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Every year we eagerly await the annual International Thriller Writers Awards shortlists, which seek to spotlight the very best new writing in the genre. 2026 finalists up for the title of 'best standalone thriller' include a breathless psychological novel about an obsessive relationship and a fast-paced suspense book centred on a medieval manuscript that has been likened to the Da Vinci Code.

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