The International Thriller Writers has annouced the nominees for the 2012 Thriller Awards:
（スリラー賞ノミネート作発表）
Best Hard Cover Novel
Joseph Finder – BURIED SECRETS (St. Martin’s)
Jonathan Hayes – A HARD DEATH (HarperCollins)
Stephen King – 11/22/63 (Scribner)
Michael Koryta – THE RIDGE (Little, Brown)
Marcus Sakey – THE TWO DEATHS OF DANIEL HAYES (Dutton)
Best Paperback Original
Jeff Abbott – THE LAST MINUTE (Sphere/LittleBrown UK)
John Gilstrap – THREAT WARNING (Pinnacle)
Helen Grant – THE GLASS DEMON (Delacorte)
Steven James – THE QUEEN (Revell)
John Rector – ALREADY GONE (Thomas & Mercer)
Best First Novel
James Barney – THE GENESIS KEY (HarperCollins)
Melinda Leigh – SHE CAN RUN (Montlake Romance)
Paul McEuen – SPIRAL (Dial Press)
H.T. Narea – THE FUND (Forge)
Leslie Tentler – MIDNIGHT CALLER (Mira)
Best Short Story
James Scott Bell – “One More Lie” (Compendium Press in ebook)
Michael Z. Lewin – “Anything to Win” (Strand Magazine #34, June-September 2011)
Twist Phelan – “Happine$$” (THE RICH AND THE DEAD, edited by Nelson
DeMille; Grand Central)
Tim L. Williams – “Half-Lives” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine,
March/April 2011)
Dave Zeltserman – “A Hostage Situation” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September/October 2011)
2012 ThrillerMaster: Jack Higgins
2012 True Thriller Award Recipient: Ann Rule
2012 Silver Bullet Award Recipient: Richard North Patterson
The winners will be announced at ThrillerFest VI on July 14 at Grand Hyatt in New York City.