MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for May for its Milford House Press fiction imprint. Debut author Virginia Soenksen was in the top spot with the first novel in her Genetics Chronicles series entitled The Titan Strain. Jess Steven Hughes took the second spot with his historical novel set in Ancient Rome. The Sign of the Eagle, the first book of the Britannia Romanus series. Robert Miller's Pennsylvania murder mystery from the 19th century The Cogan Legend returned to the rankings in 3rd place. Donald Dewey's novels in the Paul Finley Mysteries series took 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th with The Bolivian Sailor, Wake Up and Smell the Bees, Green Triangles, The Fantasy League Murders, and Who's Killing the Brooklyn Dodgers?. John Cressler’s recently-released Fortune’s Lament slipped to 9th. Cressler took one other spot with his first book of the Anthems of al-Andalus Series, Emeralds of the Alhambra at 6th place. Marie Sontag charted with her YA novels Rising Hope in 12th, The Silver Coin in 14th, The Bronze Dagger in 17th, and The Alabaster Jar in 20th. Bridget Smith slipped in the rankings to #18 with Where Elephants Fought. Joan West’s third book in the Carlisle Crime Cases series, Darkness at First Light was 19th. Wade Fowler also had two entries in the top 20 with Rising Sun Descending and The Compass Island Incident.

MILFORD HOUSE PRESS - Bestsellers for May 2018 (by Revenue)
Rank	Prior	Title	Author	Category
1	NEW	The Titan Strain	Virginia Soenksen	Dystopian Thriller
2	12	The Sign of the Eagle	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical
3	--	The Cogan Legend	Robert Miller	Historical
4	20	The Bolivian Sailor	Donald Dewey	Detective Thriller
5	NEW	Wake Up and Smell the Bees	Donald Dewey	Detective Thriller
6	16	Emeralds of the Alhambra	John Cressler	Historical
7	NEW	Green Triangles	Donald Dewey	Detective Thriller
8	NEW	The Fantasy League Murders	Donald Dewey	Detective Thriller
9	1	Fortune's Lament	John Cressler	Historical
10	NEW	Who's Killing the Brooklyn Dodgers?	Donald Dewey	Detective Thriller
11	--	Taking Lady Gibraltar	Dick Schwirian	Historical
12	4	Rising Hope	Marie Sontag	YA – Historical
13	--	Plain and Deadly	Barbara Workinger	Murder Mystery
14	--	The Silver Coin	Marie Sontag	YA – Historical
15	--	Rising Sun Descending	Wade Fowler	Historical Thriller
16	--	The Compass Island Incident	Wade Fowler	Historical Thriller
17	--	The Bronze Dagger	Marie Sontag	YA – Historical
18	5	Where Elephants Fought	Bridget Smith	Historical
19	14	Darkness at First Light	Joan West	Detective Thriller
20	--	The Alabaster Jar	Marie Sontag	YA – Historical

Soenksen's novel was boosted by release activity and its sensational cover. Hughes’ books continue to sell well through bookstore events in the Pacific Northwest. Dewey was helped by interest in his native New York City. West’s books were helped by author activities, as were most of the others.