Lake Saint Louis Police Chief's Newest Release Tops Regional Best-Seller List

The second novel published by Lake Saint Louis Police Chief Michael Force and Assistant Chief Chris DiGiuseppi topped the regional best-seller list published by several St. Louis-area independent book stores for the week ending March 3. 

The Fallen, published by HCI Books, is a supernatural thriller-police procedural mix that expands on the concept of the first book. Four ritualistic murders and some unexplainable natural disasters that eventually coincide lead readers to further explore the series' theme: Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do people die?

The regional best-sellers list includes books written by authors based in the St. Louis region and books whose subject matter is strongly focused on the St. Louis region.

The bookstores include Left Bank Books in the Central West End, Main Street Books in St. Charles,  Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves, Subterranean Books in University City. 

Regional best-sellers:

1. "The Fallen" by Chris DiGiuseppi and Mike Force
2. "The Truth About Love and Lightning" by Susan McBride
3. "Crooks Kill Cops Lie" by Tim Richards
4. "That's the Way It Was" by Vida "Sister" Golman Prince
5. "Reduced" by Robin Tidwell
6. "Never Hug a Nun" by Kevin Killeen
7. "The Light Bringer" by Chris DiGiuseppi and Mike Force
8. "World of Mortal Light" by Virginia Slachman
9. "Bitter Brew" by William Knoedelseder
10. "The Potting Shed Quilt" by Ann Hazelwood  

Adults:
1. "Tenth of December" by George Saunders
2.  "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" by Jennifer Chiaverini
3. "Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" by Deb Perelman
4. "The Light Bringer" by Chris DiGiuseppi and Mike Force
5. "Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
6. "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" by Karen Russell
7.  "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change" by Al Gore
8.  "Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors" edited by Dr. Susan Swartwout
9.  "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
10. "The Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien

Children/YA:
1. "Press Here" by Herve Tullet
2. "Trap Door" by Lisa McMann
3. "You Have to Stop This" by Pseudonymous Bosch
4. "This Moose Belongs to Me" by Oliver Jeffers
5. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
6. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
7.  "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
8. "The Unwanteds" by Lisa McMann
9. "All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep" by Crescent Dragonwagon
10. "Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers" by Dav Pilkey