2016 Daphne Du Maurier Published Division Award Winners & Finalists

Overall Winer

• Rodeo Rescuer - Lynette Eason

Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Missing In The Glades - Lena Diaz
• Finalists:

Untraceable - Janie Crouch

Buried - Elizabeth Goddard

Disarming Detective - Elizabeth Heiter

Hidden Witness - Beverly Long

Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: The Devil May Care - Lara Archer
• Finalist: The Viscount Always Knocks Twice - Grace Callaway
• Finalist: Angel Comes to the Devil's Keep - Regina Jeffers
• Finalist: Murmuration - TJ Klune
• Finalist: Six Degrees of Scandal - Caroline Linden

Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: The Stronghold - Lisa Carter
• Finalist: Rocky Mountain Pursuit - Mary Alford
• Finalist: The Dragon Roars, Book Two of The Seven Trilogy - Sara Davison
• Finalist: Classified Christmas Mission - Lynette Eason
• Finalist: Deception - Elizabeth Goddard
• Finalist: Blindsided - Katy Lee

Mainstream Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: ===Overall Winer===
• In The Barren Ground - Loreth Anne White

Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Deep Cover Detective - Lena Diaz
• Finalist: Man of Action - Janie Crouch
• Finalist: Ace in the Hole - Ava Drake
• Finalist: Protecting Her Daughter - Lynette Eason
• Finalist: Urgent Pursuit - Beverly Long
• Finalist: Navy Seal Seduction - Bonnie Vanak

Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: The Devil May Care - Lara Archer
• Finalist: The Viscount Always Knocks Twice - Grace Callaway
• Finalist: Angel Comes to the Devil's Keep - Regina Jeffers
• Finalist: Murmuration - TJ Klune
• Finalist: Six Degrees of Scandal - Caroline Linden

Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: The Stronghold - Lisa Carter
• Finalist: Rocky Mountain Pursuit - Mary Alford
• Finalist: The Dragon Roars, Book Two of The Seven Trilogy - Sara Davison
• Finalist: Classified Christmas Mission - Lynette Eason
• Finalist: Deception - Elizabeth Goddard
• Finalist: Blindsided - Katy Lee

Mainstream Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: In The Barren Ground - Loreth Anne White
• Finalist: Notorious - Carey Baldwin
• Finalist: Death Among the Doilies (A Cora Crafts Mystery) - Mollie Cox Bryan
• Finalist: Elegy in Scarlet - BV Lawson
• Finalist: Say No More - Hank Phillippi Ryan

Paranormal (PTTF) Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Mercury Striking - Rebecca Zanetti
• Finalist: Glisten - Tricia Cerrone
• Finalist: Don't Let Me Forget You - Cara Crescent
• Finalist: Deader Homes and Gardens - Angie Fox
• Finalist: From This Fae Forward - AE Jones

Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Betrayed - Kaylea Cross
• Finalist: Wanted - Marissa Garner
• Finalist: Hard Silence - Mia Kay
• Finalist: Her Darkest Nightmare - Brenda Novak
• Finalist: Killing Game - Chandler Steele

Overall Winer

• In The Barren Ground - Loreth Anne White

Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Deep Cover Detective - Lena Diaz
• Finalist: Man of Action - Janie Crouch
• Finalist: Ace in the Hole - Ava Drake
• Finalist: Protecting Her Daughter - Lynette Eason
• Finalist: Urgent Pursuit - Beverly Long
• Finalist: Navy Seal Seduction - Bonnie Vanak

Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: The Devil May Care - Lara Archer
• Finalist: The Viscount Always Knocks Twice - Grace Callaway
• Finalist: Angel Comes to the Devil's Keep - Regina Jeffers
• Finalist: Murmuration - TJ Klune
• Finalist: Six Degrees of Scandal - Caroline Linden

Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: The Stronghold - Lisa Carter
• Finalist: Rocky Mountain Pursuit - Mary Alford
• Finalist: The Dragon Roars, Book Two of The Seven Trilogy - Sara Davison
• Finalist: Classified Christmas Mission - Lynette Eason
• Finalist: Deception - Elizabeth Goddard
• Finalist: Blindsided - Katy Lee

Mainstream Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: In The Barren Ground - Loreth Anne White
• Finalist: Notorious - Carey Baldwin
• Finalist: Death Among the Doilies (A Cora Crafts Mystery) - Mollie Cox Bryan
• Finalist: Elegy in Scarlet - BV Lawson
• Finalist: Say No More - Hank Phillippi Ryan

Paranormal (PTTF) Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Mercury Striking - Rebecca Zanetti
• Finalist: Glisten - Tricia Cerrone
• Finalist: Don't Let Me Forget You - Cara Crescent
• Finalist: Deader Homes and Gardens - Angie Fox
• Finalist: From This Fae Forward - AE Jones

Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Betrayed - Kaylea Cross
• Finalist: Wanted - Marissa Garner
• Finalist: Hard Silence - Mia Kay
• Finalist: Her Darkest Nightmare - Brenda Novak
• Finalist: Killing Game - Chandler Steele

• Finalist: Notorious - Carey Baldwin
• Finalist: Death Among the Doilies (A Cora Crafts Mystery) - Mollie Cox Bryan
• Finalist: Elegy in Scarlet - BV Lawson
• Finalist: Say No More - Hank Phillippi Ryan

Paranormal (PTTF) Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Mercury Striking - Rebecca Zanetti
• Finalist: Glisten - Tricia Cerrone
• Finalist: Don't Let Me Forget You - Cara Crescent
• Finalist: Deader Homes and Gardens - Angie Fox
• Finalist: From This Fae Forward - AE Jones

Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Betrayed - Kaylea Cross
• Finalist: Wanted - Marissa Garner
• Finalist: Hard Silence - Mia Kay
• Finalist: Her Darkest Nightmare - Brenda Novak
• Finalist: Killing Game - Chandler Steele