Wednesday, September 28, 2011

New Books


HPL's New Books

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


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The Magician King
The Magician King
By Grossman, Lev
2011-08 - Viking Books
9780670022311 Check Our Catalog

"The Magician King" is a grand voyage into the dark, glittering heart of magic--an epic quest for the Harry Potter generation. It also introduces Julia, a powerful new voice whose angry genius is thrilling. Once again Grossman proves that he is the modern heir to C.S. Lewis, and the cutting edge of literary fantasy. …More


Flowering Judas
Flowering Judas
By Haddam, Jane
2011-08 - Minotaur Books
9780312644338 Check Our Catalog

Twelve years ago, Chester Morton disappeared from his hometown in Mattuck, New York, leaving no trace and never to be heard from again. For the past 12 years, his mother has kept the search for her son alive. Her determination has made his disappearance very high profile but it's also been damaging to her family, her children and to herself. …More


Hit List
Hit List
By Hamilton, Laurell K.
2011-06 - Berkley Publishing Group
9780425241134 Check Our Catalog

The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series continues. Word has leaked to Anita Blake that hitmen are headed for St. Louis--and that she, Jean-Claude, and Richard are the targets. …More


Star Island
Star Island
By Hiaasen, Carl
2010-07 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307272584 Check Our Catalog

Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug and alcohol disaster. Ann DeLusia is Cherry's "undercover stunt double," portraying Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. But, one night, Ann-as-Cherry is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by an obsessed paparazzo. Now the challenge for Cherry's handlers is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence secret from the public--and from Cherry herself. …More


Silver Girl
Silver Girl
By Hilderbrand, Elin
2011-06 - Reagan Arthur Books
9780316099660 Check Our Catalog

Set against the backdrop of a Nantucket summer, Hilderbrand ("Summer People, The Island") delivers a suspenseful story of the power of friendship, the pull of love, and the beauty of forgiveness. …More


The Woodcutter
The Woodcutter
By Hill, Reginald
2011-08 - Harper
9780062060747 Check Our Catalog

From the acclaimed author of the Dalziel and Pasco mysteries comes a stand-alone psychological thriller about a mysterious jailed man who is paroled and returns to his quaint hometown looking for vengeance. …More


Next Door Nympho
Next Door Nympho
By Hudson, C. J.
2011-05 - Life Changing Books
9781934230312 Check Our Catalog

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Say It Ain't So
Say It Ain't So
By Hunt, La Jill
2009-11 - Urban Books
9781601622549 Check Our Catalog

"Essence"-bestselling author Hunt returns with a drama-filled tale in which the truth remains hidden, lives become threatened, and all hell breaks loose. …More


Trust No One
Trust No One
By Hurwitz, Gregg
2010-06 - St. Martin's Press
9780312389567 Check Our Catalog


"Terrific!"--David Baldacci
Over the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT team bursts into his apartment and drags him out to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it up. And the only person he'll talk to is Nick, promising to tell Nick the truth behind the events that shattered his life twenty years ago.
"Grabs you by the throat...and doesn't let go."--"Denver"" Times"
At seventeen years old, Nick made a deadly mistake--one that cost his stepfather his life, endangered his mother, and sent him into hiding for years. Now what Nick discovers in that nuclear plant leaves him with only two choices: to start running again--or to fight and finally uncover the secrets that have held him hostage all these years.
"Propulsive and driving."--"Chicago"" Sun Times"
As Nick peels back layer after layer of lies and deception, buffeted between the buried horrors of the past and the deadly intrigues of the present, he finds his own life--and the lives of nearly everyone he loves--at risk. And the only thing guiding him through this deadly labyrinth are his stepfather's dying words: "TRUST NO ONE." …More


Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots
Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots
By Ingraham, Laura
With Arroyo, Raymond
2011-07 - Threshold Editions
9781451642049 Check Our Catalog

"New York Times"-bestselling author and radio phenomenon Ingraham turns her trademark satirical eye to the culture and habits of everyday U.S. citizens with "Of Thee I Zing." Her radio program, "The Laura Ingraham Show," is highly ranked and averages 5.5 million weekly listeners. …More


Train Dreams: A Novella
Train Dreams: A Novella
By Johnson, Denis
2011-08 - Farrar Straus Giroux
9780374281144 Check Our Catalog

Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century--an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime. …More


The Million Dollar Deception
The Million Dollar Deception
By Johnson, R. M.
2008-09 - Simon & Schuster
9781416540403 Check Our Catalog

When Nate Kenny realizes he made the biggest mistake of his life, losing his wife to the young, down-on-his-luck thug he had hired to seduce Monica, he uses all his cunning, expertise, and money to destroy Lewis Waters, and take his wife back. …More


It Happened One Autumn
It Happened One Autumn
By Kleypas, Lisa
2005-09 - Avon Books
9780060562496 Check Our Catalog

Marcus was a man in charge of his own emotions, a bedrock of stability. But with Lillian, every touch was exquisite torture, every kiss an enticement for more. Yet how could he consider taking a woman so blatantlyunsuitableas his bride? …More


Northwest Angle
Northwest Angle
By Krueger, William Kent
2011-08 - Atria Books
9781439153956 Check Our Catalog

With his family in the cross hairs of a brutal killing organization, Detective Cork O'Connor must uncover the murder of a young girl in the latest installment of William Kent Krueger's New York Times bestselling series. …More


Thunder of Heaven
Thunder of Heaven
By LaHaye, Tim
Author Parshall, Craig
2011-06 - Zondervan
9780310326373 Check Our Catalog

The End Series by New York Times bestselling author Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall is an epic thrill ride ripped from today's headlines and filtered through Scriptural prophecy. As world events begin setting the stage for the 'end of days' foretold in Revelation, Joshua Jordan must weigh the personal price he must pay to save the nation he loves. Thunder of Heaven appeals to the tens of millions of readers who have already made Tim LaHaye a household name and one of the best selling authors of all time. This book is a return to form for Tim LaHaye whose previous prophetic fiction series, Left Behind, has sold roughly 70 million copies. Those who have read Left Behind and are eager for more highly charged fiction based on biblical prophesies will embrace Thunder of Heaven for the same reasons that turned Left Behind into the world's most celebrated publishing phenomenons of the last two decades. …More


On a Wicked Dawn
On a Wicked Dawn
By Laurens, Stephanie
2002-04 - Avon Books
9780060002053 Check Our Catalog

A "New York Times" bestselling author returns with this steamy and sensational love story featuring Amelia Cynster, who takes matters of the heart into her own hands. …More


Played
Played
By Lennox, Lisa
2011-04 - Triple Crown Publications
9780982588819 Check Our Catalog

What happens when you get too caught up in hustling? Beautiful Taj Jenson spends her evenings performing lesbian sex shows for an all-male audience and earns big bills while doing it. But her nonstop lifestyle full of cash, partying and drugs all comes crashing down when she meets San, a sweet girl with a tender soul who Taj develops deep feelings for. Taj tries to escape the hustling life in order to live normally with San, but breaking out of the game is harder than it seems. Taj's world quickly spirals out of control as she heads on a dizzying journey through life-or-death situations, extreme wealth and extreme poverty, love, danger, and betrayal, all in a desperate quest to survive. It's play or be played, and Taj will do whatever it takes to come out on top. …More


Pampered to Death
Pampered to Death
By Levine, Laura
2011-08 - Kensington Publishing Corporation
9780758238474 Check Our Catalog

Jaine Austen is looking forward to an indulgent spa getaway--until she learns it's more about deprivation than relaxation. Between miniscule meals and a deadly brush with fame, surviving this vacation will be no piece of cake. …More


The Most Dangerous Thing
The Most Dangerous Thing
By Lippman, Laura
2011-08 - William Morrow & Company
9780061706516 Check Our Catalog

Once the best of friends until a terrible secret tore them apart, a group is suddenly brought back together under tragic circumstances and wonder if their long-ago lie is the reason for their troubles today and if someone is out to destroy them. …More


Halfhead
Halfhead
By MacBride, Stuart
2011-04 - HarperCollins UK
9780007349265 Check Our Catalog

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Only Mine
Only Mine
By Mallery, Susan
2011-07 - Harlequin Books
9780373775880 Check Our Catalog

Beloved bestselling author Mallery is back with the first title in a brand-new trilogy in her popular and emotional Fool's Gold series. Original. …More


Rogue Warrior: Domino Theory
Rogue Warrior: Domino Theory
By Marcinko, Richard
Author DeFelice, Jim
2012-02 - Forge
9780765364531 Check Our Catalog

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A Catered Affair
A Catered Affair
By Margolis, Sue
2011-08 - New American Library
9780451233356 Check Our Catalog

A novel about a jilted bride who's about to discover that "not" marrying the wrong man can sometimes lead you to the right one.
When Tallulah gets jilted at the altar, she gets very drunk and starts making passes at the male wedding guests. She even propositions the caterer. But in the next few weeks, reality comes crashing down around her. Her difficult mother becomes more impossible than ever. Her lesbian sister starts trying to have a baby. Nana Ida gets busy matchmaking. What Tallulah is about to discover is that happiness doesn't always come in the form of the perfect doctor- and that sometimes real love doesn't require a catered affair.
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