Seattle Mystery Bookshop

April Trade Paperback Bestsellers

1. Jess Walter, BEAUTIFUL RUINS, Harper, Signed Copies Available

2. Urban Waite, THE TERROR OF LIVING, Back Bay Books, Signed Copies Available

3. Jess Walter, WE LIVE IN WATER, Harper, Signed Copies Available

4. Michael Connolly, THE BLACK BOX, Grand Central

5. Peter Spieglman, THICK AS THIEVES, Vintage

Tied For 8.

Jacqueline Winspear, MAISIE DOBBS, Penguin

Jussi Adler-Olsen, THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, Plume

A.J. Kazinski, THE LAST GOOD MAN, Scribner 

Tied For 10.

Gillian Flynn, SHARP OBJECTS, Broadway 

T. Jefferson Parker, JAGUAR, NAL

Robert Goldsbourough, ARCHIE MEETS NERO WOLFE, Open Road Media

Ben H. Winter, THE LAST POLICEMAN, Quirk

Fuminori Nakamura, THE THIEF, SOHO, Signed Copies Available

April Hardcover Bestsellers

1. Amanda Quick, THE MYSTERY WOMAN, Putnam, Signed Copies Available

2. Jacqueline Winspear, LEAVING EVERYTHING MOST LOVED, Harper, Signed Copies Available

3. Urban Waite, THE CARRION BIRDS, William Morrow, Signed Copies Available

4. Donna Leon, THE GOLDEN EGG, Atlantic Monthly

Tied for 6.

Harlan Coben, SIX YEARS, Dutton

Linda Barnes, PERFECT GHOST, Minotaur

7. Phillip Margolin, SLEIGHT OF HAND, Harper, Signed Copies Available

8. Roger Hobbs, GHOSTMAN, Knopf

Tied for 10. 

Elizabeth Lowell, DANGEROUS REFUGE, William Morrow

Burt Weissbourd, INSIDE PASSAGE, Rare Bird

Lissa Evans, HORTEN'S MIRACULOUS MECHANISMS, Sterling

William Kent Krueger, ORDINARY GRACE, ATRIA

March YA / Kids Books Bestsellers

March TP Bestsellers

1 – Lucretia Grindle, Villa Triste, Grand Central

2 - tie

Peter Spiegelman, Thick as Thieves, Vintage

Andrea Camilleri, Dance of the Seagull, Penguin

4 – Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, Broadway

5 – tie

Jim Lynch, Truth Like the Sun, Vintage

Fred Vargus, The Chalk Circle Man, Penguin

Alexander McCall Smith, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, Anchor

Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes, Plume

9 – tie

Urban Waite, The Terror of Living, Back Bay

Peggy Blair, The Beggar’s Opera, Pintail

James Thompson, Snow Angels, Berkley

Lyndsay Fave, The Gods of Gotham, Berkley

Chris Pavone, The Expats, Broadway

Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Grave, Mira

Lars Keplar, The Nightmare, Picador

Yrsa Sigurdottir, The Day is Dark, Minotaur

A.J. Kazinski, The Last Good Man, Scribner

Cara Black, Murder in the Marais, Soho

March Bestselling Mass Markets

1. Victoria Abbott, THE CHRISTIE CURSE, Berkley

2. Laura Childs, AGONY OF THE LEAVES, Berkley

Tied For 3.

Mary Lou Kirwin, KILLER LIBRARIAN, Pocket

Ridley Pearson, THE RISK AGENT, Jove

Tied For 5.

Nancy Atherton, AUNT DIMITY'S DEATH, Penguin

Patricia Briggs, FAIR GAME, Ace

Harlan Coben, STAY CLOSE, Signet

Jo Nesbo, REDBREAST, Harper

Carol O'Connell, MALLORY'S ORACLE, Jove

Louise Penny, STILL LIFE, St. Martin

February MM Bestsellers

Mass Market

1 – Yasmine Galenorn, Haunted Moon, Jove - Signed Copies Available

2 – Mary Daheim, The Alpine Winter, Ballatnine - Signed Copies Available

3 – Randy Wayne White, Chasing Midnight, Berkley

4 – tie

Gail Carriger, Soulless, Orbit

K.W. Jeter, Infernal Devices, Angry Robot

Mary Lou Kirwin, Killer Librarian, Pocket

7 - tie

Jo Nesbø, Redbreast, Harper

Sheila Connolly, Buried in a Bog, Berkley

Harlan Coben, Stay Close, Signet

Alex Berenson, Shadow Patrol, Jove

J.A. Jance, Left for Dead, Pocket - Signed Copies Available

2012 Mass Market Bestsellers

1. Jayne Castle LOST NIGHT (Jove)

2. Louise Penny STILL LIFE (St. Martin)

3. Jo Nesbo REDBREAST (Harper)

4. KW Jeter INFERNAL DEVICES (Angry Robot)

5. DD Barant DYING BITES (St. Martin)

6. Carol O'Connell MALLORYS ORACLE (Jove)

7. Camilla Lackberg THE ICE PRINCESS (Pocket)

8. Mike Lawson THE INSIDE RING (Grove)

9. Stella Cameron DARKNESS BOUND (Forever)

10. - tie

Pamela Beason BEAR BAIT (Berkley)

Yasmine Galenorn SHADOW RISING (Jove)

12. Patricia Briggs MOON CALLED (Ace)

13. - tie

Kat Richardson GREYWALKER (Roc)

Ann Rule FATAL FRIENDS, DEADLY NEIGHBORS (Pocket)

15. Nancy Atherton AUNT DIMITYS DEATH (Penguin)

16. Kevin O'Brien TERRIFIED (Pinnacle)

17. JA Jance UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY (Harper)

18. - tie

Jennifer Bradbury WRAPPED (Atheneum)

Ann Rule DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU (Pocket)

19. - tie

Yasmine Galenorn SHADED VISION (Jove)

William Kent Kruegar IRON LAKE (Pocket)

Ali Brandon DOUBLE BOOKED FOR DEATH (Berkley)

2012 Trade Paperback Bestsellers

1. Peter Spiegelman THICK AS THIEVES (Vintage)

2. Jussi Adler-Olsen THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES (Plume)

3. Ernest Cline READY PLAYER ONE (Broadway)

4. Urban Waite THE TERROR OF LIVING (Back Bay Books)

5. Ross Allison SPOOKED IN SEATTLE (PGW)

6. Jo Nesbo REDEEMER (Gardners)

7. James Thompson SNOW ANGELS (Berkley)

8. Hendricks & Lindsay FIRST RULE OF TEN (Hay House Visions)

9. Rebecca Cantrell A TRACE OF SMOKE (Forge)

10. Deanna Raybourn SILENT IN THE GRAVE (Mira)

11. Fred Vargas THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN (Penguin)

12. Neil Low DEADLY ATTRACTION (Tigris)

13. William Seil THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE TITANIC TRAGEDY (Titan)

14. Roslund & Hellstrom THREE SECONDS (Silver Oak)

15. Craig Johnson COLD DISH (Penguin)

16. Gillian Flynn SHARP OBJECTS (Broadway)

17. Jane Isenberg THE BONES AND THE BOOK (Oconee)

18. Alan Bradley THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE (Bantam)

19. - tie 

Kelli Stanley CITY OF DRAGONS (Minotaur)

Suzanne Collins HUNGER GAMES (Scholastic)

Cara Black MURDER IN THE MARAIS (Soho)

2012 Hardcover Bestsellers

1. Amanda Quick CRYSTAL GARDENS (Putnam)

2. Jayne Ann Krentz COPPER BEACH (Putnam)

3. JA Jance JUDGMENT CALL (William Morrow)

4. Jess Walter BEAUTIFUL RUINS (Harper)

5. Jo Nesbo PHANTOM (Knopf)

6. JA Jance LEFT FOR DEAD (Touchstone)

7. Gillian Flynn GONE GIRL (Crown)

8. Lee Child WANTED MAN (Delacorte)

9. Robert Crais TAKEN (Putnam)

10. Tied

Craig Johnson AS THE CROW FLIES (Viking)

 James Lee Burke CREOLE BELLE (Simon & Schuster)

12. Tied

Michael Connolly BLACK BOX (Little Brown)

 Elizabeth George BELIEVING THE LIE (Dutton)

14. Dennis Lehane LIVE BY NIGHT (William Morrow)

15. Carol O'Connell CHALK GIRL (Putnam)

16. Tied

Jacqueline Winspear ELEGY FOR EDDIE (Harper)

Bruce Holbert LONESOME ANIMALS (Counterpoint)

18. Patricia Briggs FAIR GAME (Ace)

19. Mike Lawson HOUSE BLOOD (Grove Atlantic)

20. Tied

Greg Rucka ALPHA (Mulholland)

Sara Paretsky BREAKDOWN (Putnam)

Our December 2012 Bestsellers

Hardcover

1 – Michael Connelly, The Black Box, Little Brown

2 – Derek Haas, The Right Hand, Mulholland

3 - Jim Butcher, Cold Days, Roc

4 – tie

        Carola Dunn, The Valley of the Shadow, Minotaur

        Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins, Harper

        Timothy Hallinan, Crashed, Soho

        Dennis Lehane, Live by Night, Morrow

        Jo Nesbø, The Phantom, Knopf

        Lee Child, A Wanted Man, Delacorte

10 – tie

        Lars Kepler, The Nightmare, FSG

        Vince Flynn, The Last Man, Atria

        John Connolly & Declan Hughes, Books to Die For, Atrai

Trade Paperbacks

1 - Neil Low, Deadly Attraction, Tigress

2 – Peter Spiegelman, Thick as Thieves, Vintage

3 – Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes, Plume

4 – Loren W. Christensen, Dukkha, YMAA

5 – tie

        Neil Low, Thick as Thieves, Tigress

        L.A. Kornetsky, Collared, Gallery

        Adrian McKintry, Cold Cold Ground, 7th Street

        Don Winslow, The Gentlemen’s Hour, Simon & Schuster

        Alan Bradley, I am Half-Sick of Shadows, Bantam

        Fred Vargus, The Chalk Circle Man, Penguin

        Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Grave, Mira

        Robert Goldsborough, Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Mysterious Press

Mass Market

1 – Ann Rule, Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors, Pocket

2 – Mary Lou Kirwin, Killer Librarian, Pocket

3 – Penny Louise, Still Life, Minotaur

4 – Jennifer McKinlay, Book, Line and Sinker, Berkley

5 - tie

        Cleo Coyle, Holiday Buzz, Berkley

        David Baldacci, Zero Day, Grand Central

7- Sara Paretsky, Breakdown, Berkley

8 – tie

        Pamela Beason, Bear Bait, Berkley

        Waverly Curtis, Dial C for Chihuahua, Kensington

        April Christofferson, Trapped, Tor

        Ann Rule, The Stranger Beside Me, Pocket

        Sarah Graves, Dead Level, Bantam

        KW Jeter, Infernal Devices, Angry Robot