1 Second Glance
by Jodi Picoult
Last week 2 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 45,580 To date (71,740)
(Hodder £7.99)
A paranormal investigator studies strange goings on in Vermont
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2 No Time For Goodbye
by Linwood Barclay
Last week 1 Weeks on list 11
Sales last week 34,435 To date (439,830)
(Orion £7.99)
A woman stirs up the past, 25 years after her family's disappearance
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3 Exit Music
by Ian Rankin
Last week 3 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 22,010 To date (111,860)
(Orion £7.99)
Rebus' retirement plans are interrupted when a Russian poet is found dead
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4 Filthy Rich
by Wendy Holden
Last week 10 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 20,825 To date (36,755)
(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

5 The Final Reckoning
by Sam Bourne
Last week 4 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 19,910 To date (114,200)
(Harper £6.99)
Tom Byrne must unlock a secret lain buried since the second World War
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6 A Good Day to Die
by Simon Kernick
Last week 20 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 17,070 To date (26,845)
(Corgi £6.99)
Ex-cop Dennis Milne is determined to avenge the death of his best friend
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7 Got You Back
by Jane Fallon
Last week 5 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 15,255 To date (68,330)
(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

8 Goodnight, Beautiful
by Dorothy Koomson
Last week 7 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 14,895 To date (79,005)
(Sphere £6.99)
A text message has repercussions for a couple in a strained marriage
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9 The Last Gospel
by David Gibbins
Last week 23 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 14,175 To date (24,450)
(Headline £6.99)
Man discovers a secret that could shatter the foundations of the Western World
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10 The Model Wife
by Julia Llewellyn
Last week - Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 13,500 To date (19,825)
(Penguin £6.99)
Twentysomething is left holding the baby when her anchorman husband goes AWOL
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Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the week ending 30/08/08.

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