HPL's Adult Summer Reading-Last Post for 2017

The Apartment By Steel, Danielle 2016-05 - Delacorte Press 9780345531070 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This vibrant, tender, and moving tale pulses with the excitement of New York City, as Danielle Steel explores twists of fate, and the way that sometimes, in special places, friends can be the family we need most. They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up …More

Notorious By Swinson, Kiki 2009-09 - Dafina Books 9780758228376 Check Our Catalog The "Essence"-bestselling author of the Wifey series pens a scintillating tale of the rewards and risks of doing business on the wrong side of the law, in this sequel to "Playing Dirty." …More

The Lower River By Theroux, Paul 2012-05 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780547746500 Check Our Catalog A taut, tense, darkly suspenseful novel about a man who flees to Africa afterhis marriage falls apart, only to be caught up in a precarious situation in a seemingly benign village. HPL patron: A man who served in the Peace Corps decides to go back to Africa after retirement-things have changed. I was reading a Theroux travel book and like how he uses the …More

Murder in Mount Holly By Theroux, Paul 2011-12 - Mysterious Press 9780802126047 Check Our Catalog Theroux, one of the world's most popular authors both for his travel books and his fiction, has produced an off-beat story of 1960's weirdos unlike anything he has ever written. Combine Donald E. Westlake with Abby Hoffman, add a bit of Gore Vidal at his most vitriolic, and the result is "Murder in Mount Holly." HPL patron: Disappointing! Obviously intended …More

Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight By Thomas, M. E. 2013-05 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307956644 Check Our Catalog Drawn from the author's own experiences; her popular blog, Sociopathworld.com; and scientific literature, this is part confessional memoir, part primer for the curious. Written from the point of view of a diagnosed sociopath, it unveils for the very first time these people who are hiding in plain sight. …More

Cutting for Stone By Verghese, Abraham 2009-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780375414497 Check Our Catalog Awards: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (2010), Indies Choice Book Awards (2010) A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home. HPL patron: Extraordinary-enlightens while it touches what makes us human. …More

Juliet in August By Warren, Dianne 2012-07 - Amy Einhorn Books 9780399157998 Check Our Catalog With writing reminiscent of Alice Munro, Carol Shields, and Larry McMurtry, "Juliet in August" uncovers the incredible drama beneath the inhabitants of a sleepy prairie hills town set in Canada. …More

Spiders of the North Woods By Weber, Larry 2013-05 - Adventurekeen 9781936571062 Check Our Catalog Which spider spits venom and sticky threads? Why don't Northerners need to fear the Black Widow? These answers and more are found in Spiders of the North Woods. The easy-to-follow format makes field identification of 135 species simple and fun. …More

The Night the Lights Went Out By White, Karen 2017-04 - Berkley Books 9780451488381 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: It was one of the best books I have read by Karen White and I have read all her books. I couldn't put it down. …More

Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II By Williams, Susan 2016-08 - PublicAffairs 9781610396547 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: From Albert Einstein telling Franklin D. Roosevelt about rainfall in Congo, this is an exciting take on those who risked their lives to deny Hitler the Atomic Bomb. It gave a part of history I knew nothing about. …More

Along Came Trouble: A Romance Novel By Woods, Sherryl 2017-04 - Mira Books 9780778319894 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods returns readers to the beloved Southern town of Trinity Harbor with a story of intrigue and second chances. Sheriff Tucker Spencer has seen some action...but finding an almost-naked woman asleep in his bed leaves him speechless. Especially because this same woman, Mary Elizabeth, broke Tucker's heart …More

Wind Chime Point By Woods, Sherryl 2013-04 - Mira Books 9780778314424 Check Our Catalog Facing a personal crisis, ambitious Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her family. Everything she's worked for has been yanked out from under her, and she seeks the serenity of her grandmother's home on the North Carolina coast. With difficult decisions to make about her future, the last thing she wants is an unexpected love. Original. HPL …More

Fast and Loose By Woods, Stuart 2017-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399574191 Check Our Catalog In this explosive thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington's newest foe has a short fuse...and it's just been lit. Stone Barrington is enjoying a boating excursion off the Maine coast when a chance encounter leaves him somewhat the worse for wear. Always able to find the silver lining in even the unhappiest circumstances, Stone is pleased …More