2024 THRILLER AWARD WINNERS
The International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the winners for the 2024 Thriller Awards as follows:

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL: (6)
WINNER S.A. Cosby - ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (Flatiron Books)
Robert Dugoni - HER DEADLY GAME (Thomas & Mercer)
J.T. Ellison - IT'S ONE OF US (Harlequin - MIRA Books)
Mick Herron - THE SECRET HOURS (Soho Crime)
Joe Ide - FIXIT (Mulholland Books)
C.J. Tudor - THE DRIFT (Ballantine Books)

BEST AUDIOBOOK: (5)
I.S. Berry - THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria), Narrated by Pete Simonelli
WINNER Gregg Hurwitz - THE LAST ORPHAN (Macmillan), Narrated by Scott Brick
Freida McFadden - THE HOUSEMAID'S SECRET (Bookouture), Narrated by Lauryn Allman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica - THE HOUSE OF WOLVES (Hachette Audio), Narrated by Ellen Archer
Emma Rosenblum - BAD SUMMER PEOPLE (Macmillan), Narrated by January LaVoy

BEST FIRST NOVEL: (5)
WINNER I.S. Berry - THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria)
Amy Chua - THE GOLDEN GATE (Minotaur)
Margot Douaihy - SCORCHED GRACE (Zando)
Kerryn Mayne - LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER (Bantam Books)
Steve Urszenyi - PERFECT SHOT: A THRILLER (Minotaur)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL: (6)
Tracy Clark - HIDE (Thomas & Mercer)
WINNER Luke Dumas - THE PALEONTOLOGIST (Atria)
Tess Gerritsen - THE SPY COAST (Thomas & Mercer)
Lisa Gray - TO DIE FOR (Thomas & Mercer)
Jonathan Maberry - CAVE 13: A JOE LEDGER AND ROGUE TEAM INTERNATIONAL NOVEL (St. Martin's Griffin)
J. Todd Scott - CALL THE DARK (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST SHORT STORY: (6)
Chris Bohjalian - SLOT MACHINE FEVER DREAMS (Amazon Original Stories)
J.T. Ellison - THESE COLD STRANGERS (Amazon Original Stories)
Smita Harish Jain - AN HONORABLE CHOICE (Black Cat Weekly #96; Wildside Press)
Richard Santos - RUSH HOUR (in AUSTIN NOIR, edited by Scott Montgomery, Hopeton Hay, and Molly Odintz; Akashic Books)
WINNER Lisa Unger - UNKNOWN CALLER (Amazon Original Stories)
Stacy Woodson - ONE NIGHT IN 1965 (in MORE GROOVY GUMSHOES: PRIVATE EYES IN THE PSYCHEDELICK SIXTIES, edited by Michael Bracken; Down & Out Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: (5)
Sorboni Banerjee, Dominique Richardson - RED AS BLOOD (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
Darcy Coates - WHERE HE CAN'T FIND YOU (Sourcebooks Fire)
Courtney Gould - WHERE ECHOES DIE (Wednesday Books)
Andrea Hannah - WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS (Wednesday Books)
WINNER Elizabeth Wein - STATELESS (Little, Brown)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL: (6)
Jeff Buick - THE VULTURE FUND (Self-published)
Rona Halsall - THE BIGAMIST (Bookouture)
Matt Phillips - A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD (RunAmok Books)
Lisa Regan - CLOSE HER EYES (Bookouture)
WINNER Robert Swartwood - THE KILLING ROOM (Blackstone Publishing)
Laura Wolfe - THE IN-LAWS (Bookouture)

2024 ThrillerMaster Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients.
Tess Gerritsen and
Dennis Lehane

2024 Silver Bullet Award Recipient:
Louise Penny

2024 Thriller Legend Award Recipient:
Audible
2024 Thriller Fan Award Recipient:
Ayo Onatade

The winners were announced at ThrillerFest XIX held on Saturday, June 01, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.

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