1. “The Da Vinci Code,” by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $24.95). A murder at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo and to the discovery of a secret society.

2. “Prior Bad Acts,” by Tami Hoag (Bantam, $26). Two Minneapolis detectives search for a kidnapped judge who has been trying a murder case.

3. “The 5th Horseman,” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.95). Det. Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate unexplained deaths at a San Francisco hospital.

4. “The Tenth Circle,” by Jodi Picoult (Atria, $26). When his teenage daughter is date-raped, a comicbook artist is overwhelmed by rage he thought he had buried with his past.

5. “The House,” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27). A workaholic lawyer’s life changes when she buys a crumbling mansion.

– The New York Times