What to read while waiting for...

The Rooster Bar By Grisham, John 2017-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385541176 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that's on shaky ground. Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school …More

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

False Witness By Singer, Randy 2011-05 - Tyndale House Publishers 9781414335698 Check Our Catalog Bail Bondsman Clark Shealy has 48 hours to find an Indian professor in possession of the Abacus Algorithm--an equation so powerful it could crack all Internet encryption. Four years later, the case takes a vicious twist: law student Jamie Brock and two colleagues learn that their clients, members of the witness protection program, have the encrypted algorithm. …More

Exposed By Scottoline, Lisa 2017-08 - St. Martin's Press 9781250099716 Check Our Catalog In this New York Times bestselling novel, a battle for justice pits partner against partner... Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal …More

Book review-Origin by Dan Brown

Dan Brown has a new book out featuring Robert Langdon!  Origin takes place in Spain this time and features some interesting architectural sites.  Robert is visiting the Guggenheim Museum in Balboa to see a presentation by a former student (Edward Kirsch) who claims to have discovered the answers to "Where did we come from" and "Where are we going."  Without giving too much away, something happens during the presentation which impels Robert and the beautiful, young museum director Ambra Vidal, to go on a hunt through Spain for answers. I enjoyed the book, it was fast paced and had challenging mental puzzles, but I found that Robert had less chances to deciper symbols than in previous books.  The characters were interesting, and the plot absorbing.  If you like fast paced adventures give it a read!

Origin By Brown, Dan 2017-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385514231 Check Our Catalog Whoever You Are. Whatever You Believe. Everything Is About To Change. The stunningly inventive new novel from the world's most popular thriller writer Bilbao, Spain Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a …More

Complimentary Reads

The Alexander Cipher By Adams, Will 2009-03 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446404686 Check Our Catalog Daniel Knox's first love is archaeology, more specifically Alexander the Great. In this adventure, he competes with rival archaeologists, Egyptian officials, and Macedonian nationalists in the hunt for one of the greatest archaeological prizes in the world. …More

The Amber Shadows By Ribchester, Lucy 2017-08 - Pegasus Books 9781681774480 Check Our Catalog As reports begin filtering into Bletchley Park about the stolen loot, Honey receives a mysterious package, hand-delivered from a man that she has never seen before who claims that he works at the Park as well. The package is postmarked from Russia, and inside is a small piece of amber. It is just the first of several such packages, and when she examines them together she realizes that someone, …More

The Atlantis Code By Brokaw, Charles 2009-06 - Michael Joseph 9780141040806 Check Our Catalog A thrill-seeking Harvard linguistics professor and an ultrasecret branch of the Catholic Church go head-to-head in a race to uncover the secrets of the lost city of Atlantis. The ruins of the technologically-advanced, eerily-enigmatic ancient civilization promise their discoverer fame, fortune, and power but hold earth-shattering secrets about the origin of man. While world-famous linguist and …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-Intro to Computers 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, November 4 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000 or visit HPL Events to register. Registeration opens one month before the class date. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Intro to Computers:  Intro to computers will offer an introduction to what a computer is and how to use it.  It is designed for beginners with little or no knowledge of computers.  Topics covered will include an explanation of Windows and files, how to turn on a computer, and how to use the mouse.

NERF! 11:00 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Back by popular demand! Players will run, dodge, and dive as they try to outwit and out-blast the competition during NERF Mobile Games! Weather permitting this event will take place on the lawn of Hackley Administraton Building. In case of rain, NERF will take place at Hackley Public Library, upstairs in the Youth Services Department.

Hackley Craft Club 6:00 pm, Monday, November 6 Join the fun!  Our craft club meets the first Monday of each month.  This month learn arm knitting.  Participants will be able to request the crafts that will be offered during the year.  Led by Nancy Hartman. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Movies @ the Library-Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 5:30 pm, Tuesday November 7 Come to the library to see movies on the first Tuesday of the month.  Bring your own snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.  This month we'll screen Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them (In 1926 Newt Scamander just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.)  The movie runs 133 minutes.   Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 - 2:00 pm, Wednesday, November 8 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

MONTHLY MAKERS:  OZOBOTS 2:00 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Did you know you can program robots with markers and paper? Ozobots have color sensors that drive around a piece of paper any way you tell them to. Solve a coding puzzle or design your own obstacle course for your robot.

Hawks and Owls 6:00 pm, Monday, November 13 Hawks and Owls String Band has been delighting audiences around West Michigan since 1997.  Bruce Ling leader of Hawks and Owls and one of Michigan's finest musical treasures, is a River-side mystic, eloquent storyteller and passionate caretaker of America's collection of traditional music.  With stage performances that combine the expressive style of Garrison Keillor or Will Rogers, he paints musical portraits celebrating the colorful history of rural America with a broad repertoire of both original and time-savored traditional folk songs. As a collector of tunes, and songs, Bruce understands the importance of keeping the history of this timeless musical genre alive and well. He shares his keen knowledge with caring and passion, and his inspiration has propelled a legion of young musicians to continue playing these songs...a true testament to Ling's talents as a teacher and mentor. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Great Michigan Read Program with Mitch Kachun 6:00 PM, Tuesday, November 14 Dr. Kachun will be speaking on the historical context of Malcolm X, explaining the people and events that helped him solidify his thinking on race and civil liberties. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 - 2:00 pm, Wednesday, November 15 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Computer Class-Word

10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, November 18

De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000 or visit HPL Events to register.   Registeration opens one month before the class date.Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.
Word:  Learn the basics of word processing, including opening and saving a document, entering text and making changes.  

New Fiction at HPL

Breakfast in Bed By Alers, Rochelle 2017-08 - Dafina Books 9781496707321 Check Our Catalog Bestselling author Rochelle Alers welcomes readers back to romantic New Orleans in her warm and sexy series about four very different women embarking on a new adventure . . . Sometimes you go in search of a new beginning. Other times, it finds you. Tonya Martin enjoys her job as a professional chef for a Wall Street bank, her East Harlem walk-up, and the freedom to live and love …More

In the Midst of Winter By Allende, Isabel 2017-10 - Atria Books 9781501178139 Check Our Catalog New York Times and worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil. In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which …More

How the Finch Stole Christmas!: A Meg Langslow Mystery By Andrews, Donna 2017-10 - Minotaur Books 9781250115454 Check Our Catalog As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Six Geese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and The Nightingale Before Christmas, Andrews continues to write "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail). New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews takes us home to Caerphilly for the holidays in her new hilarious …More

No Time to Explain By Angell, Kate 2017-09 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781496703682 Check Our Catalog Who says romance has gone to the dogs? Richmond Rogues' left-fielder Joe "Zoo" Zooker has his own ritual for the start of spring training--a weekend of pure pleasure, including as many pretty faces and curvaceous bodies as he can charm into his bed. After that, he's all about baseball, especially with hungry minor leaguers eager for their own …More

The Floating World By Babst, C. Morgan 2017-10 - Algonquin Books 9781616205287 Check Our Catalog A dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, The Floating World takes readers into the heart of Hurricane Katrina with the story of the Boisdores, whose roots stretch back nearly to the foundation of New Orleans. Though the storm is fast approaching the Louisiana coast, Cora, the family's fragile elder daughter, refuses to leave the city, forcing her parents, Joe Boisdore, an artist …More

The Witches' Tree: An Agatha Raisin Mystery By Beaton, M. C. 2017-10 - Minotaur Books 9781250057464 Check Our Catalog The Witches' Tree continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin mystery series--now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television. Cotswolds inhabitants are used to inclement weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Devere, the new vicar and his wife, drive slowly home from a dinner party in their village of Sumpton Harcourt. They strain to …More

The Trick By Bergmann, Emanuel 2017-09 - Atria Books 9781501155826 Check Our Catalog A deeply moving, humorous story of a boy who believes in everything and an old man who believes in nothing. In 1934, a rabbi's son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope of …More

The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 By Sandford, John 2017-10 - Mariner Books 9780544949089 Check Our Catalog "Fans of such notables as C.J. Box, Peter Straub, and Joyce Carol Oates chiefly known for their novels will be pleased to see how well they write at shorter length."--Publishers Weekly "Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and cliched situations. Not true. These stories are …More

Misadventures of a Backup Bride By Black, Shayla 2017-10 - Waterhouse Press 9781943893423 Check Our Catalog An Overnight Billionaire... When Carson Frost inherits a confectionary that rakes in billions but is too cash-strapped to last another sixty days, he agrees to take a loan from his late father's rival. There are two catches: Carson has to sign over a permanent stake in the company, and marry the man's daughter. Concocts a Fake Bride... Two weeks before the wedding, he gets cold feet and …More

The Relive Box and Other Stories By Boyle, T. C. 2017-10 - Ecco Press 9780062673398 Check Our Catalog While T.C. Boyle is known as one of our greatest American novelists, he is also an acknowledged master of the short story and is perhaps at his funniest, his most moving, and his most surprising in the short form. In The Relive Box, Boyle's sharp wit and rich imagination combine with a penetrating social consciousness to produce raucous, poignant, and expansive short stories defined by an …More

A Whispered Name: A Father Anselm Thriller By Brodrick, William 2017-09 - Overlook Press 9781468311150 Check Our Catalog The Golden Dagger Award-winning installment of the Father Anselm thrillers, praised by Jeffery Deaver as "reminiscent of the early works of John le Carre," A Whispered Name reaches into the mysteries of one man's past and casts light on the long shadows war leaves behind. In the Larkwood Priory, secrets are rare. So Father Anselm is deeply dismayed by an allegation against …More

Death Overdue: A Haunted Library Mystery By Brook, Allison 2017-10 - Crooked Lane Books 9781683313861 Check Our Catalog Carrie Singleton is just about done with Clover Ridge, Connecticut until she's offered a job as the head of programs and events at the spooky local library, complete with its own librarian ghost. Her first major event is a program presented by a retired homicide detective, Al Buckley, who claims he knows who murdered Laura Foster, a much-loved part-time library aide who was bludgeoned to death …More

Origin By Brown, Dan 2017-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385514231 Check Our Catalog Whoever You Are. Whatever You Believe. Everything Is About To Change. The stunningly inventive new novel from the world's most popular thriller writer Bilbao, Spain Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a …More

Origin By Brown, Dan 2017-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385514231 Check Our Catalog Whoever You Are. Whatever You Believe. Everything Is About To Change. The stunningly inventive new novel from the world's most popular thriller writer Bilbao, Spain Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a …More

Crazy Like a Fox By Brown, Rita Mae 2017-10 - Ballantine Books 9780399178344 Check Our Catalog In this thrilling new foxhunting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown, an investigation into a missing and valuable object flushes out murder, ghosts, and old family rivalries. Now "Sister" Jane Arnold and a pack of four-legged friends must catch the scent of a killer and unearth a long-buried truth. As the calendar turns, the crisp October winds bode …More

The Brewer of Preston By Camilleri, Andrea 2015-09 - Sterling Mystery Series 9781628996852 Check Our Catalog 1870s Sicily: Much to the displeasure of Vig ta's stubborn populace, the town has just been unified under the Kingdom of Italy. They're now in the hands of a new government they don't understand, and they definitely don't like." …More

The Vorrh By Catling, Brian 2015-04 - Vintage 9781101873786 Check Our Catalog Prepare to lose yourself in the heady, mythical expanse of The Vorrh, a daring debut that Alan Moore has called "a phosphorescent masterpiece" and "the current century's first landmark work of fantasy." Next to the colonial town of Essenwald sits the Vorrh, a vast--perhaps endless--forest. It is a place of demons and angels, of warriors and priests. Sentient and magical, the …More

The Stolen Marriage By Chamberlain, Diane 2017-10 - St. Martin's Press 9781250087270 Check Our Catalog Steeped in history and filled with heart-wrenching twists, The Stolen Marriage is an emotionally captivating novel of secrets, betrayals, prejudice, and forgiveness. It showcases Diane Chamberlain at the top of her talent. One mistake, one fateful night, and Tess DeMello's life is changed forever. It is 1944. Pregnant, alone, and riddled …More

Quarry's Climax By Collins, Max Allan 2017-10 - Hard Case Crime 9781785651809 Check Our Catalog There's Nothing More Dangerous Than a Loaded Magazine Memphis, 1975. "Raunchy" doesn't begin to describe Max Climer's magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. And evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max's career permanently. Only …More

Two Kinds of Truth By Connelly, Michael 2017-10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316225908 Check Our Catalog Harry Bosch searches for the truth in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly Harry Bosch is back as a volunteer working cold cases for the San Fernando Police Department and is called out to a local drug store where a young pharmacist has been murdered. Bosch and the town's 3-person detective squad sift through the clues, which lead into the dangerous, big …More

Enigma By Coulter, Catherine 2017-09 - Gallery Books 9781501138065 Check Our Catalog The highly anticipated twenty-first FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter presents Agents Savich and Sherlock with two baffling mysteries. Working with Agent Cam Wittier (Insidious) and New York-based former Special Forces agent Jack Cabot, they must race against the clock to catch an international criminal and solve the enigma of the man called John …More

Enigma By Coulter, Catherine 2017-10 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781432844110 Check Our Catalog The highly anticipated twenty-first FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter presents Agents Savich and Sherlock with two baffling mysteries. Working with Agent Cam Wittier (Insidious) and New York-based former Special Forces agent Jack Cabot, they must race against the clock to catch an international criminal and solve the enigma of the man called John …More

Dead Ringer By Daniels, B. J. 2017-08 - Harlequin Intrigue 9781335721198 Check Our Catalog Can a stubborn cowboy recapture the one who got away?Ledger McGraw may know all about horses, but he doesn't know anything about the lie that broke up his first romance with waitress Abby Pierce. Abby, tricked into marrying the wrong man, is at the end of her tether in her abusive relationship. When she learns the truth about her terrible marriage, she becomes …More

Phasma: Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi By Dawson, Delilah S. 2017-09 - Del Rey Books 9781524796310 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Discover Captain Phasma's mysterious history in this "Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi" novel. One of the most cunning and merciless officers of the First Order, Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors, the respect of her peers, and the terror of her enemies. But for all her renown, Phasma remains as virtually unknown as …More

What to read while waiting for...

Deep Freeze By Sandford, John 2017-10 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399176067 Check Our Catalog Class reunions: a time for memories--good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, deadly--in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota, a little too well. A few years back, he investigated the corrupt--and as it turned out, homicidal--local school board, and now the town's back in view with more …More

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

No Man's Land By Baldacci, David 2016-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455586516 Check Our Catalog Special Agent John Puller, combat veteran and the army's most tenacious investigator, is back in this action-packed thriller from worldwide #1 bestselling author David Baldacci. NO MAN'S LAND Two men. Thirty years. John Puller's mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia, when Puller was just a boy. Paul Rogers has been in prison for ten years. But …More

The Drop By Connelly, Michael 2011-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316069410 Check Our Catalog Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder case matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? 416 pp. (Espionage/Thriller) …More

Proof of Life By Jance, J. a. 2017-09 - William Morrow & Company 9780062657541 Check Our Catalog J. P. Beaumont's latest investigation strikes too close to home in this riveting mystery from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance. Be careful what you wish for . . . Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesn't suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, …More