Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending June 01, 2012

A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending June 1st, 2012 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

John Sandford's 22nd Lucas Davenport mystery, Stolen Prey, takes over the top spot this week. Otherwise it was a very quiet week, with most books moving up or down a notch or two and just one new title debuting.

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New at number 7 is the stand-alone period thriller Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon.

A neutral straddling Europe and Asia, Istanbul survived the Second World War as a magnet for refugees and spies, trafficking in secrets and lies rather than soldiers. Expatriate American businessman Leon Bauer was drawn into this shadow world, doing undercover odd jobs and courier runs in support of the Allied war effort.

Now, as the espionage community begins to pack up and an apprehensive city prepares for the grim realities of postwar life, Leon is given one last routine assignment. But when the job goes fatally wrong—an exchange of gunfire, a body left in the street, a potential war criminal on his hands—Leon is plunged into a tangle of intrigue, shifting loyalties, and moral uncertainty.

Played out against the bazaars and mosques and faded mansions of this knowing, ancient Ottoman city, Leon’s conflicted attempt to save one life leads to a desperate manhunt that ultimately threatens his own survival. How do you do the right thing when there are only bad choices to be made?

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