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Although I somehow missed receiving the memo (ahem!), the International Thriller Writers organization earlier today announced its nominees for the 2024 Thriller Awards.

Best Hardcover Novel:
• All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
• Her Deadly Game, by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)
• It’s One of Us, by J.T. Ellison (Mira)
• The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
• Fixit, by Joe Ide (Mulholland)
• The Drift, by C.J. Tudor (Ballantine)

Best Audiobook:
• The Peacock and the Sparrow, by I.S. Berry;
narrated by Pete Simonelli (Atria)
• The Last Orphan, by Gregg Hurwitz;
narrated by Scott Brick (Macmillan)
• The Housemaid’s Secret, by Freida McFadden;
narrated by Lauryn Allman (Bookouture)
• The House of Wolves, by James Patterson and Mike Lupica;
narrated by Ellen Archer (Hachette Audio)
• Bad Summer People, by Emma Rosenblum;
narrated by January LaVoy (Macmillan)

Best First Novel:
• The Peacock and the Sparrow, by I.S. Berry (Atria)
• The Golden Gate, by Amy Chua (Minotaur)
• Scorched Grace, by Margot Douaihy (Zando)
• Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder, by Kerryn Mayne (Bantam)
• Perfect Shot, by Steve Urszenyi (Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original Novel:
• Hide, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
• The Paleontologist, by Luke Dumas (Atria)
• The Spy Coast, by Tess Gerritsen (Thomas & Mercer)
• To Die For, by Lisa Gray (Thomas & Mercer)
• Cave 13, by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Call the Dark, by J. Todd Scott (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Short Story:
• Slot Machine Fever Dreams, by Chris Bohjalian (Amazon
Original Stories)
• These Cold Strangers, by J.T. Ellison (Amazon Original Stories)
• “An Honorable Choice,” by Smita Harish Jain (Black Cat Weekly #96; Wildside Press)
• “Rush Hour,” by Richard Santos (from Austin Noir, edited by Scott Montgomery, Hopeton Hay, and Molly Odintz; Akashic)
• Unknown Caller, by Lisa Unger (Amazon Original Stories)
• “One Night in 1965,” by Stacy Woodson (from More Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties, edited by Michael Bracken; Down & Out)

Best Young Adult Novel:
• Red As Blood, by Sorboni Banerjee and Dominique
Richardson (Wolfpack)
• Where He Can’t Find You, by Darcy Coates (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Where Echoes Die, by Courtney Gould (Wednesday)
• Where Darkness Blooms, by Andrea Hannah (Wednesday)
• Stateless, by Elizabeth Wein (Little, Brown)

Best E-Book Original Novel:
• The Vulture Fund, by Jeff Buick (Self-published)
• The Bigamist, by Rona Halsall (Bookouture)
• A Good Rush of Blood, by Matt Phillips (RunAmok)
• Close Her Eyes, by Lisa Regan (Bookouture)
• The Killing Room, by Robert Swartwood (Blackstone)
• The In-Laws, by Laura Wolfe (Bookouture)

The winners are to be declared during ThrillerFest XIX on June 1 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City.

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare.)