Christy Awards - Suspense

The Christy Awards are given annually for the best in Christian Fiction.

2008

Athol Dickson. The Cure
When a small town in Maine becomes a mecca for miracles, Riley Keep journeys north to find out for himself--returning to a place and people he had left long ago. What he finds waiting is a hope beyond his wildest expectations, but will his past drag him away from this second chance at life?

2007

Tim Downs. Plague Maker
New York FBI counterterrorism agent Nathan Donovan receives a phone call from an eighty-year-old man named Li who has a story to tell - a story too fantastic to believe but too terrible for Donovan to ignore. Li tells the story of Sato Matsushita, a brilliant bioweapons scientist, a man waging a personal war against the United States. His mission: to destroy America with bubonic plague - beginning with the city of New York.

2006

Athol Dickson. River Rising
In 1927 Louisiana, Rev. Hale Poser arrives in the bayous of Pilotville, looking for his roots. In the swamp beyond the cypress lies a lingering evil. For years it slept in dreadful isolation. Now comes Hale Poser, and it will sleep no more.
 

2005

Debbie Wilson. Tiger in the Shadows

2004

Ted Dekker. Thr3e
Three is a psychological thriller that starts full-tilt and keeps the reader off-balance until the very last suspense-filled page.

2003

Randy Singer. Directed Verdict
In the face of injustice, one person committed to a holy cause can make a difference. This is the story of how one lawyer, confronted with the martyrdom of a Christian missionary, stands up to injustice despite seemingly insurmountable odds.

2002

T. Davis Bunn. Drummer in the Dark
In a rip-roaring plot that could be torn from tomorrow's headlines, bestselling author T. Davis Bunn weaves political intrigue and disturbing moral dilemmas into a chillingly credible portrait of the cutthroat world of international finance.

2001

T. Davis Bunn. The Great Divide
As a small-town lawyer struggles to rebuild his life, a simple inquiry escalates into a courtroom drama of international proportions. Marcus takes the case of Alma and Austin Hall, whose daughter Gloria has disappeared in China while investigating the labor practices of the worlds largest producer of sports shoes. Traveling to Washington, he uncovers a convoluted web of greed and deceit.
 

2000

James Scott Bell. Final Witness