Christy Awards Finalists 2024 – Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

What are the Christy Awards?

The Christy Award is destined to nurture creativity and quality in the writing and publishing of fiction written from a Christian worldview and showcase the diversity of genres. These 2024 finalists are books published in 2023. 

How does this giveaway work?

You select ONE of the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller finalists you would like to receive if your name is drawn. Mention the title in a comment. If you win that’s the book that will be sent to you. Easy Peasy. Here are the finalists. (I have provided links to my reviews of the books I have read.)

IMPORTANT TO NOTE:

Giveaway details may vary with each book (print, ebook only or winner’s choice of either, plus audible options for Canadians.) Edition availability will be noted in bold after the title/author/publisher of each entry. ALSO NOTE: Giveaway is for US and Canada OR ebook international if you have US Kindle account.

8 Down by Kimberly Woodhouse – Kregel Publications – Winner’s Choice of paperback or ebook – 8 bodies down, 8 more lives at stake. Investigator Carrie Kintz is new blood with the Alaska Bureau of Investigation in Anchorage. But with a serial killer on the loose, there’s no easing into the job. It’s sink or swim. The only clues to help law enforcement stop this madman are the taunts he drops into crossword puzzles across the country–always in the same 8 DOWN position.

Carrie is desperate to prove her worth to the force and the community by catching the killer. But when she discovers signs that these deaths are just the tip of the iceberg in a frighteningly elaborate cyberattack, it’s time to admit she needs help.

Calling in security specialist Scott Patteson for his expertise seems like the right move–until Carrie realizes that he may be a dangerous distraction for her heart. With her faith fading in the face of horror and uncertainty and her career in danger of ending, this is no time for flirtation.

But with a killer who is determined to prove that he’s smarter than everyone else, it may be impossible to fight both the madman and their feelings for each other . . .

The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jaime Jo Wright – Bethany House, Baker Publishing Group – Winner’s Choice of paperback or ebook – Barlowe Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy’s brother during its construction. Now in 1915, the completed theater appears every bit as deadly. When Greta’s younger brother goes missing after breaking into the building, Greta engages the assistance of a local police officer to help her uncover the already ghostly secrets of the theater. But when help comes from an unlikely source, Greta decides that to save her family she must put the threat of the phantoms to rest.

Decades later, Kit Boyd’s best friend vanishes during a ghost walk at the Barlowe Theater, and old stories of mysterious disappearances and ghoulish happenings are revived. When television ghost-hunting host and skeptic Evan Fisher engages Kit in the quest to identify the truth behind the theater’s history, Kit reluctantly agrees to work with him in hopes of also finding out what happened to her friend. As the theater’s curse begins to unravel Kit’s own life, she sets out not only to save the historical building and her friend, but to end the pattern of evil that has marked their hometown for a century.

In this atmospheric dual-time tale, two women–separated by a century yet bound by the ghosts of the past–pursue light in the face of darkness.

https://kavsbestreads.ca/2023/12/14/the-lost-boys-of-barlowe-theater-giveaway/

The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright – Bethany House, Baker Publishing Group – Winner’s choice of paperback or ebook — In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a position as housemaid at a midwestern Wisconsin castle and finds that the reclusive and eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides more than the harrowing tales in her novels. With women disappearing from the area and a legend that seems to parallel these eerie circumstances, Daisy is thrust into a web that may threaten to steal her sanity, if not her life.

In the present day, Cleo Clemmons is hired by the grandson of American aristocratic family the Tremblays to help his matriarchal grandmother face her hoarding in the dilapidated Castle Moreau. But when Cleo uncovers more than just the woman’s stashes of collectibles, a century-old mystery of disappearance, insanity, and the dust of the old castle’s curse threatens to rise again, and this time, leave no one alive to tell its sordid tale.

Fan-favorite Jaime Jo Wright draws readers into a seamlessly woven dual-time tale of suspense, mystery, romance, and redemption.

https://kavsbestreads.ca/2023/06/13/the-vanishing-at-castle-moreau-giveaway/

Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday November 2 2024 (after 12 pm)  REMEMBER TO CHECK GIVEAWAY EDITION AVAILABILITY FOR EACH TITLE!

38 thoughts on “Christy Awards Finalists 2024 – Mystery/Suspense/Thriller”

  3. Had an extremely hard time pick just one on this one. I mean multiple dual timelines and all. I came to the final conclusion that if I were fortunate enough to be the one selected that I would love the opportunity to read and review THE LOST BOYS OF BARLOWE THEATER by Jaime Jo Wright.

    Thank you for the chance to win a paperback copy of this fabulous book!

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  10. I’ve read zero of these three! And still zero of any books by Jamie Jo Wright. So, my choice would be The Vanishing at Castle Moreau. Thanks!

    Sandyavery at comcast dot net

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  12. I’ve got some catching up to do with Kimberley Woodhouse! I’ve heard about how good this series is, so it’s 8 down for me. (I’ve read all of Jaime Jo Wright’s and am working on adding audio for hers. You can’t go wrong with her dual timelines!).

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  14. I’ll choose the one that got away from me….The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jamie Jo Wright. I just love her writing!!

    teamob4 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  16. 8 Down by Kimberley Woodhouse! I’ve only read her duo with Tracie so I’m curious how she writes alone and suspense as well! I’ve heard it’s really good though. I already own and read the other 2💖

    Did you get the emails I sent you? Thnx Kav!

    sarahdar0801ATgmailDOTcom

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  17. I haven’t read any of Jamie Jo Wright’s books yet either but she’s popping up all over lately so I’d like to try one of her books. The Vanishing at Castle Moreau.

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  18. I will pick The Lost Boys of Barlow Theater. I’ve heard good things about Kimberly’s series, but haven’t read any of it yet. Not my typical genre, so I think I will go with a stand alone.

    pattymh2000(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  19. I would like to read The Vanishing at Castle Moreau. I like how you said it had suspense, mystery, romance, and redemption!

    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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