The Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

These titles have moved forward  from the 2024 CLUE LONG LIST to the 2024 Clue Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the SEMIFINALISTS of the 2024 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Suspense and Thriller!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

• Pamela Beason – If Only
• Jeff Nania – Musky Run
• John DeDakis – Enemies Domestic
• Charlotte Stuart & Don Stuart – Midnight for Justice
• Hannah D Sharpe – Between Lies and Revenge
• Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Tree Pose
• Meredith Forde – The Protectee
• M.K. Tod – That Was Then
• Cathi Stoler – Out of Time: A Nick Donahue Adventure
• Lisa Towles – Codex
• M.M. Cochran – The Button Collector
• Peter Berk – First Line of Defense
• Charlotte Stuart – Raven’s Legacy
• Lisa Malice – Lest She Forget
• Corey Lynn Fayman – The Esmeralda Goodbye
• Marie Still – My Darlings
• Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Change of Mission: A Jake Fortina Series Novel
• Jeannee Sacken – The Rule of Thirds
• Steven Walker – Gunny Mac Private Detective Trouble in Chinatown
• Patrick Greenwood – Shores of Okinawa
• Chad Boudreaux – Homecoming Queen: A Small Town Political Thriller
• J T Owens – The Fisherman Returns
• Ron Singerton – Ruptured
• Michael Grigsby – Forecasting Error
• Jeffrey Jay Levin – Deep Cover, The Unknowing Agent
• Dr. Sandra Tanner – Spirited Unraveling
• Saralyn Richard – Murder Outside the Box
• Sean Hagerty – Jones Point
• Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me
• Nannette Potter – Pierce the Darkness
• TJ Stecker – The Moth
• Mike Van Horn – The Fireteam
• Dana J. Summers – Hell’s Heart
• AG Flitcher – Black Rose Cocoon
• Dave Lager – Revelations
• Carl Vonderau – Saving Myles
• Chris Chan – She Ruined Our Lives
• Ray Collins – The General’s Briefcase
• Lo Monaco – Fallen In A Dark Uneven Way
• Lisa Towles – Terror Bay
• Colleen Coyne – Bewept
• Shanessa Gluhm – A River of Crows
• Miriam Verbeek – The Forest
• Michael Pronko – Shitamachi Scam
• Wendy Bayne – Dark Entity
• Steve Lazarus – Call Me Sonny
• Sharon Lynn – IoT Gaslight

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Clue Grand Prize Winner

The Other Murder

By Kevin G. Chapman

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Clue Book Award Winners for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Clue Book Awards for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!