Audie Award Finalists

The Audio Publishers Association announced the finalists for its 2017 Audie Awards, “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.” There are 26 categories of nominees, but here re the Mystery and Thriller/Suspense Categories.

Mystery:
• Crimson Shore, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, narrated by Rene Auberjonois (Hachette Audio)
• The Crossing, by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver (Hachette Audio)
• A Great Reckoning, by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst (Macmillan Audio)
• The Heavens May Fall, by Allen Eskens, narrated by R.C. Bray,
David Colacci and Amy McFadden (Tantor Media)
• IQ, by Joe Ide, narrated by Sullivan Jones (Hachette Audio)

Thriller/Suspense:
• Cross Justice, by James Patterson, narrated by Ruben Santiago Hudson and Jefferson Mays (Hachette Audio)
• The Fall of Moscow Station, by Mark Henshaw, narrated by
Eric G. Dove (Dreamscape Media)
• Hidden Bodies, by Caroline Kepnes, narrated by Santino Fontana (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Home, by Harlan Coben, narrated by Steven Weber (Brilliance)
• The Short Drop, by Matthew FitzSimmons, narrated by James Patrick Cronin (Brilliance)

Two other crime/mystery works of import in the general fiction category:
Darktown, by Thomas Mullen, narrated by Andre Holland (Simon & Schuster Audio)
End of Watch, by Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio).

This year’s Audie winners will be announced on June 1.

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