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Related: About this forumThis year's nominees for best thrillers are...
From International Thriller Writers.
How many have you read?
International Thriller Writers is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 ITW Thriller Awards!
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
S.A. Cosby ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (Flatiron Books)
Robert Dugoni HER DEADLY GAME (Thomas & Mercer)
J.T. Ellison ITS ONE OF US (Harlequin MIRA Books)
Mick Herron THE SECRET HOURS (Soho Crime)
Joe Ide FIXIT (Mulholland Books)
C.J. Tudor THE DRIFT (Ballantine Books)
BEST AUDIOBOOK
I.S. Berry THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria)
Narrated by Pete Simonelli
Gregg Hurwitz THE LAST ORPHAN (Macmillan)
Narrated by Scott Brick
Freida McFadden THE HOUSEMAIDS SECRET (Bookouture)
Narrated by Lauryn Allman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica THE HOUSE OF WOLVES (Hachette Audio)
Narrated by Ellen Archer
Emma Rosenblum BAD SUMMER PEOPLE (Macmillan)
Narrated by January LaVoy
BEST FIRST NOVEL
I.S. Berry THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria)
Amy Chua THE GOLDEN GATE (Minotaur)
Margot Douaihy SCORCHED GRACE (Zando)
Kerryn Mayne LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER (Bantam Books)
Steve Urszenyi PERFECT SHOT: A THRILLER (Minotaur)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Tracy Clark HIDE (Thomas & Mercer)
Luke Dumas THE PALEONTOLOGIST (Atria)
Tess Gerritsen THE SPY COAST (Thomas & Mercer)
Lisa Gray TO DIE FOR (Thomas & Mercer)
Jonathan Maberry CAVE 13: A JOE LEDGER AND ROGUE TEAM INTERNATIONAL NOVEL (St. Martins Griffin)
J. Todd Scott CALL THE DARK (Thomas & Mercer)
BEST SHORT STORY
Chris Bohjalian SLOT MACHINE FEVER DREAMS (Amazon Original Stories)
J.T. Ellison THESE COLD STRANGERS (Amazon Original Stories)
Smita Harish Jain AN HONORABLE CHOICE (Wildside Press)
Richard Santos RUSH HOUR (Akashic Books)
Lisa Unger UNKNOWN CALLER (Amazon Original Stories)
Stacy Woodson ONE NIGHT IN 1965 (Down & Out Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Sorboni Banerjee, Dominique Richardson RED AS BLOOD (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
Darcy Coates WHERE HE CANT FIND YOU (Sourcebooks Fire)
Courtney Gould WHERE ECHOES DIE (Wednesday Books)
Andrea Hannah WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS (Wednesday Books)
Elizabeth Wein STATELESS (Little, Brown & Co.)
BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Jeff Buick THE VULTURE FUND (Self-published)
Rona Halsall THE BIGAMIST (Bookouture)
Matt Phillips A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD (RunAmok Books)
Lisa Regan CLOSE HER EYES (Bookouture)
Robert Swartwood THE KILLING ROOM (Blackstone Publishing)
Laura Wolfe THE IN-LAWS (Bookouture)
ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XIX on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York
https://thrillerwriters.org/2024-thriller-awards/
hermetic
(8,604 posts)I just grabbed Patterson's THE HOUSE OF WOLVES audiobook from the library and will likely start it tomorrow. So, THANKS!
NanaCat
(2,332 posts)It was a Kindle First Read, and I was pleasantly surprised. Most of the time, those First Read books are not all that great, but Gerritsen's experience and solid writing chops sparkle in comparison to the average First Read author.
yellowdogintexas
(22,650 posts)It was a good read