Best Novel

THE BIG EMPTY, Robert Crais – Winner

FAGIN THE THIEF, Allison Epstein
THE DREAM HOTEL, Laila Lalami
WILD DARK SHORE, Charlotte McConaghy
HARD TOWN, Adam Plantinga
THE INHERITANCE, Trisha Sakhlecha
PRESUMED GUILTY, Scott Turow

Best First Novel, An American Author

DEAD MONEY, Jakob Kerr – Winner

KILLER POTENTIAL, Hannah Deitch
ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME, Sarah Harman
JOHNNY CARELESS, Kevin Wade
HISTORY LESSONS, Zoe B. Wallbrook

Best Paperback Original

THE BACKWATER, Vikki Wakefield – Winner

LISTEN, Sacha Bronwasser
THE SIDEWAYS LIFE OF DENNY VOSS, Holly Kennedy
BROKE ROAD, Matthew Spencer
ONE DEATH AT A TIME, Abbi Waxman

The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award

ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, Hank Phillippi Ryan – Winner

The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award

GONE IN THE NIGHT, Joanna Schaffhausen – Winner

Grandmaster Awards

Donna Andrews
Lee Child