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Courtesy of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, here are the crime titles that rang the tills in December

Hardcovers

1 - Sue Grafton, U is for Undertow, Putnam

2 - P.D. James, Talking About Detective Fiction, Knopf

3 - tie

Michael Connelly, 9 Dragons, Little Brown

J.A. Jance, Trail by Fire, Touchstone

5 - Sue Henry, The End of the Road, Obsidian

6 - Steve Berry, The Paris Vendetta, Ballantine

7 - Robert B. Parker, The Professional, Putnam

8 - Stieg Larsson, The Girl who Played with Fire, Knopf

9 - tie

Jayne Ann Krentz, Fired Up, Putnam

Archer Mayor, The Price of Malice, St. Martin's

Loren D. Estleman, Alone, Forge

Softcover

1 - Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage

2 - P.D. James, The Private Patient, Vintage

3 - Laura Childs, Eggs Benedict Arnold, Berkley

4 - Spencer Quinn, Dog On It, Atria

5 - Reginald Hill, The Price of Butcher's Meat, Harper

6 - Josh Bazell, Beat the Reaper, Back Bay

7 - Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman, Tower, Busted Flush

8 - tie

Jacqueline Winspear, Among the Mad, Picador

Hazel Holt, Mrs. Malory and Any Man's Death, Berkley

Monica Ferris, Thai Die, Berkley