It wasn’t turning out to be a good week for police officer Clifford Hanger. First, his truck gets repossessed. Then Patrick, his friend from the police academy, gets murdered.Everyone is quick to say Patrick was killed by a rising case of gang violence, everyone except Cliff. Though as Cliff digs deeper, he finds things aren’t so easily explained. Soon he finds himself warned off the case, beaten down by drug dealers and even left for dead.With everything happening, will Cl...

“This book is ridiculously hilarious, and makes my father look like a normal member of society.” —Chelsea HandlerTuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious book about a son’s relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name.A few months ago, comedy writer Justin Halpern, 29, found himself living at home with his 73-year-old father aft...

In the crowded greenroom of a porn-movie production, hundreds of men mill around in their boxers, awaiting their turn with the legendary Cassie Wright. An aging adult film star, Cassie Wright intends to cap her career by breaking the world record for serial fornication by having sex with 600 men on camera—one of whom may want to kill her.Told from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, Mr. 600, and Sheila, the talent wrangler who must keep it all under control, Snuff...

It's the end of the 1970's and the only job available to an adventurous, small-town teen is a live-in position at a nearby nudist resort that's been mostly a mystery to residents of the area. What do resort-goers do all day? How do they cope, being naked and around naked bodies all the time? And perhaps most important: where do they put their wallets?The Naked Truth is the true story of my job at Four Seasons Nature Resort that filled the summertime gap between high school and coll...

“You’ll be hooked by this charming story. . . . Smolinski gives us a quick-witted heroine . . . with just the right amount of romance and a tad of suspense.”—Richmond Times-DispatchMeet June Parker. She works for L.A. Rideshare, adores her rent-stabilized apartment in Santa Monica, and struggles with losing a few pesky pounds.But June’s life is about to change.After a dark turn of events involving Weight Watchers, a ...

A New York English professor must study the clues to clear herself of murder charges in this "entertaining" cozy mystery series debut ( Booklist).A small college on the banks of the Hudson River in the Bronx, St. Thomas is safely away from the chaos of Manhattan and supposed to be tranquil, bucolic, and serene. Unfortunately, English professor Alison Bergeron has found it to be anything but. Recently divorced from a fellow professor and even more recently w...

From one of the stars and writers of Chelsea Lately , a hilarious essay collection revealing how to conquer fatherhood without sacrificing manhood.New York Times –Bestselling AuthorStruggling to make it as a stand-up comic didn't always fit with being a single parent. But Josh Wolf figured out his own set of rules—through trial and (frequent) error. Early picking up kids ...

Thea Galehouse has always known how to take care of herself. With a flighty club-owner mom and a standoffish, recovering-alcoholic dad, Thea has made her own way in her hometown of New York, attending the prestigious and competitive Stuyvesant High School. But one chat with Will, a handsome and witty senior, and she's a goner—completely hooked on him and unable to concentrate on anything else.Always worried that she loves Will more than he loves her, Thea is pleasantly surprised whe...

She thought she’d have more time. Laurie Notaro figured she had at least a few good years left. But no–it’s happened. She has officially lost her marbles. From the kid at the pet-food store checkout line whose coif is so bizarre it makes her seethe “I’m going to kick his hair’s ass!” to the hapless Sears customer-service rep on the receiving end of her Campaign of Terror, no one is safe from Laurie’s wrath. Her cranky side seems to have eaten the rest of her–inner-thigh Chub Rub and all. A...

“The one thing you should know about me is this: I’m the consummate Good Girl. . .”Ellie Winters is dependable and loyal and has a near-phobic aversion to conflict. But as her thirtieth birthday looms ever closer, she starts to feel like she’s lost the instruction manual to her life. She has just broken up with her boring boyfriend, despises her job, and is the last of her high school friends to remain single. Worse, her dysfunctional family is driving her nuts, an...

To keep his ranch he'll need a wife. To escape her father she'll need a protector. Love will only complicate their marriage of convenience.She’s on the run…A tyrannical father. A life she hates and doesn’t control. Freedom for socialite Meredith Hanover is not a luxury she has. When given an opportunity to become a modern-day mail-order bride to a rancher in rural Wyoming, she realizes this might be her only opportunity at a fresh start.

How come the only thing my family tree ever grows is nuts?Wade Rouse attempts to answer that question in his blisteringly funny new memoir by looking at the yearly celebrations that unite us all and bring out the very best and worst in our nearest and dearest.Family is truly the only gift that keeps on giving—namely, the gifts of dysfunction and eccentricity—and Wade Rouse’s family has been especially charitable: His chatty yet lov...