Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Thrill of It All

The International Thriller Writers organization has just announced the nominees for its 2008 Thriller Awards, as follows:

Best Novel:
No Time for Goodbye, by Linwood Barclay (Bantam)
The Watchman, by Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster)
The Ghost, by Robert Harris (Simon & Schuster)
The Crime Writer, by Gregg Hurwitz (Viking)
Trouble, by Jesse Kellerman (Putnam)

Best First Novel:
Interred With Their Bones, by Jennifer Lee Carrell (Dutton)
Big City, Bad Blood, by Sean Chercover (Morrow)
From the Depths, by Gerry Doyle (McBook Press)
Volk’s Game, by Brent Ghelfi (Henry Holt)
Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill (Morrow)

Best Paperback Original:
The Last Nightingale, by Anthony Flacco (Ballantine)
A Thousand Bones, by P.J. Parrish (Pocket)
The Midnight Road, by Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
The Queen of Bedlam, by Robert McCammon (Pocket)
Shattered, by Jay Bonansinga (Pinnacle)

Winners will be announced on July 12 during this year’s ThrillerFest, to be held in New York City.

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