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Top Ten Best Sellers

Listed below are this weeks top ten books sold at Thesaurus Booksellers, Brighton, Victoria

Truth by Peter Temple

Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead, a panic button within reach. Villani's life is his work. But now, over a few summer days, as fires burn across the state and his colleagues scheme and jostle, he finds all the certainties of his life are crumbling.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself, Salander is now ready to fight back. Author Biography: Stieg Larsson was the founder and editor-in-chief of the anti-racist magazine Expo. He was a renowned expert on right-wing extremist organisations. He died in 2004, soon after delivering the text of the novels that make up the Millennium Trilogy. Reg Keeland is the translator of many fine writers from Swedish.

The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell

A gorgeously written story of love and motherhood, this is a tour de force from one of our most acclaimed and best loved novelists. When the bohemian, sophisticated Innes Kent turns up by chance on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer for her life to begin, and leaves for London. There, at the heart of the 1950s Soho art scene, she carves out a new life for herself, with Innes at her side. In the present day, Elina and Ted are reeling from the difficult birth of their first child. Elina, a painter, struggles to reconcile the demands of motherhood with sense of herself as an artist, and Ted is disturbed by memories of his own childhood, memories that don't tally with his parents' version of events. As Ted begins to search for answers, so an extraordinary portrait of two women is revealed, separated by fifty years, but connected in ways that neither could ever have expected. Review: 'O'Farrell has a remarkable ability to convey the texture of human emotion with precision. In THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, she also demonstrates a masterful gift for storytelling' -- Observer 'Like Daphne du Maurier before her, Maggie O'Farrell writes books designed to stir up the female subconscious and bring our most primal fears to the surface... this book will leave your stomach in knots' -- Daily Mail 'The journey this novel invites us on is wonderful, involving time travel, heartache, elation, confusion, freedom, nostalgia and art' -- Scotland on Sunday 'This story is elegant, poetic and tenderly written. The characters are so well-written you feel as if they are sat next to you, telling you their stories... an entirely encompassing and beautiful read' -- Heat magazine 'In this fantastic read, O'Farrell weaves together two stories that couldn't be more different... Just how they're connected will keep you guessing till the end' -- Now magazine Author Biography: Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and grew up in Wales and Scotland

Last Train from Liguria by Christine Dwyer Hickey

A tale of consequences that spans from the 1930s to the 1990s. It takes us on a journey from claustrophobic Dublin and the tense formality of London, to the heat and bustle of the pre-war Italian Riviera.

Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello

Features an eating plan that offers: a four-day 'anti-bloat' jumpstart, a four-week eating plan with delicious recipes; three simple rules to follow to set you on your path to weight loss; and, 'Mind tricks' - strategies to mentally commit to changing your life and body forever.

Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy

On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents - she would never get married and she would never have children. But life, as Jane discovers, is a profoundly random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a professor in Boston, in love with a brilliant, erratic man named Theo. And then she falls pregnant. Motherhood turns out to be a great welcome surprise - but when a devastating turn of events tears her existence apart she has no choice but to flee all she knows and leave the world. Just when Jane has renounced life itself, the disappearance of a young girl pulls her back from the edge and into an obsessive search for personal redemption. Convinced that she knows more about the case than the police do, she is forced to make a decision - stay hidden or bring to light a shattering truth. Like Kennedy's previous highly acclaimed novels, "Leaving the World", speaks volumes about the dilemmas we face in trying to navigate our way through all that fate throws in our path.

The Passage by Justin Cronin

An epic, awe-inspiring novel of good and evil that is destined to be a global bestseller

Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens

Over the last 30 years Christopher Hitchens has established himself as one of the world's most influential intellectuals. In this memoir, he retraces the footsteps of his life to date. Hitch-22 is by turns moving and funny, charming and irascible and inspiring - an indispensable companion to the life and thought of an outstanding political writer.

Innocent by Scott Turow

In "Presumed Innocent", Rusty Sabich, family man and the number-two prosecutor of Kindle County, was handed an explosive case - the brutal murder of a woman who happened to be his former lover. In this book, 20 years have passed, and Rusty, 60 years old and the chief judge of an appellate court, sits on a bed where his dead wife Barbara lies.

The Officer's Lover by

The bestselling author of KOMMANDANT'S GIRL delivers a sexy, edge-of-the-seat thriller

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