2013 Audie Award Nominees

Audio Publishers Association announced the nominees for the 2013 Audie Awards recognizing the best in spoken word entertainment. Winners  will be announced at the Audies Gala May 30, 2013, at the New York Historical Society in New York City. For nominees in all categories, go HERE.

Here are the Mystery/Thriller/Crime Fiction Related Nominees:

Mystery
For excellence in narration, direction, engineering, mix and abridgment when applicable of an unabridged or abridged mystery audiobook, usually featuring a protagonist trying to solve a crime, usually a murder committed early in the story.
The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas by Chris Ewan, read by Simon Vance (AudioGO)
Hush Money by Chuck Greaves, read by Dan Butler (AudioGO)
The Nightmare by Lars Kepler, read by Mark Bramhall (Macmillan Audio)
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman, read by Linda Emond (Harper Audio)
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny, read by Ralph Cosham (Macmillan Audio)

Thriller/Suspense
Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth, read by Bronson Pinchot (Blackstone Audiobooks)
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis, read by Katherine Kellgren (AudioGO)
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz, read by David Aaron Baker (Brilliance Audio)
The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell, read by Barbara Rosenblat (Recorded Books)
Rise Again by Ben Tripp, read by Kirsten Potten (Tantor Media)

Fiction  
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes, read by Samuel L. Jackson (Audible)
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, read by Edoardo Ballerini (Harper Audio)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, read by Claire Danes (Audible, Inc)
The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig, read by David Aaron BAker (Recorded Books)
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon, read by Edoardo Ballerini (Audible)

Original Work
Gun Church by Reed Farrel Coleman, read by Joe Barrett, John Keating (Audible)
(see other nominees here)

Package Design: 
Savages by Don Winslow, Read by Michael Kramer (Tantor Media)