The International Thriller Writers has announced the finalists for the 2012 Thriller Awards.
Best Hard Cover Novel
- Joseph Finder – Buried Secrets (St. Martin’s Press)
- Jonathan Hayes – A Hard Death (Harper)
- Stephen King – 11/22/63 (Scribner)
- Michael Koryta – The Ridge (Little, Brown and Co.)
- Marcus Sakey – The Two Deaths Of Daniel Hayes (Dutton Adult)
Best Paperback Original
- Jeff Abbott – The Last Minute (Sphere/LittleBrown UK)
- John Gilstrap – Threat Warning (Pinnacle)
- Helen Grant – The Glass Demon (Delacorte Press)
- Steven James – The Queen (Revell)
- John Rector – Already Gone (Thomas & Mercer)
Best First Novel
- James Barney – The Genesis Key (Harper)
- Melinda Leigh – She Can Run (Montlake Romance)
- Paul McEuen – Spiral (The Dial Press)
- .T. Narea – The Fund (Forge Books)
- Leslie Tentler – Midnight Caller (Mira)
Best Short Story
- James Scott Bell – “One More Lie” (Compendium Press)
- Michael Lewin – “Anything to Win” (Strand Magazine)
- Twist Phelan – “Happine$$” (Mystery Writers Of America Presents The Rich And The Dead, Grand Central Publishing)
- Tim L. Williams – “Half-Lives” (Dell Magazine)
- Dave Zeltserman – “A Hostage Situation” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Congratulations to all the finalists.
2012 Thriller Awards Winners to be announced at ThrillerFest VI July 14, 2012, Grand Hyatt, NYC.
Special thanks to:
Allen Wyler, VP Awards
Julie Korzenko, Awards Committee Chair
Liz Wolfe, Awards Coordinator
And the 2012 Thriller Awards Judges
