Our Best Seller List for April 2010

A busy month preparing for our 15th Festival of Mystery on May 3, 2010 reveals just the usual new releases, sans author events and the addition of some interesting Book Group choices.

Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. Half-Price Homicde by Elaine Viets

Helen Hawthorne takes a job in a resale shop

$22.95, signed copies available

2. This Body of Death by Elizabeth George

Inspector Lynley is called back from leave to deal with murder

$28.99

3. The Mapping of Life and Death by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs

$25.99

4. Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown

Sneaky Pie helps out with this latest for Harry and her animal friends

$26, signed copies available

5. Crimes by Moonlight edited by Charlaine Harris

Anthology of paranormal crime

$24.95

6. Deception by Jonathan Kellerman

Psychologist Alex Delaware

$28, signed copies available

7. Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin

Local author makes good with first mystery set in her hometown

$24.99

8. The Black Cat by Martha Grimes

Inspector Richard Jury takes on another mystery in a pub

$25.99

9. Silent Auction by Jane K. Cleland

Antiques appraiser Josie Prescott

$24.99

10. The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith

Precious Ramotswe of Botswana's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

$24.95

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. The War Against Miss Winter by Kathryn Miller Haines

First of the Rosie Winter mysteries set in WW II-era New York

$13.95

2. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

Second book in the Millenium Trilogy story of Lisbeth Salander

$15.95

3. Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell

Historical tale of female Irish bishop in the 9th century

$15

4. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Tender tale told from the dog's point of view

$14.99

5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

First book in the Millenium Trilogy story of Lisbeth Salander

$14.95

6. About Face by Donna Leon

Venice's Commissario Brunetti

$14

7. Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

First of the Lord Peter Whimsey msyteries

$4.95

8. Do They Know I'm Running by David Corbett

Crime story set among Salvadoran immigrants in Los Angeles

$15

9. My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Icelandic sleuth Thora Gudmunsdottir

$13.99

10. Slaughter in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope

Housesiiter Thea Osborne

$15.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart

Bookstore owners and sleuths Annie and Max Darling

$7.99

2. Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson

Another tasty mystery with caterer Goldy Shultz

$7.99

3. Mud, Muck and Dead Things by Ann Granger

Series debut with Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter

$14.95

4. Wormwood by Susan Wittig Albert

Herb shop owner China Bayles

$7.99

5. Borderline by Nevada Barr

Park ranger Anna Pigeon

$9.99

6. Murder of a Wedding Belle by Denise Swanson

Scumble River mystery with Skye Dennison

$6.99

7. Drive Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan

TV reporter Charlotte McNally

$7.99

8. Killing Floor by Lee Child

Series debut introduced independent-minded sleuth Jack Reacher

$9.99

9. Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

Lastest of the Reacher adventures in paper

$9.99

10. She Shoots to Conquer by Dorothy Cannell

Ellie Haskell, writer and chef

$7.99