1st Place **FINALIST** 'Under Underwood' by Stuart Creque   SYNOPSIS - A famous writer slumped over his Underwood, gun in his hand, a suicide note in the carriage: two police detectives quickly deduce that it wasn’t suicide, but the motive for murder surprises them. (Heat 20)

2nd Place **FINALIST** 'The Writing Ball' by Victoria LaCorte   SYNOPSIS - An aspiring reporter investigates the life of a notoriously secretive author. (Heat 20)

3rd Place  'Vanished' by Julie MacLellan   SYNOPSIS - Nicholas O’Keefe had it all: bestselling novels, a Nob Hill flat, a devoted wife. So what happened when he walked out the door that Tuesday – and why did he never come back? (Heat 20)

4th Place  'Free City of Danzig' by Pete Barry   SYNOPSIS - Weeks before the Nazi invasion of Poland, a woman trying to piece together her lover’s murder finds herself drawn into an international incident. (Heat 20)

5th Place  'Deadlines' by ALEXANDER DECANEAS   SYNOPSIS - When Computer is brutally murdered, everyone suspects Typewriter. Now a wanted man, Type must prove his innocence to his office companions, or lose his keys trying. (Heat 20)