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Thriller Suspense Fiction Award

The Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. 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, 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).

The 2021 CLUE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CLUE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Cathy Ace on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the CLUE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CLUE Grand Prize Winner.

Blue and Gold Clue 1st place badge

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs. 

  • T.L. Bequette – Good Lookin’: A Joe Turner Mystery
  • Amy S. Peele – Match: A Medical Murder Mystery
  • Kevin G. Chapman – Fatal Infraction (Mike Stoneman Thriller #4)
  • Rip Converse – Callie Awakens
  • Shelley Nolden – The Vines
  • James A. Ross – Coldwater Revenge
  • Emily A. Myers – The Truth About Unspeakable Things

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CLUE Awards is:

The Vines

by Shelley Nolden

The Vines Cover

Grand Prize Badge for Shelley Nolden The Vines

 

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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The 2022 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 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 August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.