A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending September 04, 2009 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.
A quiet end-of-summer week with The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson retaining the top spot for the fifth straight week. No new titles debut this week, but one which just missed the cut last week moves into the top 15.
Entering the list in 10th position is Even Money, the third collaboration between Dick Francis and his son Felix Francis, and the elder Francis' 43rd (we think we counted correctly!) horse racing-themed thriller. On the first day of Royal Ascot, the world's most famous horse race, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favorites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker- taking over the family business from his grandfather -- so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he his losses. He's seen the ups and downs before -- but, as the big gambling conglomerates muscle in on small concerns like his, Ned wonders if it's worth it any more. When a gray-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. He'd been told since he was a baby that his parents had died in a car crash. Barely an hour later, his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot parking lot. Blood oozing from his abdomen, his father warns Ned to "be very careful." But of whom? Of what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father's riddle -- a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money -- it could cost him his life. Publishers Weekly calls Even Money "a taut crime thriller."
The top four mystery bestsellers this week are shown below:
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