Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending September 2nd, 2011

A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending September 2nd, 2011 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

With the summer almost over, we're starting to see more movement with the list. Still, Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva retains the top spot this week. Two new titles debut.

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Entering the list in the 7th spot is the latest stand-alone thriller by James Patterson, Kill Me If You Can, co-written with Marshall Karp.

Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his gorgeous girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts — until he realizes that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him won't stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge.

Trailing him is the Ghost, the world's greatest assassin, who has just pulled off his most high-profile hit: killing Walter Zelvas, a top member of the international Diamond Syndicate. There's only one small problem: the diamonds he was supposed to retrieve from Zelvas are missing. Now, the Ghost is on Bannon's trail — but so is a rival assassin who would like nothing more than to make the Ghost disappear forever.

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Just one spot lower is The Cut by George Pelecanos, which introduces a new series character for this crime novelist.

Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home after serving in Iraq, he has been doing special investigations for a defense attorney. He's good at it, and he has carved out a niche: recovering stolen property, no questions asked. His cut is forty percent.

A high-profile crime boss who has heard of Lucas's specialty hires him to find out who has been stealing from his operation. It's the biggest job Lucas has ever been offered, and he quickly gets a sense of what's going on. But before he can close in on what's been taken, he tangles with a world of men whose amorality and violence leave him reeling. Is any cut worth your family, your lover, your life?

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