Saturday, 26 February 2022

2022 Thriller Award Nominees

The International Thriller Writers have announced the 2022 Thriller Award Nominees.

Congratulations to all the nominated authors.

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

The Turnout by Megan Abbott (Penguin/Putnam)
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (Flatiron Books)
These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall –(Thomas & Mercer)
Red Widow by Alma Katsu (Penguin/Putnam)
I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Eric Rickstad – (Blackstone Publishing)

BEST AUDIOBOOK

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Macmillan) Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White
Sleeping Dogs Lie by Samantha Downing (Audible Originals) Narrated by Melanie Nicholls-King and Lindsey Dorcus
How it Ends by Rachel Howzell Hall - (Audible Originals) Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz (Macmillan) Narrated by Scott Brick
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson (HarperCollins) Narrated by Davine Henry

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Girl A by Abigail Dean (HarperCollins)
Repentance by Eloísa Díaz (Agora Books)
My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa (Berkley)
Damascus Station by David McCloskey (W.W. Norton & Company)
Bones of Hilo by Eric Redman (Crooked Lane Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Flight Risk by Joy Castro (Lake Union)
Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke (Berkley)
Bloodline by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
My Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black by Terry Roberts (Turner Publishing Company)

BEST SHORT STORY

Not My Cross to Bear” by S A Cosby (Down & Out Books)
Demon in the Depths” by William Buron McCormick (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
The Lemonade Stand” by Scott Loring Sanders (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
The Interpreter and the Killer” by Jeff Soloway (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Bad Chemistry” by John Wilmer (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson – (HarperCollins)
Calculated by Nova McBee (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain (Penguin Young Readers)
The Project by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books)
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (Penguin Young Readers)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

The Dark Side: Alex Hunter 9 by Greig Beck (Pan Macmillan)
Where the Wicked Tread by John Connell – (John Connell)
The Little Girl Taken by Wendy Dranfield (Bookouture)
Blood Parish by E.J. Findorff (E.J. Findorff)
Mother May I by S. E. Green (S. E. Green)
Blue Madagascar by Andrew Kaplan (Andrew Kaplan)
Last One Alive by Karin Nordin (HarperCollins)



ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XVII on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.

Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare for the information.

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