Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

The Exile: Book One of the Fae By Adams, C. T. Author Adams, Cat 2015-03 - Tor Books 9780765336873 Check Our Catalog Brianna Hai runs an occult shop that sells useless trinkets to tourists-and real magic supplies to witches and warlocks. The magical painting that hangs in Brianna's apartment is the last portal between the fae and human worlds. A shocking magical assault on her home reveals to Brianna that her father, High King Liu of the Fae, is under attack. With the help of her gargoyle, Pug, her friend …More

Bittersweet By Albert, Susan Wittig 2015-04 - Berkley Books 9780425255629 Check Our Catalog New from the author of "Death Come Quickly "and "Widow's Tears" This Thanksgiving, be grateful for China Bayles who teams up with an old friend to solve a complex case of theft and murder in a South Texas ranching community It's Thanksgiving in Pecan Springs, and China is planning to visit her mother, Leatha, and her mother's husband, Sam, who are enthusiastically embarking …More

The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose By Albert, Susan Wittig 2012-09 - Thorndike Press 9781410450906 Check Our Catalog Albert once again returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s. As the town readies itself for the annual Confederate Day festivities, the ladies of the Darling Dahlias gardening club have their hands full with three mysteries. …More

The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies By Albert, Susan Wittig 2011-07 - Thorndike Press 9781410439369 Check Our Catalog A brand-new mystery in the "exceptional" ("Booklist") series by the national bestselling author. Rumors are sprouting in Depression-era Darling, Alabama. The town's newest visitors, Nona Jean Jamison and Miss Lake, may be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfeld Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked. The Dahlias suspect more than modesty when Nona denies her …More

The Sugar Queen By Allen, Sarah Addison 2008-05 - Bantam 9780553805499 Check Our Catalog In this irresistible follow-up to her New York Times-bestselling debut, Garden Spells, author Allen tells the tale of a young woman whose family secrets--and secret passions--are about to change her life forever. …More

Lord of the Wings By Andrews, Donna 2015-08 - Minotaur Books 9781250049582 Check Our Catalog A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from award-winning, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Good, The Bad, and The Emus." The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The eighteenth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next …More

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

Improving Your Memory for Dummies By Arden, John Boghosian 2002-07 - For Dummies 9780764554353 Check Our Catalog Practical tips and techniques make remembering a snap Jog your memory with exercises to help you at home, at work, anywhere! Whether you are cramming for an exam, have trouble remembering names, or you just want to give your overall memory power a boost, this plain-English guide offers clever tricks to help you remember what you want to remember. You'll discover how your memory works and how …More

Bodily Harm By Atwood, Margaret 1982-12 - Simon & Schuster 9780671441531 Check Our Catalog Bantam proudly announces the trade paperback release of these classic novels by acclaimed bestselling author Margaret Atwood--quality editions certain to be hits with her many fans. HPL patron: Interesting novel; giving a different slant to those of us who have had breast cancer. …More

The Blind Assassin By Atwood, Margaret 2001-08 - Anchor Books 9780385720953 Check Our Catalog Awards: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2002), Libris Awards (2001) The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura's story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind …More

Life Before Man By Atwood, Margaret 1979-09 - McClelland & Stewart 9780771008078 Check Our Catalog Imprisoned by walls of their own construction, here are three people, each in midlife, in midcrisis, forced to make choices--after the rules have changed. Elizabeth, with her controlled sensuality, her suppressed rage, is married to the wrong man. She has just lost her latest lover to suicide. Nate, her gentle, indecisive husband, is planning to leave her for Lesje, a perennial innocent who …More

The Escape By Baldacci, David 2014-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455521197 Check Our Catalog David Baldacci is one of the world's most popular, widely read storytellers. In his blockbuster thrillers "Zero Day" and "The Forgotten," he enthralled readers with John Puller. A combat veteran and special agent with the U.S. Army, Puller is the man they call to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. But all his training, all his experience, all his skills will not prepare him for his …More

Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen By Punyaratabandhu, Leela 2014-05 - Ten Speed Press 9781607745235 Check Our Catalog Thai takeout meets authentic, regional flavors in this collection of 100 recipes for easy, economical, and accessible Thai classics--from the rising star behind the blog "She Simmers." HPL patron: Great recipes and breaks down ingredients easily, gives you alternatives to use for ingredients that are hard to find in the US. …More

Summertime By Barker, Raffaella 2001-01 - Review 9780747220824 Check Our Catalog For a year, Venetia Summers has been buffered from single motherhood by her boyfriend, David, but when work takes him to a Brazilian rainforest, things begin to unravel. Phone lines crackle, e-mails go unanswered, and long-distance love proves to be a frustrating experience. Meanwhile, Venetia's children--Giles, Felix, and The Beauty--and dogs run wilder than ever, her boring freelance career …More

A Love So Strong By Norman-Bellamy, Kendra 2004-07 - Lift Every Voice 9780802468345 Check Our Catalog If there was such a thing as a perfect marriage, Bryan and Nicole Walker had it. Even without the child they desire after five years of marriage, their love for one another is solid. But then, without warning, the very thing they want threatens to tear them apart. …More

The Witch Hunter By Boecker, Virginia 2015-06 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316327008 Check Our Catalog The magic and suspense of "Graceling" meet the political intrigue and unrest of "Game of Thrones" in this riveting fantasy debut. "Your greatest enemy isn't what you fight, but what you fear." Elizabeth Grey is one of the king's best witch hunters, devoted to rooting out witchcraft and doling out justice. But when she's accused of being a witch herself, Elizabeth is arrested …More

The Calorieking Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter By Borushek, Allan 2014-10 - Family Health Publications(CA) 9781930448612 Check Our Catalog Need to lose weight? Have diabetes and need to track carb intake? Want to make healthier-more informed eating choices? Or just want to know what's in that Big Mac or your favorite Starbucks drink? If any of this sounds like you, this book is a must-have! …More

The Edge of Dreams By Bowen, Rhys 2015-03 - Minotaur Books 9781250052025 Check Our Catalog Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a captain in the New York City police force, is stumped. He's chasing a murderer whose victims have nothing in common--nothing except for the taunting notes that are delivered to Daniel after each murder. And when Daniel receives a note immediately after Molly and her young son Liam are in a terrible train crash, Daniel and Molly both begin to fear that …More

Cold Wind By Box, C. J. 2011-05 - Center Point 9781611730579 Check Our Catalog When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in- law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do-especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin. But then things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is Missy being set up? He …More

Force of Nature By Box, C. J. 2012-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399158261 Check Our Catalog He never wanted to tell Joe Pickett about it, but Nate Romanowski always knew trouble was coming out of his past. Now it's here, and it may not only be the battle of his life-but of Joe's. …More

In Plain Sight By Box, C. J. 2006-09 - Center Point Large Print 9781585478408 Check Our Catalog Ranch owner Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances, and her sons Hank and Arlen are battling it out for control of her multi-million-dollar empire. Everyone in town is so caught up in the brothers' battle that, with the exception of game warden Joe Pickett, they seem to have forgotten that Opal is still missing. Joe begins his investigation and is beaten nearly to death by Hank …More

Savage Run By C.J. Box 2002-06 - Putnam 0399148876 Check Our Catalog C.J. Box's debut novel, "Open Season, " hit the mystery-book world with the force of a speeding rifle bullet. Now Box returns with a gripping and suspenseful new novel, as dramatic and brutal as its Wyoming wilderness setting. HPL patron: Second in the Joe Pickett series-great book-great series-Game wardens-ecoterrorists-vigilantes-author puts you in the …More

A History of Loneliness By Boyne, John 2015-02 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374171339 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: My favorite book of the year. John Boyne writes of the life of a Roman Catholic priest in Dublin during the sexual abuse scandal. His protagonist is a faithful priest who Boyne paints as one of the victims of the backlash. HPL patron: narrated from the viewpoint of a priest (1960's on) who had rationalized …More

Stolen By Brennan, Allison 2013-06 - Minotaur Books 9781250042477 Check Our Catalog Nothing is more important to private investigator Sean Rogan than his relationship with FBI trainee Lucy Kincaid. But when his past catches up with him, Sean faces an ultimatum: clear his name and help the FBI take down a rogue agent, or go to prison and lose everything he holds dear. HPL patron: Hi Tech FBI undercover-family business revenge-betrayal-risking …More