A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending March 07, 2008 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.
A bit more reshuffling on the mystery bestseller list this week with John Lescroart's Betrayal entering the top 4 and three new titles entering the top 15.
New in the 10th position is Benjamin Black's second mystery featuring Dublin pathologist Quirke, The Silver Swan. Two years have passed since the events of Christine Falls, and much has changed for Quirke. His beloved Sarah is dead, his surrogate father lies in a convent hospital paralyzed by a devastating stroke, and Phoebe, Quirke's long-denied daughter, has grown increasingly withdrawn and isolated. With much to regret from his last inquisitive foray, Quirke ought to know better than to let his curiosity get the best of him. Yet when an almost forgotten acquaintance comes to him about his beautiful young wife's apparent suicide, Quirke's "old itch to cut into the quick of things, to delve into the dark of what was hidden" is roused again. As he begins to probe further into the shadowy circumstances of Deirdre Hunt's death, he discovers many things that might better have remained hidden, as well as grave danger to those he loves. Publishers Weekly calls The Silver Swan "stunning" and adds "Quirke makes an appealing hero as the pieces of this unsettling crime come together in a shocking conclusion." Benjamin Black is the pseudonym of writer John Banville.
New in the 12th position is Joanne Fluke's 11th culinary cozy, Carrot Cake Murder. Summertime has finally arrived in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah Swensen, owner of The Cookie Jar bakery, is looking forward to warm, lazy days, eating ice cream, and sharing picnics with friends. But when a family reunion takes a deadly turn with Uncle Gus being murdered by an ice pick in his chest, it's up to Hannah to find a killer. A little snooping reveals that not everyone was celebrating Gus's return. And when Hannah unearths more secrets from Gus's past, she discovers even more people with an axe to grind. Now Hannah's got to sift through a long list of suspects to find a killer--even if it could mean a recipe for her own demise. Publishers Weekly says that Carrot Cake Murder is "filled with juicy scandal, delightfully eccentric characters and 21 tempting recipes" and notes that "the ending will leave cozy fans gasping for breath."
New in the 13th position is Christopher Rice's fourth suspense novel, Blind Fall. John Houck became a Marine to become a hero. But his life changed when he failed to notice an explosive device that ended up maiming the captain of his Force Recon Company, a respected Marine who nearly sacrificed himself to save John's life. Home from Iraq, John pays a visit to his former captain, only to discover the captain has been gruesomely murdered. John pursues a strange man he sees running from the scene, but he discovers that Alex Martin is not the murderer. Alex is, in fact, the former captain's secret male lover and the killer's intended next victim. When it becomes clear that local law enforcement has direct connections to the murder itself, John realizes that to repay his debt of honor, he must teach Alex Martin how to protect himself, even if that means teaching Alex to kill. In the process, John confronts the painful truth about the younger brother he was unable to protect and the older sister he always felt he failed. Christopher Rice is the son of novelist Anne Rice.
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