What to read while waiting for...

Extreme Prey By Sandford, John 2016-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399176050 Check Our Catalog The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1"New York Times" bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford. After the events in "Gathering Prey," Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part …More

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

Split Second By Baldacci, David 2003-09 - Hachette International 9780446533126 Check Our Catalog From #1 bestseller David Baldacci comes a new thriller reminiscent of his phenomenal bestselling debut, "Absolute Power. Included in Trade Bestseller, Super Bestseller and Full Standing Order Plans. …More

Act of Treason By Flynn, Vince 2007-01 - Center Point Large Print 9781585479009 Check Our Catalog With two weeks to go in the presidential election, Vice President Sherman Baxter is trailing in the polls by more than five points. After delivering a speech at Georgetown University, Baxter's motorcade is ambushed by a group of terrorists. The vice president narrowly escapes, but his wife and a half dozen Secret Service agents are killed in the assault. Two weeks later Baxter is carried to a …More

Lost Lake By Margolin, Phillip M. Translator Estrella, Juanjo 2008-06 - Ediciones B 9788466636797 Check Our Catalog SPA A young deputy was tortured and murdered in Lost Lake, on a lake in California. Vanessa, daughter of General Wingate, believed to recognize the aggressor: This is Carl Rice, a Vietnam veteran who works for his father in a secret military unit licensed to kill. But the girl is imprisoned in a psychiatric and ignored his accusations. Years later, the young attorney Ami Vergano go to the party of his …More

Upcoming events at HPL

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, May 4 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Genealogy/Family History Workshop 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Saturday May 7 Presented by the Muskegon County Genealogy Society. For anyone who is excited about researching their family history. You must pre-register; limited to 6 individuals for each workshop. Held in the Local History & Genealogy Department at the Torrent House. Please call 722-7276 ext. 240 to register.

Genealogy/Family History Workshop 2:00 - 4:00 pm, Saturday May 7 Presented by the Muskegon County Genealogy Society. For anyone who is excited about researching their family history. You must pre-register; limited to 6 individuals for each workshop. Held in the Local History & Genealogy Department at the Torrent House. Please call 722-7276 ext. 240 to register.

MOTHER'S DAY CRAFTS 2:00 pm, Saturday, May 7 Drop in between 2 and 4 pm to make something nice for the special woman in your life.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, May 11 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Hackley Lecture in the Humanities 7:30 pm, Thursday, May 12 The 2016 Hackley Lecture in the Humanities will be Andrew Kaufman, North Muskegon HS graudate and a Tolstory/Russian studies scholar from the University of Virginia.  His topic is "Give War and Peace a Chance:  Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times". The lecture will be held Thursday, May 12 at 7:30 pm at the Muskegon Museum of Art.  A reception at Hackley Public Library will follow.  The lecture is sponsored by the Friends of Hackley Public Library. Here's part of the blurb:  "Times are tough, anxiety and fear are pervasive, and people are searching for answers to questions big and small.  The country is at war, change is in the air, and the future remains uncertain...Welcome to the world of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace."

The Library is Closed Saturday May 14, Monday May 16 and Tuesday May 17 As part of our renovations we will be closed in order to upgrade our electrical service.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, May 18 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

LEGO FAMILY FUN DAY 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, May 21 Building with LEGOs is so much fun. Build something spectacular and display it in the library for everyone to see. Fun and creative expression for the whole family.

New Books at HPL

To see if the book is in, or to place a hold, click on the "Check our Catalog" link.  To see the full list of our new books download the Excel file for 2016 .  To see new books from other years try: 2015, 2014 , 2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

The Last Mile By Baldacci, David 2016-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455586455 Check Our Catalog In his #1 "New York Times "bestseller "Memory Man," David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILE Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's …More

The Widow By Barton, Fiona 2016-02 - New American Library 9781101990261 Check Our Catalog THE "NEW YORK TIMES"BESTSELLER For fans of "Gone Girl "and "The Girl on the Train," an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began to happen... …More

The Sellout By Beatty, Paul 2015-03 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux 9780374260507 Check Our Catalog Awards: ALA Notable Books (2016), National Book Critics Circle Award (2015) Winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Named one of the best books of 2015 by "The" "New York Times Book Review "and the "Wall Street Journal" A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's "The Sellout "showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred …More

Kill and Be Killed By Begley, Louis 2016-04 - Nan A. Talese 9780385540711 Check Our Catalog Master stylist Begley continues the story of Jack Dana, the former Marine Corps officer turned novelist whose quest to avenge his murdered uncle takes a new, more dangerous turn. The man who brutally murdered Uncle Harry is dead. In an effort to recover from the confrontation and collect himself, Jack takes refuge on Torcello, a small island in the Venetian lagoon, to return to his …More

The 14th Colony By Berry, Steve 2016-04 - Minotaur Books 9781250056245 Check Our Catalog "What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos." Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for …More

The 14th Colony By Berry, Steve 2016-04 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410489029 Check Our Catalog "What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos." Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for …More

Fire Touched By Briggs, Patricia 2016-03 - Ace Books 9780425256763 Check Our Catalog Mercy Thompson has been hailed as a heroine who continues to grow and yet always remains true to herself. * Now she's back, and she'll soon discover that when the fae stalk the human world, it's the children who suffer... Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging …More

The Gypsy Morph By Brooks, Terry 2008-08 - Del Rey Books 9780345484147 Check Our Catalog The Gypsy Morph represents the shattering conclusion to the New York Times-bestselling Genesis of Shannara trilogy. …More

One Texas Cowboy Too Many By Brown, Carolyn 2016-03 - Sourcebooks Casablanca 9781402296116 Check Our Catalog Carolyn Brown's New York Times and USA Today bestselling cowboys prove that love is bigger in Burnt Boot, Texas She's got too many cowboys on her hands Leah Brennan has always been the good girl of the Brennan family, groomed to become the matriarch of the clan. When a dark-eyed, tattooed, ponytailed bad boy saunters into her life, Leah knows he's off-limits-but his mesmerizing …More

The Good Goodbye By Buckley, Carla 2016-04 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410488749 Check Our Catalog …More

A Doubter's Almanac By Canin, Ethan 2016-02 - Random House 9781400068265 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER In this mesmerizing novel, Ethan Canin, theauthor of "America America" and "The Palace Thief, " explores the nature of genius, rivalry, ambition, and love among multiple generations of a gifted family. Milo Andret is born with an unusual mind. A lonely child growing up in the woods of northern Michigan in the 1950s, he gives little thought to his own talent. …More

Lost Boys By Card, Orson Scott 2005-01 - HarperTorch 9780061091315 Check Our Catalog Award-winning author Card proves to be a master at mainstream fiction with this chilling family drama that touches the heart as it frightens the soul. When the Fletchers move to North Carolina, their son withdraws from reality into a world of computer games and fictitious playmates--whose names match those of missing young boys. …More

Fellside By Carey, M. R. 2016-04 - Orbit 9780316300285 Check Our Catalog The unmissable and highly anticipated new literary thriller from the author of the international phenomenon "The Girl With All the Gifts." Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It's not the kind of place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life. It's a place where even the walls whisper. …More

What We Find By Carr, Robyn 2016-04 - Mira Books 9780778318859 Check Our Catalog Join Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River and Thunder Point series, as she explores the healing powers of rural Colorado in a brand-new story of fresh starts, budding relationships and one woman's journey to finding the happiness she's long been missing Between the urban bustle of Denver and the high-stress environment of a career in neurosurgery, Maggie …More

Devonshire Scream By Childs, Laura 2016-03 - Berkley Books 9780425281666 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Ming Tea Murder "serves up heists, homicides, and herbal blends" "in the latest in the Tea Shop mysteries. Catering a high-class trunk show at Heart's Desire Jewelry is a shining achievement for Theodosia and the Indigo Tea Shop. After all, a slew of jewelers, museums, and private collectors will be there to showcase their wares and sip some …More

As Time Goes by By Clark, Mary Higgins 2016-04 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410490179 Check Our Catalog In this exciting thriller from Mary Higgins Clark, the #1 New York Times bestselling "Queen of Suspense," a news reporter tries to find her birth mother just as she is assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband. Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of stardom after she begins covering a sensational murder trial for the …More

Did You Ever Have a Family By Clegg, Bill 2015-09 - Gallery/Scout Press 9781476798172 Check Our Catalog Awards: ALA Notable Books (2016), National Book Awards (2015) NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Amazon Library Journal Booklist NPR Kirkus Reviews Guardian St. Louis Post-Dispatch Google Play Kobo Literary Hub Powell's Hailed as masterly by "The New York Times Book …More

Undone By Colapinto, John 2016-04 - Soft Skull Press 9781593766429 Check Our Catalog Already hailed and persecuted for its perverse humor and wildly wicked sensibility, "Undone" is the tour-de-force black comedy by International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Nominee John Colapinto. In modern day America, Dez is a former lawyer and teacher an ephebophile with a proclivity for teenage girls, hiding out in a trailer park with his latest conquest, Chloe. Having …More

Hard Rain By Daniels, B. J. 2016-03 - Harlequin Books 9780373789139 Check Our Catalog Sooner or later, every family secret comes to light When Brody McTavish sees Harper Hamilton's runaway horse galloping across the pastures, he does what any good cowboy would dogives chase and rescues her. Unfortunately for him, the woman he's secretly loved for years didn't need saving, and she's just reached her limit with people treating her as hopeless. But they soon have bigger …More

The Blackbirds By Dickey, Eric Jerome 2016-04 - Dutton Books 9781101984109 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey delivers his next delectable, erotic romance They call themselves the Blackbirds. Kwanzaa Browne, Indigo Abdulrahaman, Destiny Jones, and Ericka Stockwell are four best friends who are closer than sisters, and will go to the ends of the earth for one another. Yet even their deep bond can't heal all wounds from their individual …More

Before We Visit the Goddess By Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee 2016-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781476792002 Check Our Catalog A beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of "Sister of My Heart" and "The Mistress of Spices" about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another a masterful, brilliant tale of a family both united and torn apart by ambition and love. The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, …More

America's First Daughter By Dray, Stephanie Author Kamoie, Laura 2016-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780062347268 Check Our Catalog Not since Gone with the Wind has a single-volume family saga so brilliantly portrayed the triumphs, trials, and sins of a family in the American South. ERIKA ROBUCK, author of The House of Hawthorne From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she becomes his …More

I Don't Like Where This Is Going: A Wylie Coyote Novel By Dufresne, John 2016-04 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393244687 Check Our Catalog John Dufresne has been hailed by the New York Times as an original talent . . . whose] humor is frightfully dark, but . . . dazzling. I Don't Like Where This Is Going continues the misadventures of therapist-on-the-run Wylie Coyote Melville. Wylie has witnessed a woman falling to her death outside the Luxor Hotel. Troubled by the ensuing cover-up, he becomes a man on a mission, enlisting the …More

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk By Estes, Kelli 2016-04 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410488114 Check Our Catalog …More

What to read while waiting for...

The Last Mile By Baldacci, David 2016-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455586455 Check Our Catalog In his #1 "New York Times "bestseller "Memory Man," David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILE Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's …More

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

Nemesis: An FBI Thriller By Coulter, Catherine 2015-07 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399171277 Check Our Catalog The next high-octane thriller in the FBI series featuring Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock from # 1 "New York Times" bestselling author Catherine Coulter. When Special Agent Lacey Sherlock foils a terrorist attack at JFK airport, she thinks her job is done and turns the reins over to the New York FBI. But stopping the grenade-carrying crazy was only the beginning. Another plot unfolds …More

Judge & Jury By Patterson, James Author Gross, Andrew 2006-07 - Little Brown and Company 9780316013932 Check Our Catalog Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante is closing in on the notorious mob boss "The Electrician," when the scheduled sting goes spectacularly awry. Two FBI agents are dead, the boss is wounded, and Pellisante vows the Electrician's next move will be from a jail cell. Andie Echeverra, a part-time actress and a single, full-time mom, is assigned her next role as Juror #11 in the landmark trial against …More

The Crossing By Connelly, Michael 2015-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316225885 Check Our Catalog Harry Bosch crosses the line to team up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller in the new thriller from #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Michael Connelly. Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member …More