HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Knopf, $27.95). Third in crime series about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
2. The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund (Little, Brown, $27.99). A detective and a reporter join forces to find a killer
3. Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs (Scribner, $26.99). The case of a man who seems to have died twice.
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95). A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
5. Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks (Del Rey/Ballantine, $27). Residents of a valley become vulnerable when their protective magic disappears.
6. Star Island by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $26.95). A would-be kidnapper of a pop star grabs her stunt double by mistake.
7. Tough Customer by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster, $26.99). A P.I. pursues a killer who is stalking the daughter he never knew.
8. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone/ Simon & Schuster, $25.99). Intrigue during the War of the Roses, centering on Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.
9. The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth (Putnam, $26.95). A former CIA operative takes aim at the cocaine industry.
10. Three Stations by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster, $25.99). Inspector Renko faces corrupt Russian capitalists and bureaucrats.
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3. Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs (Scribner, $26.99). The case of a man who seems to have died twice.
