Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards Nominees - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Here is a list of the Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller nominees announced by the Romantic Times for its annual Reviewers’ Choice Awards. To see the entire list of nominees click here.

Contemporary Mystery
Stagestruck by Peter Lovesey
Ringer by Brian M. Wiprud
Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill (our review)
The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill
In Search of the Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault
V Is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton

Historical Mystery
A Lonely Death by Charles Todd
The Beloved Dead by Tony Hays
The Illusion of Murder by Carol McCleary
Bye Bye, Baby by Max Allan Collins
City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley
Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson

First Mystery
The Breath of God by Jeffrey Small
Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell
Thou Shalt Kill by Daniel Blake
Purgatory Chasman by Steve Ulfelder
Death on Tour by Janice Hamrick

Amateur Sleuth
To Have and to Kill by Mary Jane Clark
The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder by Mary Jane Maffini
Killing Kate by Julie Kramer (our review)
Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Keri Lee Townsend
Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen

Suspense/Thriller
Love You More by Lisa Gardner
In Desperation by Rick Mofina
Among the Missing by Morag Joss
The Girl Who Disappeared Twice by Andrea Kane
Now You See Me by S. J. Bolton
You’re Next by Gregg Hurwitz
Death in High Places by Jo Bannister
New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan