The International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the recipients of their 2022 awards recently at Thrillerfest. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees. And, for those of us who are readers, there’s another list of books to look for in The Poisoned Pen’s Web Store. https://store.poisonedpen.com/
*** denotes winner
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
Megan Abbott ““ THE TURNOUT (Penguin/Putnam)
***S. A. Cosby ““ RAZORBLADE TEARS (Flatiron Books)
Alice Feeney ““ ROCK PAPER SCISSORS (Flatiron Books)
Rachel Howzell Hall ““ THESE TOXIC THINGS (Thomas & Mercer)
Alma Katsu ““ RED WIDOW (Penguin/Putnam)
Eric Rickstad ““ I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM (Blackstone Publishing)
BEST AUDIOBOOK
***S. A. Cosby ““ RAZORBLADE TEARS (Macmillan)
Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White
Samantha Downing ““ SLEEPING DOGS LIE (Audible Originals)
Narrated by Melanie Nicholls-King and Lindsey Dorcus
Rachel Howzell Hall ““ HOW IT ENDS (Audible Originals)
Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Gregg Hurwitz ““ PRODIGAL SON (Macmillan)
Narrated by Scott Brick
Nadine Matheson ““ THE JIGSAW MAN (HarperCollins)
Narrated by Davine Henry
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Abigail Dean ““ GIRL A (HarperCollins)
EloÃsa DÃaz ““ REPENTANCE (Agora Books)
***Amanda Jayatissa ““ MY SWEET GIRL (Berkley)
David McCloskey ““ DAMASCUS STATION (W.W. Norton & Company)
Eric Redman ““ BONES OF HILO (Crooked Lane Books)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Joy Castro ““ FLIGHT RISK (Lake Union)
Aaron Philip Clark ““ UNDER COLOR OF LAW (Thomas & Mercer)
C. J. Cooke ““ THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES (Berkley)
***Jess Lourey ““ BLOODLINE (Thomas & Mercer)
Terry Roberts ““ MY MISTRESS’ EYES ARE RAVEN BLACK (Turner Publishing Company)
BEST SHORT STORY
S.A. Cosby ““ “Not My Cross to Bear” (Trouble No More, edited by Mark Westmoreland, Down & Out Books)
William Burton McCormick ““ “Demon in the Depths” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
***Scott Loring Sanders ““ “The Lemonade Stand” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
Jeff Soloway ““ “The Interpreter and the Killer” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
John Wimer ““ “Bad Chemistry” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Maureen Johnson ““ THE BOX IN THE WOODS (HarperCollins)
Nova McBee ““ CALCULATED (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
Ginny Myers Sain ““ DARK AND SHALLOW LIES (Penguin Young Readers)
***Courtney Summers ““ THE PROJECT (Wednesday Books)
Krystal Sutherland ““ HOUSE OF HOLLOW (Penguin Young Readers)
BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Greig Beck ““ THE DARK SIDE: ALEX HUNTER 9 (Pan Macmillan)
John Connell ““ WHERE THE WICKED TREAD (John Connell)
Wendy Dranfield ““ LITTLE GIRL TAKEN (Bookouture)
***E.J. Findorff ““ BLOOD PARISH (E.J. Findorff)
S. E. Green ““ MOTHER MAY I (S. E. Green)
Andrew Kaplan ““ BLUE MADAGASCAR (Andrew Kaplan)
Karin Nordin ““ LAST ONE ALIVE (HarperCollins)
2022 ThrillerMasters: Frederick Forsyth Diana Gabaldon