最新海外ミステリーニュース20120409（執筆者・木村二郎）

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.