The Indie Mystery Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending March 23, 2010, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497

2.

When Will There Be Good News?
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012836

3.

Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $7.99, 9780061703256

4.

The Man From Beijing
Henning Mankell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307271860

5.

The Private Patient
P.D. James, Vintage, $15, 9780307455284

6.

Split Image
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156236

7.

The Lace Reader
Brunonia Barry, Harper, $14.99, 9780061624773

8.

The Godfather of Kathmandu
John Burdett, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307263193

9.

The Pyramid
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400095827

10.

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14, 9780307277473

11.

The Manual of Detection
Jedediah Berry, Penguin, $15, 9780143116516

12.

Kisser
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399156113

13.

U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970

14.

Dog on It
Spencer Quinn, Atria, $15, 9781416585848

15.

The Wings of the Sphinx
Andrea Camilleri, Penguin, $14, 9780143116608

16.

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $24, 9780385342315

17.

The Long Fall
Walter Mosley, NAL, $14, 9780451230256

18.

Plum Spooky
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312383343

19.

Among the Mad
Jacqueline Winspear, Picador, $14, 9780312429256

20.

American Rust
Philipp Meyer, Spiegel & Grau, $15, 9780385527521

21.

Rough Weather
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425230176

22.

One for the Money
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's , $7.99, 9780312990459

23.

Evidence
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345495198

24.

The Vintage Caper
Peter Mayle, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269010

25.

Fantasy in Death
J.D. Robb, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156243