Nominees for the 2013 Thriller Awards Announced

The International Thriller Writers have announced the nominees for the 2013 Thriller Awards recognizing the best books published in this genre during 2012. Two new categories have been added this year: Best Young Adult Novel and Best eBook Original Novel.

The winners will be announced during ThrillerFest (July 2013, New York City).

The nominees are …

Best Novel:
• The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover (Thomas & Mercer)
• Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman (SilverOak)
• Catch Me by Lisa Gardner (Dutton Books)
• The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin's Press)
• Defending Jacob by William Landay (Delacorte Press)

Best Paperback Original Novel:
• Pines by Blake Crouch (Thomas & Mercer)
• Lake Country by Sean Doolittle (Bantam)
• And She Was by Alison Gaylin (Harper)
• The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood (Penguin Books)
• Night Blind by Michael W. Sherer (Thomas & Mercer)

Best First Novel:
• Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman (Minotaur Books)
• The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)
• The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Little, Brown)
• Black Fridays by Michael Sears (Putnam)

Best Short Story:
• "The Devil To Pay" by David Edgerley Gates (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
• "The Street Ends at the Cemetery" by Clark Howard (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
• "The Consumers" by Dennis Lehane (Mulholland Books)
• "The History Lesson" by Gordon Mceachern (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
• "Lost Things" by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Young Adult Novel:
• Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon (HarperCollins)
• If We Survive by Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson)
• False Memory by Dan Krokos (Hyperion Books)
• Crusher by Niall Leonard (Delacorte Books)
• Dark Eyes by William Richter (Razorbill)

Best eBook Original Novel:
• Pandora's Temple by Jon Land (Open Road E-riginal)
• Blind Faith by C. J. Lyons (C. J. Lyons)
• Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff (Alexandra Sokoloff)
• Dead End Deal by Allen Wyler (Astor+Blue Editions)
• Dead Wrong by Allen Wyler (Astor+Blue Editions)