Die Autorenvereinigung International Thriller Writers (ITW) hat die Nominierungen für die diesjährigen Thriller Awards verkündet:
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
Megan Abbott – THE TURNOUT (Penguin/Putnam)
S. A. Cosby – RAZORBLADE TEARS (Flatiron Books)
Alice Feeney – ROCK PAPER SCISSORS (Flatiron Books)
Rachel Howzell Hall – THESE TOXIC THINGS (Thomas & Mercer)
Alma Katsu – RED WIDOW (Penguin/Putnam)
Eric Rickstad – I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM (Blackstone Publishing)
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BEST AUDIOBOOK
S. A. Cosby – RAZORBLADE TEARS (Macmillan) (Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White)
Samantha Downing – SLEEPING DOG LIE (Audible Originals) (Narrated by Melanie Nicholls-King and Lindsey Dorcus)
Rachel Howzell Hall – HOW IT ENDS (Audible Originals) (Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt)
Gregg Hurwitz – PRODIGAL SON (Macmillan) (Narrated by Scott Brick)
Nadine Matheson – THE JIGSAW MAN (HarperCollins) (Narrated by Davine Henry)
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BEST FIRST NOVEL
Abigail Dean – GIRL A (HarperCollins)
Eloísa Díaz – REPENTANCE (Agora Books)
Amanda Jayatissa – MY SWEET GIRL (Berkley)
David McCloskey – DAMASCUS STATION (W.W. Norton & Company)
Eric Redman – BONES OF HILO (Crooked Lane Books)
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BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Joy Castro – FLIGHT RISK (Lake Union)
Aaron Philip Clark – UNDER COLOR OF LAW (Thomas & Mercer)
C. J. Cooke – THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES (Berkley)
Jess Lourey – BLOODLINE (Thomas & Mercer)
Terry Roberts – MY MISTRESS‘ EYES ARE RAVEN BLACK (Turner Publishing Company)
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BEST SHORT STORY
S.A. Cosby – „Not My Cross to Bear“ (Down & Out Books)
William Burton McCormick – „Demon in the Depths“ (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Scott Loring Sanders – „The Lemonade Stand“ (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Jeff Soloway – „The Interpreter and the Killer“ (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
John Wimer – „Bad Chemistry“ (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
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BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Maureen Johnson – THE BOX IN THE WOODS (HarperCollins)
Nova McBee – CALCULATED (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
Ginny Myers Sain – DARK AND SHALLOW LIES (Penguin Young Readers)
Courtney Summers – THE PROJECT (Wednesday Books)
Krystal Sutherland – HOUSE OF HOLLOW (Penguin Young Readers)
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BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Greig Beck – THE DARK SIDE: ALEX HUNTER 9 (Pan Macmillan)
John Connell – WHERE THE WICKED TREAD (John Connell)
Wendy Dranfield – LITTLE GIRL TAKEN (Bookouture)
E.J. Findorff – BLOOD PARISH (E.J. Findorff)
S. E. Green – MOTHER MAY I (S. E. Green)
Andrew Kaplan – BLUE MADAGASCAR (Andrew Kaplan)
Karin Nordin – LAST ONE ALIVE (HarperCollins)
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Die Preisverleihung ist am Samstag, den 4. Juni 2022, auf dem ThrillerFest in New York.