1 No Time For Goodbye
by Linwood Barclay
Last week 1 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 35,595 To date (328,965)
(Orion £7.99)
A woman stirs up the past, 25 years after her family’s disappearance
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2 The Final Reckoning
by Sam Bourne
Last week 13 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 29,045 To date (44,135)
(Harper £6.99)
Tom Byrne must unlock a secret lain buried since the second world war
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3 Exit Music
by Ian Rankin
New entry
Sales last week 27,100 To date (27,100)
(Orion £7.99)
Rebus’s retirement plans are interrupted when a Russian poet is found dead
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4 The Sleeping Doll
by Jeffery Deaver
Last week 2 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 22,780 To date (81,315)
(Hodder £6.99)
Kathryn Dance and her team are on the hunt for a vicious killer
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5 Goodnight, Beautiful
by Dorothy Koomson
New entry
Sales last week 19,170 To date (21,065)
(Sphere £6.99)
A text message has a repercussions for a couple in a strained marriage
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6 East of the Sun
by Julia Gregson
Last week 6 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 17,835 To date (170,895)
(Orion £7.99)
Three young women travel to India in the 1920s in search of a new lives
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7 The Outcast
by Sadie Jones
Last week 9 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 16,015 To date (197,195)
(Vintage £7.99)
A 19-year-old, released from jail, triggers a community’s implosion
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8 The Ghost
by Robert Harris
Last week 14 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 15,840 To date (128,495)
(Arrow £7.99)
A former PM’s ghostwriter uncovers secrets with the power to kill
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9 Name to a Face
by Robert Goddard
Last week 4 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 15,700 To date (49,770)
(Corgi £6.99)
Man is drawn into conspiracies about the mystery of an antique ring
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10 My Favourite Wife
by Tony Parsons
New entry
Sales last week 15,670 To date (17,340)
(Harper £6.99)
Shanghai-set story of romance, obsession, sex and second wives
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Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the seven days ending 09/08/08.

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