Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending November 08, 2013

A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending November 8th, 2013 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

John Grisham's new legal thriller Sycamore Road retains atop the list this week, with just a bit of shuffling among the top nine bestsellers.

Two new titles debut this week (rank in [brackets]).

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[10]: Mirage
Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
— Oregon Files (9th)

In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax — but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure.

There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined — but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.

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[14]: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Alexander McCall Smith
— Precious Ramotswe, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (14th)

Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases. First she is approached by the lawyer Mma Sheba, who is the executor of a deceased farmer's estate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward may be falsely impersonating the farmer's nephew in order to claim his inheritance. Mma Ramotswe agrees to visit the farm and find out what she can about the self-professed nephew. Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon comes to Mma Ramotswe for advice. The opening of her new salon has been shadowed by misfortune. Not only has she received a bad omen in the mail, but rumors are swirling that the salon is using dangerous products that burn people's skin. Could someone be trying to put the salon out of business?

Meanwhile, at the office, Mma Ramotswe has noticed something different about Grace Makutsi lately. Though Mma Makutsi has mentioned nothing, it has become clear that she is pregnant. But in Botswana — a land where family has always been held above all else — this may be cause for controversy as well as celebration.

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