Free Samples of the 2013 Thriller Award Winners

By Maryann Yin 

The International Thriller Writers (ITW) have revealed the winners of the 2013 Thriller Awards.

Below, we’ve rounded up free samples of the most suspenseful books of the year–did your favorite thriller title make the cut?

Past winners include 11/22/63 author Stephen KingThe Bodies Left Behind author Jeffery Deaver and The Neighbor author Lisa Gardner.


2013 Thriller Award Winners

2013 THRILLERMASTER AWARD: Anne Rice

2013 SILVER BULLET AWARD: Steve Berry

BEST HARD COVER NOVEL: Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: Lake Country by Sean Doolittle

BEST FIRST NOVEL: The 500 by Matthew Quirk

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL: Blind Faith by C.J. Lyons

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: False Memory by Dan Krokos

BEST SHORT STORY: Lost Things by John Rector