A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending August 10th, 2012 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.
Yet another week with the stand-alone thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn sitting atop the list.
No new titles enter the list this week. However, in situations like this, we typically feature the highest placing new book (position in parentheses).
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(17): A Foreign Country
Charles Cumming
On the vacation of a lifetime in Egypt, an elderly French couple are brutally murdered. Days later, a meticulously-planned kidnapping takes place on the streets of Paris. Amelia Levene, the first female Chief of MI6, has disappeared without a trace, six weeks before she is due to take over as the most influential spy in Europe. It is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced in more than a decade.
Desperate not only to find her, but to keep her disappearance a secret, Britain’s top intelligence agents turn to one of their own: disgraced MI6 officer Thomas Kell. Tossed out of the Service only months before, Kell is given one final chance to redeem himself — find Amelia Levene at any cost. The trail leads Kell to France and Tunisia, where he uncovers a shocking secret and a conspiracy that could have unimaginable repercussions for Britain and its allies. Only Kell stands in the way of personal and political catastrophe.
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