The finalists for the 2024 International Thriller Writers Awards were revealed on February 28. The award is given by the International Thriller Writers. ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest on June 1.

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

• 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

• I.S. Berry – THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Simon & Schuster Audio), Narrated by Pete Simonelli
• 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

• 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

• Tracy Clark – HIDE (Thomas & Mercer)
• 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

• Chris Bohjalian – SLOT MACHINE FEVER DREAMS (Amazon Original Stories)
• J.T. Ellison – THESE COLD STRANGERS (Amazon Original Stories)
• Smita Harish Jain – AN HONORABLE CHOICE (Wildside Press)
• Richard Santos – RUSH HOUR (Akashic Books)
• Lisa Unger – UNKNOWN CALLER (Amazon Original Stories)
• Stacy Woodson – ONE NIGHT IN 1965 (Down & Out Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• 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)
• Elizabeth Wein – STATELESS (Little, Brown & Co.)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

• 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)
• Robert Swartwood – THE KILLING ROOM (Blackstone Publishing)
• Laura Wolfe – THE IN-LAWS (Bookouture)