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Mysteries of the Past:  Historical Crime Debuts

Wolf Winter By Ekback, Cecilia Author Ekbeack, Cecilia 2015-01 - Weinstein Books 9781602862524 Check Our Catalog 'Wolf winter, ' she said, her voice small. 'I wanted to ask about it. You know, what it is.' He was silent for a long time. 'It's the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal, ' he said. 'Mortal and alone.' Swedish Lapland, 1717. Maija, her husband Paavo and her daughters Frederika and Dorotea arrive from their native Finland, hoping to forget the traumas of their past and put down …More

The Language of the Dead: A World War II Mystery By Kelly, Stephen 2015-04 - Pegasus Books 9781605986968 Check Our Catalog German bombers are arriving daily, seeking to crush England. But in a rural Hampshire village, things have remained fairly quiet until an elderly loner, Will Blackwell, is brutally murdered. The method of his killing bears the hallmarks of the traditional vanquishing of a witch, and indeed, local legend claims that as a boy, Blackwell encountered a ghostly black dog sent from the devil, who struck …More

The Strangler Vine By Carter, M. J. Author Carter, Miranda 2015-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399171673 Check Our Catalog Awards: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014) LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014 FINALIST FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER AWARD Set in the untamed wilds of nineteenth-century colonial India, a dazzling historical thriller introducing an unforgettable investigative pair. India, 1837: William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is …More

Plague Land By Sykes, Sarah Author Sykes, S. D. 2015-02 - Pegasus Books 9781605986739 Check Our Catalog Oswald de Lacy was never meant to be the Lord of Somerhill Manor. Despatched to a monastery at the age of seven, sent back at seventeen when his father and two older brothers are killed by the Plague, Oswald has no experience of running an estate. He finds the years of pestilence and neglect have changed the old place dramatically, not to mention the attitude of the surviving peasants. Yet …More

A June of Ordinary Murders By Brady, Conor 2015-04 - Minotaur Books 9781250057563 Check Our Catalog A thrilling, beautifully written mystery debut that brings Victorian Dublin vividly, passionately to life, drawing readers on a gripping journey of murder and intrigue. In the 1880s the Dublin Metropolitan Police classified crime in two distinct categories. Political crimes were classed as "special," whereas theft, robbery and even murder, no matter how terrible, were known as …More

The Officer's Prey By Cabasson, Armand Translator Glencross, Michael 2013-10 - Gallic Books 9781906040826 Check Our Catalog June 1812. Napoleon begins his invasion of Russia leading the largest army Europe has ever seen. But amongst the troops of the Grande Armee is a savage murderer whose bloodlust is not satisfied in battle. …More

What to read while waiting for...

Memory Man By Baldacci, David 2015-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455559824 Check Our Catalog With over 110 million copies of his novels in print, David Baldacci is one of the most widely read storytellers in the world. Now he introduces a startling, original new character: a man with perfect memory who must solve his own family's murder...MEMORY MAN Amos Decker's life changed forever--twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

Cane and Abe By Grippando, James 2015-01 - Harper 9780062295392 Check Our Catalog In this spellbinding new novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, Miami's top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect in his wife's disappearance, which may have a chilling connection to the woman he can't forget. Unbelievable was the word for her. Samantha Vine was unbelievably beautiful. It was unbelievable that she'd married me. Even more unbelievable that she …More

Hot Pursuit By Woods, Stuart 2015-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399169168 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington is back in the exciting new adventure from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. It's not often that Stone Barrington finds a woman as accustomed to the jet-set lifestyle as he, so he's pleasantly surprised when he meets a gorgeous pilot who's soon moving to New York, and available for closer acquaintance. Their travels together lead them from Wichita to Europe, but trailing …More

Obsession in Death By Robb, J. D. 2015-02 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399170874 Check Our Catalog Lieutenant Eve Dallas walks the thin line between love and hate in this fabulous 40th thriller from #1 "New York Times"-bestseller J. D. Robb... Eve Dallas has solved a lot of high-profile murders for the NYPSD and gotten a lot of media. She--and her billionaire husband--are getting accustomed to being objects of attention, of gossip, of speculation. But now Eve has become the object of …More

Paris Match By Woods, Stuart 2014-10 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399169120 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the astonishing new thriller from "New York Times" bestseller Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington has returned to Paris to attend to some business concerns, and finds himself embroiled in high-stakes trouble on both sides of the pond. An old enemy is still in hot pursuit, and this time he might have a powerful local resource on his side: a gentleman …More

Private Vegas By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2015-01 - Little Brown and Company 9780316211154 Check Our Catalog Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds--especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women to five-star restaurants, splashy shows, and limo rides--and then he teaches them how to kill. Private Jack …More

HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2015 .  To see new books from other years try: 2014  2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Mightier Than the Sword By Archer, Jeffrey 2015-02 - St. Martin's Press 9781250034519 Check Our Catalog "Mightier than the Sword" opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV "Buckingham's" maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who's …More

The Cartel By Ashley Author JaQuavis 2009-01 - Urban Books 9781601621429 Check Our Catalog Miamor is a skilled contract killer who loses her heart to a ruthless gangster's son--and becomes torn between love and revenge. …More

Daddy's House By Azarel 2007-10 - Life Changing Books 9781934230916 Check Our Catalog Candice Holmes, 23, flees to New York City when a witness protection program fails her. She is introduced to Daddy who owns a house where little girls are doing big things. All comes to an end when she goes toe-to-toe with the vicious woman who has the ability to put her six feet under, or sell her to the highest bidder. …More

Sheisty: Triple Crown Publications Presents By Baker, T. N. Editor Jackson, Kathleen Editor Hilliard, Chloe A. 2004-02 - Triple Crown Publications 9780974789590 Check Our Catalog Epiphany Wright, Keisha Moore and Shana Scott spent their teenage years as the best of friends growing up in the hood of Southside Jamaica Queens. Now as adults, their friendship is put to the test when envy, built up animosity, hidden betrayal and the bad boys in their lives cause havoc. Every day becomes a struggle to keep the clique tight. Every day something beats against the tried, …More

Killer, Come Hither By Begley, Louis 2015-04 - Nan A. Talese 9780385539142 Check Our Catalog From the master observer of upper-crust New York life comes a sly, pacey international thriller ranging from the suites of an elite Manhattan law firm to the tidy elegance of Sag Harbor and the rough and tumble western plains of Brazil. Jack Dana, a star history student at Yale with a bright future in academia, feels called to military service after 9/11. His career as a Marine infantry …More

The Dream Lover By Berg, Elizabeth 2015-04 - Random House 9780812993158 Check Our Catalog "New York Times "bestselling author Elizabeth Berg has written a lush historical novel based on the sensuous Parisian life of the nineteenth-century writer George Sand--which is perfect for readers of Nancy Horan and Elizabeth Gilbert. At the beginning of this powerful novel, we meet Aurore Dupin as she is leaving her estranged husband, a loveless marriage, and her family's estate in the …More

The Patriot Threat By Berry, Steve 2015-03 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410476227 Check Our Catalog The 16th Amendment to the Constitution legalized federal income tax, but what if there were problems with the 1913 ratification of that amendment? Problems that call into question decades of tax collecting, and could even bring down the US economy. There is a surprising truth to this possibility - a truth wholly entertained by Steve Berry, a top-ten New York Times bestselling writer, in his new …More

The Patriot Threat By Berry, Steve 2015-03 - Minotaur Books 9781250056238 Check Our Catalog The 16th Amendment to the Constitution is why Americans pay income taxes. But what if there were problems associated with that amendment? Secrets that call into question decades of tax collecting? In fact, there is a surprising truth to this hidden possibility. Cotton Malone, once a member of an elite intelligence division within the Justice Department known as the Magellan Billet, is now …More

Keyshia and Clyde By Blue, Treasure E. 2008-08 - One World/Ballantine 9780345493293 Check Our Catalog The "Essence"-bestselling author of "A Street Girl Named Desire" returns with a heartbreaking tale of two star-crossed lovers up against the dirtiest dealer Harlem has ever seen. HPL patron:  This is about a young girl named Keyshia who has been neglected when she was young.  She had benn raped by her pastor at 11, who she also had a baby by...Then she meets a guy named …More

Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints By Brackston, P. J. Author Brackston, Paula 2015-04 - Thorndike Press 9781410478351 Check Our Catalog Bavaria, 1776. When Albrecht Durer the Much Much Younger's Frog Prints go missing, he knows exactly where to turn for help. Gretel (yes, that Gretel), now 35 and still living with her gluttonous brother Hans, is the country's most famous private investigator, and she leaps at the opportunity to travel to cosmopolitan Nuremberg to take on the case. But amid the hubbub of the city s annual …More

The Cavendon Women By Bradford, Barbara Taylor 2015-03 - St. Martin's Press 9781250032386 Check Our Catalog "Cavendon Women, "the stunning sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's "Cavendon Hall" follows the Inghams' and the Swanns' journey from a family weekend in the summer of 1926 through to the devastation of the Wall Street crash of 1929. It all begins on a summer weekend in July of 1926 when, for the first time in years, the earl has planned a family weekend. As the family members come together, …More

The Whites By Price, Richard Author Brandt, Harry 2015-02 - Henry Holt & Company 9780805093995 Check Our Catalog The electrifying tale of a New York City police detective under siege-by an unsolved murder, by his own dark past, and by a violent stalker seeking revenge. Back in the run-and-gun days of the mid-1990s, when a young Billy Graves worked in the South Bronx as part of an aggressive anti-crime unit known as the Wild Geese, he made headlines by accidentally shooting a ten-year-old boy while …More

The Tomb in Turkey: A Fethering Mystery By Brett, Simon 2015-03 - Creme de La Crime 9781780290690 Check Our Catalog " Carole and Jude s Turkish holiday takes a murderous turn in the new Fethering mystery" Carole Seddon has never enjoyed holidays much. Nevertheless, she has allowed herself to be persuaded by her friend Jude to accept a fortnight s free accommodation at a luxurious Turkish villa owned by Jude s property developer friend Barney Willingdon. But from the outset the holiday is marred by a series …More

The Luminaries By Catton, Eleanor 2013-10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316074315 Check Our Catalog Awards: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014), Dylan Thomas Prize (2014), Governor General's Literary Awards (2013), Man Booker Prize (2013) Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize, a breathtaking feat of storytelling where everything is connected, but nothing is as it seems.... It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man …More

Happiness for Beginners By Center, Katherine 2015-03 - St. Martin's Griffin 9781250047304 Check Our Catalog A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother's even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can't imagine how it will be anything other than a …More

The Stranger By Coben, Harlan 2015-03 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410476234 Check Our Catalog Adam and Hannah confront the shocking secret on which their marriage is built - leaving Adam wondering whether he ever truly knew Hannah at all. …More

The Stranger By Coben, Harlan 2015-03 - Dutton 9780525953500 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Harlan Coben delivers his most shocking thriller yet, proving that a well-placed lie can help build a wonderful life-- and a secret has the same explosive power to destroy it. The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is …More

The Assassin By Cussler, Clive Author Scott, Justin 2015-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399171758 Check Our Catalog The new thriller in the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling Isaac Bell series from grand master of adventure Clive Cussler. As Van Dorn private detective Isaac Bell strives to land a government contract to investigate John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil monopoly, the case takes a deadly turn. A sniper begins murdering opponents of Standard Oil, and soon the assassin--shooting with extraordinary …More

The Precious One By de los Santos, Marisa 2015-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780061670893 Check Our Catalog From the New York Times bestselling author of Belong to Me, Love Walked In, and Falling Together comes a captivating novel about friendship, family, second chances, and the redemptive power of love. In all her life, Eustacia "Taisy" Cleary has given her heart to only three men: her first love, Ben Ransom; her twin brother, Marcus; and Wilson Cleary--professor, inventor, philanderer, self-made …More

One Night By Dickey, Eric Jerome 2015-04 - Dutton 9780525954859 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times" bestselling author checks in to the hotel of readers' dreams for an ardent romantic adventure that lasts just "One Night." For one night, a couple checks in to an upscale hotel. The pair seem unlikely companions, from opposing strata of society, but their attraction is palpable to all who observe them--or overhear their cries of passion. In the course of twelve hours, con …More

Night Night, Sleep Tight: A Novel of Suspense By Ephron, Hallie 2015-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780062117632 Check Our Catalog From the award-winning author of There Was an Old Woman comes a mystery tinged with Hollywood glamour, set in a town where fame and infamy are often interchangeable Los Angeles, 1985. When Deirdre Unger makes the drive from San Diego to Beverly Hills to help her father put his dilapidated house on the market, she's expecting to deal with his usual kvetching and dark moods. But she gets a lot …More

Harlem Heat By 50 Cent Author Anthony, Mark 2007-07 - G-Unit 9781416549093 Check Our Catalog From "Essence" bestselling author Anthony and hip hop kingpin 50 Cent comes this collection of gritty, true-to-life stories that tells the tales of sex, guns, and cash, and of the brutal highs and short lives of the players on the streets. …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

2nd Annual Local Author Fair Noon to 3 pm, Saturday, May 2 On Saturday, May 2 local authors will be at Hackley Public Library to discuss their work, sell and autograph their books, and chat with the public. Whether you’re an avid reader or writer, this is your chance to get to know and support the local authors from West Michigan. Writers representing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, teens, and children’s books will be available, and each author table will feature copies of selected works available for purchase and signing. Save the date, tell everyone you know, and join us for our Second Annual Local Author Fair!

Hackley Handicrafts 6:00 pm, Monday, May 4 Learn a new craft with Nancy Hartman! This month get ready for summer by making a swim pool noodle horse. Please register in advance so we can have enough supplies. Sign up at http://goo.gl/VKoAeE or call 231-722-7276. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Score workshop Social Media Marketing 5:30 pm, Tuesday, May 5, Score Workshop-Building a Website Learn how to define what you want to accomplish using social media and choose which medium(s) fit your business needs. Please call 231-722-7276 to register by phone, or visit http://www.hackleylibrary.org/pg/EVENTS/score_workshop_registration.html to register online. Brought to you through Score, a national organization of active and retired businessmen and women who volunteer their time to share their expertise with small businesses as well as new business start-ups. Their objective is to help America’s small businesses grow and prosper.

Trouble with your Tablet? 1:30 pm, Wednesday, May 6 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

Saturday Computer Class-Powerpoint 10:30 am, Saturday, May 9 De'ondra Pentecost teaches a computer class on Saturday at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Powerpoint. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

MOTHERS' DAY CRAFT 12:00 PM SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015 Make somthing special for Mothers' Day. Hackley Public Library will provide materials for you to make Mom's day the best ever.

MINECRAFT 2:00 PM SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015 REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Explore, gather resources, build and survive in Minecraft--the computer game of virtual worlds! Call 231-722-7276, ext. 230 to reserve your place.

Trouble with your Tablet? 1:30 pm, Wednesday, May 13 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

LEGOS FAMILY FUN DAY 2:00 PM SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 Build lifelong memories as well as creative constructions for friendly competition and a cool candy prize. LEGOs are fun for everyone.