MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for November for its Milford House Press fiction imprint. Wade Fowler’s The Compass Island Incident, a thriller that incorporates the JFK assassination, took the top spot. Wade also nabbed fourth place with his Harrisburg-based thriller The Honey Trap. Marie Sontag's historical young adult novel The Bronze Dagger was second. Sontag also took the 15th position with The Alabaster Jar, another novel in the series. Jess Steven Hughes took the third spot 15 with his historical novel set in Ancient Rome, The Broken Lance. The humorous Miss Feesenschneezen Is Ill by David Parmalee, a young adult novel about unusual substitute teachers, was fifth. Parmalee also took the 14th slot with his historical novel The Sea Is a Thief. Mark Mitten took 6th and 1th with his two Western novels, Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave and Hard to Quit. Sherry Knowlton took two spots with her Alexa Williams murder mystery novels that have political twists, Dead of Autumn and Dead of Summer.

MILFORD HOUSE PRESS - Bestsellers for December 2017 (by Revenue)
Rank	Prior	Title	Author	Category
1	4	The Compass Island Incident	Wade Fowler	Detective Thriller
2	9	The Bronze Dagger	Marie Sontag	Historical YA
3	7	The Broken Lance	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical
4	--	The Honey Trap	Wade Fowler	Detective Thriller
5	--	Miss Feesenschneezen Is Ill	David Parmalee	Humorous YA
6	8	Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave	Mark Mitten	Western
7	11	Dead of Autumn	Sherry Knowlton	Detective Thriller
8	--	Winter of the Metal People	Dennis Herrick	Historical
9	12	Dead of Summer	Sherry Knowlton	Detective Thriller
10	14	Three Rogues in Gettysburg	J Geoffrey Barber	Historical
11	2	Hard to Quit	Mark Mitten	Western
12	--	Where Elephants Fought	Bridget Smith	Historical
13	6	Emeralds of the Alhambra	John Cressler	Historical
14	10	The Sea Is a Thief	David Parmalee	Historical
15	--	The Alabaster Jar	Marie Sontag	Historical YA

Fowler’s novel The Compass Island Incident took the top spot due to author activities. Sontag's book, The Bronze Dagger, benefited from orders from schools. Jess Steven Hughes' The Broken Lance made the list due to his ongoing book signings. The others were helped by ebook and online sales .