HPL Adult Summer Reading

Billy Gashade: An American Epic By Estleman, Loren D. 1997-04 - Forge 031285997X Check Our Catalog Billy Gashade is a wandering musician, crossing the young United States in the late 1800s and introducing readers to its most colorful characters along the way. Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid, Chief Crazy Horse, Oscar Wilde, and many more cross paths with Billy in this sweeping epic of American history. …More

Twelve Sharp By Evanovich, Janet 2014-06 - St. Martin's Press 9781250058041 Check Our Catalog "Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in ""Jane""t Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet! " FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos, Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her. THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS The woman …More

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Volume 1- After Life By Ewing, Al Author Williams, Rob Illustrator Fraser, Simon 2015-03 - Titan Comics 9781782761747 Check Our Catalog ALL-NEW ADVENTURES WITH THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR With a force of personality capable of bending time itself and all the energy of a star's exploding heart, the Doctor blasts into the hollow, tragic life of a woman with so much to offer - and gives her the chance to scream "Geronimo " at the thrills, colours and terrors of an infinite universe Masterful …More

Animal Spirit Guides: An Easy-To-Use Handbook for Identifying and Understanding Your Power Animals and Animal Spirit Helpers By Farmer, Steven D. 2006-10 - Hay House 9781401907334 Check Our Catalog After the publication of his best-selling book "Power Animals," many people inquired about the meaning of spirit animals that were not contained in that work. In "Animal Spirit Guides, " Dr. Farmer provides concise, relevant details about the significance of more than 200 animals that may come to you in physical or symbolic form as guides and teachers. With each animal listed, you'll find general …More

Norse Mythology By Gaiman, Neil 2017-02 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393609097 Check Our Catalog Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin's son, …More

The Little Paris Bookshop By George, Nina 2015-06 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780553418774 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Magical and sad yet the funny parts lift it up. For Perdu to have lost Manon-at the beginning you think he's a much older man. Then on his travel and discovery, everything changes and you see him as he really is. Lovely story. HPL patron: What's not to like--books, food, France. An "Eat Pray Love" from a male point of …More

Murder by Gravity: The Coffin Quilt By Graham, Barbara 2014-12 - Five Star (ME) 9781432829476 Check Our Catalog Snow before Halloween shocks the residents of tiny Park County Tennessee. While dealing with a multitude of minor issues Sheriff Tony Abernathy is contacted by a charter pilot who claims his passenger jumped without a parachute into the most remote spot in the county. After riding mules into the wilderness to collect the body Tony and his deputy must travel to North Carolina in a blizzard to …More

Nightwalker By Graham, Heather 2009-04 - Mira Books 9780778326373 Check Our Catalog Past and present converge in Las Vegas and ghost town Indigo, Nevada, the site of a long-ago gunfight, in this engrossing paranormal romance from bestseller Graham HPL patron: This was a good book. It was a little hard to get into, but with gambling and murder, makes it a good story. …More

Sunset Pass: A Western Story By Grey, Zane 2015-11 - Skyhorse Publishing 9781634505093 Check Our Catalog Trueman Rock is a daring young cowboy and rider. Six years ago he had to leave the cowtown of Wagontongue because of a history of gunfights and run-ins with bad hombres. Since then, he's become a man who only uses his gun when he needs to, on rustlers and crooks. Now, he's returning to his hometown. But things have changed. The town and its people aren't what they used to be. He expects to find …More

Homegoing By Gyasi, Yaa 2016-06 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781101947135 Check Our Catalog Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize A New York Times 2016 Notable Book One of Oprah's 10 Favorite Books of 2016 NPR's Debut Novel of the Year One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016 One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016 "Homegoing is an inspiration." --Ta-Nehisi Coates The unforgettable …More

The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane By Harms, Kelly 2013-07 - Thomas Dunne Books 9781250011381 Check Our Catalog A debut novel with huge bookclub potential--about luck and love, and winning a sweepstakes--with a cast of characters who will charm readers from the very first page. …More

Third Degree By Iles, Greg 2007-11 - Scribner Book Company 9780743292504 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "True Evil"--acclaimed as one of the most original and entertaining . . . writers to come down the pike in a long time ("The Denver Post")--comes a new big-trouble-in-a-small-town thriller that takes place in the span of a terrifying single day. HPL patron: I really liked this book. Almost like reading …More

The Glass Castle By Priebe, Trisha Author Jenkins, Jerry B. 2016-03 - Shiloh Run Press 9781634093897 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Easy read. …More

Snowblind: A Thriller By Jonasson, Ragnar 2017-01 - Minotaur Books 9781250096074 Check Our Catalog Where: A quiet fishing village in northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors. It is accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Who: Ari Thor is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik. He has a past that he's unable to leave behind. What: A young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed …More

Alice, I Think By Juby, Susan 2004-05 - Perfection Learning 9780756932541 Check Our Catalog Now in paperback--Juby's brilliantly observed debut novel that is a wise, witty, and entirely original chronicle of small-town life and a window into the soul of an utterly appealing heroine. …More

Shadow Song By Kay, Terry 1995-10 - Washington Square Press 9780671892609 Check Our Catalog The author of To Dance With the White Dog offers readers another bit of magic. In the summer of 1955, a young Southerner, Madison Lee "Bobo" Murphy waited tables at the Pine Hill Inn in the Catskills, and shared a season of passion with Amy Lourie. Years later, when they meet again, Bobo reawakens a love larger than himself. …More

Pontoon By Keillor, Garrison 2007-09 - Viking Books 9780670063567 Check Our Catalog Awards: Minnesota Book Award (2008) BookPage Notable Title Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac, supplies us with another humorous journey into Lake Wobegon. …More

The Conspiracy Club By Kellerman, Jonathan 2013-04 - Ballantine Books 9780345540249 Check Our Catalog Psychologist Jeremy Carrier is emotionally devastated by the brutal murder of his girlfriend. When more women are murdered in the same gruesome way as his girlfriend, he's soon on the trail of a serial killer. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue. …More

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late By Kemelman, Harry 2002-05 - ibooks 9780743434874 Check Our Catalog The first mystery that started the Rabbi David Small series returns. Rabbi Small has just become the new leader of Barnard Crossing's Jewish community. When a young nanny is found strangled less than a hundred yards from the Temple's parking lot, all the evidence of her murder points to the rabbi. (May) …More

Carrie By King, Stephen 2013-09 - Anchor Books 9780345806819 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This chapter book is about a young girl whose name is Carrie. …More

Green Mile Book 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix 36-Copy Floor Displ By King, Stephen 1996-06 - Signet Book 9780451982605 Check Our Catalog Time runs out for one of the inmates on death row at Cold Mountain penitentiary. …More

The Two Dead Girls By King, Stephen 1996-03 - Signet Book 9780451190499 Check Our Catalog The Green Mile tells the story of two men, a prison guard and his new death row inmate, and their suddenly intertwined lives. What would it be like to walk those last 40 yards to the electric chair, knowing you were going to die there? What would it be like to be the man who had to strap the condemned man in or pull the switch? What would such a job take out of you, or even add? The Green Mile …More

Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings By Knight, Michelle With Burford, Michelle 2014-05 - Weinstein Books 9781602862562 Check Our Catalog Michelle Knight, the first of the three women abducted by notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, recounts the full story of her years in captivity, her escape, and the powerful inner strength and capacity for hope that has helped her rebuild her life. HPL patron: A true story written by the author herself as one of the 3 kidnapped girls who were held …More

Nevernight By Kristoff, Jay 2016-08 - Thomas Dunne Books 9781250073020 Check Our Catalog Nevernight is the first in an epic new fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author, Jay Kristoff. In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father's failed rebellion …More