Best Hardcover Novel:
• The Trinity Game, by Sean Chercover (Thomas &
Mercer)
• Spilled Blood, by Brian Freeman (SilverOak)
• The Survivor, by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin’s Press)
• Catch Me, by Lisa Gardner (Dutton)
• Defending Jacob, by William Landay (Delacorte
Press)
Best First Novel:
• Don’t Ever Get Old, by Daniel Friedman (Minotaur)
• The Professionals, by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)
• The Expats, by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• The 500, by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur)
• Black Fridays, by Michael Sears (Putnam)
Best Paperback
Original Novel:
• Pines, by Blake Crouch (Thomas & Mercer)
• Lake Country, by Sean Doolittle (Bantam)
• And She Was, by Alison Gaylin (Harper)
• The Wicked Girls, by Alex Marwood (Penguin)
• Night Blind, by Michael W. Sherer (Thomas &
Mercer)
Best Short Story:
• “The Devil to Pay,” by David Edgerley Gates (Alfred
Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2012)
• “The Street Ends at the Cemetery,” by Clark Howard (Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], August 2012)
• “The Consumers,” by Dennis Lehane (from Mystery
Writers of America Presents: Vengeance, edited by Lee Child; Mulholland Books)
• “The History Lesson,” by Gordon McEachern (EQMM,
May 2012)
• “Lost Things,” by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer
e-book)
Best Young Adult
Novel:
• Don’t Turn Around, by Michelle Gagnon (HarperCollins)
• If We Survive, by Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson)
• False Memory, by Dan Krokos (Hyperion)
• Crusher, by Niall Leonard (Delacorte)
• Dark Eyes, by William Richter (Razorbill)
Best E-book Original
Novel:
• Pandora’s Temple, by Jon Land (Open Road)
• Blind Faith, by C.J. Lyons (C.J. Lyons)
• Huntress Moon, by Alexandra Sokoloff (Alexandra
Sokoloff)
• Dead End Deal, by Allen Wyler (Astor + Blue
Editions)
• Dead Wrong, by Allen Wyler (Astor + Blue Editions)
Winners will be singled out on July 13 during ThrillerFest VIII.
2 comments:
Why are some of these titles highlighted?
Simply because they are books reviewed in The Rap Sheet or in my Kirkus Reviews column.
Cheers,
Jeff
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