Last evening, during a festive ceremony at ThrillerFest XIX in New York City, the International Thriller Writers organization announced the winners of its 2024 Thriller Awards.
Best Hardcover Novel: All the Sinners Bleed , by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
Also nominated: 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); and The Drift , by C.J. Tudor (Ballantine)
Best Audiobook: The Last Orphan , by Gregg Hurwitz, narrated by Scott Brick (Macmillan)
Also nominated: The Peacock and the Sparrow , by I.S. Berry, narrated by Pete Simonelli (Atria); 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); and Bad Summer People , by Emma Rosenblum, narrated by January LaVoy (Macmillan)
Best First Novel: The Peacock and the Sparrow , by I.S. Berry (Atria)
Also nominated: The Golden Gate , by Amy Chua (Minotaur); Scorched Grace, by Margot Douaihy (Zando); Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder , by Kerryn Mayne (Bantam); and Perfect Shot , by Steve Urszenyi (Minotaur)
Best Paperback Original Novel: The Paleontologist , by Luke Dumas (Atria)
Also nominated: Hide , by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer); 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); and Call the Dark , by J. Todd Scott (Thomas & Mercer)
Best Short Story: “Unknown Caller,” by Lisa Unger (Amazon Original Stories)
Also nominated: “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); and “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: Stateless , by Elizabeth Wein (Little, Brown)
Also nominated: 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); and Where Darkness Blooms , by Andrea Hannah (Wednesday)
Best E-Book Original Novel: The Killing Room , by Robert Swartwood (Blackstone)
Also nominated: 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); and The In-Laws , by Laura Wolfe (Bookouture)
ThrillerMaster Award Recipients: Tess Gerritsen and Dennis Lehane
Silver Bullet Award Recipient: Louise Penny
Thriller Legend Award Recipient: Audible
ThrillerFan Award Recipient: Ayo Onatade
(Hat tip to The Gumshoe Site .)
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