1 Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks

Last week 1 Weeks on list 2

Sales last week 28,440 To date (72,645)

(Penguin 007 £18.99)

Much-anticipated Bond novel, set in 1967 during the cold war

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2 Sail by James Patterson

Last week 2 Weeks on list 2

Sales last week 10,220 To date (16,200)

(Century £18.99) Dark secrets lie beneath a widower’s grief for missing wife and children

3 Wedding Season by Katie Fforde

Last week 6 Weeks on list 2

Sales last week 5,000 To date (7,190)

(Century £10.99) Wedding planners suffering romantic drought are tempted by love

4 The Front by Patricia Cornwell

Last week 31 Weeks on list 4

Sales last week 3,970 To date (25,505)

(Little, Brown £12.99) Win Garano investigates death of a woman murdered 40 years ago

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5 This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

Last week 4 Weeks on list 7

Sales last week 3,775 To date (54,025)

(M Joseph £17.99) A dark secret binds four women to one charming man

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6 Revelation by CJ Sansom

Last week 5 Weeks on list 9

Sales last week 2,125 To date (31,675)

(Macmillan £17.99) Fourth Matthew Shardlake thriller set in 16th-century England

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7 Timebomb by Gerald Seymour

Last week 17 Weeks on list 1

Sales last week 1,850 To date (2,890)

(Bantam Press £14.99) MI6 suspects an operation to recover a nuclear device is in jeopardy

8 The Reapers by John Connolly

Last week 5 Weeks on list 4

Sales last week 1,785 To date (14,450)

(Hodder £14.99) Louis and Angel become the targets of an elite assassin

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9 Warrior by Allan Mallinson

Last week 16 Weeks on list 1

Sales last week 1,635 To date (2,690)

(Bantam Press £17.99) Matthew Hervey and the Cape Mounted Rifles battle the Zulu king

10 Guilty Pleasures by Tasmina Perry

Last week 19 Weeks on list 1

Sales last week 1,570 To date (2,365)

(HarperCollins £12.99) Wealthy Englishman’s family fight for his estate after his death

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