LibGuides: Thriller Awards: Best Hardcover Novel (2006- )

International Thriller Writers Awards

Best Hardcover Novel

2020-2029

WINNER

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Call Number: FIC MKINT ADR CH (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780316531269

Publication Date: 2019-07-09

Your phone rings. You child has been kidnapped. And to free her, you must abduct someone else's child. Your child will be released when your victim's parents kidnap another child. Rachel will be part of the chain... or her daughter Kylie will be killed. But the masterminds may have made a mistake this time. Rachel may be the one to finally break the chain.
The Chain [E-Book] by Adrian McKinty
Call Number: FIC MKINT ADR CH Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780316426152

Publication Date: 2019

FINALISTS

One Good Deed by David Baldacci
Rag and Bone by Joe Clifford
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
Conviction by Denise Mira

One Good Deed (Archer #1) by David Baldacci
Call Number: FIC BALDA DAV AR1 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781538750568

Publication Date: 2019-07-23

It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of dos and a much longer list of donts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don't go to bars, certainly don't drink alcohol, do get a job -- and don't ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer's years serving in the war or his time in jail. Within a single night, his search for gainful employment -- and a stiff drink -- leads him to a local bar, where he is hired for what seems like a simple job: to collect a debt owed to a powerful local businessman, Hank Pittleman. Soon Archer discovers that recovering the debt won't be so easy. The indebted man has a furious grudge against Hank and refuses to pay; Hank's clever mistress has her own designs on Archer; and both Hank and Archer's stern parole officer, Miss Crabtree, are keeping a sharp eye on him. When a murder takes place right under Archer's nose, police suspicions rise against the ex-convict, and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison... if he doesn't use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer.
One Good Deed [E-Book] (Archer #1) by David Baldacci
Call Number: FIC BALDA DAV AR1 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781538750728

Publication Date: 2019
One Good Deed [Streaming audiobook] (Archer #1) by David Baldacci
Call Number: FIC BLADA DAV AR1 Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781549152771

Publication Date: 2019

They All Fall Down [E-Book] by Rachel Howzell Hall
Call Number: FIC HALL RACH TH Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780765398161

Publication Date: 2019-04-09

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico with six other strangers. Surrounded by miles of open water in the gloriously green Sea of Cortez, Miriam is soon shocked to discover that she and the rest of her companions have been brought to the remote island under false pretenses—and all seven strangers harbor a secret. Danger lurks in the lush forest and in the halls and bedrooms of the lonely mansion. Sporadic cell-phone coverage and miles of ocean keeps the group trapped in paradise. And strange accidents stir suspicions, as one by one . . . They all fall down.
They All Fall Down [Streaming audiobook] by Rachel Howzell Hall
Call Number: FIC HALL RACH TH Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781982583552

Publication Date: 2019

WINNER

Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland by Cosby, S. A.
Call Number: FIC COSBY SA BL (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781250252685

Publication Date: 2020-07-14

A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series of financial calamities, Bug feels he has no choice but to take one final job as the getaway driver for a daring diamond heist that could solve all his money troubles and allow him to go straight once and for all. Like "Ocean's Eleven" meets "Drive" (but with a mostly black cast of characters), Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of sons living up (or down) to their fathers; of a heist gone sideways; of a man ground down by economic desperation; of fast cars and daring chases and identity and love.
Blacktop Wasteland [E-Book] by S. A. Cosby
Call Number: FIC COSBY SA BL Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781250252678

Publication Date: 2020-07-14
Blacktop Wasteland [Streaming audiobook] by S. A. Cosby
Call Number: FIC COSBY SA BL Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781250751935

Publication Date: 2020

FINALISTS

Hi Five by Joe Ide
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
These Women by Ivy Pochoda
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger

The Thursday Murder Club [E-Book] (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
Call Number: FIC OSMAN RIC T1 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781984880970

Publication Date: 2020

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?.
The Thursday Murder Club [streaming audiobook] (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
Call Number: FIC OSMAN RIC T1 Audiobk

ISBN: 9780593289518

Publication Date: 2020

These Women by Ivy Pochoda
Call Number: FIC POCHO IVY TH (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780062656384

Publication Date: 2020-05-19

Confessions on The 7:45 by Unger, Lisa
Call Number: FIC UNGER LIS CO (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780778310150

Publication Date: 2020-10-06

Be careful to whom you tell your darkest secrets Selena Murphy is commuting home from her job in the city when the train stalls out on the tracks. She strikes up a conversation with a beautiful stranger in the next seat, and their connection is fast and easy. The woman introduces herself as Martha and confesses that she's been stuck in an affair with her boss. Selena, in turn, confesses that she suspects her husband is sleeping with the nanny. When the train arrives at Selena's station, the two women part ways, presumably never to meet again. But days later, Selena's nanny disappears. Soon Selena finds her once-perfect life upended. As she is pulled into the mystery of the missing nanny, and as the fractures in her marriage grow deeper, Selena begins to wonder, who was Martha really? But she is hardly prepared for what she'll discover.
Confessions on The 7:45 [E-Book] by Lisa Unger
Call Number: FIC UNGER LIS CO Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781488069079

Publication Date: 2020-10-06

WINNER

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby
Call Number: FIC COSBY SA RA (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781250252708

Publication Date: 2021-07-06

FINALISTS:

The Turnout by Megan Abbott
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Red Widow by Alma Katsu
These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall
I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Erick Rickstad

The Turnout by Megan Abbott
Call Number: FIC ABBOT MEG TU (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780593084908

Publication Date: 2021-08-03
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Call Number: FIC FEENE ALI RO (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781250266101

Publication Date: 2021-09-07

WINNER

Sundial by Catriona Ward

Sundial by Catriona Ward
Call Number: FIC WARD CAT SU

ISBN: 9781250812681

Publication Date: 2022-03-01

All Rob wanted was a normal life. She almost got it, too: a husband, two kids, a nice house in the suburbs. Far from her childhood home, Sundial, hidden deep in the wild Mojave Desert. But beneath the veneer, Rob is terrified for her oldest daughter, Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her too much of the family she left behind. Running from her past has led her directly back to it -- what's buried at Sundial could never stay a secret forever, and Rob must risk one last trip out there to protect her family and her future.

FINALISTS

The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson
Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
The Fervor by Alma Katsu
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
The Fields by Erin Young

The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson
Call Number: FIC DAWSO DEL VI (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780593156629

Publication Date: 2022-02-01

Chelsea Martin appears to be the perfect housewife: married to her high school sweetheart, the mother of two daughters, keeper of an immaculate home. But Chelsea's husband has turned their house into a prison; he has been abusing her for years, cutting off her independence, autonomy, and support. She has nowhere to turn, not even to her narcissistic mother, Patricia, who is more concerned with maintaining the appearance of an ideal family than she is with her daughter's actual well-being. And Chelsea is worried that her daughters will be trapped just as she is--then a mysterious illness sweeps the nation. Known as The Violence, this illness causes the infected to experience sudden, explosive bouts of animalistic rage and attack anyone in their path. But for Chelsea, the chaos and confusion the virus causes is an opportunity--and inspires a plan to liberate herself from her abuser.
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
Call Number: FIC MMAHO JEN CH (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781982153953

Publication Date: 2022-04-26

1978: At her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont, the brilliant psychiatrist, Dr. Helen Hildreth, is acclaimed for her compassionate work with the mentally ill. But when's she home with her cherished grandchildren, Vi and Eric, she's just Gran-teaching them how to take care of their pets, preparing them home-cooked meals, providing them with care and attention and love. Then one day Gran brings home a child to stay with the family. Iris-silent, hollow-eyed, skittish, and feral-does not behave like a normal girl. Still, Violet is thrilled to have a new playmate. She and Eric invite Iris to join their Monster Club, where they catalogue all kinds of monsters and dream up ways to defeat them. Before long, Iris begins to come out of her shell. She and Vi and Eric do everything together: ride their bicycles, go to the drive-in, meet at their clubhouse in secret to hunt monsters. Because, as Vi explains, monsters are everywhere. 2019: Lizzy Shelley, the host of the popular podcast Monsters Among Us, is traveling to Vermont, where a young girl has been abducted, and a monster sighting has the town in an uproar. She's determined to hunt it down, because Lizzy knows better than anyone that monsters are real-and one of them is her very own sister.
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
Call Number: FIC PAVON CHR TW (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780374604769

Publication Date: 2022-05-24

Ariel Price wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone--no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong. She starts with hotel security, then the police, then the American embassy, at each confronting questions she can't fully answer: What exactly is John doing in Lisbon? Why would he drag her along on his business trip? Who would want to harm him? And why does Ariel know so little about her new--much younger--husband? The clock is ticking. Ariel is increasingly frustrated and desperate, running out of time, and the one person in the world who can help is the one person she least wants to ask.

WINNER

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
Call Number: FIC COSBY SA AL (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781250831910

Publication Date: 2023-06-06

After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, the land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights, and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.

FINALISTS:

Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
Fixit by Joe Ide
The Drift by C. J. Tudor

Her Deadly Game (Keera Duggan #1) by Robert Dugoni
Call Number: FIC DUGON ROB D1

ISBN: 9781662500190

Publication Date: 2023-03-28

Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor, until her romantic relationship with a senior colleague ended badly. For the competitive former chess prodigy, returning to her family's failing criminal defense law firm to work for her father is the best shot she has. With the right moves, she hopes to restore the family's reputation, her relationship with her father, and her career. Keera's chance to play in the big leagues comes when she's retained by Vince LaRussa, an investment adviser accused of murdering his wealthy wife. There's little hard evidence against him, but considering the couple's impending and potentially nasty divorce, LaRussa faces life in prison. The prosecutor is equally challenging: Miller Ambrose, Keera's former lover, who's eager to destroy her in court on her first homicide defense. As Keera and her team follow the evidence, they uncover a complicated and deadly game that's more than Keera bargained for. When shocking information turns the case upside down,Keera must decide between her duty to her client, her family's legacy, and her own future.
It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison
Call Number: FIC ELLIS JT IT (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780778311768

Publication Date: 2023-02-21

Olivia Bender designs exquisite home interiors that satisfy the most demanding clients. But her own deepest desire can't be fulfilled by marble counters or the perfect rug. She desperately wants to be a mother. Fertility treatments and IVF keep failing.And just when she feels she's at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park. DNA results show that the prime suspect in a murder investigation is Park's son. Olivia is relieved, knowing this is a mistake. Despite their desire, the Benders don't have any children. Then comes the confession. Many years ago, Park donated sperm to a clinic. He has no idea how many times it was sold--or how many children he has sired. As the murder investigation goes deeper, more terrible truths come to light. With every revelation, Olivia must face the unthinkable. The man she married has fathered a killer. But can she hold that against him when she keeps such dark secrets of her own?
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
Call Number: FIC HERRO MIC SE

ISBN: 9781641295215

Publication Date: 2023-09-12

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service 'to investigate historical over-reaching.' Monochrome's mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer--and [allow] Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so. But MI5's formidable First Desk did not become Britain's top spy by accident, and she has succeeded thwarting the inquiry at every turn. Now the administration that brought Monochrome into being has been ousted, the investigation is a total bust, and Griselda and Malcolm are stuck watching as their career prospects swirl down the drain.
Fixit (IQ #6) by Joe Ide
Call Number: FIC IDE JOE I6

ISBN: 9780316531085

Publication Date: 2023-05-09

Isaiah Quintabe's first love, Grace, has been kidnapped by his sworn enemy, the professional hit man Skip Hanson. Skip is savage and psychotic, determined to punish Isaiah for sending him to prison and destroying his life. Isaiah and his sometimes partner, ex-hustler Juanell Dodson, together again, must track scant clues through L.A.'s perilous landscape as Grace's predicament grows more uncertain. A complication arises in the form of Winnie Hando, a homicide detective with something to prove. Stubborn and effective, Winnie sees Isaiah's efforts as an obstruction to the investigation and a possible embarrassment: an unlicensed PI can't be seen doing the department's job better than the department. Winnie tries to stop Isaiah while pursuing the case herself, each hindering the other's progress. As the desperate hunt winds on, Isaiah fears that even if he can bring Grace home alive, things between them will never be the same.
The Drift by C. J. Tudor
Call Number: FIC TUDOR CJ DR

ISBN: 9780593356586

Publication Date: 2024-02-06

Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They'll need to work together to escape - with their sanity and secrets intact. Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She's in a cable car stranded high above snowy mountains, with five strangers and no memory of how they got on board. They are heading to a place known only as 'The Retreat,' but as the temperature drops and tensions mount, Meg realizes they may not all make it there alive. Carter is gazing out of the window of an isolated ski chalet that he and his companions call home. As their generator begins to waver in the storm, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger, and their fragile bonds will be tested when the power finally fails-for good. The imminent dangers faced by Hannah, Meg, and Carter are each one part of the puzzle. Lurking in their shadows is an even greater threat-one that threatens to consume all of humanity.

2010-2019

WINNER

The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner

The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
Call Number: FIC GARDN LIS W3 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780553807233

Publication Date: 2009-06-16

A young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect.
The Neighbor [CD] by Emily Janice Card (Read by); Kirby Heyborne (Read by); Kirsten Potter (Read by); Lisa Gardner
Call Number: CD Fiction GA (Adult CD audiobooks)

ISBN: 9780307750938

Publication Date: 2010-10-26
The Neighbor [E-Book] by Lisa Gardner
Call Number: FIC GARDN LIS W3 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780553906639

Publication Date: 2009

FINALISTS

Vanished by Joseph Finder
Long Lost by Harlan Coben
Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker

Vanished by Joseph Finder
Call Number: FIC FINDE JOS H1 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780312379087

Publication Date: 2009-08-18

Lauren Heller and her husband Roger, a brilliant executive at a major corporation, are attacked in a Georgetown parking lot after an evening out. Knocked unconscious by the assailants, Lauren lies in a coma in the hospital while her husband has vanished without a trace. With nowhere else to turn, Lauren's teenage son Gabe reaches out to his uncle, Nick Heller, a high-powered investigator with a corporate intelligence firm in Washington, D.C. Having returned to town on the next available flight, Nick finds Lauren conscious, the police skeptical and his older brother Roger still missing. Nick and Roger have been on the outs since the arrest, trial and conviction of their father, the notorious "fugitive financier," Victor Heller. Whereas Roger chose to follow in their father's footsteps and join the corporate world, Nick instead rebelled. He enlisted in the Special Forces and later he served in a highly secretive intelligence unit in the Pentagon. Now working for one of the most respected firms of corporate "fixers," Nick's looking into his brother's disappearance unexpectedly pits him against the interests of some extremely influential forces in Washington, including his own boss. With few allies and many enemies, Nick is forced to seek help where he can-- including from his own despised father, still in prison in upstate New York. Nick finds himself on a collision course with one of the most powerful and secretive corporations in the world, whose minions will stop at nothing to protect the secrets that Nick Heller is determined to uncover-- secrets that reach into the highest levels of the government... and may get Nick and everyone he's trying to protect killed.

Long Lost [CD] by Harlan Coben; Steven Weber (Read by)
Call Number: CD Fiction CO B9 (Adult CD audiobooks)

ISBN: 9781423327646

Publication Date: 2010-02-23

Contacted by a woman with whom he had an affair years earlier, Myron Bolitar learns how she has been wrongfully accused of murdering her ex-husband, a situation that is further complicated by a long-hidden family secret.

The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker
Call Number: FIC PARKE TJ H2 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780525950950

Publication Date: 2009-02-10

Deputy Sheriff Charlie Hood cruises the dusty backroads of the new American West. But when his partner is shot dead and Hood is drafted to find the killer, the investigation takes him to places he never wanted to go-where there's no clear line between good and evil.
The Renegades [E-Book] by T. Jefferson Parker
Call Number: FIC PARKE TJ H2 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781101502693

Publication Date: 2010

WINNER

Bad Blood by John Sandford

Bad Blood (Virgil Flowers #4) by John Sandford
Call Number: FIC SANDF JOH F4 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780399156908

Publication Date: 2010-09-21

Two bodies in two days. One is murder. The other is suicide. Virgil Flowers never imagined that discovering the connection would lead him into the perverse history of the Minnesota farm community, and almost unimaginable darkness.
Bad Blood [E-Book] (Virgil Flowers #4) by John Sandford
Call Number: FIC SANDF JOH F4 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781101443439

Publication Date: 2011

FINALISTS

The Reversal by Michael Connelly
Edge by Jeffery Deaver
The Burying Place by Brian Freeman
Skin by Mo Hayder

The Reversal (Lincoln Lawyer #3) by Michael Connelly
Call Number: FIC CONNE MIC H3 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780316069489

Publication Date: 2010-10-05

Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that he gets to choose his investigator, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch. Together, Bosch and Haller set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger. Opposing them is Jessup, now out on bail, a defense attorney who excels at manipulating the media, and a runaway eyewitness reluctant to testify after so many years. With the odds and the evidence against them, Bosch and Haller must nail a sadistic killer once and for all. If Bosch is sure of anything, it is that Jason Jessup plans to kill again.
The Reversal [CD] by Peter Giles (Read by); Michael Connelly
Call Number: CD Fictino CO B16 (Adult CD Audiobooks)

ISBN: 9781600247255

Publication Date: 2010-10-05
The Reversal [E-Book] (Lincoln Lawyer #3) by Michael Connelly
Call Number: FIC CONNE MIC H3 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780316150927

Publication Date: 2010

Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Call Number: FIC DEAVE JEF ED (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781439156353

Publication Date: 2010-11-02

Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations—the FBI and CIA among them—lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection. Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned, ruthless “lifter” hired to obtain information using whatever means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his expertise lies in getting an “edge” on his victim—leverage—usually by kidnapping or threatening family until the “primary” caves under pressure. The job of keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte, a senior federal protection officer known as a “shepherd.” Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the reappearance of Loving—the man who, six years earlier, had tortured and killed someone close to him—is also an opportunity to avenge his friend’s death. The assignment soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks.

The Burying Place (Jonathan Stride #5) by Brian Freeman
Call Number: FIC FREEM BRI S5 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780312562748

Publication Date: 2010-04-13

Lieutenant Jonathan Stride is quietly recovering from injuries sustained on his latest case when a rich doctor's baby is kidnapped and his peace is shattered. As suspicion builds that the doctor may have staged the baby’s disappearance, the relationship between the doctor and his wife and neighbors begins to disintegrate. Stride and his lover, Serena, a former Las Vegas detective, find themselves on opposite sides of the case, with Stride pursuing evidence that incriminates the doctor and Serena trying to prove that the baby really was abducted. Meanwhile, Stride’s partner, Maggie, and a headstrong young cop are tracking a man responsible for a violent crime wave in the rural areas of Duluth. There seems to be no connection between the cases—until a victim with ties to the doctor’s case turns up murdered in the signature style of the Duluth killer.

Skin [E-Book] by Mo Hayder
Call Number: FIC HAYDE MO C4 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780802198013

Publication Date: 2011-02-08

When the decomposing body of a young woman is found, the wounds on her wrists suggest an open-and-shut case of suicide. But Jack Caffery is not so sure. Other apparent suicides are cropping up, and they all have a connection to Elf’s Grotto, a nearly bottomless network of flooded quarries just outside the city. Caffery begins to suspect a shadowy and sinister predator, someone—or something—that can disappear into darkness and slip into houses unseen. Working alongside Caffery is rough-and-tough police diver Flea Marley, but while pursuing her investigation, she stumbles upon something far too close to home that no one—not even Caffery—can help her face.

WINNER

11/22/63 by Stephen King

11/22/63 by Stephen King
Call Number: FIC KING STE EL (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9781451627282

Publication Date: 2011-11-08

On November 22, 1963, three shots changed the world. What if it never happened? Jake Epping is a 35-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. Not much later, Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane, and insanely impossible, mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination.
11/22/63 [CD] by Stephen King; Craig Wasson (Read by)
Call Number: CD Fiction KI (Adult CD Audiobooks)

ISBN: 9781442344280

Publication Date: 2011-11-08
11/22/63 [E-Book] by Stephen King
Call Number: FIC ING STE EL Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781451627305

Publication Date: 2011-11-08
11/22/63 [Streaming Audiobook] by Stephen King
Call Number: FIC ING STE EL Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781464000812

Publication Date: 2011-11-08

FINALISTS

Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder
A Hard Death by Jonathan Hayes
The Ridge by Michael Koryta
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey

Buried Secrets (Nick Heller #2) by Joseph Finder
Call Number: FIC FINDE JOS H2

ISBN: 9780312379148

Publication Date: 2011-06-21

Nick has returned to his old home town of Boston to set up his own shop. There he’s urgently summoned by an old family friend. Hedge-fund titan Marshall Marcus desperately needs Nick’s help. His teenaged daughter, Alexa, has just been kidnapped. Her abduction was clearly a sophisticated professional job, done with extraordinary precision. Alexa, whom Nick has known since she was young, is now buried alive, held prisoner in an underground crypt, a camera trained on her, her suffering streaming live over the Internet. She’s been left with a limited supply of food and water and, if her father doesn’t meet the demands of her shadowy kidnappers, she’ll die. And as Nick begins to probe, he discovers that all is not quite right with Marshall Marcus’s business. He’s being investigated by the FBI, he has a lot of shady investors, his fund is in danger and now he has a lot of powerful enemies who may have the motivation to go after Marcus’s daughter. But to find out who’s holding Alexa Marcus hostage, Nick has to find out why. Once he does, he uncovers an astonishing conspiracy that reaches far beyond anything he could have imagined. And if he’s going to find Alexa in time, he will have to flush out and confront some of his deadliest opponents ever.

The Ridge by Michael Koryta
Call Number: FIC KORYT MIC RI (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780316053662

Publication Date: 2011-06-08

In an isolated stretch of Eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods. For years the lighthouse has been considered no more than an eccentric local landmark - until its builder is found dead at the top of the light, and his belongings reveal a troubling local history. For Deputy Sheriff Kevin Kimble, the lighthouse-keeper's death is disturbing and personal. Years ago Kimble was shot while on duty. Somehow the death suggests a connection between the lighthouse and the most terrifying moment of his life. Audrey Clark is in the midst of moving her large-cat sanctuary onto land adjacent to the lighthouse. Sixty-seven tigers, lions, and leopards and one legendary black panther are about to have a new home there. Her husband, the sanctuary's founder, died scouting the new property, and Audrey is determined to see his vision through. As strange occurrences multiply at the Ridge, the animals grow ever more restless, and Kimble and Audrey try to understand what evil forces are moving through this ancient landscape, just past the divide between dark and light.

WINNER

Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman

Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman
Call Number: FIC FREEM BRI SP (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781402798122

Publication Date: 2012-05-01

The two Minnesota towns couldn't be more different: in affluent Barron, a powerful and secretive scientific research corporation enriches its residents, while downriver in blue-collar St. Croix, victims of that company's carcinogenic waste struggle to survive. The bad blood between the communities escalates into open warfare when the beautiful Ashlynn, daughter of the corporation's president, is found shot dead--and a St. Croix girl, Olivia Hawk, is accused of the crime. Olivia's father, Christopher, a Minneapolis lawyer, comes to defend his daughter and uncovers some ugly truths that endanger the residents of both towns.

FINALISTS

The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz
Defending Jacob by William Landay

Catch Me (Detective D. D. Warren #6) by Lisa Gardner
Call Number: FIC GARDN LIS W6 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780525952763

Publication Date: 2012-02-07

Charlene Grant believes she is going to die. For the past few years, her childhood friends have been murdered one by one. Same day. Same time. Now she’s the last of her friends alive, and she’s counting down the final four days of her life until January 21st. Charlene doesn’t plan on going down without a fight. She has taken up boxing, shooting, and running. She also wants Boston’s top homicide detective, D. D. Warren, to handle the investigation. But as D. D. delves deeper into the case, she starts to question the woman’s story. Instinct tells her that Charlene may not be in any danger at all. If that’s true, the woman must have a secret—one so terrifying that it alone could be the greatest threat of all.
Catch Me [Large print] (Detective D. D. Warren #6) by Lisa Gardner
Call Number: FIC GARDN LIS W6 Large (Large print collection)

ISBN: 9781617935695

Publication Date: 2012

The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz
Call Number: FIC HURWI GREA SU (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780312625511

Publication Date: 2012-08-21

One morning in Los Angeles, Nate Overbay—a divorced former solider suffering from PTSD and slowly dying from ALS — goes to an eleventh-floor bank, climbs out of the bathroom window onto the ledge, and gets ready to end it all. But as he's steeling himself, a crew of robbers bursts into the bank and begins to viciously shoot employees and customers. With nothing to lose, Nate confronts the robbers, taking them out one-by-one. The last man standing leaves Nate with a cryptic warning. Nate soon learns what that message meant. He is kidnapped by Pavlo, a savage Russian mobster and mastermind of the failed heist. Unable to break back into the bank to get the critical item inside, Pavlo gives Nate an ultimatum—break in and get what he needs or watch Pavlo slowly kill the one thing Nate loves most—his ex-wife Janie and his teenaged daughter Cielle—both lost when he came back from Iraq broken and confused. Now he's got one last chance to protect the people he loves, even if it's the last thing he is able to do.

Defending Jacob [Kindle} by William Landay
Call Number: FIC LANDA WIL DE Kindle (Request at circulation desk)

ISBN: 9781409115373

Publication Date: 2012

Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. Every parental instinct Andy has rallies to protect his boy. Jacob insists that he is innocent, and Andy believes him. But as damning facts and shocking revelations surface, as a marriage threatens to crumble and the trial intensifies, and as the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own--between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.
Defending Jacob [CD] by William Landay; Grover Gardner (Read by)
Call Number: CD Fiction LA (Adult CD audiobooks)

ISBN: 9781455113538

Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Defending Jacob [E-Book] by William Landay
Call Number: FIC LANDA WIL DE Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780345527592

Publication Date: 2012
Defending Jacob [Streaming audiobook] by William Landay
Call Number: FIC LANDA WIL DE Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781483059945

Publication Date: 2012

WINNER

The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper

FINALISTS

Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo
Never Go Back by Lee Child
Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Criminal Enterprise by Owen Laukkanen
White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder #5) by Linda Castillo
Call Number: FIC CAST LIN B5 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780312658571

Publication Date: 2013-06-18

What at first seems like a tragic, but routine car accident suddenly takes on a more sinister cast as evidence emerges that nothing about the crash is accidental. But who would want to kill an Amish deacon and two of his children? He leaves behind a grieving widow and a young boy who clings to life in the intensive care wing of a hospital, unable to communicate. He may be the only one who knows what happened that night. Desperate to find out who killed her best friend's husband and why, Kate begins to suspect she is not looking for a reckless drunk, but instead is on the trail of a cold blooded killer amid the residents of Painter's Mill. It is a search that takes her on a chilling journey into the darkest reaches of the human heart and makes her question everything she has ever believed about the Amish culture into which she was born.
Her Last Breath [CD] (Kate Burkholder #5) by Linda Castillo; Kathleen McInerney (Read by)
Call Number: CD Fiction CA S5 (Adult CD audiobooks)

ISBN: 9781427231024

Publication Date: 2013-06-18
Her Last Breath [E-Book] (Kate Burkholder #5) by Linda Castillo
Call Number: FIC CASTI LIN B5 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781250031549

Publication Date: 2013-06-18
Her Last Breath [Streaming audiobook] (Kate Burkholder #5) by Linda Castillo
Call Number: FIC CASTI LIN B5 Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781427235756

Publication Date: 2013

Never Go Back (Jack Reacher #18) by Lee Child
Call Number: FIC CHILD LEE R18 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780385344340

Publication Date: 2013-09-03

Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The old stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had. Reacher is there to meet--in person--the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone. But it isn't Turner behind the CO's desk. And Reacher is hit with two pieces of shocking news, one with serious criminal consequences, and one too personal to even think about. When threatened, you can run or fight. Reacher fights, aiming to find Turner and clear his name, barely a step ahead of the army, and the FBI, and the D.C. Metro police, and four unidentified thugs. Combining an intricate puzzle of a plot and an exciting chase for truth and justice, Lee Child puts Reacher through his paces--and makes him question who he is, what he's done, and the very future of his untethered life on the open road.
Never Go Back [E-Book] (Jack Reacher #18) by Lee Child
Call Number: FIC CHILD LEE R18 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780440339373

Publication Date: 2013
Never Go Back [Streaming audiobook] (Jack Reacher #18) by Lee Child
Call Number: FIC CHILD LEE R18 Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780307749697

Publication Date: 2013

Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner
Call Number: FIC GARDN LIS L2 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780525953074

Publication Date: 2013-02-05

Ten minutes after walking the elite Back Bay townhouse and investigator Tessa Leoni already doesn’t like what she sees. Signs of an abduction. Clearly the work of professionals. At best, the entire family has been kidnapped. At worst… The more Tessa learns about the Denbe family, the less she likes their chances. What might have looked like the perfect existence—a powerful CEO, his adoring wife, their angelic child—is not what it appears. Husband, wife, daughter—magazine perfect, but each hiding dark secrets… Tessa knows more than she’d like to about families riddled with lies. What she doesn’t know is where the Denbes are and if any of them are still breathing. She’ll have to climb over unbending feds and territorial local cops to find out, and if she’s not fast, the Denbes’ chances of survival will quickly become little more than touch and go...

Doctor Sleep [E-Book] (The Shining #2) by Stephen King
Call Number: FIC KING STE S2 Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781476727660

Publication Date: 2013-09-24

Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance’s sanity, as his paranormal gift known as “the shining” opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook—and his father’s legacy of alcoholism and violence—kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname “Doctor Sleep” by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone—who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining—the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dan’s own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girl’s soul and survival...
Doctor Sleep [Streaming audiobook] (The Shining #2) by Stephen King; Will Patton (Narrated by)
Call Number: FIC KING STE S2 Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781470345822

Publication Date: 2013-09-24

White Fire (Pendergast #13) by Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child
Call Number: FIC PREST DOUJ P13 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781455525836

Publication Date: 2013-11-12

In 1876, in a mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, eleven miners were killed by a rogue grizzly bear. Corrie Swanson has arranged to examine the miners' remains. When she makes a shocking discovery, town leaders try to stop her from exposing their community's dark and bloody past. Just as Special Agent Pendergast of the FBI arrives to rescue his protege, the town comes under siege by a murderous arsonist who-with brutal precision-begins burning down multimillion-dollar mansions with the families locked inside. Drawn deeper into the investigation, Pendergast discovers a long-lost Sherlock Holmes story that may be the key to solving both the mystery of the long-dead miners and the modern-day killings as well. Now, with the ski resort snowed in and under savage attack-and Corrie's life suddenly in grave danger-Pendergast must solve the enigma of the past before the town of the present goes up in flames.

WINNER

The Fever by Megan Abbott

The Fever by Abbott, Megan
Call Number: FIC ABBOT MEGE F (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780316231053

Publication Date: 2014-06-17

The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community. The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hocky star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student. Their seeming stability, however, is thrown into chaos when Deenie's best friend is struck by a terrifying, unexplained seizure in class. Rumors of a hazardous outbreak spread through the family, school and community. As hysteria and contagion swell, a series of tightly held secrets emerges, threatening to unravel friendships, families and the town's fragile idea of security

FINALISTS

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Suspicion by Joseph Finder
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
That Night by Chevy Stevens

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Call Number: FIC BEUKE LAU B (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780316216821

Publication Date: 2014-09-16

Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies. But this one is unique even by Detroit's standards: half boy, half deer, somehow fused together. As stranger and more disturbing bodies are discovered, how can the city hold on to a reality that is already tearing at its seams? If you're Detective Versado's geeky teenage daughter, Layla, you commence a dangerous flirtation with a potential predator online. If you're desperate freelance journalist Jonno, you do whatever it takes to get the exclusive on a horrific story. If you're Thomas Keen, known on the street as TK, you'll do what you can to keep your homeless family safe -- and find the monster who is possessed by the dream of violently remaking the world.

Suspicion by Joseph Finder
Call Number: FIC FINDE JOS SU (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780525954606

Publication Date: 2014-05-27

When single father Danny Goodman suddenly finds himself unable to afford the private school his teenage daughter adores, he has no one to turn to for financial support. In what seems like a stroke of brilliant luck, Danny meets Thomas Galvin, the father of his daughter's new best friend, who also happens to be one of the wealthiest men in Boston. Galvin is aware of Danny's situation and out of the blue offers a $50,000 loan to help Danny cover his daughter's tuition. Uncomfortable but desperate, Danny takes the money, promising to pay Galvin back. What transpires is something Danny never imagined. The moment the money is wired into his account, the DEA comes knocking on his door. Danny's impossible choice: an indictment for accepting drug money that he can't afford to fight in court, or an unthinkably treacherous undercover assignment helping the government get close to his new best friend. As Danny begins to lie to everyone in his life, including those he loves most in the world, he must decide once and for all who the real enemy is or risk losing everything-and everyone-that matters to him.

Natchez Burning : a novel (Penn Cage #4) by Greg Iles
Call Number: FIC ILES GRE C4 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780062311078

Publication Date: 2014-04-29

Penn Cage must investigate when his father, a beloved family doctor and pillar of the community, is accused of murdering Violet Davis, the beautiful nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the early 1960s.

That Night by Chevy Stevens
Call Number: FIC STEVE CHE THA (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781250034601

Publication Date: 2014-06-17

Toni Murphy was eighteen when she and her boyfriend, Ryan, were wrongly convicted of the murder of her younger sister. Now she is thirty-four and back in her hometown, working every day to forge and adjust to a new life on the outside. She's doing everything in her power to avoid violating her parole and going back to prison. But nothing is making that easy--not Ryan, who is convinced he can figure out the truth; not her mother, who clearly doubts Toni's innocence; and certainly not the group of women who made Toni's life miserable in high school and may have darker secrets than anyone realizes. Before Toni can truly move on, she must risk everything to find out the truth and clear her name.

WINNER

The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell

FINALISTS

Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
Call Number: FIC GERRI TES PL (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781101884348

Publication Date: 2015-10-27

In a shadowy antiques shop in Rome, violinist Julia Ansdell happens upon a curious piece of music—the Incendio waltz—and is immediately entranced by its unusual composition. Full of passion, torment, and chilling beauty, and seemingly unknown to the world, the waltz, its mournful minor key, its feverish arpeggios, appear to dance with a strange life of their own. Julia is determined to master the complex work and make its melody heard. Back home in Boston, from the moment Julia’s bow moves across the strings, drawing the waltz’s fiery notes into the air, something strange is stirred—and Julia’s world comes under threat. The music has a terrifying and inexplicable effect on her young daughter, who seems violently transformed. Convinced that the hypnotic strains of Incendio are weaving a malevolent spell, Julia sets out to discover the man and the meaning behind the score. Her quest beckons Julia to the ancient city of Venice, where she uncovers a dark, decades-old secret involving a dangerously powerful family that will stop at nothing to keep Julia from bringing the truth to light.
Playing With Fire [E-Book] by Tess Gerritsen
Call Number: FIC GERRI TES PL Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781101884355

Publication Date: 2015

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Call Number: FIC HAWKI PAU G (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9781594634123

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. "Jess and Jason," she calls them. Their life -- as she sees it -- is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
The Girl on the Train [CD] by Paula Hawkins; Clare Corbett (Read by); Louise Brealey (Read by); India Fisher (Read by)
Call Number: CD Fiction HA (Adult Audiobook on CD)

ISBN: 9781611763737

Publication Date: 2015-01-13
The Girl on the Train [Streaming Audiobook] by Paula Hawkins
Call Number: FIC HAWKI PAU G Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781101887981

Publication Date: 2015

Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell
Call Number: FIC MORRE DAV Q2 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780316323932

Publication Date: 2015-03-24

Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his Confessions of an Opium-Eater, confronts London's harrowing streets to thwart the assassination of Queen Victoria. The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The Empire teeters. Amid this crisis comes opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, one of the most notorious and brilliant personalities of Victorian England. Along with his irrepressible daughter, Emily, and their Scotland Yard companions, Ryan and Becker, De Quincey finds himself confronted by an adversary who threatens the heart of the nation. This killer targets members of the upper echelons of British society, leaving with each corpse the name of someone who previously attempted to kill Queen Victoria. The evidence indicates that the ultimate victim will be Victoria herself. As De Quincey and Emily race to protect the queen, they uncover long-buried secrets and the heartbreaking past of a man whose lust for revenge has destroyed his soul. Brilliantly merging historical fact with fiction, Inspector of the Dead is based on actual attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Call Number: FIC SLAUG KAR PR (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780062429056

Publication Date: 2015-09-29

More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss--a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed. The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it
Pretty Girls [Streaming audiobook] by Karin Slaughter
Call Number: FIC SLAUG KAR PR Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781504610667

Publication Date: 2015

WINNER

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Call Number: Fiction H396b (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9781455561780

Publication Date: 2016-05-31

On a foggy summer night, eleven people -- ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter -- depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs -- the painter -- and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family. With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members -- including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot -- the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy. Was it merely by dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations. And while Scott struggles to cope with fame that borders on notoriety, the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage.
Before the Fall [E-Book] by Noah Hawley
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book

ISBN: 9781455562473

Publication Date: 2016
Before the Fall [Streaming Audio] by Noah Hawley
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook

ISBN: 9781478939672

Publication Date: 2016

FINALISTS

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman
Arrowood by Laura McHugh
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Call Number: FIC ABBOT MEGE Y (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780316231077

Publication Date: 2016-07-26

How far will you go to achieve a dream? That's the question a celebrated coach poses to Katie and Eric Knox after he sees their daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful, compete. For the Knoxes there are no limits -- until a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community and everything they have worked so hard for is suddenly at risk. As rumors swirl among the other parents, Katie tries frantically to hold her family together while also finding herself irresistibly drawn to the crime itself. What she uncovers -- about her daughter's fears, her own marriage, and herself -- forces Katie to consider whether there's any price she isn't willing to pay to achieve Devon's dream. From a writer with "exceptional gifts for making nerves jangle and skin crawl" (Janet Maslin), You Will Know Me is a breathless rollercoaster of a novel about the desperate limits of parental sacrifice, furtive desire, and the staggering force of ambition.

Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman
Call Number: Fiction C692m v.1 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780399173035

Publication Date: 2016-01-26

Gus Murphy thought he had the world all figured out. A retired Suffolk County cop, Gus had everything a man could want: a great marriage, two kids, a nice house, and the rest of his life ahead of him. But when tragedy strikes, his life is thrown into complete disarray. In the course of a single deadly moment, his family is blown apart and he is transformed from a man who believes he understands everything into a man who understands nothing.

Arrowood by Laura Mchugh
Call Number: FIC MHUGH LAU AR (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780812996395

Publication Date: 2016-08-09

When Arden Arrowood was four years old, her two-year-old twin sisters were stolen from the front yard of their hometown of Keokuk, Iowa, on the Mississippi River while Arden watched. Twenty years later, she returns home to confront the darkest part of her past. As the mystery unravels, the novel explores the reliability of memory, the stories we tell ourselves, and the power of love.

Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters
Call Number: FIC WINTE BENH UN (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780316261241

Publication Date: 2016-07-05

It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking and Happy Meals. Save for one thing: the Civil War never occurred. A gifted young Black man calling himself Victor has struck a bargain with federal law enforcement, working as a bounty hunter for the US Marshall Service. He's got plenty of work. In this version of America, slavery continues in four states called "the Hard Four." On the trail of a runaway known as Jackdaw, Victor arrives in Indianapolis knowing that something isn't right--with the case file, with his work, and with the country itself. A mystery to himself, Victor suppresses his memories of his childhood on a plantation, and works to infiltrate the local cell of a abolitionist movement called the Underground Airlines. Tracking Jackdaw through the back rooms of churches, empty parking garages, hotels, and medical offices, Victor believes he's hot on the trail. But his strange, increasingly uncanny pursuit is complicated by a boss who won't reveal the extraodinary stakes of Jackdaw's case, as well as by a heartbreaking young woman and her child who may be Victor's salvation. Victor himself may be the biggest obstacle of all--though his true self remains buried, it threatens to surface. Victor believes himself to be a good man doing bad work, unwilling to give up the freedom he has worked so hard to earn. But in pursuing Jackdaw, Victor discovers secrets at the core of the country's arrangement with the Hard Four, secrets the government will preserve at any cost.

WINNER

Final Girls by Riley Sager

Final Girls by Riley Sager
Call Number: FIC SAGER RIL FI (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781101985366

Publication Date: 2017-07-11

Ten years ago, six friends went on vacation. One made it out alive…. In that instant, college student Quincy Carpenter became a member of a very exclusive club—a group of survivors the press dubbed “The Final Girls”: Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout's knife; Sam, who endured the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape the massacre at Pine Cottage. Despite the media's attempts, the three girls have never met. Now, Quincy is doing well—maybe even great, thanks to her Xanax prescription. She has a caring almost-fiancé; a popular baking blog; a beautiful apartment; and a therapeutic presence in Coop, the police officer who saved her life. Her mind won’t let her recall the events of that night; the past is in the past…until the first Final Girl is found dead in her bathtub and the second Final Girl appears on Quincy's doorstep.
Final Girls [E-Book] by Riley Sager
Call Number: FIC SAGER RIL FI Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781101985373

Publication Date: 2017
Final Girls [Streaming audiobook] by Riley Sager; Erin Bennett (Read by); Hillary Huber (Read by)
Call Number: FIC SAGER RIL FI Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781524776817

Publication Date: 2017-07-11

FINALISTS

Ill Will by Dan Chaon
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
The Breakdown by B. A. Paris
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

Ill Will by Dan Chaon
Call Number: FIC CHAON DAN IL (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780345476043

Publication Date: 2017-03-07

In 1983, Dustin Tillman's family--his parents and his aunt and uncle--were murdered in a shocking massacre. His foster brother, Rusty, was convicted of the crime, in a trial that was steeped in the "Satanic Cult" paranoia of the 1980s. Thirty years later, Rusty's conviction is overturned, and suddenly Dustin, now a psychologist, must question whether his testimony that imprisoned his brother was accurate. When one of his patients, an ex-cop, gets him deeply involved in a series of unsolved murders, Dustin's happy suburban life starts to unravel, as his uncertainties about his past and present life begin to merge.

The Breakdown by B. A. Paris
Call Number: FIC PARIS BA BR (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781250122469

Publication Date: 2017-07-18

If you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside--the woman who was killed. She's been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It's a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she'd broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she'd stopped. But since then, she's been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn't have a baby. The only thing she can't forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt. Or the silent calls she's receiving, or the feeling that someone's watching her...
The Breakdown [E-Book] by B. A. Paris
Call Number: FIC PARIS BA BR Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781250122483

Publication Date: 2017-07-18
The Breakdown [Streaming audiobook] by B. A. Paris
Call Number: FIC PARIS BA BR Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781427286727

Publication Date: 2017

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
Call Number: FIC PHILL GIN FI (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780735224278

Publication Date: 2017-07-25

The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the next three hours--the entire scope of the novel--she keeps on running. Suddenly, mother and son are as trapped as the animals. Joan's intimate knowledge of this place that filled early motherhood with happy diversions--the hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits, the best spots on the carousel and overstocked snack machines--is all that keeps them a step ahead of danger.

WINNER

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
Call Number: Fiction H654j (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9781250154217

Publication Date: 2018-06-12

This is story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong--one of the most popular girls in school--disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school. But fourteen years later, Angela Wong's remains are discovered in the woods near Geo's childhood home. And Kaiser--now a detective with Seattle PD--finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women. To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he's something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo's first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed. For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela's death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison. While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows
Jar of Hearts [CD] by Jennifer Hillier; January LaVoy (Read by); Matie Argiropoulos (Produced by)
Call Number: CD Fiction HI (Adult Audio CD)

ISBN: 9781427296207

Publication Date: 2018-06-12

FINALISTS

November Road by Lou Berney
Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

November Road by Lou Berney
Call Number: Fiction B526n (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780062663849

Publication Date: 2018-10-09

Frank Guidry's luck has finally run out. A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleans' mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable. But now it's his turn--he knows too much about the crime of the century: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Within hours of JFK's murder, everyone with ties to Marcello is turning up dead, and Guidry suspects he's next: he was in Dallas on an errand for the boss less than two weeks before the president was shot. With few good options, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas, to see an old associate--a dangerous man who hates Marcello enough to help Guidry vanish. Guidry knows that the first rule of running is "don't stop," but when he sees a beautiful housewife on the side of the road with a broken-down car, two little daughters and a dog in the back seat, he sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks from the hit men on his tail. Posing as an insurance man, Guidry offers to help Charlotte reach her destination, California. If she accompanies him to Vegas, he can help her get a new car. For her, it's more than a car-- it's an escape. She's on the run too, from a stifling existence in small-town Oklahoma and a kindly husband who's a hopeless drunk. It's an American story: two strangers meet to share the open road west, a dream, a hope--and find each other on the way.

Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin
Call Number: FIC HEABE JUL P (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780804178020

Publication Date: 2018-05-15

An elderly man with dementia, once acquitted of a terrible murder and suspected in many others, is removed from his assisted-living facility by a woman he does not recognize--a woman who claims to be his long-lost daughter. She takes him on a road trip across Texas, searching for answers to her own burning questions. Following the paths of vanished women, she attempts to discover the truth about this man. Does he really have dementia? Is he a murderer? What secrets lurk in the dark corners of his disintegrating mind?

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
Call Number: FIC SLAUG KAR PI (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780062430274

Publication Date: 2018-08-21

What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all? Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother Laura. She's knows she's spent her whole life in the small town of Gullaway Island; she knows she's never had any more ambition than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she's never kept a secret in her life. But one day, a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Twenty-four hours later, Laura is in hospital, shot by an intruder who's spent thirty years trying to track her down. Now, Andrea must go on a desperate journey to follow the breadcrumbs of her mother's past. If she can't uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either of them.
Pieces of Her [E-Book] by Karin Slaughter
Call Number: FIC SLAUG KAR PI Ebook (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9780062430298

Publication Date: 2018-08-21
Pieces of Her [Streaming audiobook] by Karin Slaughter
Call Number: FIC SLAUG KAR PI Audiobk (OverDrive)

ISBN: 9781504780070

Publication Date: 2018

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Call Number: FIC TREMB PAU CA (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780062679109

Publication Date: 2018-06-26

The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts gives a new twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense that recalls Stephen King's Misery, Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood, and Jack Ketchum's cult hit The Girl Next Door.

2006-2009

WINNER

The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich

WINNER

Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder

Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder
Call Number: FIC FINDE JOS KI (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780312347475

Publication Date: 2006-05-16

Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales executive living in Boston and working for an electronics giant, a competitor to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's well liked at the office, but he lacks the "killer instinct" necessary to move up the corporate ladder. To the chagrin of his ambitious wife, it looks as if his career has hit a ceiling. Jason's been sidelined. But all that will change one evening when Jason meets Kurt Semko, a former Special Forces officer just back from Iraq. Looking for a decent pitcher for the company softball team, Jason gets Kurt, who was once drafted by the majors, a job in Corporate Security. Soon, good things start to happen for Jason—and bad things start to happen to Jason's rivals. His career suddenly takes off. He's an overnight success. Only too late does Jason discover that his friend Kurt has been secretly paving his path to the top by the most "efficient"—and ruthless— means available. After all, as Kurt says, "Business is war, right?" But when Jason tries to put a stop to it, he finds that his new best friend has become the most dangerous enemy imaginable. And now it's far more than just his career that lies in the balance.

FINALISTS

False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
The Messenger by Daniel Silva
Beautiful Lies by Lisa Under

False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
Call Number: FIC ARCHE JEF F (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780312353728

Publication Date: 2006-03-07

Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11? Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail? Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work only for one client, but never charge a fee? Why did a young woman with a bright career steal a priceless Van Gogh painting? All these questions and more are answered in Jeffrey Archer's novel, False Impression, but not before a breathtaking journey of twists and turns that will take readers from New York to London to Bucharest and on to Tokyo, and finally a sleepy English village, where the mystery of Van Gogh's last painting will finally be resolved.

The Messenger (Gabriel Allon #6) by Daniel Silva
Call Number: FIC SILVA DAN G6 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780399153358

Publication Date: 2006-07-25

Gabriel Allon—art restorer and spy—is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer—photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, aimed straight at the heart of the Vatican. Allon and his colleagues soon find themselves in a deadly duel of wits against one of the most dangerous men in the world—a hunt that will take them across Europe to the Caribbean and back. But for them, there may not be enough of anything: enough time, enough facts, enough luck. All Allon can do is set his trap—and hope that he is not the one caught in it.

WINNER

The Ghost by Robert Harris

The Ghost by Robert Harris
Call Number: FIC HARRI ROB GH (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781416551812

Publication Date: 2007-10-23

Dashing, captivating Adam Lang was Britain's longest serving -- and most controversial -- prime minister of the last half century, whose career ended in tatters after he sided with America in an unpopular war on terror. Now, after stepping down in disgrace, Lang is hiding out in wintry Martha's Vineyard to finish his much sought-after, potentially explosive memoir, for which he accepted one of history's largest cash advances. But the project runs aground when his ghostwriter suddenly and mysteriously disappears and later washes up, dead, on the island's deserted shore. Enter our hero -- Lang's new ghostwriter -- cynical, mercenary, and quick with a line of deadpan humor. Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, he jumps at the chance to be the new ghost of Adam Lang's memoirs, especially as it means a big payday. At once he flies to Lang's remote location in America to finish the book in the seclusion of a luxurious estate, but it doesn't take him long to realize he has made a fatal error in judgment.

FINALISTS

No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
The Watchman by Robert Crais
The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
Trouble by Jesse Kellerman

No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Call Number: FIC BARCL LIN NT (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780553805550

Publication Date: 2007-09-25

Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family–mother, father,brother–had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she’ll learn the devastating truth. Sometimes it’s better not to know. . . . Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family. But the story of her old family isn’t over. A strange car in the neighborhood, untraceable phone calls, ominous “gifts”–someone has returned to her hometown to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And no one’s innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time Cynthia discovers her killer’s shocking identity, it will again be too late . . . even for goodbye.

The Watchman : a Joe Pike Novel by Robert Crais
Call Number: Fiction C887p v.11 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780743281638

Publication Date: 2007-02-27

When Joe Pike is charged with safeguarding a wealthy heiress, he discovers protecting the sole witness to a crime is nothing compared to protecting an LA party girl from her own self-destruction… Larkin Conner Barkley lives like the City of Angels is hers for the taking. Young and staggeringly rich, she speeds through the city during its loneliest hours, blowing through red after red in her Aston Martin as if running for her life. Then suddenly she sees another car’s metal-on-metal explosion of a terrible accident and, dazed, finds herself the single witness in a secret federal investigation.

WINNER

The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver

The Broken Window (Lincoln Rhyme #8) by Jeffery Deaver
Call Number: FIC DEAVE JEF R8 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781416549970

Publication Date: 2008-06-10

Rhyme’s cousin Arthur has been arrested on murder charges, and the evidence against the estranged relative Lincoln hasn’t seen in years is perfect—too perfect. Lincoln and his partner Amelia Sachs piece together a deadly pattern of similarly vicious frame-ups that leads them to the imposing Strategic Systems Datacorp—and a master of identity theft and manipulation known only as “522.” But cracking this ingenious killer’s realm places Rhyme and Sachs exactly where “522” wants them—in line to be the next victims.

FINALISTS

Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffrey Deaver
The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross
The Last Patriot by Brad Thor

Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
Call Number: FIC COBEN HAR HO (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780525950608

Publication Date: 2008-04-15

“We’re losing him.” With those words, Mike and Tia Baye decide to spy on their sixteen-year-old son Adam, who has become increasingly moody and withdrawn since the suicide of his best friend. The software they install on his computer shows them every Web site visited, every e-mail sent or received, every instant message. And each keystroke draws them deeper and deeper into a maze of mayhem and violence that could destroy them all....
Hold tight [large print] by Harlan Coben
Call Number: FIC COBEN HAR HO Large (Large print collection)

ISBN: 9780739494547

Publication Date: 2008

The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
ISBN: 9781416595618

Publication Date: 2008-11-11

When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report? Brynn stumbles onto a scene of true horror and narrowly escapes from two professional criminals. She and a terrified visitor to the weekend house, Michelle, flee into the woods in a race for their lives. As different as night and day, and stripped of modern-day resources, Brynn, a tough deputy with a difficult past, and Michelle, a pampered city girl, must overcome their natural reluctance to trust each other and learn to use their wits and courage to survive the relentless pursuit. The deputy's disappearance spurs both her troubled son and her new husband into action, while the incident sets in motion Brynn's loyal fellow deputies and elements from Milwaukee's underside. These various forces race along inexorably toward the novel's gritty and stunning conclusion.
The Bodies Left Behind [large print] by Jeffery Deaver
Call Number: FIC DEAVE JEF BO Large (Large print collection)

ISBN: 9781602853249

Publication Date: 2008-12-01

The Dark Tide (Ty Hauck #1) by Andrew Gross
Call Number: FIC GROSS AND H1 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780061143427

Publication Date: 2008-03-18

An explosion rips through New York City's Grand Central Station one morning, destroying the train Karen Friedman's husband, a successful hedge fund manager, is riding in to work. Days later, with many bodies still unidentifiable, Karen resigns herself to the awful truth: her husband of eighteen years is dead. On that same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man dead in Karen's hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut. Ty Hauck, a detective, becomes emotionally caught up in the case and finds a clue that shockingly connects the two seemingly unrelated events. Months later, two men show up at Karen's home digging into Charles's business dealings. Hundreds of millions of dollars are missing—and the trail points squarely to Charles. With doubt suddenly cast on everything she has ever known, Karen, with Hauck, steps into a widening storm of hedge fund losses, international scams, and murder. And as the investigations converge, these two strangers touched by tragedy are pulled into a deepening relationship and unwittingly open the door to a twisted—and deadly—conspiracy.

The Last Patriot by Brad Thor
Call Number: FIC THOR BRA H7 (Adult fiction)

ISBN: 9781416543831

Publication Date: 2008-07-01

Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam dead in its tracks.

Thriller Awards

2020-2029

WINNER

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

FINALISTS

One Good Deed by David Baldacci

Rag and Bone by Joe Clifford

They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall

Conviction by Denise Mira

WINNER

Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

FINALISTS

Hi Five by Joe Ide

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

These Women by Ivy Pochoda

Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger

WINNER

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby

FINALISTS:

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Red Widow by Alma Katsu

These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall

I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Erick Rickstad

WINNER

Sundial by Catriona Ward

FINALISTS

The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

The Fervor by Alma Katsu

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone

The Fields by Erin Young

WINNER

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby

FINALISTS:

Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni

It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison

The Secret Hours by Mick Herron

Fixit by Joe Ide

The Drift by C. J. Tudor

2010-2019

WINNER

The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner

FINALISTS

Vanished by Joseph Finder

Long Lost by Harlan Coben

Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay

The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker

WINNER

Bad Blood by John Sandford

FINALISTS

The Reversal by Michael Connelly

Edge by Jeffery Deaver

The Burying Place by Brian Freeman

Skin by Mo Hayder

WINNER

11/22/63 by Stephen King

FINALISTS

Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder

A Hard Death by Jonathan Hayes

The Ridge by Michael Koryta

The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey

WINNER

Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman

FINALISTS

The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover

Catch Me by Lisa Gardner

The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz

Defending Jacob by William Landay

WINNER

The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper

FINALISTS

Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo

Never Go Back by Lee Child

Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Criminal Enterprise by Owen Laukkanen

White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

WINNER