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Mystery/Detective

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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	The Chemist Stephenie Meyer, Author Little Brown and Company, $28.00 (512) 978-0-316-38783-5 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 11/21/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 7.75 [details] Sales history for The Chemist date, rank 11/21/2016, 5 11/28/2016, 11 12/05/2016, 8 12/12/2016, 2 12/12/2016, 10 12/19/2016, 13 12/26/2016, 12 01/02/2017, 10 01/09/2017, 6 01/09/2017, 1 01/16/2017, 8 01/23/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 67,325 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
2	Tricky Twenty-Two: A Stephanie Plum Novel Janet Evanovich, Author Bantam, $8.99 (352) 978-0-345-54297-7 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/21/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/21/2016 Average Rank 6.25 [details] Sales history for Tricky Twenty-Two: A Stephanie Plum Novel date, rank 11/21/2016, 1 11/28/2016, 1 12/05/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 1 12/19/2016, 4 12/26/2016, 5 01/02/2017, 7 01/09/2017, 15 01/09/2017, 2 01/16/2017, 19 01/23/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 56,272 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
3	The Christmas Mystery: A Detective Luc Moncrief Mystery James Patterson, Author, Richard DiLallo, With Bookshots, $4.99 (160) 978-0-316-31997-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for The Christmas Mystery: A Detective Luc Moncrief Mystery date, rank 12/19/2016, 19 01/09/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 22,099 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
4	The Trespasser Tana French, Author Viking, $27.00 (464) 978-0-670-02633-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/17/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2016 Average Rank 9.71 [details] Sales history for The Trespasser date, rank 10/17/2016, 6 10/24/2016, 14 10/31/2016, 14 11/07/2016, 21 11/07/2016, 2 12/12/2016, 7 01/09/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 20,907 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
5	Flawless Heather Graham, Author Mira Books, $7.99 (416) 978-0-7783-1951-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 12/05/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 14.25 [details] Sales history for Flawless date, rank 12/05/2016, 13 12/12/2016, 14 12/19/2016, 25 01/09/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 20,271 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
6	The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories P. D. James, Author Knopf Publishing Group, $24.00 (176) 978-0-451-49414-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 11/14/2016 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2016 Average Rank 12.25 [details] Sales history for The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories date, rank 11/14/2016, 20 11/21/2016, 17 12/12/2016, 6 01/09/2017, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 17,902 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
7	The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series David Lagercrantz, Author Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95 (512) 978-1-101-87200-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 06/06/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/11/2016 Average Rank 6.83 [details] Sales history for The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series date, rank 06/06/2016, 3 06/13/2016, 2 06/13/2016, 5 06/20/2016, 3 06/27/2016, 6 07/04/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 1 07/11/2016, 5 07/18/2016, 9 07/25/2016, 11 08/01/2016, 13 08/08/2016, 23 08/08/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 4 10/10/2016, 7 11/07/2016, 8 12/12/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2016 UNITS SOLD: 15,662 2012 YTD:	May 2016
8	Escape Clause John Sandford, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00 (400) 978-0-399-16891-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/31/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/07/2016 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Escape Clause date, rank 10/31/2016, 6 10/31/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 5 11/07/2016, 1 11/14/2016, 7 11/21/2016, 10 11/28/2016, 21 12/12/2016, 3 01/09/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2016 UNITS SOLD: 15,206 2012 YTD:	Oct 2016
9	The Life We Bury Allen Eskens, Author Seventh Street Books, $15.95 (300) 978-1-61614-998-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/11/2016 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/11/2016 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for The Life We Bury date, rank 01/11/2016, 10 02/08/2016, 8 03/07/2016, 6 04/11/2016, 4 05/09/2016, 9 07/11/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2014 UNITS SOLD: 14,663 2012 YTD:	Oct 2014
10	X Sue Grafton, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $9.99 (512) 978-1-101-98187-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 08/15/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2016 Average Rank 9.23 [details] Sales history for X date, rank 08/15/2016, 3 08/22/2016, 2 08/29/2016, 2 09/05/2016, 6 09/05/2016, 1 09/12/2016, 11 09/19/2016, 14 09/26/2016, 15 10/03/2016, 21 10/10/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 7 01/02/2017, 25 01/09/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2016 UNITS SOLD: 14,030 2012 YTD:	Aug 2016

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Nielsen BookScan, data for the five-week period ending 1/1/17