of reporting members of IMBA

Hardcovers

1 - Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, Little Brown

2 - Dennis Lehane, The Given Day, Morrow

3 - James Swain, The Night Stalker, Ballantine

4 - Ian Rankin, Exit Music, Little Brown

5 - David Liss, The Whiskey Rebels, Random House

6 - tie

Ann Cleeves, White Nights, St. Martin's

Robert B. Parker, Rough Weather, Putnam

8 - Elizabeth Peters, The Laughter of Dead Kings, Morrow

9 - Marcus Sakey, Good People, Dutton

10 - Alex Kava, Exposed, Mira

Trade Paperbacks

1 - Clare Langley-Hawthorne, The Serpent and the Scorpion, Penguin

2 - Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Consequences of Sin, Penguin

3 - Clare O'Donohue, The Lover's Knot, Plume

4 - tie

Charlie Huston, Every Last Drop, Del Rey

Tana French, In the Woods, Penguin

6 - Deborah Sharp, Mama Does Time, Midnight Ink

Clyde B. Clason, Poison Jasmine, Rue Morgue

Katherine Neville, The Eight, Ballantine

Archer Mayor, Open Season, AMPress

JB Stanley, Stiffs and Swine, Midnight Ink

Dave Zeltserman, Small Crimes, Serpent's Tail

Christopher Fowler, Full Dark House, Bantam

SJ Robinson, The Price of Death, Bridgeway Books

Michael Schein, Just Deceits, Bennett & Hastings

Mass Market

1 - John Hart, Down River, St. Martin's

2 - John J. Lamb, The Clockwork Teddy, Berkley

3 - Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood, Harper

4 - Marcia Muller, The Ever-Running Man, Grand Central

5 - James Swain, Midnight Rambler, Ballantine

6 - Katherine Neville, The Eight, Ballantine

7 - Patricia Sprinkle, Daughter of Deceit, Avon

8 - tie

Sheila Lowe, Written in Blood, Berkley

Laura Childs, Frill Kill, Berkley

PJ Parrish, South of Hell, Pocket

Max Allan Collins, The First Quarry, Hard Case Crime

Archer Mayor, The Second Mouse, Grand Central

Jana Bommersach, Bones in the Desert, St. Martin's

Donna Leon, Friends in High Places, Penguin

Ellen Crosby, The Chardonnay Charade, Pocket

Hardcovers

1 - Dennis Lehane, The Given Day, Morrow

2 - Kathy Reichs, Devil Bones, Scribner

3 - Elizabeth Peters, The Laughter of Dead Kings, Morrow

4 - James R. Benn, Blood Alone, Soho

5 - tie

William Kent Krueger, Red Knife, Atria

Ann Littlewood, Night Kills, Poisoned Pen Press

7 - tie

Alafair Burke, Angel's Tip, Harper

Carola Dunn, Black Ship, St. Martin's

Ian Rankin, Exit Music, Little Brown

Brad Meltzer, The Book of Lies, Grand Central

Trade Paperbacks

1 - Jennifer Lee Carrell, Interred With Their Bones, Plume

2 - Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder, Touchstone

3 - Arnaldur Indridson, Voices, Picador

4 - Charles Finch, A Beautiful Blue Death, St. Martin's

5 - tie

Tana French, In the Woods, Viking

Carol Goodman, The Night Villa, Ballantine

7 - tie

Michael Dibdin, End Game, Vintage

Michael Harvey, The Chicago Way, Vintage

Catherine Aird, The Stately Home Murder, Rue Morgue

Noah Charney, The Art Thief, Washington Square

Chris Knopf, The Last Refuge, Permanent Press

Inger Frimansson, Good Night, My Darling, Pleasure Boat Studios

Mass Market Paperbacks

1 - Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness, Berkley

2 - Diane Mott Davidson, Sweet Revenge, Harper

3 - tie

Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead, Little Brown

Ann Purser, Sorrow on Sunday, Berkley

5 - tie

Donna Leon, Friends in High Places, Penguin

Steve Hamilton, Night Work, St. Martin's

7 - tie

Iris Crawford, A Catered Christmas, Kensington

James Swain, Midnight Rambler, Ballantine

PJ Parrish, South of Hell, Pocket

Rebecca Drake, The Dead Place, Pinnacle

Leo Bruce, Furious Old Women, Academy of Chicago

Hardcovers
1 - JA Jance, Damage Control, Morrow
2 - Linda Barnes, Lie Down with the Devil, St. Martin's
3 - Daniel Silva, Moscow Rules, Putnam
4 - Donna Andrews, Cockatiels at Seven, St. Martin's
5 - Rhys Bowen, A Royal Pain, Berkley
6 - Carolyn G. Wall, Sweeping Up Glass, Poisoned Pen Press
7 - tie
Ruth Rendell, Not in the Flesh, Crown
Robert Crais, Chasing Darkness, Simon & Schuster
George Pelecanos, The Turnaround, Little Brown
Michael Koryta, Envy the Night, St. Martin's

Trade Paperback
1 - Tana French, In the Woods, Viking
2 - Leonie Swann, Three Bags Full, Flying Dolphin Press
3 - GM Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer, Midnight Ink
4 - Rose Melikan, The Blackstone Key, Touchstone
5 - Ann Cleeves, Raven Black, Picador
6- tie
Cricket McRae, Heaven Preserve Us, Midnight Ink
Brent Ghelfi, Volk's Game, Picador
Cordelia Brances Biddle, The Conjurer, St Martin's
Catherine Aird, The Stately Home Murders, Rue Morgue
Archer Mayor, Open Season, AM Press

Mass Market Paperback
1 - Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness, Berkley
2 - Monica Ferris, Knitting Bones, Berkley
3 - PJ Parrish, South of Hell, Pocket
4 - tie
Michelle Gagnon, The Boneyard, Mira
Ann Purser, Sorrow on Sunday, Berkley
6 - tie
Aaron Elkins, Little Tiny Teeth, Berkley
Sheila Connolly, One Bad Apple, Berkley
8 - Gabriella Herkert, Doggone, Obsidian
9 - Margaret Maron, Hard Row, Grand Central
10 - Giles Blunt, By the Time You Read This, St. Martin's

Victor Gishler, Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse, Touchstone
Karin Fossum, The Indian Bride, Harcourt

Mass Market

1 - Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness, Berkley
2 – Stella Rimington, At Risk, Vintage
3 – tie

5 – Ann Purser, Sorrow on Sunday, Berkley
6 – Michelle Gagnon, Boneyard, Mira
7 – Simon Wood, We All Fall Down, Leisure
8 – James Lee Burke, The Tin Roof Blowdown, Pocket
9 – tie

of reporting members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association

Hardcovers

1 - Lee Child, NOTHING TO LOSE, Bantam

2 - Janet Evanovich, FEARLESS FOURTEEN, St. Martin's

3 - Jeffrey Deaver, THE BROKEN WINDOW, Simon & Schuster

4 - Julia Spencer-Fleming, I SHALL NOT WANT, St. Martin's

5 - tie

Don Winslow, THE DAWN PATROL, Knopf

Deborah Crombie, WHERE MEMORIES LIE, Morrow

7 - Elizabeth George, CARELESS IN RED, Harper

8 - tie

Meg Gardiner, THE DIRTY SECRETS CLUB, Dutton

Victoria Thompson, MURDER ON BANK STREET, Berkley

10 - John Connolly, THE REAPERS, Atria

Trade Paperbacks

1 - Tana French, IN THE WOODS, Penguin

2 - Duane Swierczynski, SEVERANCE PACKAGE, St. Martin's

3 - Delano Ames, SHE SHALL HAVE MURDER, Rue Morgue

4 - Kathryn Miller Haines, WINTER OF HER DISCONTENT, Harper

5 - Kathryn Miller Haines, WAR AGAINST MISS WINTERS, Harper

6 - tie

Francie Lin, THE FOREIGNER, Picador

Leonie Swann, THREE BAGS FULL, Flying Dolphin Press

8 - Anne Cleeves, RAVEN BLACK, St. Martin's

9 - Stephen L. Carter, NEW ENGLAND WHITE, Vintage

10 - Rebecca Stott, GHOST WALK, Spiegel & Grau,

Mass Market Paperbacks

1 - Jo Dereske, INDEX TO MURDER, Avon

2 - Honor Hartman, THE UNKINDEST CUT, Signet

3 - Meg Gardiner, CHINA LAKE, Obsidian

4 - James Lee Burke, THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, Pocket

5 - Maggie Sefton, A KILLER STITCH, Berkley

6 - tie

Rebecca Kent, HIGH MARKS FOR MURDER, Berkley

Lorna Barrett, MURDER IS BINDING, Berkley

8 - Louise Penny, STILL LIFE, St. Martin's

9 - Victoria Thompson, MURDER IN CHINATOWN, Berkley

10 - Marion Babson, ONLY THE CAT KNOWS, St. Martin's

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

MARCH BESTSELLERS

National best-selling author Laura Lippman makes a strong showing in March with the number one paperback thriller, and a new hardcover in her Tess Monaghan series.

Hardcovers:

1) THE CRUELEST MONTH by Louise Penny
2) CARROT CAKE MURDER by Joanne Fluke
3) ANOTHER THING TO FALL by Laura Lippman
4) FRIEND OF THE DEVIL by Peter Robinson
5) TELL ME, PRETTY MAIDEN by Rhys Bowen
6) BLACK WIDOW by Randy Wayne White
7) AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE by Jacqueline Winspear
8) MURDER MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH by Nancy Martin
9) THE SILVER SWAN by Benjamin Black
10) SHANGHAI TUNNEL by Sharan Newman
tied with
PUSHING UP DAISIES by Rosemary Harris
tied with
KILLER HEAT by Linda Fairstein

Paperbacks:

1) WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman
2) CALUMET CITY by Charlie Newton
3) DAMSELS IN DISTRESS by Joan Hess
4) MURDER IN THE MARAIS by Cara Black
tied with
A FATAL GRACE by Louise Penny
6) A VICKY HILL EXCLUSIVE! by Hannah Dennison
tied with
THE MEZZO WORE MINK by Mark Schweizer
tied with
CHRISTINE FALLS by Benjamin Black
9) DRAGONWELL DEAD by Laura Childs
10) THROUGH A GLASS, DEADLY by Sarah Atwell
February 2008
Multiple Dilys nominee Jacqueline Winspear's historical mystery leads February's hardcovers, while a timely espionage novel tops the paperback list.

Hardcovers:

1) AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE by Jacqueline Winspear
2) L.A. OUTLAWS by T. Jefferson Parker
3) ATOMIC LOBSTER by Tim Dorsey
4) AUNT DIMITY, VAMPIRE HUNTER by Nancy Atherton
5) THE ANATOMY OF DECEPTION by Lawrence Goldstone
6) THE BLACK DOVE by Steve Hockensmith
7) A PALE HORSE by Charles Todd
8) HELL'S BAY by James Hall
9) PREPARED FOR RAGE by Dana Stabenow
10) THE CRAZY SCHOOL by Cornelia Read

Paperbacks:

1) THE FAITHFUL SPY by Alex Berenson
2) MONEY SHOT by Christa Faust
3) THISTLE & TWIGG by Mary Saums
4) MAGIC CITY by James Hall
5) PUSS 'N CAHOOTS by Rita Mae Brown
6) A FATAL GRACE by Louise Penny
7) THE WATCHMAN by Robert Crais
8) CHRISTINE FALLS by Benjamin Black
9) WHAT ARE YOU WEARING TO DIE? by Patricia Sprinkle
10) STORM RUNNERS by T. Jefferson Parker

JANUARY 2008

Veteran author Sara Paretsky was the runaway leader in hardcovers in January, while relative newcomer Julie Hyzy topped the paperback list.

Hardcover
1) BLEEDING KANSAS by Sara Paretsky

2) BLUE HEAVEN by C.J. Box

3) TOUCHSTONE by Laurie R. King

4) A PALE HORSE by Charles Todd

5) DEATH SONG by Michael McGarrity

6) THE TIMER GAME by Susan Arnout Smith

7) PLUM LUCKY by Janet Evanovich

8) BLASPHEMY by Douglas Preston tied with

'T' IS FOR TRESPASS by Sue Grafton

10) THE CHAMELEON'S SHADOW by Minette Walters tied with

THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL by Steve Berry

Paperback
1) THE STATE OF THE ONION by Julie Hyzy

2) DEATH OF A MAID by M.C. Beaton

3) DARKLING by Yasmine Galenorn

4) CHILI CON CORPSE by J.B. Stanley

5) THE SHAPE SHIFTER by Tony Hillerman

6) A DEEPER SLEEP by Dana Stabenow

7) GETTING OLD IS TO DIE FOR by Rita Lakin

8) WATER LIKE A STONE by Deborah Crombie

9) THE OVERLOOK by Michael Connelly

10) BRING YOUR OWN POISON by Jimmie Ruth Evans