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October 2008 Bestsellers

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

 

September 2008 Bestsellers
of reporting members of IMBA


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



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