Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending January 10, 2014

A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending January 10th, 2014 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

The holiday weeks are over and we're expecting some big changes this month. However, there is no change at the top of the list this week with John Grisham's legal thriller Sycamore Row remaining at number one.

Two new titles enter the list this week (rank in [brackets]).

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[11]: Standup Guy
Stuart Woods
— Stone Barrington (28th)

Stone Barrington's newest client does not seem the type to bring mayhem in his wake. A polite, well-deported gentleman, he comes to Stone seeking legal expertise on an unusual — and potentially lucrative — dilemma. Stone points him in the right direction and sends him on his way, but it's soon clear Stone hasn't seen the end of the case. Several people are keenly interested in this gentleman's activities and how they may relate to a long-ago crime … and some of them will stop at nothing to find the information they desire.

On a hunt that leads from Florida's tropical beaches to the posh vacation homes of the Northeast, Stone finds himself walking a tightrope between ambitious authorities and seedy lowlifes who all have the same prize in their sights. In this cutthroat contest of wills, it's winner-takes-all … and Stone will need every bit of his cunning and resourcefulness to be the last man standing.

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[13]: Fear Nothing
Lisa Gardner
— D. D. Warren (5th)

The last thing Boston Detective D. D. Warren remembers is walking the crime scene after dark. Then, a creaking floorboard, a low voice crooning in her ear. She is later told she managed to discharge her weapon three times. All she knows is that she is seriously injured, unable to move her left arm, unable to return to work.

Six weeks later, a second woman is discovered murdered in her own bed, her room containing the same calling cards from the first: a bottle of champagne and a single red rose. The only person who may have seen the killer: Detective D. D. Warren, who still can't lift her child, load her gun, or recall a single detail from the night that may have cost her everything.

D.D. may not be back on the job, but she is back on the hunt. Because the Rose Killer isn't just targeting lone women, he is targeting D.D. And D.D. knows there is only one way to take him down: Fear nothing.

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