1 Scarpetta
by Patricia Cornwell
Last week 1 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 25,000 To date 137,855
(Litte, Brown £18.99)
Scarpetta travels to New York at the request of a murder suspect
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2 The Business
by Martina Cole
Last week 2 Weeks on list 11
Sales last week 21,205 To date 219,255
(Headline £18.99)
Drugs, prostitution and a young girl’s fight for survival
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3 The Gift
by Cecelia Ahern
Last week 3 Weeks on list 11
Sales last week 19,805 To date 171,265
(HarperCollins £14.99)
Enchanting Christmas story from the author of PS, I Love You
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4 Heart and Soul
by Maeve Binchy
Last week 5 Weeks on list 13
Sales last week 15,565 To date 167,025
(Orion £18.99)
Heart-warming tale revolving around a community clinic in Ireland
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5 The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
Last week 4 Weeks on list 11
Sales last week 11,590 To date 113,850
(Atlantic £12.99)
Man Booker-winning novel of a poor man corrupted by Delhi’s glamour
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6 Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
Last week 7 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 9,960 To date 75,460
(Hodder £18.99)
Twelve stories about relationships; contains King’s trademark twists
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7 Azincourt
by Bernard Cornwell
Last week 6 Weeks on list 13
Sales last week 8,895 To date 134,415
(HarperCollins £18.99)
Dramatic depiction of the battle of Agincourt
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Bernard Cornwell in Agincourt, France

8 Cross Country
by James Patterson
Last week 8 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 7,790 To date 90,475
(Century £18.99)
Alex Cross embarks on a personal crusade when a friend is murdered
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9 Brute Force
by Andy McNab
Last week 9 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 7,435 To date 85,615
(Bantam Press £18.99)
Nick Stone cheats death again in his 11th high-octane adventure
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10 Arctic Drift
by Clive and Dirk Cussler
Last week 10 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 6,365 To date 49,375
(M Joseph £18.99)
A doomed arctic mission holds the key to Dirk Pitt’s 20th adventure
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List prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan for the week ending 27/12/08.

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