Friday, December 16, 2011

Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending December 16, 2011

Bestselling Hardcover Mystery Books

A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending December 16th, 2011 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

Although there was quite a bit of shuffling within the list this week, last week's number one title, The Litigators by John Grisham, remains atop the list again this week. No new titles debut in the top 15, though one just missed the cutoff and is profiled below.

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The Leopard by Jo Nesbø

New at number 18 and certain to move into the top 15 next week is the 8th Harry Hole mystery, The Leopard by Jo Nesbø. It was originally published in Norway as Panserhjerte in 2009.

Two young women are found murdered in Oslo, both drowned in their own blood. Media coverage quickly reaches fever pitch: Could this be the work of a serial killer?

The crime scenes offer no coherent clues, the police investigation is stalled, and the one man who might be able to help doesn’t want to be found. Traumatized by his last case, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong’s opium dens. Yet when he is compelled, at last, to return to Norway — his father is dying — Harry’s buried instincts begin to take over. After a female MP is discovered brutally murdered, nothing can keep him from the investigation.

There is little to go on: a piece of rope, a scrap of wool, a bit of gravel, an unexpected connection between the victims. And Harry will soon come to understand that he is dealing with a psychopath for whom "insanity is a vital retreat," someone who will put him to the test — in both his professional and personal lives — as never before.

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