2020 International Thriller Award nominees!

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

One Good Deed by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)...
Rag and Bone by Joe Clifford (Oceanview Publishing)
Recursion by Blake Crouch(Crown)
They all Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall (Forge Books)
The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Mulholland Books)
Conviction by Denise Mina (Mulholland Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing (Berkley)
Miracle Creek By Angie Kim(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
The Good Detective by John McMahon (G.P. Putnam’s Son)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Celadon Books)
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Girl Most Likely by Max Allan Collins (Thomas a& Mercer)

Never Look Back by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)

Jihadi Bride by Alistair Luft (Black Rose Writing)

The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan (Penguin Books)

The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)

Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White (Harper Paperbacks)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Night Man by Brett Battles (Brett Battles)

The Deep Abiding by Sean Black (Sean Black)

Murder Board by Brian Shea (Severn River Publishing)

Leave No Stone by LynDee Walker (Severn River Publishing)

Close to You by Kerry Wilkinson (Bookoutre)

BEST SHORT STORY

“Turistas” by Hector Acosta (Down & Out Books)

“Call Me Chuckles” by Michael Cowgill (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

“The Long-Term Tenant” by Tara Laskowski (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

Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry by Jen Conley (Down & Out Books)

Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)

We Speak in Storms by Natalie Lund (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers)

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (Kokila/Penguin Young Readers)

Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan (Albert Whitman & Company)