Our Best Seller List for May 2010

From the beginning event of the month of May, the 15th Annual Festival of
Mystery on May 3, to the last day, we saw terrific sales coming from author
events. This list will mark those and the Fesitval authors.

Best Sellers in Hardcover

Best Sellers in Trade Paperback

Best Sellers in Mass Market Paperback

Hardcover Best Sellers

1. Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson

Virtual signing made the latest Gaslight Mystery a winner.

$24.95 signed copies available

2. Half-Price Homicde by Elaine Viets

Helen Hawthorne and the Dead End Job series

$22.95, signed copies available

3. Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks

Reporter investigates multiple murder

$25.99 signed copies available

4. The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, conclusion to The Language of Bees

$25 signed copies available

5. Dead Head by Rosemary Harris

Landscaper Paula Holliday

$24.95 signed copies available

6. Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin

Pittsburgh-set mystery still selling well

$24.95 signed copies available

7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

Conclusion of the Millenium Trilogy with Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomqvist

$27.95

8. The Riesling Retribution by Ellen Crosby

Virginia winery owner Lucie Montgomery

$25 signed copies available

9. To Hell in a Handbasket by Beth Groundwater

Gift basket designer Claire Hanover

$25.95

Trade Paperback Best Sellers

1. By Fire, By Water by Mitchell Kaplan

Pittsburgh author's debut novel set during the Spanish Inquisition

$15.95

2. Without a Grave by Marcia Talley

Hannah Ives

$15.95

3. When Winter Returns by Kathryn Miller Haines

Fourth and final Rosie Winters mystery

$14.95

4. The Ticket Master by C. William Davis III

Western Pennsylvania sheriff Clive Alliston

$16.95

5. Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp

Mace Bauer, big Mama

$13.95

6. Diamonds for the Dead by Alan Orloff

Man returns home for father's funeral, finds funny business and maybe murder

$14.95

7. Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan

scrapbooker Kiki Lowenstein

$14.95

8. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King

The book that introduced Mary Russell

$14.95

9. The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

$15

10. Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell

Tale of early Irish bishop and her struggles with the Roman church

$15

11. The Sultan's Seal by Jenny White

Debut for 19th century Turkish sleuth Kamil Pasha

$13.95

12. Too Big to Miss by Sue Ann Jaffarian

Plus-sized sleuth Odelia Grey

$14.95

13. Pride and Prescience by Carrie Bebris

Debut for Mr. and Mrs. Darcy, Jane Austen heroine and hubby

$12.95

14. The Heat of the Moon by Sandra Parshall

Debut for veterinarian Rachel Goddard

$14.95

15. Gold Fever by Vicki Delany

Klondike dance hall owner Fiona McGillivray

$18.95

Paperback Best Sellers

1. Tressed to Kill by Lila Dare

Hairdresser Grace Terhune

$7.99

2. Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Boston reporter Charlotte McNally

$7.99

3. If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle

San Francisco rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright

$6.99

4. The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse by Leann Sweeney

Debut for cat quilt maker Jillian Hart

$6.99

5. Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy

Debut for a new series with museum curator Grace Wheaton

$7.99

6. Vicious by Kevin O'Brien

Woman lakeside vacation turns out not so restful

$7.99

7. I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson

Small town ice cream parlor owner Tallulah Jones

$6.99

8. The Cat, the Professor and the Poison by Leann Sweeney

Cat quilt maker Jillian Hart

$6.99

9. Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle

Debut for San Francisco rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright

$6.99

10. Truly, Madly by Heather Webber

Psychic matchmaker Lucy Valentine

$7.99

11. Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey

Tori Sinclair series, librarian and sewing circle member

$6.99

12. Murder Is Binding by Lorna Barrett

Debut for mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles

$7.99