Die Finalisten für die diesjährigen Thriller Awards, verliehen von den International Thriller Writers (ITW), sind:
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
S.A. Cosby – ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (Flatiron Books)
Robert Dugoni – HER DEADLY GAME (Thomas & Mercer)
J.T. Ellison – IT’S 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)
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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 HOUSEMAID’S 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
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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)
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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. Martin’s Griffin)
J. Todd Scott – CALL THE DARK (Thomas & Mercer)
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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)
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BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Sorboni Banerjee, Dominique Richardson – RED AS BLOOD (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
Darcy Coates – WHERE HE CAN’T FIND YOU (Sourcebooks Fire)
Courtney Gould – WHERE ECHOES DIE (Wednesday Books)
Andrea Hannah – WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS (Wednesday Books)
Elizabeth Wein – STATELESS (Little, Brown & Co.)
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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)
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Die Preisverleihung ist auf dem ThrillerFest XIX am Samstag, den 1. Juni 2024, in New York City.
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Einige Bücher, wie S. A. Cosbys „All the sinners bleed“ als „Der letzte Wolf“ (Ars Vivendi), sind schon übersetzt. Einige werden wohl noch übersetzt. – Und einige lese ich irgendwann in meinem Lesestuhl, ohne Pfeife, aber mit einem Getränk meiner Wahl.
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