The Christy Award® Archives

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER

2023

Winner

Cold Light of Day

Elizabeth Goddard
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist

By Way of Deception

Amir Tsarfati and Steve Yohn
Harvest House Publishers
Finalist

Forged

Sara Davison
Mountain Brook Ink
Finalist

The Souls of Lost Lake

Jaime Jo Wright
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

2022

Winner

Aftermath

Terri Blackstock
Thomas Nelson
Finalist

The Barrister and the Letter of Marque

Todd M. Johnson
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist

On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor

Jaime Jo Wright
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

2021

Winner

Relative Silence

Carrie Stuart Parks
Thomas Nelson
Finalist

Port of Origin

Lisa Harris and Lynne Gentry
Harris-Gentry Suspense
Finalist

Unknown Threat

Lynn H. Blackburn
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group

2020

Winner

The Girl behind the Red Rope

Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist

Echoes Among the Stones

Jaime Jo Wright
Bethany House
Finalist

Smoke Screen

Terri Blackstock
Thomas Nelson

2019

Winner

Every Wicked Man

Steven James
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Finalist

Called to Protect

Lynette Eason
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist

Mind Games

Nancy Mehl
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

2018

Winner

The House on Foster Hill

Jaime Jo Wright
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist

Coldwater

Samuel Parker
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist

Rule of Law

Randy Singer
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

2017

Winner

When Death Draws Near

Carrie Stuart Parks
Thomas Nelson
Finalist

Without Warning

Joel C. Rosenberg
Tyndale House Publishers
Finalist

If I Run

Terri Blackstock
Zondervan

2009

Winner

The Rook 

Steven James
Revell
Finalist

By Reason of Insanity

Randy Singer
Tyndale House Publishers
Finalist

Winter Haven

Athol Dickson
Bethany House Publishers

2006

Winner

River Rising

Athol Dickson
Bethany House Publishers
Finalist

Comes a Horseman

Robert Liparulo
WestBow Press
Finalist

Last Light

Terri Blackstock
Zondervan

2005

Winner

Tiger in the Shadows

Debbie Wilson
Kregel
Finalist

The Assignment

Mark Andrew Olsen
Bethany House Publishers
Finalist

River's Edge

Terri Blackstock
Zondervan

2004

Winner

Thr3e

Ted Dekker
Thomas Nelson
Finalist

Into the Nevernight

Anne de Graaf
Tyndale House Publishers
Finalist

The Lies of Saints

Sigmund Brouwer
Tyndale House Publishers
Finalist

Steal Away

Linda Hall
Multnomah Publishers

2003

Winner

Directed Verdict

Randy Singer
WaterBrook Press
Finalist

Crown of Thorns

Sigmund Brouwer
Tyndale House Publishers
Finalist

They Shall See God

Athol Dickson
Tyndale House Publishers

2002

Winner

Drummer in the Dark

T. Davis Bunn
WaterBrook Press
Finalist

Out of the Shadows

Sigmund Brouwer
Tyndale House Publishers
Finalist

Sadie's Song

Linda Hall
Multnomah Publishers

2001

Winner

The Great Divide

T. Davis Bunn
WaterBrook Press
Finalist

Blind Justice

James Scott Bell
Broadman & Holman Publishers
Finalist

Lethal Harvest

William Cutrer and Sandra Glahn
Kregel

2000

Winner

Final Witness

James Scott Bell
Broadman & Holman Publishers
Finalist

A Ship Possessed

Alton Gansky
Zondervan
Finalist

The Chairman

Harry Lee Kraus, Jr.
Crossway Books

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