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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 27, 1997

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THE PARTNER
John Grisham
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THE PARTNER

by John Grisham · Doubleday

8 wks at #1 · 7 on list

Large Print Edition of a John Grisham Suspense Thriller.

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CHROMOSOME 6
Robin Cook
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CHROMOSOME 6

by Robin Cook · Putnam

4 wks on list

A medical thriller about an African farm where genetically engineered subhumans are bred to provide organs for transplants. The racket is uncovered by two doctors investigating a bizarre murder in New York City.--

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THE NIGHT CREW
John Sandford
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THE NIGHT CREW

by John Sandford · Putnam

1 wks on list

Anna Batory, a freelance television news journalist new to Los Angeles, finds herself facing danger and ghosts from her past when she investigates a suicide and a friend's murder.

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SMALL VICES
Robert B. Parker
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SMALL VICES

by Robert B. Parker · Putnam

2 wks on list

Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the 'hood with a long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white student from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves's former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich kid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice might just die along with the detective...

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THE BIG PICTURE
Douglas Kennedy
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THE BIG PICTURE

by Douglas Kennedy · Hyperion

1 wks on list

'Palm-tingling sensation ... captivating ... a completely convincing imaginative performance ... enthralling' The Times 'The Horse Whisperer recast by Patricia Highsmith ... a compulsive page-turner and a dark moral fable' Mail on Sunday 'Kennedy's skill is to send you racing down the slope of sheer story' Esquire On the face of it, Ben Bradford is your standard Wall Street hot shot - Junior partner in a legal firm, 6 figure income, wife and two young kids straight out of a Gap catalogue. But along with the WASP lifestyle comes the sting - Ben hates it. He wants - has always wanted - to be a photographer. When he discovers his wife has fallen in love with another man, the consequences of a moment of madness force him to question not just the design of his life but the price of fulfilment. Because finding yourself means nothing when you're pretending to be someone else. From the picket fences of yuppie New England to Montana's untouchable splendour, The Big Picture spans states and states of mind in a thrilling novel of genuine originality.

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ACTS OF LOVE
Judith Michael
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ACTS OF LOVE

by Judith Michael · Crown

5 wks on list

A heartwarming and passionate love amongst the glitz and glamor of Hollywood from New York Times bestselling author Judith Michael. When director Lucas Cameron finds letters to his grandmother from her protégé—the brilliant young actress Jessica Fontaine, who had vanished mysteriously after a tragic accident—he is intrigued and determined to find her. When finally they meet, they have one magic week of passion and love. But still Jessica cannot return with Lucas to his world—and he cannot share hers—unless, with inner strength, they can triumph over the past and open the way for their hands and hearts to join.

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PLANET OF TWILIGHT
Barbara Hambly
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PLANET OF TWILIGHT

by Barbara Hambly · Spectra/Bantam

2 wks on list

On a barren and remote planet, a ruthless warlord seeking to exploit its vast mineral wealth kidnaps Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker searches for his long-lost love Callista, and a long-dormant, sentient lifeform is awakening to threaten the entire galaxy.

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AVENGER
William Shatner with Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens

AVENGER

by William Shatner with Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens · Pocket

1 wks on list

Now in paperback, William Shatner's dramatic follow-up to his "New York Times" bestseller, "The Return". Captain Kirk has embarked on a desperate quest to find the source of a mysterious virus that may decimate the Federation.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.