Nominees for the 2015 Thriller Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2015 Thriller Awards have been announced by the International Thriller Writers organization. The winners will be announced at ThrillerFest X on July 11th, 2015 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.

And the nominees are …

Best Hardcover Novel:

• The Fever by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)
• Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (Mulholland Books)
• Suspicion by Joseph Finder (Dutton)
• Natchez Burning by Greg Iles (William Morrow)
• That Night by Chevy Stevens (St. Martin's Press)

Best First Novel:

• The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin (Mantle)
• Invisible City by Julia Dahl (Minotaur Books)
• The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (Seventh Street Books)
• The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh (Spiegel & Grau)
• The Martian by Andy Weir (Crown)

Best Paperback Original Novel:

• The Buried by Shelley Coriell (Forever)
• My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)
• Shadow Maker by James R. Hannibal (Berkley)
• Whirlwind by Rick Mofina (Harlequin MIRA)
• Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri (Down & Out Books)

Best Short Story:

• "Busting Red Heads" by Richard Helms (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
• "Pussycat, Pussycat" by Stephen Ross (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
• "Show Stopper" by Gigi Vernon (Ice Cold Tales of Intrigue from the Cole War, Grand Central)
• "The Honey Trap" by Bev Vincent (Ice Cold Tales of Intrigue from the Cole War, Grand Central)
• "The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky" by Tim L. Williams (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)

Best Young Adult Novel:

• Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano (Penguin Books)
• Tabula Rasa by Kristen Lippert-Martin (EgmontUSA)
• The Eighth Guardian by Meredith McCardle (Skyscape)
• The Unbound by Victoria Schwab (Hyperion)
• Wicked Little Secrets by Kara Taylor (St. Martin's Griffin)

Best e-Book Original Novel:

• Post by Sean Black (Sean Black Digital)
• The Metaxy Project by Layton Green (Sixth Street Press)
• Wannabes by Michael Logan (Michael Logan)
• Hard Fall by C. J. Lyons (Legacy Books)
• 13 Hollywood Apes by Gil Reavill (Alibi)