1 No Time For Goodbye
by Linwood Barclay
Last week 2 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 43,220 To date (405,390)
(Orion £7.99)
A woman stirs up the past, 25 years after her family's disappearance
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2 Second Glance
by Jodi Picoult
Last week - Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 26,015 To date (26,160)
(Hodder £7.99)
A paranormal investigator studies strange goings on in Vermont
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3 Exit Music
by Ian Rankin
Last week 1 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 24,610 To date (89,855)
(Orion £7.99)
Rebus' retirement plans are interrupted when a Russian poet is found dead
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4 The Final Reckoning
by Sam Bourne
Last week 3 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 24,125 To date (94,290)
(Harper £6.99)
Tom Byrne must unlock a secret lain buried since the second World War
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5 Got You Back
by Jane Fallon
Last week 7 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 18,965 To date (53,075)
(Penguin £6.99)
A wife and a mistress, cheated by the same man, seek revenge
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Jane Fallon on dysfunctional relationships, Ricky Gervais, marriage and babies

6 Centurion
by Simon Scarrow
Last week 8 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 18,195 To date (50,560)
(Headline Review £6.99)
The Roman Empire faces a new threat from its long-standing enemy, Parthia
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7 Goodnight, Beautiful
by Dorothy Koomson
Last week 4 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 17,610 To date (64,110)
(Sphere £6.99)
A text message has repercussions for a couple in a strained marriage
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8 Glitz
by Louise Bagshawe
Last week 6 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 16,415 To date (54,455)
(Headline Review £6.99)
Four pampered princesses face a life without their trust fund
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9 East of the Sun
by Julia Gregson
Last week 5 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 14,450 To date (208,060)
(Orion £7.99)
Three young women travel to India in the 1920s search of a new lives
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10 Filthy Rich
by Wendy Holden
Last week - Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 13,495 To date (15,930)
(Headline Review £6.99)
A village is embroiled in a struggle over power, sex and money
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Wendy Holden on her love of gardening and writing


Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the week ending 23/08/08.

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