NY Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers week of 05/19/2002
Explore the NY Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers for the week of 05/19/2002. Discover top-rated novels and must-read books that dominated the charts in 2002.
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2nd Chance
by James Patterson
The Women's Murder Club returns for another thrilling crime investigation. Will their skills be enough to take down a brutal madman? A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously-or was it intentionally?-only one person dies. Then an elderly black woman is hung. Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together with medical examiner Claire, assistant D. A. Jill, and Chronicle reporter Cindy, finds a link that sends a chill through the entire nation. This killer's motives are unspeakable. In this "inventive" installment of the Women's Murder Club, James Patterson proves once again why he is the #1 master of the murder mystery (Sunday Times).
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City of Bones
by Michael Connelly
Confronted by his own tragic past when the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are found in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch attempts to unearth the boy's identity, which leads to startling discoveries and the possible destruction of his career.
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Daddy's Little Girl
by Mary Higgins Clark
A story of murder; and its effects years later on the man convicted of the crime and the woman who helped convict him.
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Dying to Please
by Linda Howard
Loyal. Beautiful. Professional. Impeccably organized. Potentially lethal. Sarah Stevens is a woman with many distinct qualities. First and foremost a butler par excellence, skilled at running large households smoothly and efficiently, she is also a trained bodyguard and expert marksman–indispensable to her elderly employer, a courtly gentleman whom Sarah has come to respect and love as a father. Then one night she thwarts a burglary in progress, a courageous act that rewards Sarah her requisite “fifteen minutes of fame” with the local press. But the exposure is enough to catch the attention of a tortured soul who, unbeknownst to Sarah, will stop at nothing to have her for himself. Sarah’s perfectly ordered life is shattered when tragedy strikes: her beloved employer is brutally murdered. The detective investigating the case, assures Sarah that she is not a suspect. Until lightning strikes twice. There’s a second killing–and this time, despite a lack of evidence connecting her to the crime, Sarah cannot escape the shadow of guilt. The only option left for Sarah is to carry on with her life. But she doesn’t realize that a deranged stalker is luring her into an elaborate trap . . . one in which she, once ensnared, might never escape. For Sarah soon finds herself at the mercy of a man who will tend to her every whim, smother her with affection, and crush her in his all-consuming embrace. In a nonstop roller-coaster ride of unrelenting suspense, Linda Howard has written her most chilling novel yet. Dying to Please is a breathless thriller of desire and obsession. From the Hardcover edition.
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Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Hilarious, energetic, and profoundly touching, a debut novel follows a young writer as he travels to the farmlands of eastern Europe, where he embarks on a quest to find Augustine, the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, and, guided by his young Ukrainian translator, he discovers an unexpected past that will resonate far into the future. Excerpt in The New Yorker.
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Everything's Eventual
by Stephen King
Writing about encounters with the dead, about near death, or about the plain dread of mundane life, King is in top form in this collection of dark tales--his first in nine years. Includes three never-before-printed stories and four pieces previously published in "The New Yorker."
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Hope Through Heartsongs
by Mattie J. T. Stepanek
The young poet and artist offers his latest collection of verses, centered on the theme of hope--for the individual, the community, and the world.
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The Nanny Diaries
by Emma Mclaughlin
Based on real-life experiences, this novel is the inside story on the lives of the rich and privileged from the women who know all their secrets--the nannies. Excerpt to "Talk" magazine.
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Sea Glass
by Anita Shreve
From the international bestselling author ("The Weight of Water, Resistance") comes a moving new novel about marriage, memory, and troubled times, set in 1929 on the coast of New Hampshire.
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The Short Forever
by Stuart Woods
Stone uncovers a puzzling and dead-earnest rivalry between two Americans abroad.
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Star Wars Episode II.
by R. A. Salvatore
Ten years after they met, Anakin and Padmâe are reunited when an attempt on her life shortly before a crucial vote brings the faltering Republic one step closer to chaos.
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The Summons
by John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years, Judge Atlee is now a shadow of his former self—a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. Knowing that the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the elder, a Virginia law professor, newly single, still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. Forrest is Ray’s younger brother, the family’s black sheep. The summons is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study. Ray reluctantly heads south to his hometown, to the place he now prefers to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray . . . and perhaps to someone else. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
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A Thousand Country Roads
by Robert James Waller
A special edition, in slipcase, limited to 1500 copies, numbered and signed by the author.
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Three Fates
by Nora Roberts
A New York Times BestsellerWhen the Lusitania sank, more than a thousand people died. One who survived was a changed man, giving up his life as a thief -- but still keeping the statue he lifted on the ship. A century later, that statue, one of three, has been stolen from his descendants. The Sullivans are determined to recover their great-great-grandfather's treasure, reunite the Three Fates, and make their fortune.
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Strike Hard
by Kevin Grover
Ex-Nazis plan to steal a fortune in gold from the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox.