1 Sail
by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Last week 1 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 54,420 To date 83,905
(Arrow £7.99)
Dark secrets lie beneath a widower’s grief for missing wife and children
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2 The Brass Verdict
by Michael Connelly
Last week 7 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 38,865 To date 55,960
(Orion £6.99)
Harry Bosch investigates the murder of a successful lawyer
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3 Azincourt
by Bernard Cornwell
Last week 9 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 35,105 To date 48,055
(Harper £7.99)
Dramatic depiction of the famous battle of Agincourt
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Bernard Cornwell in Agincourt, France

4 The Beach House
by Jane Green
Last week 6 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 26,845 To date 44,210
(Penguin £7.99)
Free-spirited widow rents out rooms in her beach house for the summer
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5 My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Last week 12 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 23,830 To date 71,545
(Hodder £7.99)
Girl sues parents over their wish for her to donate a kidney to an ill sister
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6 Scarpetta
by Patricia Cornwell
Last week 3 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 20,865 To date 149,530
(Sphere £7.99)
Kay Scarpetta travels to New York at the request of a murder suspect
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Cornwell's extraordinary life

7 Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown
Last week 5 Weeks on list 91
Sales last week 20,765 To date 3,009,845
(Corgi £6.99)
Religion and science collide in the secretive Vatican underworld
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Rome guide to Angels and Demons

8 Someone Special
by Sheila O’Flanagan
Last week 2 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 19,235 To date 100,115
(Headline Review £6.99)
Romy has a perfect life but is needed back in Ireland
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9 Silks
by Dick and Felix Francis
Last week 24 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 13,680 To date 21,120
(Pan £6.99)
When a rider is murdered, a barrister and jockey investigate
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10 Testimony
by Anita Shreve
Last week 4 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 12,385 To date 34,310
(Abacus £6.99)
A chorus of voices recount a sex scandal at a New England boarding school
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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 20/06/09. Figures shown are estimated sales for the seven-day period followed (in brackets) by the estimated total sale. *Includes sales of more than one edition in the same format and at the same recommended retail price

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