A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending July 17, 2009 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.
Though there was considerable movement this week among the mystery bestsellers, Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich retains its position at the top of the list this week.
New this week in 13th position is the latest thriller by Greg Iles, The Devil's Punchbowl, the third to feature former Houston prosecuting attorney Penn Cage. Cage has sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown -- Natchez, Mississippi -- that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. Urged by old friends to try to restore this fading jewel of the Old South, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez, like other Mississippi towns, has turned to casino gambling, and now five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market at Natchez like props from Gone With the Wind. But one boat isn't like the others. Rumor has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas to its Mississippi backwater. And with them -- on sleek private jets that slip in and out of town like whispers in the night -- come pro football players, rap stars, and international gamblers, all sharing an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport -- and the dark vices that go with it. When a childhood friend of Penn's who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn's failure to protect his city hits home. So begins his quest to find the men responsible. But it's a hunt he begins alone, for the local authorities have been corrupted by the money and power of his hidden enemy. Publishers Weekly calls The Devil's Punchbowl "stellar", adding, "Iles brilliantly creates opportunities for his characters to demonstrate principle and courage, both on a large and small scale, making this much more than just an exciting read."
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