Pushback is a Finalist for 2019 Daphne du Maurier Award

Pushback is a Finalist for the 2019 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, mainstream mystery category.

For more information, see https://www.rwakissofdeath.org/daphne

Pictured in the photo is our cat, Scamp, and he was not harmed in the slightest in the making of this notice. In fact, he got a treat.

Here are all the finalists in the published division for 2019.

CATEGORY (SERIES) ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

• Rancher's Covert Christmas by Beth Cornelison
• Colton and the Single Mom by Jane Godman
• Federal Agent Under Fire by Julie Anne Lindsey
• The Sheriff's Secret by Julie Anne Lindsey
• Secret Past by Sharee Stover

HISTORICAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

• Killer Debt: A Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mystery by Suzanne Adair
• The Duke Identity by Grace Callaway
• The Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper
• A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber
• The Good, the Bad, and the Duke by Janna MacGregor

INSPIRATIONAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

• Darkwater Secrets by Robin Caroll
• Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason
• Deadly Melody by Connie Mann
• Cowboy Bodyguard by Dana Mentink
• Fatal Recall by Carol J. Post

PARANORMAL (PTTF) ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

• Hunt the Moon by Kari Cole
• Touch the Sky by Kari Cole
• Web of Truth by Cecilia Dominic
• Sinister Sanctuary: A Wicks Hollow Book by Colleen Gleason
• Demons Will Be Demons by AE Jones

SINGLE TITLE ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

• Too Far Gone by Allison Brennan
• Do or Die Cowboy by June Faver Perfect Mistake by Sophia Karlson
• Silent Threat by Dana Marton
• Threat of Danger by Dana Marton
• Undone by JB Schroeder

MAINSTREAM MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

• Abandoned by Allison Brennan
• For Sale by Killer by Catherine Bruns
• All the Pretty Brides by Marian Lanouette
• Formula of Deception by Carrie Stuart Parks
• Pushback by John E. Stith

Winners will be announced during Kiss of Death's annual Death by Chocolate Party at the RWA National Conference in New York City.