Friday, March 14, 2008

Mystery Bestsellers for March 14, 2008

Mystery Bestsellers

A list of the top 15 for the week ending March 14, 2008 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.

Little change at the top of the bestselling mysteries list this week though 's Lady Killer enters the top 4. And three new titles enter the top 15 displacing some old favorites.

A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer

New in the 8th position is A Prisoner of Birth, Jeffrey Archer's modern take on a classic novel of deception, hatred and vengeance, in which only one of them can finally triumph while the other will spend the rest of his days in jail. Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fianceĆ© up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen’s Counsel of his generation. A few hours later Danny is arrested for murder and later is sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, thanks to irrefutable testimony from Spencer, the prosecution's main witness. Danny spends the next few years in a high-security prison while Spencer Craig’s career as a lawyer goes straight up. All the while Danny plans to escape and wreak his revenge. Publishers Weekly calls A Prisoner of Birth "thoroughly enjoyable entertainment".

Dead Time by Stephen White

New in the 11th position is 's 16th thriller featuring Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory, Dead Time. Alan Gregory is struggling to deal with his newly adopted son and repair his shaky, though generally improving, marriage. But then Alan's ex-wife, Merideth, reappears, seeking help she feels only Alan can give. Suddenly Alan is pulled into a mystery that reaches back years to a camping trip at the Grand Canyon involving Merideth's fiancƩ and five friends whose lives were changed forever when a young woman mysteriously vanished from the Canyon floor. Enlisting the help of friend and detective Sam Purdy, Alan finds himself pitted against new demons and unseen enemies as he tries to uncover the connection between the unexplained disappearance at the Grand Canyon and Merideth's missing surrogate. The clock is ticking, and as Alan's and Sam's investigations take them from New York City to Los Angeles to the cavernous reaches of the Canyon itself, Alan unearths a series of secrets and deceptions that someone wishes to keep buried at all costs. Also available as a Kindle download and on CD in MP3 format.

Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman

New in the 14th position is 's 10th mystery with Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan, Another Thing to Fall, whose latest assignment is the only upside of a motorboat collision that capsized her little scull. On the surface, it seems like a just recompense for the impolite dunking: the new gig drops her into a filming scene replete with stars present, past, and future. All of these self-absorbed, coddled thespians seem to have major character defects, ranging from father hatred to raging hormones. And when murder rears its ugly head, Tess can't help noticing that every actor and actress in the house is playing a part. Publishers Weekly states that "fans will appreciate the author's usual authentic local color and intricate plotting." Also available as a Kindle download.

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The top four mystery bestsellers this week are depicted below:

Betrayal by John LescroartLady Killer by Lisa Scottoline

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