Friday, August 20, 2010

Mystery Bestsellers for August 20, 2010

Mystery Bestsellers

A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending August 20th, 2010 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.

Just some minor shuffling among the top 10 this week, with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson once again at the top of the list. Two new titles debut this week.

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Death on the D-List by Nancy Grace
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Coming in at number 14 is the 2nd mystery in the Hailey Dean series, Death on the D-List by Nancy Grace.

The brutal slayings of a string of her patients in New York and a horrific attempt on her own life leave Hailey Dean down, but not defeated. After a yearlong respite back home in the Southland, former violent crimes prosecutor Hailey Dean finally returns to her apartment in the sky overlooking Manhattan. Hailey's determined to rebuild a normal life and settle back into her growing practice as a therapist. But in a twist of fate, Hailey agrees to follow her heart and fight crime once again, this time in a new arena, in front of a camera! Under the hot lights of a TV studio, Hailey learns the TV industry's not so glamorous. In fact, it's downright deadly!

Waning celebrities, all stunning actresses, each one a shining star turned has-been now struggling to get off the D-List and back into the limelight, meet with a bloody stage exit ... murder! Hailey's archenemy, Lieutenant Ethan Kolker, the NYPD cop who hunted Hailey down for the murders of her own patients, now wants the past forgotten and reaches out for Hailey's help to solve the murders. In a race against the clock, Hailey has no idea that TV can be murder! 

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The Postcard Killers by James Patterson
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Debuting in 15th position is The Postcard Killers, a collaboration between James Patterson and Swedish bestsellilng author Liza Marklund.

NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him -- he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer.

Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.

Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm -- and they think they know where the next victims will be.

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The top four mystery bestsellers this week are shown below:

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg LarssonStar Island by Carl HiaasenThe Rembrandt Affair by Daniel SilvaPrivate by James Patterson

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