Our Best Seller List for June 2007

Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. Suffer the Little Children by Donna Leon

Latest in Leon's superb Venetian-set series with Guido Brunetti

$24 signed copies available

2. The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer

hilarious tale of woman jilted by her fiance on reality TV

$24.95 signed copies available

3. Murder in Chinatown by Victoria Thompson

latest Gaslight Mystery featuring midwife Sarah Brandt in turn of the century NY

$23.95 signed copies available

4. Whitewash by Alex Kava

Sales of this chilling thriller were boosted by Alex's sold-out book club dinner evening at MLB

$24.95 signed copies available

5. The Chrysalis by Heather Terrell

Local author makes good for a second month in a row with this unsual thriller about a stolen painting

$21.95 signed copies available

6. The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

Signed copies boosted sales of this clever tale of a Jewish homeland in Alaska

$26.95 signed copies available

7. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich

Lucky thirteen for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum

$27.95

8. The Overlook by Michael Connelly

Latest for Harry Bosch is revised and expanded version of story originally serialized in the NY Times Magazine

$21.99 signed copies available

9. Saturnalia by Lindsey Davis

Author's event at MLB helped sales of this Roman mystery

$23.95

10. Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith

Russian cop Arkady Renko

$26.95

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. The War Against Miss Winter by Kathryn Miller Haines

Splendid debut introduces WW II era actress of the title who becomes a PI in wartime New York

$13.95

2. The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

Fine novel was an Edgar nominee and Agatha winner as well as a hit with MLB readers

$13.95

3. Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

The fourth in the Maisie Dobb's series

$14

4. The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer

Not a mystery but huge fun nonetheless as three woman make a diet pact

$14

5. Fete Worse Than Death by Dolores Gordon-Smith

Golden Age traditional mystery that hit the spot with MLB customers

$14.95

6. End in Tears by Ruth Rendell

Inspector Wexford on the case

$13

7. Arthur and George by Julian Barnes

Engaging tale of Aruthur Conan Doyle and his friendship with a man he later came to rescue

$14.95

8. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

from the author of Remains of the Day

$14

9. Don't I Know You by Karen Shepard

Marvelous, complex and compelling novel tells of a murder from three points of view over a period of years.

$13.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Through a Glass Darkly by Donna Leon

Guido Brunetti investigates murder on the glass making isle of Murano

$7.99

2. No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews

Meg Lanslow discovers extreme croquet

$6.99

3. Murder in Little Italy by Victoria Thompson

Gaslight mystery in turn of the century New York

$7.99

4. Bones to Pick by Carolyn Haines

Southern belle turned PI Sarah Booth Delaney

$6.99

5. The False-Hearted Teddy by John Lamb

teddy bear collector Bradley Lyon

$6.99

6. Witch Hunt by Shirley Damsgaard

Latest in this engaging paranormal series with apprentice witch Ophelia and her grandmother Abby

$6.99

7. Organize Your Corpses by Mary Jane Maffini

professional organizer Charlotte Adams

$6.99

8. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

The book that introduced us to Venetian detective Guido Brunetti was a big hit at Donna's jam-packed event.

$7.99

9. Consigned to Death by Jane K. Cleland

antiques dealer Josie Prescott

$6.99

10. Stabbing in the Stables by Simon Brett

Carol Seddon and her friend Jude unravel murder in Fethering

$7.99