Best Novel Nominees
Missing by Karin Alvtegen
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno [Full disclosure: had dinner with him once - a great guy]
The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes
The Night Following by Morag Joss [Full disclosure: have paperback, haven't read it yet]
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz[Full disclosure: read the first, loved it]
Best First Novel By An American Author
The Kind One by Tom Epperson
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
The Foreigner by Francie Lin
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock
Best Paperback Original
The Prince of Bagram by Alex Carr [By my good friend!!! She lives in the "other" Portland]
Money Shot by Christa Faust
Enemy Combatant by Ed Gaffney
China Lake by Meg Gardiner
The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli
Best Young Adult
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd [Full disclosure: have it, haven't read it - yet]
The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Paper Towns by John Green [We met at a librarian's conference]
Getting the Girl by Susan Juby
Torn to Pieces by Margo McDonnell [Again: have it, haven't it read it yet]
Best Juvenile
The Postcard by Tony Abbott
Enigma: A Magical Mystery by Graeme Base
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow by Riford McKenzie
Cemetary Street by Brenda Seabrooke