A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending October 1st, 2010 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.
More shuffling among the bestsellers this week, though The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson continues to dominate, for over four months now. Two new titles debut.
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Entering the list in 9th position is the second Nikki Heat mystery, Naked Heat by Richard Castle, the fictional author who appears on the ABC series Castle.
When New York's most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, NYPD homicide detective Nikki Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan.
Heat's murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook. In the wake of their recent breakup, Nikki would rather not deal with their raw emotional baggage. But the handsome, wise-cracking Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's personal involvement in the case forces her to team up with Rook anyway. The residue of their unresolved romantic conflict and crackling sexual tension fills the air as Heat and Rook embark on a search for a killer among celebrities and mobsters, singers and hookers, pro athletes and shamed politicians.
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Just one place lower on the list is Don't Blink by James Patterson and Howard Roughan.
New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons -- the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit.
Seated at a nearby table, reporter Nick Daniels is conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with a legendary baseball bad-boy. In the chaos, he accidentally captures a key piece of evidence that lands him in the middle of an all-out war between Italian and Russian mafia forces. NYPD captains, district attorneys, mayoral candidates, media kingpins, and one shockingly beautiful magazine editor are all pushing their own agendas -- on both sides of the law.
Back off -- or die -- is the clear message Nick receives as he investigates for a story of his own. Heedless, and perhaps in love with his beautiful editor, Nick endures humiliation, threats, violence, and worse.
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The top four mystery bestsellers this week are shown below:
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