A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending August 08, 2008 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.
After 6 weeks at number one, Janet Evanovich's 14th mystery featuring New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Fearless Fourteen moves into second position with Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva assuming the top spot.
New this week and debuting at number 7 is The Turnaround by George P. Pelecanos. On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor is now out of prison, looking for reparation in any form he can find it. The Turnaround is a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of Washington D.C. today, from the diners and auto garages of the city to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, where wounded men and women have returned to the world in a time of war. A novel of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory and violent redemption. Publishers Weekly calls The Turnaround "another gem of urban noir" and adds, "The result is a beautifully written and thought-provoking novel of crime, friendship, aging and redemption."
New this week and debuting at number 7 is Fractured, the second thriller by Karin Slaughter to feature Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent Will Trent. With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her horrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter’s attacker with her bare hands. Trent is here only to do a political favor; the murder site belongs to the Atlanta police. But he soon sees something that the cops are missing, something in the trail of blood, in a matrix of forensic evidence, and in the eyes of the shell-shocked mother. Within minutes, Trent is taking over the case—and adding another one to it. He is sure that another teenage girl is missing, and that a killer is on the loose. Armed with only fleeting clues, teamed with a female cop who has her own personal reasons for hating him, Trent has enemies all around him—and a gnawing feeling that this case, which started in the best of homes, is cutting quick and deep through the ruins of perfect lives broken wide-open, where human demons emerge with a vengeance. Publishers Weekly says Fractured is "heart-pounding" and that "fans [will be] clamoring for the next installment."
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