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So very thrilled that BLIND FAITH won an International Thriller Writers Thriller Award!
And I’m in great company! Here are the other winners:
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL: Brian Freeman – SPILLED BLOOD (SilverOak)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL: Sean Doolittle – LAKE COUNTRY (Bantam)
BEST FIRST NOVEL: Matthew Quirk – THE 500 (Reagan Arthur Books)
BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL: CJ Lyons – BLIND FAITH (Minotaur Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: Dan Krokos – FALSE MEMORY (Hyperion Books CH)
BEST SHORT STORY: John Rector – “Lost Things” (Thomas & Mercer)
Also receiving special recognition during the ThrillerFest VIII Awards Banquet:
Anne Rice, ThrillerMaster
in recognition of her legendary career and outstanding contributions to the thriller genre
Steve Berry, Literary Silver Bullet Award
USO, Corporate Silver Bullet Award
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Thanks to JF Penn for this great video interview!
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BLIND FAITH is a finalist for the International Thriller Writers’ Thriller Award!
The old cliche about it being an honor just to be nominated is absolutely true! I am an original member of ITW, in fact David Morrell (my idol!) escorted me to the very first meeting at Bouchercon in Toronto. After that I was honored to be the chair of the first ThrillerFest in 2006.
The friends I’ve made through ITW have supported and encouraged me during every downturn–even when my dream debut was pulled by my publisher prior to publication. Through them I found a new agent, a lawyer who helped me get my rights back, and the inspiration to not give up my writing career.
The book I wrote during that terrible time when it seemed my publishing career was over before it ever began? BLIND FAITH!
To say that I’m thrilled (pun intended!) is an understatement! Fingers crossed, come July’s ThrillerFest Awards Banquet!
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Check out their review of BLACK SHEEP:
As a thriller writer, CJ Lyons has a stellar reputation, but I must confess that I was never a loyal follower—until now. Oh sure, I’d heard lots of noise among readers about how they simply could not put down an Angels of Mercy medical thriller or how they got lost in one of the sexy and forceful Shadow Ops books and could barely come up for air, but I tend to prefer cozies and just didn’t think CJ Lyons wrote her stories with me in mind.
So I bypassed Blind Faith, the first book in Lyons’s new series featuring FBI Agent Caitlyn Tierney, but when I heard about the second book, Black Sheep, the plotline intrigued me and I decided it was time to give CJ Lyons a try.
CJ Lyons has plots and subplots galore in this fast-paced thriller but she never moves too fast for the reader to keep up with the fascinating story lines. Terrific writing like this could easily convert me to read thrillers more regularly.
You can read the complete review HERE
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The Daily Mail gave BLIND FAITH a rave review:
A paediatric specialist in an American hospital, Lyons first published this thriller on the internet and it has grown into a sensation that rocketed up the bestseller lists.
No surprise, then, that she is a trained crisis counsellor, with experience in rape and murder cases – the work oozes with authenticity.
Tinged with a compelling sense of dread, there are echoes of Kathy Reichs here, but Lyons has her own distinctive voice, and one that is a little more compassionate. She allows her female protagonist to become much more than just a woman in peril. Lyons’s next, featuring Tierney, appears as an eBook next week and confirms her promise.
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Order today:
BLACK SHEEP: Book #2
The thrilling sequel to New York Times Bestseller BLIND FAITH, coming February 26th
It’s the one mystery Supervisory Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney has never solved: her father’s unexplained suicide after arresting his best friend for murder. It drove Caitlyn to become one of the FBI’s best agents—and often the most unorthodox.
Her latest case is no exception when the man she holds responsible for her father’s death asks for help in finding his missing daughter. Caitlyn’s search brings her back to her North Carolina hometown, now vibrant with new money, old lies, and an unknown enemy who will do anything to keep Caitlyn from the learning the truth—and who will kill to keep it buried…
So very thrilled that BLIND FAITH won an International Thriller Writers Thriller Award!
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