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Thriller Awards
The Thriller Awards are presented by the International Thriller Writers at the annual ThrillerFest conference.

2024

Best Novel
  * All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby [review]
  °  Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni [review]
  °  It’s One of Us by J.T. Ellison
  °  The Secret Hours by Mick Herron [review]
  °  Fixit by Joe Ide
  °  The Drift by C.J. Tudor

Best First Novel
  * The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry [review]
  °  The Golden Gate by Amy Chua [review]
  °  Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy [review]
  °  Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
  °  Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas
  °  Hide by Tracy Clark [review]
  °  TThe Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
  °  To Die For by Lisa Gray
  °  Cave 13 by Jonathan Maberry
  °  Call the Dark by J. Todd Scott

Best Short Story
  * “Unknown Caller” by Lisa Unger
  °  “Slot Machine Fever Dreams” by Chris Bohjalian
  °  “These Cold Strangers” by J.T. Ellison
  °  “An Honorable Choice” by Smita Harish Jain
  °  “Rush Hour” by Richard Santos
  °  “One Night in 1965” by Stacy Woodson

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Stateless by Elizabeth Wein
  °  Red as Blood by Sorboni Banerjee & Dominique Richardson
  °  Where He Can’t Find You by Darcy Coates
  °  Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould
  °  Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah

Best eBook Original Novel
  * The Killing Room by Robert Swartwood
  °  The Vulture Fund by Jeff Buick
  °  The Bigamist by Rona Halsall
  °  A Good Rush of Blood by Matt Phillips
  °  Close Her Eyes by Lisa Regan
  °  The In-Laws by Laura Wolfe
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2023

Best Novel
  * Sundial by Catriona Ward
  °  The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson
  °  Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
  °  The Fervor by Alma Katsu
  °  The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon [review]
  °  Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone [review]

Best First Novel
  * The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett [review]
  °  Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild [review]
  °  Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor [review]
  °  A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
  °  The Fields by Erin Young [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
  °  The Lies I Told by Mary Burton
  °  No Place to Run by Mark Edwards
  °  Unmissing by Minka Kent
  °  Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris [review]
  °  The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright
  °  The Patient’s Secret by Loreth Anne White

Best Short Story
  * “Stockholm” by Catherine Steadman
  Amazon Original Stories
  °  “Russian for Beginners” by Dominique Bibeau
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2022
  °  “The Gift” by Barb Goffman
  Land of 10,000 Thrills
  °  “Publish or Perish” by Smita Harish Jain
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2022
  °  “33 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister” by Joyce Carol Oates
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2022
  °  “Schrödinger, Cat” by Anna Scotti
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2022

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Daughter by Kate McLaughlin
  °  Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert
  °  Sugaring Off by Gillian French
  °  What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla
  °  I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers

Best eBook Original Novel
  * The Couple at Causeway Cottage by Diane Jeffrey
  °  Evasive Species by Bill Byrnes
  °  The Seven Truths of Hannah Baxter by Grant McKenzie
  °  The Hollow Place by Rick Mofina
  °  Fatal Rounds by Carrie Rubin
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2022

Best Novel
  * Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby [review]
  °  The Turnout by Megan Abbott [review]
  °  Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney [review]
  °  These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall [review]
  °  Red Widow by Alma Katsu [review]
  °  I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Eric Rickstad

Best First Novel
  * My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa [review]
  °  Girl A by Abigail Dean [review]
  °  Repentance by Eloísa Díaz
  °  Damascus Station by David McCloskey [review]
  °  Bones of Hilo by Eric Redman

Best Paperback Original
  * Bloodline by Jess Lourey
  °  Flight Risk by Joy Castro
  °  Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark
  °  The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke [review]
  °  My Mistress’ Eyes Are Raven Black by Terry Roberts

Best Short Story
  * “The Lemonade Stand” by Scott Loring Sanders
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Not My Cross to Bear” by S.A. Cosby
  Down & Out Books
  °  “Demon in the Depths” by William Burton McCormick
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “The Interpreter and the Killer” by Jeff Soloway
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Bad Chemistry” by John Wimer
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Best Young Adult Novel
  * The Project by Courtney Summers
  °  The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson
  °  Calculated by Nova McBee
  °  Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain
  °  House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Best eBook Original Novel
  * Blood Parish by E.J. Findorff
  °  The Dark Side: Alex Hunter 9 by Greig Beck
  °  Where the Wicked Tread by John Connell
  °  Little Girl Taken by Wendy Dranfield
  °  Mother May I by S.E. Green
  °  Blue Madagascar by Andrew Kaplan
  °  Last One Alive by Karin Nordin
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2021

Best Novel
  * Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby [review]
  °  Hi Five by Joe Ide
  °  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman [review]
  °  These Women by Ivy Pochoda [review]
  °  Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger [review]

Best First Novel
  * Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden [review]
  °  The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq [review]
  °  Without Sanction by Don Bentley [review]
  °  The Bluffs by Kyle Perry
  °  Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * What Lies Between Us by John Marrs
  °  When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole [review]
  °  Unknown 9: Genesis by Layton Green
  °  The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne
  °  Either Side of Midnight by Benjamin Stevenson

Best Short Story
  * “Rent Due” by Alan Orloff
  Down & Out Books
  °  “The Death and Carnage Boy” by Steve Hockensmith
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Slow Burner” by Laura Lippman
  Amazon Original Stories
  °  “Dog Eat Dog” by Elaine Viets
  Untreed Reads
  °  “The Mailman” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
  Down & Out Books

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
  °  Last Girls by Demetra Brodsky
  °  I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
  °  Teen Killers Club by Lily Sparks
  °  The Distant Dead by Heather Young [review]

Best eBook Original Novel
  * A Killing Game by Jeff Buick
  °  Avenue of Thieves by Sean Black
  °  Full Metal Jack by Diane Capri
  °  Monkok Station by Jake Needham
  °  No Hesitation by Kirk Russell
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2020

Best Novel
  * The Chain by Adrian McKinty [review]
  °  One Good Deed by David Baldacci
  °  Rag and Bone by Joe Clifford
  °  Recursion by Blake Crouch
  °  They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
  °  Conviction by Denise Mina

Best First Novel
  * Miracle Creek by Angie Kim [review]
  °  My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing [review]
  °  The Good Detective by John McMahon [review]
  °  The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides [review]
  °  American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan [review]
  °  Girl Most Likely by Max Allan Collins
  °  Never Look Back by Alison Gaylin
  °  Jihadi Bride by Alastair Luft
  °  The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin [review]
  °  Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White

Best Short Story
  * “The Long-Term Tenant” by Tara Laskowski
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Turistas” by Hector Acosta
  Down & Out Books
  °  “Call Me Chuckles” by Michael Cowgill
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Snow Job” by Lia Matera
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Fathers-in-Law” by Twist Phelan
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan
  °  Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry by Jen Conley
  °  Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer [review]
  °  We Speak in Storms by Natalie Lund
  °  Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Best eBook Original Novel
  * Close to You by Kerry Wilkinson
  °  Night Man by Brett Battles
  °  The Deep Abiding by Sean Black
  °  Murder Board by Brian Shea
  °  Leave No Stone by LynDee Walker
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2019

Best Novel
  * Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier [review]
  °  November Road by Lou Berney [review]
  °  Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin [review]
  °  Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
  °  The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Best First Novel
  * The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor [review]
  °  The Terminal List by Jack Carr
  °  Need To Know by Karen Cleveland [review]
  °  Caged by Ellison Cooper
  °  Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * The Lost Man by Jane Harper [review]
  °  The Good Samaritan by John Marrs
  °  The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne
  °  Gone Dark by Kirk Russell
  °  Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson

Best Short Story
  * “Nana” by Helen Smith
  Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2
  °  “The Victims’ Club” by Jeffery Deaver
  Amazon Original Stories
  °  “10,432 Serial Killers (In Hell)” by Emily Devenport
  Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
  °  “Window to the Soul” by Scott Loring Sanders
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Tough Guy Ballet” by Duane Swierczynski
  For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Girl at the Grave by Teri Bailey Black
  °  The Lies They Tell by Gillian French
  °  Warcross by Marie Lu
  °  People Like Us by Dana Mele
  °  The Perfect Candidate by Peter Stone

Best eBook Original Novel
  * Pray for the Innocent by Alan Orloff
  °  Murder on the Marshes by Clare Chase
  °  Executive Force by Gary Grossman
  °  The Reunion by Samantha Hayes
  °  The Memory Detective by T.S. Nichols
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2018

Best Novel
  * Final Girls by Riley Sager
  °  Ill Will by Dan Chaon
  °  The Long Drop by Denise Mina
  °  The Breakdown by B.A. Paris [review]
  °  Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips [review]

Best First Novel
  * The Freedom Broker by K.J. Howe [review]
  °  Deep Down Dead by Steph Broadribb
  °  Ragdoll by Daniel Cole [review]
  °  The Red Line by Walt Gragg
  °  The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * Grievance by Christine Bell
  °  Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
  °  The Resurrector by Layton Green
  °  Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty
  °  The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day

Best Short Story
  * “Charcoal and Cherry” by Zoë Z. Dean
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Too Much Time” by Lee Child
  No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories
  °  “What Could Possibly Go Boing?” by Mat Coward
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “The Kill Switch” by Willy Vlautin
  °  “Test Drive” by Ben H. Winters

Best Young Adult Novel
  * The Rains by Gregg Hurwitz
  °  The Boy She Left Behind by Gregg Olsen
  °  To Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough
  °  The Delphi Effect by Rysa Walker
  °  Proof of Lies by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Best eBook Original Novel
  * Second Chance by Sean Black
  °  Ressurection America by Jeff Gunhus
  °  Trojan by Alan McDermott
  °  Witness by Caroline Mitchell
  °  A Fragile Thing by Kevin Wignall
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2017

Best Novel
  * Before the Fall by Noah Hawley [review]
  °  You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott [review]
  °  Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman [review]
  °  Arrowood by Laura McHugh [review]
  °  Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters [review]

Best First Novel
  * The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie [review]
  °  Deadly Kiss by Bob Bickford
  °  Type & Cross by J.L. Delozier
  °  Recall by David McCaleb
  °  Palindrome by E.Z. Rinsky

Best Paperback Original
  * The Body Reader by Anne Frasier
  °  In the Clearing by Robert Dugoni
  °  The Minoan Cipher by Paul Kemprecos
  °  Kill Switch by Jonathan Maberry
  °  Salvage by Stephen Maher

Best Short Story
  * “Big Momma” by Joyce Carol Oates
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “The Business of Death” by Eric Beetner
  Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns
  °  “The Peter Rabbit Killers” by Laura Benedict
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “The Man from Away” by Brendan DuBois
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Parallel Play” by Art Taylor
  Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Steeplejack by A.J. Hartley [review]
  °  Morning Star by Pierce Brown
  °  Holding Smoke by Elle Cosimano
  °  Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor
  °  The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas

Best eBook Original Novel
  * Romeo’s Way by James Scott Bell
  °  The Edge of Alone by Sean Black
  °  Untouchable by Sibel Hodge
  °  Destroyer of Worlds by J.F. Penn
  °  Breaker by Richard Thomas
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2016

Best Novel
  * The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell
  °  Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen [review]
  °  The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins [review]
  °  Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell [review]
  °  Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Best First Novel
  * Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich [review]
  °  Little Black Lies by Sandra Block [review]
  °  The Drowning Game by LS Hawker
  °  What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan [review]
  °  The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * Against All Enemies by John Gilstrap
  °  Day Zero by Marc Cameron
  °  Name of the Devil by Andrew Mayne
  °  The Angel of Eden by D.J. McIntosh
  °  Pockets of Darkness by Jean Rabe

Best Short Story
  * “Gun Accident: An Investigation” by Joyce Carol Oates
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Feeding the Crocodile” by Reed Farrel Coleman
  Jewish Noir
  °  “Repressed” by Jeffrey Deaver
  °  “The Water Was Rising” by Sharon Hunt
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “El Cambalache” by Terrence McCauley
  Thuglit, Issue 17

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud [review]
  °  Code of Honor by Alan Gratz
  °  The Forgetting by Nicole Maggi
  °  Half In Love With Death by Emily Ross
  °  The Dogs by Allan Stratton [review]

Best eBook Original
  * The Prisoner’s Gold by Chris Kuzneski
  °  Jack and Joe by Diane Capri
  °  Deadly Lullaby by Robert McClure
  °  Ivory Ghosts by Caitlin O’Connell
  °  Lie in Wait by Eric Rickstad
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2015

Best Novel
  * The Fever by Megan Abbott
  °  Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
  °  Suspicion by Joseph Finder
  °  Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
  °  That Night by Chevy Stevens

Best First Novel
  * The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh [review]
  °  The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin [review]
  °  Invisible City by Julia Dahl [review]
  °  The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens [review]
  °  The Martian by Andy Weir

Best Paperback Original
  * Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri
  °  The Buried by Shelley Coriell
  °  My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni [review]
  °  Shadow Maker by James R. Hannibal
  °  Whirlwind by Rick Mofina

Best Short Story
  * “The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky” by Tim L. Williams
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2014
  °  “Busting Red Heads” by Richard Helms
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March 2014
  °  “Pussycat, Pussycat” by Stephen Ross
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2014
  °  “Show Stopper” by Gigi Vernon
  Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold: Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War
  °  “The Honey Trap” by Bev Vincent
  Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold: Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War

Best Young Adult Novel
  * Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
  °  Tabula Rasa by Kristen Lippert-Martin
  °  The Eighth Guardian by Meredith McCardle
  °  The Unbound by Victoria Schwab
  °  Wicked Little Secrets by Kara Taylor

Best E-book Original Novel
  * Hard Fall by C.J. Lyons
  °  Post by Sean Black
  °  The Metaxy Project by Layton Green
  °  Wannabes by Michael Logan
  °  13 Hollywood Apes by Gil Reavill
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2014

Best Novel
  * The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper
  °  Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo
  °  Never Go Back by Lee Child
  °  Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
  °  Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  °  Criminal Enterprise by Owen Laukkanen [review]
  °  White Fire by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Best First Novel
  * Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews [review]
  °  Montana by Gwen Florio [review]
  °  Resolve by J.J. Hensley
  °  Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman [review]
  °  The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton [review]
  °  Out of Range by Hank Steinberg
  °  The Intercept by Dick Wolf

Best Paperback Original
  * The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon [review]
  °  Cold Snap by Allison Brennan
  °  Buried by Kendra Elliot
  °  His Majesty’s Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
  °  Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus [review]
  °  Deadly Harvest by Michael Stanley

Best Short Story
  * “Footprints in the Water” by Twist Phelan
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Baggage of Eternal Night” by Eric Guignard
  JournalStone
  °  “Waco 1982” by Laura Lippman
  Grand Central
  °  “The Gallows Bird” by Kevin Mims
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Doloroso” by Stephen Vessels
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Best Young Adult Novel
  * All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
  °  The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston
  °  Scorched by Mari Mancusi
  °  Escape from Eden by Elisa Nader
  °  Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff

Best e-Book Original Novel
  * The World Beneath by Rebecca Cantrell
  °  The Burning Time by J.G. Faherty
  °  Terminus by Joshua Graham
  °  No Dawn for Men by James Lepore & Carlos Davis
  °  Out of Exile by Luke Preston
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2013

Best Novel
  * Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman
  °  Trinity Game by Sean Chercover
  °  Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
  °  The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz
  °  Defending Jacob by William Landay [review]

Best First Novel
  * The 500 by Matthew Quirk [review]
  °  Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman [review]
  °  The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen [review]
  °  The Expats by Chris Pavone [review]
  °  Black Fridays by Michael Sears [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * Lake Country by Sean Doolittle
  °  Pines by Blake Crouch [review]
  °  And She Was by Alison Gaylin [review]
  °  The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
  °  Night Blind by Michael W. Sherer

Best Short Story
  * “Lost Things” by John Rector
  Thomas & Mercer
  °  “The Devil to Pay” by David Edgerley Gates
  Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
  °  “The Street Ends at the Cemetery” by Clark Howard
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “The Consumers” by Dennis Lehane
  Mulholland Books
  °  “The History Lesson” by Gordon McEachern
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Best Young Adult Novel
  * False Memory by Dan Krokos
  °  Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
  °  If We Survive by Andrew Klavan
  °  Crusher by Niall Leonard
  °  Dark Eyes by William Richter

Best E-Book Original Novel
  * Blind Faith by CJ Lyons
  °  Pandora’s Temple by Jon Land
  °  Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff
  °  Dead End Deal by Allen Wyler
  °  Dead Wrong by Allen Wyler
Top | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2012

Best Novel
  * 11/22/63 by Stephen King
  °  Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder
  °  A Hard Death by Jonathan Hayes
  °  The Ridge by Michael Koryta [review]
  °  The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey [review]

Best Paperback Original
  * The Last Minute by Jeff Abbott
  °  Threat Warning by John Gilstrap
  °  The Glass Demon by Helen Grant
  °  The Queen by Steven James
  °  Already Gone by John Rector

Best First Novel
  * Spiral by Paul McEuen [review]
  °  The Genesis Key by James Barney
  °  She Can Run by Melinda Leigh
  °  The Fund by H.T. Narea
  °  Midnight Caller by Leslie Tentler

Best Short Story
  * “Half-Lives” by Tim L. Williams
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “One More Lie” by James Scott Bell
  Compendium Press
  °  “Anything to Win” by Michael Lewin
  The Strand Magazine
  °  “Happine$$” by Twist Phelan
  Mystery Writers of America Presents The Rich and the Dead
  °  “A Hostage Situation” by Dave Zeltserman
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
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2011

Best Novel
  * Bad Blood by John Sandford
  °  The Reversal by Michael Connelly
  °  Edge by Jeffery Deaver
  °  The Burying Place by Brian Freeman
  °  Skin by Mo Hayder

Best Paperback Original
  * The Cold Room by J.T. Ellison
  °  Down Among the Dead Men by Robert Gregory Browne
  °  You Can’t Stop Me by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens
  °  Torn Apart by Shane Gericke
  °  The Venice Conspiracy by Jon Trace

Best First Novel
  * Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
  °  The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley
  °  The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron [review]
  °  The Insider by Reece Hirsch
  °  Drink the Tea by Thomas Kaufman [review]

Best Short Story
  * “The Gods for Vengeance Cry” by Richard Helms
  Dell Magazine
  °  “Second Wind” by Mike Carey
  The New Dead
  °  “Blue on Black” by Michael Connelly
  The Strand Magazine
  °  “Madeeda” by Harley Jane Kozak
  Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side
  °  “Chasing the Dragon” by Nicholas Kaufmann
  ChiZine Publications
  °  “Long Time Dead” by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
  The Strand Magazine
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2010

Best Novel
  * The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
  °  Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
  °  Long Lost by Harlan Coben
  °  Vanished by Joseph Finder
  °  The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker

Best Paperback Original
  * The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli
  °  No Mercy by John Gilstrap
  °  Urge To Kill by John Lutz
  °  Vengeance Road by Rick Mofina
  °  Shadow Season by Tom Piccirilli

Best First Novel
  * Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti [review]
  °  Fragment by Warren Fahy
  °  Dead Men’s Dust by Matt Hilton
  °  Collision of Evil by John J. Le Beau
  °  Dracula: The Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker & Ian Holt

Best Short Story
  * “A Stab In The Heart” by Twist Phelan
  °  “Iced” by Harry Hunsicker
  °  “Backup” by Rick Mofina
  °  “Boldt’s Broken Angel” by Ridley Pearson
  °  “The Desert Here And The Desert Far Away” by Marcus Sakey
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2009

Best Novel
  * The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
  °  Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
  °  The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
  °  The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross
  °  The Last Patriot by Brad Thor

Best First Novel
  * Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
  °  Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton
  °  The Killer’s Wife by Bill Floyd
  °  Calumet City by Charlie Newton [review]
  °  Criminal Paradise by Steven Thomas

Best Short Story
  * “The Edge of Seventeen” by Alexandra Sokoloff
  The Darker Mask
  °  “Last Island South” by John C. Boland
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “Time of the Green” by Ken Bruen
  Killer Year Anthology
  °  “Between the Dark and the Daylight” by Tom Piccirilli
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  °  “The Point Guard” by Jason Pinter
  Killer Year Anthology
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2008

Best Novel
  * The Ghost (The Ghost Writer) by Robert Harris
  °  No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
  °  The Watchman by Robert Crais
  °  The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
  °  Trouble by Jesse Kellerman

Best Paperback Original
  * The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli
  °  Shattered by Jay Bonansinga
  °  The Last Nightingale by Anthony Flacco
  °  The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon
  °  A Thousand Bones by P.J. Parrish

Best First Novel
  * Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
  °  Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
  °  Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover
  °  From the Depths by Gerry Doyle
  °  Volk’s Game by Brent Ghelfi
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2007

Best Novel
  * Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder
  °  False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
  °  Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
  °  The Messenger by Daniel Silva
  °  Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger

Best Paperback Original
  * An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish
  °  Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler with Jack DuBrul
  °  The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine
  °  Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli
  °  Mortal Faults by Michael Prescott

Best First Novel
  * Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone
  °  Shadow of Death by Patricia Gussin
  °  Switchback by Matthew Klein
  °  A Thousand Suns by Alex Scarrow
  °  18 Seconds by George D. Shuman
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2006

Best Novel
  * The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich
  °  Panic by Jeff Abbott
  °  Consent To Kill by Vince Flynn
  °  Velocity by Dean Koontz
  °  Citizen Vince by Jess Walter

Best Paperback Original
  * Pride Runs Deep by R. Cameron Cooke
  °  Sleeper Cell by Jeffrey Anderson
  °  Upside Down by John Ramsey Miller
  °  The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina
  °  Exit Strategy by Michael Wiecek

Best First Novel
  * Improbable by Adam Fawer
  °  The Color of Law by Mark Gimenez
  °  Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride
  °  Pain Killer by Will Staeger
  °  Beneath a Panamanian Moon by David Terrenoire
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