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Clue Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

 

 

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

(For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense and Lab Lit Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

The 2020 CLUE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CLUE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Jessica Stone on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 CLUE Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the CLUE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CLUE Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to all!

  • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love    
  • Toni Bird Jones – The Measure of Ella    
  • Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair    
  • Ken Farmer – Three Creeks  
  • Shanessa Gluhm – Enemies of Doves     
  • Martin Roy Hill – The Fourth Rising  
  • J.J.  Clarke – Dared to Run     
  • Corey Lynn Fayman – Ballast Point Breakdown    
  • Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel   
  • Theo Czuk – Hastings Street: Boulevard of Blues

 

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CLUE Awards is:

Chris Karlsen for

A Venomous Love

Cover of A Venemous Love by Chris Karlsen

Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Clue Awards Badge for Chris Karlsen's A Venomous Love

The 2021 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2021 CLUE Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today! 

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.