Audio Accolades

The Audio Publishers Association announced this year's finalists for the annual Audio awards in twenty-four categories. Stephen King will receive a lifetime achievement award at the gala, to be held March 2 in New York City. Here are the nods for best Mystery and Thriller/Suspense:

Mystery

Along Came a Spider (25 anniversary edition) by James Patterson, narrated by Taye Diggs, published by Hachette Audio
The Boy by Tami Hoag, narrated by Hillary Huber, published by Brilliance Publishing
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup, narrated by Peter Noble, published by HarperAudio
The Lost Man by Jane Harper, narrated by Stephen Shanahan, published by Macmillan Audio
The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke, narrated by Will Patton, published by Simon & Schuster Audio

Thriller/Suspense

Blood in the Water by Jack Flynn, narrated by Dion Graham, published by Recorded Books
Freefall by Jessica Barry, narrated by Hillary Huber, Karissa Vacker, and MacLeod Andrews, published by HarperAudio
The Institute by Stephen King, narrated by Santino Fontana, published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman, narrated by Susan Bennett, published by HarperAudio
Winter Dark by Alex Callister, narrated by Ell Potter, published by Audible Originals

Some crime fiction titles were also included among the finalists for best narrator:

Best Female Narrator

All the Lost Things by Michelle Sacks, narrated by Cassandra Morris, published by Hachette Audio
The Boy by Tami Hoag, narrated by Hillary Huber, published by Brilliance Publishing
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, narrated by Marin Ireland, published by HarperAudio
Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante, narrated by Rachel Atkins, published by Zaffle
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, narrated by January LaVoy, published by Hachette Audio

Best Male Narrator

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, narrated by Tom Hanks, published by HarperAudio
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathon Safran Foer, narrated by Robert Petkoff, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst, published by Macmillan Audio
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, narrated by JD Jackson, published by Penguin Random House Audio
Watership Down by Richard Adams, narrated by Peter Capaldi, published by Blackstone Publishing