New & Noteworthy @ WHPLibrary

Look out for new books by Catherine Coulter and Dean Koontz on Tuesday, JUNE 15.

Catherine Coulter's new book, Whiplash, is the 14th book in her FBI Thriller series. FBI Agent Dillon Savich and his wife and partner Agent Lacey Sherlock investigate a German drug company when one of their employees is murdered.

        
Dean Koontz continues with his Frankstein series with the publication of Lost Souls on Tuesday, JUNE 15.

Victor Leben, once Frankenstein, is ready to create a race of superhumans using stem-cells and nanotechnology. It is up to five people to try and stop him and save humanity as we know it.

        
You can reserve copies of these and other books by stopping by or calling the reference desk or using your online library account.

Two popular female authors, Jane Green and Johanna Lindsey, have new books coming out on Tuesday, JUNE 15.

In Jane Green's new book, Promises to Keep, we follow the lives of Callie Perry, her sister Steff, their divorced parents Walter Cutler and Honor Pitman and Callie's best friend Lila Grossman. Their lives intersect when they each receive a note summoning them together for one summer in Maine that changes their lives forever.

        
Johanna Lindsey's new book, That Perfect Someone, is the 10th book in the Malory Family series.

Nine years ago Richard Allen fled England when his father betrothed him to Julia Miller, the young daughter of a wealthy merchant. He joins a band of treasure-hunting pirates and adopts the persona of a Frenchman named Jean Paul. When Allen returns England to carry out a task for his captain, his father learns of his return and tries to get his to fulfill the marriage contract.

You can place a reserve for these titles or others by stopping by or calling the reference desk or using your online library account.

WHMS students are required to read three (3) books. Only ONE is ASSIGNED by Grade Level; the others are by the student's choice, using lists supplied by the school system.

The YA librarian has set up carts on the main floor of the library near the entrance to the Children's Room to hold the Required selections for the WH Middle School. The books are separated by grade and are color-coded:
GREEN dots=6th grade on Hatchet, by Gary Paulson
BLUE dots=7th grade on Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers - or
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko - (7th grade HONORS students)
YELLOW dots=8th grade on Tunes for Bears to Dance To by Robert Cormier - or
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton - (8th grade HONORS students)

To locate the other two books that will complete your summer assignment, you will have to check the online catalog. Remember that you can check the catalog from home and reserve books from any library in Nassau County through our inter-library loan system. If you need help, please ask a librarian.

For more information, check the WHMS webpage for your Summer Reading Lists and Study Guides, which are posted by grade. (You will need Adobe Reader to open these links.)

You may ask at the YA desk or Reference desk to see a printed document.

The Summer Reading carts for the WH High School and Middle School are now set up on the main floor of the library.

Please note that patrons are allowed to check out only ONE summer reading book at a time. Once the first summer reading book is returned they are then allowed to check out another.

The books on the high school cart (Black Cart) are arranged in alphabetical order by author. They are not separated by grade. A copy of the Reading List by Course is posted on the cart. For more detailed information, check the 26 page document containing the 2010 Summer Assignments posted on the WH High School Website.
(You will need Adobe Reader to open these links.) You must page through the document to find your assignment. They are listed in the following order:

Reading Lists by Course
Letter for Honors and AP
Letter for Regents Level
Book List for Regents Level
Book List for Honors and AP
Literature Review Sheets-9H
Assignment for 10H
Assignment for 11H, 11AP
Assignment for 12AP, 12H
2010 Summer Reading Selections

Ask at the YA desk or Reference desk to see a printed document.

Do you enjoy knitting? Do you like reading mysteries? If so, why not try the growing number of knitting mystery books in our collection.

Maggie Sefton, author of the bestselling A Knitting Mystery series, has just written the eighth book in this delightful cozy mystery series. Amateur sleuth Kelly Flynn and her friends live in Fort Connor, Colorado and enjoy spending time in the House of Lambspun, the local knitting shop. Kelly always manages to get herself (and her friends) involved in solving murders. Delicious recipes and knitting patterns are included in each book. Visit the author's website at www.maggiesefton.com

The Black Sheep Knitting Mystery series by Anne Canadeo is another series with likeable characters and strong female friendships. Plum Harbor, Massachusetts is the setting where the five Black Sheep knitters love to knit, gossip and solve crimes. Each book contains knitting ideas and recipes.

If you like these books, try Sally Goldenbaum's Seaside Knitters Mystery series.
Debbie Macomber has written the Blossom Street Knitting series, which although not a mystery, is a delightful read.

Visit the library or reserve the books using your online library account.

Two famous female authors will be signing their new books at The Book Revue in Huntington on JUNE 15 and JUNE 16.

Actress Tori Spelling will be signing her new book, "uncharted terriTORI," on Tuesday, JUNE 15, at 7 p.m. Spelling continues with more of her candid stories of juggling work, marriage, motherhood and reality TV.

        
Singer Pat Benatar will be signing her book, "Between a Heart and a Rock Place," on Wednesday, JUNE 16 at 7 p.m. Benatar. a graduate of Lindenhurst High School, tells the story of what it was like to be a woman in the mostly male world of hard rock in the 1980s.

        
For more information, contact The Book Review at 631-271-1442.

I just finished reading a very interesting debut mystery set in Finland but written by an American. James Thompson, a native of Kentucky, has written "Snow Angels," a mystery featuring Inspector Kari Vaara who lives in the Lapland region of Finland.

A beautiful Somali immigrant is found dead in a snowfield - mutilated in a disturbing way. Vaara, the lead detective of the small-town police force, must determine if this is a hate crime, a sex crime or both.

Vaara finds his past keeps haunting him throughout the investigation including the fact that one of his suspects is the man for whom his ex-wife left him for years ago.

For those who like Scandanavian mystery writers, definitely pick up "Snow Angels." I think you will enjoy it.

New books by Janet Evanovich and Danielle Steel will be available on Tuesday, JUNE 22.

Evanovich continues her Stephanie Plum series with "Sizzling Sixteen." Someone wants to kill Vinnie but who? Also, Lula's involved in a Ponzi scheme. Follow all your favorite characters in the latest installment of this hilarious series.

        
In "Family Ties" by Danielle Steel, a young woman becomes mother to her sister's three small children. Grown now, each of them will choose a different path. From Manhattan to Paris to Tehran, we learn that the bonds of family are the strongest of all.

        
You can stop by or call the reference desk to reserve these books or use your online library account.

Bestselling authors Richard North Patterson and Tess Gerritsen will have new books available Tuesday, JUNE 29.

Patterson's new book, In the Name of Honor, focuses on the effects of war. Lt. Brian McCarran has recently returned from a traumatizing tour of duty in Iraq. When McCarran shoots his commanding officer on their army post in Virginia, he pleads self-defense, claiming he was attacked by his commander officer. During his high-profile court-martial case, McCarran's sister Meg, will leave her law practice in San Francisco to come to his aide as co-counsel in his defense.

        
"Ice Cold" is the 8th book in Gerritsen's Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series. In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a ski trip. But when their SUV stalls, the group seeks refuge from a blizzard in the remote village of Kingdom Come, where 12 identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the news that Maura's body has been found in a mountain ravine. Rizzoli is determined to learn what happened to her friend.

You can reserve these or any other books by stopping by or calling the reference desk or by using your online library account.

James Patterson's new book, "Private," will be available Monday, JUNE 28.

Described as the first in the Jack Morgan series, former Marine and CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's security and detective business. Morgan's cases include an NFL gambling scandal, an unsolved LAPD investigation, and the murder of his best friend's wife.

You can reserve this or any other book by stopping by or calling the reference desk or by using your online library account.

Here are some of the newest fiction titles we have available in Large Print:

Executive Intent - Dale Brown

Savor the Moment - Nora Roberts

If you don't see a title you want in the large print section, you can ask a librarian to request it from another library for you.

The third West Hempstead Library Mystery Book Discussion will take place on Wednesday, JULY 14 at 10:30 a.m. in the board room.

The book we will be discussing is A Place of Execution by Val McDermid.
On a freezing day in December 1963, 13-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from the small Derbyshire hamlet of Scardale. For George Bennett, it will be one of his most difficult cases: a murder with no body and an investigation that is stalled at every turn.

Decades later he tells his story to journalist Catherine Heathcote but just when her book is about to be published, Bennett tries to pull the plug. Catherine is forced to reinvestigate the past and comes up with results she never expected to find.

Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk. To register for the book discussion, stop by or call the reference desk.

Bestselling Swedish author Camilla Lackberg has finally been published in the United States and the book was worth the wait. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

The Ice Princess is the first book in the Detective Patrick Hedstrom series. Originally published in Sweden in 2002, the book is set in the small village of Fjallbacka, Sweden. Writer Erica Falck returns home only to discover that one of her close childhood friends, Alexandra, has committed suicide. Erica decides to write a book about her friend's life and in the process is drawn into the police investigation led by another old friend Patrick Hedstrom. As Erica and Patrick piece together their friend's life, they learn that many secrets lay hidden beneath the surface of Fjallbacka.

Lackberg is Sweden's top-selling author and has sold over 5 million books. She won the Swedish Writer of the Year award for 2005 and the People's Literature Award for 2006.

New books by Susan Isaacs, Nora Roberts and Robert Tanenbaum will be available Tuesday, JULY 6.

In Isaacs new book, As Husbands Go, Susie Gerstsen's husband is found murdered in the apartment of an escort. She must take on her in-laws, her husband's partners, the police, and the district attorney to prove that her wonderful life with her husand was not a lie.

        
The Search, by Nora Roberts, features search and rescue dog trainer Fiona Bristow. Fiona escaped a serial killer several years before but not before he murdered her fiance and her dog. She retreats to a cabin in the wilderness and becomes friends with a carpenter and his unruly puppy. Soon, however, it becomes clear a copycat murderer is on the loose, and making his way towards her.

Betrayed, by Robert Tanenbaum, is the 20th book in the Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi series. District Attorney Karp is involved in prosecuting a terrorist conspirator while his wife Marlene is investigating the murder of a society woman and the disappearance of a debutante.

You can reserve these or any other books by stopping by or calling the reference desk or by using your online library account.

If you usually handle your renewals from home, please be aware that on Tuesday June 29, the online catalog for the entire Nassau Library System will be unavailable for 24 hours for a major system upgrade. In the library, we will use a manual system to handle CHECKOUTS ONLY. We will NOT be able to checkin or renew materials on June 29, so you will not incur late fees for books or other materials due on that day.

We expect the catalog to be available again starting Wednesday June 30. Thank you, in advance, for your patience and support.