Best Hardcover Novel:
Spilled Blood, by Brian Freeman (SilverOak)
Also nominated: The Trinity Game, by Sean Chercover
(Thomas & Mercer); The Survivor, by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin’s
Press); Catch Me, by Lisa Gardner (Dutton); and Defending Jacob, by William Landay (Delacorte Press)
Best First Novel:
The 500, by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur)
The 500, by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur)
Also nominated: Don’t Ever Get Old, by Daniel
Friedman (Minotaur); The Professionals, by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam); The Expats, by Chris Pavone
(Crown); and Black Fridays, by Michael Sears (Putnam)
Best Paperback
Original Novel:
Lake Country, by Sean Doolittle (Bantam)
Lake Country, by Sean Doolittle (Bantam)
Also nominated: Pines, by Blake Crouch (Thomas &
Mercer); And She Was, by Alison Gaylin (Harper); The Wicked Girls,
by Alex Marwood (Penguin); and Night Blind, by Michael W. Sherer (Thomas
& Mercer)
Best Short Story:
“Lost Things,” by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer e-book)
“Lost Things,” by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer e-book)
Also nominated: “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); and “The
History Lesson,” by Gordon McEachern (EQMM, May 2012)
Best Young Adult Novel:
False Memory, by Dan Krokos (Hyperion)
False Memory, by Dan Krokos (Hyperion)
Also nominated: Don’t Turn Around, by Michelle Gagnon
(HarperCollins); If We Survive, by Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson); Crusher,
by Niall Leonard (Delacorte); and Dark Eyes, by William Richter
(Razorbill)
Best E-book Original Novel:
Blind Faith, by C.J. Lyons (C.J. Lyons)
Blind Faith, by C.J. Lyons (C.J. Lyons)
In addition, Anne Rice was presented with the ThrillerMaster award “in recognition of her legendary career and outstanding contributions to the thriller genre.” Steve Berry received the Literary Silver Bullet Award, and the USO was given the Corporate Silver Bullet Award.
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!
(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare.)
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