Best Hardcover Novel
The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson (Del Rey)
Things We Do in The Dark by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur)
The Fervor by Alma Katsu (Penguin/Putnam)
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (Simon & Schuster)
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone (MCD)
Sundial by Catriona Ward (Macmillan)
Best Audiobook
Young Rich Widows by Kimberly Belle, Fargo Layne, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie (Audible) Narrated by Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, Ariel Blake
The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark (Audible) Narrated by Anna Caputo, Amanda Dolan
The Photo Thief by J. L. Delozier (CamCat Publishing) Narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs, Jeffrey Kafer
Things We Do in The Dark by Jennifer Hillier (Macmillan Audio) Narrated by Carla Vega
The Silent Woman by Minka Kent (Blackstone Publishing) Narrated by Christine Lakin, Kate Rudd
Best First Novel
The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett (Flatiron Books)
Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild (Penguin/Putnam)
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor (Dirt Creek)
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (Minotaur)
The Fields by Erin Young (Flatiron Books)
Best Paperback Original Novel
The Lies I Told by Mary Burton (Montlake Romance)
No Place to Run by Mark Edwards (Thomas & Mercer)
Unmissing by Minka Kent (Thomas & Mercer)
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (Grand Central Publishing)
Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris (William Morrow)
The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright (Pan Macmillan)
The Patient's Secret by Loreth Anne White –(Montlake Romance)
Best Short Story
Russian for Beginners by Dominique Bibeau (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
The Gift by Barb Goffman (Down & Out Books)
Publish or Perish by Smita Harish Jain (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
33 Clues into the Disappearnce of My Sister by Joyce Carol Oates (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Schrödinger, Cat by Anna Scotti (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Stockholm by Catherine Steadman (Amazon Original Stories)
Best Young Adult Novel
Our Crooked Hears by Melissa Albert (Flatiron Books)
Sugaring Off by Gillian French (Algonquin Young Readers)
Daughter by Kate McLaughlin (Wednesday Books)
What's Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla (Soho Teen)
I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books)
Best E-Book original
Evasive Species by Bill Byrnes (Self-published)
The Couple at Causeway Cottage by Diane Jeffrey (HarperCollins)
The Seven Truths of Hannah Baxter by Grant McKenzie (Self-published)
The Hollow Place by Rick Mofina (Self-published)
Fatal Rounds by Carrie Rubin (Self-published)
ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XVIII on Saturday 3 June 2023 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.
Congratulations to all the finalists!
