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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