MAY BESTSELLERS
May Bestsellers from the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association
Hardcovers
1 - Elizabeth George, CARELESS IN RED, Harper
2 - Charlaine Harris, FROM DEAD TO WORSE, Ace
3 - John Sandford, PHANTOM PREY, Putnam
4 - tie
Alan Gordon, MONEYLENDER OF TOULOUSE, St. Martin's
CJ Box, BLOOD TRAIL,
Putnam
6 - Sharan Newman, THE SHANGHAI TUNNEL, Forge
7 - Michael Connelly, ed., MWA PRESENTS THE BLUE RELIGION, Little Brown
8 - tie
Steven Saylor, TRIUMPH OF CAESAR, St. Martin's
Harlan Coben, HOLD TIGHT,
Dutton -
10. Tom Rob Smith, CHILD 44, Grand Central
Softcovers
1 - Jo Dereske, INDEX FOR MURDER, Harper
2 - Elaine Viets, MURDER WITHOUT RESERVATIONS, Signet
3 - Lorna Bartlett, MURDER IS BINDING, Berkley
4 - Donna Leon, SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN, Penguin
5 - tie
Dennison, A VICKI HILL EXCLUSIVE, Berkley
Charlaine Harris, ALL TOGETHER DEAD, Ace
7 - tie
Jane K. Cleland, CONSIGNED TO DEATH, St. Martin's Barbara Cleverly, TUG OF WAR, Delta
9 - tie
Tana French, IN THE WOODS, Penguin
Margery Allingham, FLOWERS FOR THE JUDGE, Felony & Mayhem
Marc Acito, ATTACH OF THE THEATRE PEOPLE, Broadway
Alan Gordon, THIRTEENTH NIGHT, Mystery Company
APRIL BESTSELLERS
Hardcovers
1 - Nevada Barr, Winter Study, Putnam
2 - Stuart Woods, Santa Fe Dead, Putnam
3 - Randy Wayne White, Black Widow, Putnam
4 - Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Curse, Simon & Schuster
5 - Anne Perry, Buckingham Palace Garden, Ballantine
6 - Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Crows, Little Brown
7 - Amanda Quick, The Third Circle, Putnam
8 - tie
Michael Gruber, The Forgery of Venus, Morrow
Jacqueline Winspear, An Incomplete Revenge, Holt
Harlan Coben, Hold Tight, Dutton
Parnell Hall, The Sudoku Puzzle Murders, St. Martin's
Paperbacks
1 - Cleo Coyle,
French Pressed, Berkley
2 - Lisa Lutz,
The Spellman Files, Simon & Shuster
3 - Lorna Barrett,
Murder is Binding, Berkley
4 - tie
Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble, Bantam
Louise Penny, Still Life, St. Martin's
6 - Denise Swanson,
Murder of a Chocolate Covered Cherry, Signet
7 - tie
Susan Hill, The Various Haunts of Men, Overlook
Stuart Woods, Hollywood Station, Vision9 -
Harlan Coben, The Woods, Signet
10 - tie
Michael Gruber, The Book of Air and Shadows, Harper
Jane Haddam, Glass Houses, St. Martin's
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