala, Sharon 2017-06 - Mira Books 9780778319979 Check Our Catalog Sometimes fate brings you together...only to tear you apart Growing up in the foster system, Quinn O'Meara made a point of never getting involved. But when she discovers a crying baby amid a fiery crime scene, she knows she has no choice. Suddenly in way over her head, Quinn turns to the police, unintentionally positioning herself in the crosshairs of a deadly human-trafficking …More

In the Teeth of the Evidence: And Other Mysteries By Sayers, Dorothy L. 2012-07 - Open Road Media 9781453258972 Check Our Catalog Serial murder baffles local authorities, but for the ever-unshakable Lord Peter and the working-class sleuth Montague Egg, the killings are intriguing invitations to unravel postmortem puzzles, fascinating falsehoods, mysterious motives, and diabolical demises. Originally published in 1940. …More

The Alchemyst [With Earbuds] By Scott, Michael Read by O'Hare, Denis 2011-05 - Findaway World 9781617074523 Check Our Catalog According to legend, Nicholas Flamel discovered the secret of eternal life from the powerful book of Abraham the Mage--a book he has protected since his death in 1418. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. When the book is stolen, Sophie and Josh Newman find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time. HPL patron: Great book, I love …More

The Professor's Daughter By Sfar, Joann Author Guibert, Emmanuel Translator Siegel, Alexis 2007-04 - First Second 9781596432550 Check Our Catalog Imhotep IV is an Egyptian mummy who's just opened his eyes for the first time in 3,000 years. Lillian Bowell is the daughter of a renowned Egyptologist. One day, when the Professor's away, the two go out for an afternoon on the town. The heap of trouble that they land in--brought on by Mozart, afternoon tea, and a passing gentleman's sensitive nature--only deepens when they learn Imhotep IV's …More

The Dark Lady By Spencer, Sally 2001-05 - Severn House Publishers 9780727870551 Check Our Catalog Chief Inspector Woodend is confronted with the case of a German efficiency expert, found murdered in the woods near the chemicals plant at which he worked. It is known all the workers hated Germans, but what is the link with a ghost from the past? …More

Death of a Cave Dweller By Spencer, Sally 2018-02 - Severn House Trade Paperback 9781847518378 Check Our Catalog When Eddie Barnes, of popular group The Seagulls, is electrocuted on the stage of the Cellar Club, in front of three hundred adoring fans, the Liverpool Police immediately call in Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Charlie Woodend. But Woodend doesn't understand why Eddie's mother says that Eddie had a girlfriend, while his best mate insists that he didn't. And who has been playing nasty tricks on …More

Blue Moon By Staub, Wendy Corsi 2016-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780062349750 Check Our Catalog New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub returns to Mundy's Landing--a small town where bygone bloodshed has become big business. Hair neatly braided, hands serenely clasped, eyes closed, the young woman appeared to be sound asleep. But the peaceful tableau was a madman's handiwork. Beneath the covers, her white nightgown was spattered with …More

Blood Red: Mundy's Landing Book One By Staub, Wendy Corsi 2015-09 - William Morrow & Company 9780062349736 Check Our Catalog From New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub comes the first in a terrifying new series set in a small town with a sinister secret The razor's gleaming blade slices effortlessly through skin and tendon, and he relishes the final anguished moments of his prey. There's only one thing he prizes more: their long, silken strands of red hair. But these women are merely …More

Leap of Faith By Steel, Danielle 2001-06 - Delacorte Press 9780385332965 Check Our Catalog In her fifty-second bestselling novel, Danielle Steel weaves a compelling story of the power of lies, the misuse of trust -- and of one woman's triumph over a devastating betrayal. Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that most people dream of. Freedom, love, security in a beautiful old French chateau. But when Marie-Ange is just eleven, a tragic accident marks the end of her …More

Rogue By Steel, Danielle 2008-06 - Delacorte Press 9780385340250 Check Our Catalog An unforgettable story of two people pursuing happiness from opposite directions, this latest novel by #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Danielle Steel is a journey of choices and the amazing opportunities that come together--just when life seems to have been successfully rearranged at last. …More

Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My By Swanson, Denise 2017-07 - Berkley Books 9780451477774 Check Our Catalog From the New York Times bestselling author of Between a Book and a Hard Place comes the latest Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery--and it packs a bite. Opening up a dime store in her hometown of Shadow Bend, Missouri, Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair thought she'd left the wilds of city life behind her. But she's about to discover that even rural life can be beastly. . . …More

Falling for Trouble By Title, Sarah 2017-06 - Zebra Shout 9781420141856 Check Our Catalog The riot grrrl and the bookworm--just the pair to get the whole town talking... Liam Byrd loves Halikarnassus, New York. He loves its friendliness, its nosiness, the vibrant library at the center of it all. And now that Joanna Green is home, the whole town sizzles. A rebel like her stirs up excitement, action, desire--at least in Liam. Joanna never thought she'd have to come …More

Murder Between the Lines By Vatsal, Radha 2017-05 - Sourcebooks Landmark 9781492638926 Check Our Catalog "I really and truly could not put it down... Vatsal succeeds once again "--Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times-bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Rhys Bowen, Murder Between the Lines combines true historical events with a thrilling mystery. "Vatsal's combination of a feisty protagonist with a tumultuous, fast-changing …More

Brideshead Revisited By Waugh, Evelyn 2012-12 - Back Bay Books 9780316216456 Check Our Catalog The basis of the award-winning television miniseries tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this novel of the upper class of the 1920s and the abdication of responsibility in the 1930s. Unabridged. …More

Marrying Daisy Bellamy By Wiggs, Susan 2011-01 - Mira Books 9780778329251 Check Our Catalog Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men -- one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her. HPL patron: It was a cute story. I have read many of her books. This is not one of her best but it was still good. …More

The Nuns of Sant'ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal By Wolf, Hubert Translator Martin, Ruth 2015-01 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780385351904 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Very good book if interested in Roman Catholic church history. …More

The Shack By Young, William Paul 2008-07 - Windblown Media 9780964729247 Check Our Catalog Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment …More