Our Best Seller List for February 2009

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Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. The Women by T.C. Boyle

Novel of Frank Lloyd Wright and the four women in his life

$27.95, signed copies available

2. Thirteen American Arguments by Howard Fineman

Jjournalist looks at American history through the prism of 13 arguments that define our political landscape

$15

3. Frame Work by Anne Faigen

Antique frame leads to art theft from WW II

$27.95

4. All the Colors of Darkness by Peter Robinson

Yorkshire DI Alan Banks

$25.99

5. Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear

Interwar private investigator Maisie Dobbs

$25, signed copies available

6. Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke

Bakery owner Hannah Swensen

$24

7. Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan

Chinese-American PI on the trail of gem lost in Shanghai during the war

$24.95

8. Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell

standalone thriller about man who returns to hometown as his long-missing brother's body is found

$24.95, signed copies available

9. Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein

DA Alexandra Cooper finds secrets under the New York Library

$26

9. Death of a Witch by M.C. Beaton

Highlands constable Hamish Macbeth

$24.99

10. Runner by Thomas Perry

The return of Jane Whitefield

$26

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. In the Woods by Tana French

Edgar-winner introduced Irish cop Cassie Maddox

$14

2. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Introduction to investigator Maisie Dobbs

$15

3. The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin

Medieval coroner Adelia Aguilar

$15

 

4. The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter

a meditation on the continuing divergence of white and black America

$14.95

5. August Heat by Andrea Camilleri

Sicilian police inspector Montalbano

$14

6. The Red Mandarin Dress by Qiu Xiaolong

Shanghai police inspector Chen Cao

$13.95

7. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Complex tale of young man's affair with older woman

$7.99

 

8. Bone Rattler by Eliot Pattison

tale set in early Colonial America

$14.95

9. Dissolution by C.J. Sansom

Tudor-era lawyer Matthew Shardlake

$15

10. Buried for Pleasure by Edmund Crispin

Reissue of one of Crispin's most delightful Gervase Fen mysteries

$14.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett

Tricia Miles, mystery bookstore owner

$6.99

 

2. Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle

San Francisco rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright

$6.99

 

3. Mummy Dearest by Joan Hess

Claire Malloy finds murder in Egypt

$6.99

 

4. The Bloody Tower by Carola Dunn

Twenties-era sleuth Daisy Dalrymple

$6.99

 

5. Evil Incarnations by Kate Collins

Flower shop owner Abby Knight

$6.99

 

6. Murder Melts in Your Mouth by Nancy Martin

The Blackbird Sisters go to a chocolate convention

$6.99

 

7. Warning Signs by C.J. Lyons

Romantic suspenser set in fictiious Pittsburgh hospital

$7.99

 

8. Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter by Nancy Atherton

Lori Shepherd gets help from Aunt Dimity

$7.99

 

8. Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart and Lani Diane Rich

Women at dog obedience school get more than they bargained for

$7.99

9. Death Under the Dryer by Simon Brett

Carole and Jude investigate murder in the salon

$13.95

10. The Purrfect Murder by Rita Mae Brown

Harry, with help from her four-legged friends, solves a murder

$7.50