О премии

Премия Дафны дю Морье - американская литературная награда для писателей за выдающиеся произведения в жанре романтической тайны, саспенса.

Премия вручается с 2012 года. Названа в честь одной из наиболее известных британских писательниц XX века Дафны дю Морье (1907-1989).

К участию в конкурсе принимаются романы-тайны с романтическим и готическим подтекстом, триллеры, в основе которых - тайна, неизвестность.

Ежегодно проводятся два отдельных конкурса: для опубликованных и неопубликованных произведений. В каждом из этих конкурсов имеются следующие номинации:
- Интрига (Category (Series) romantic mystery/suspense)
- Историческая романтическая тайна/саспенс (Historical romantic mystery/suspense)
- Вдохновенная романтическая мистика/саспенс (Inspirational romantic mystery/suspense)
- Главная тайна/саспенс (Mainstream mystery/suspense)
- Паранормальные явления (Paranormal (PTTF))
- Романтическая тайна/саспенс (Single Title romantic mystery/suspense)

Среди победителей во всех номинация выбирается абсолютный победитель премии.

Заявки на участие принимаются с 15 января по 15 марта каждого года. Финалисты каждого конкурса объявляются в мае (для неопубликованных произведений) и в июне (для опубликованных).
Лауреаты премии объявляются на национальной конференции (RWA National Conference) в июле.

Организаторы премии объявили, что в 2020 году награда вручаться не будет из-за продолжающегося кризиса RWA National Conference.

Жанры: Детективы, Зарубежные детективы, Остросюжетные любовные романы, Мистика Страны: США Язык: Английский Первое вручение: 2012 г. Последнее вручение: 2023 г. Официальный сайт: https://www.rwakissofdeath.org/kodcontest/

Номинации

Главная тайна / саспенс
Mainstream mystery/suspense

Принимается любая рукопись, где тайна и неизвестность являются основой сюжета.

Историческая романтическая тайна/саспенс
Historical romantic mystery/suspense

Принимается любая рукопись, описывающая времена, предшествующие концу Второй мировой войны.

Романтическая тайна/саспенс
Single Title romantic mystery/suspense

В конкурсе участвует рукопись, где романтика является основой сюжета, но обязательно присутствует тайна, неизвестность.

Духовная романтическая мистика/саспенс
Spiritual Romantic Mystery/Suspense

Принимается любая рукопись, в которой религиозные или духовные убеждения составляют значительную часть истории.

Паранормальная романическая тайна/саспенс
Paranormal (Time Travel/Futuristic) Romantic Mystery/Suspense

Принимается любая рукопись, в сюжете которой паранормальные явления и элементы играют значительную роль.

Интрига
Category (Series) romantic mystery/suspense

Принимается любая рукопись, которая вписывается в тематику издательской серии Интрига (Harlequin Intrigue).

Премия вручалась до 2019 года.

Короткая романтическая тайна/саспенс
Short Romantic Mystery / Suspense

Номинация появилась в 2021 году. К конкурсу принимаются романы с количеством слов 40–65 тысяч.

Долгая романтическая тайна/саспенс
Long Romantic Mystery / Suspense:

Номинация появилась в 2021 году. К конкурсу принимаются большие романы, состоящие с 65 тысяч и более слов.

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Spirit Daughters
Carol Potenza 0.0
A treasure beyond value. Her mother's life on the line.

When a murder victim falls out of a closet at Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews' feet, her investigation leads her to a powerful tribal fertility medicine. What Nicky keeps secret is this medicine was once at the center of her father's scientific research. He'd isolated the single most-important compound in a fertility treatment worth a fortune ... and one worth killing for. But when her father died, the identity and location of the plant that produced this compound was lost.

Or was it? Nicky's estranged mother may hold the key to the plant's rediscovery. Nicky insists her mother stay away because she is a target. Instead, her mother barges back into her daughter's life, determined to help Nicky solve the murder, and heal their contentious relationship. But her mother's return is the opening the killers need.

No way Nicky is ever going to let anyone hurt her mom, even if it means tracking the murderers into New Mexico high country in the depths of winter. Will she bring them to justice? Or just make them disappear?
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Романтическая тайна/саспенс
Fiona and the Enigmatic Earl
Грейс Каллауэй 0.0
She is a member of a secret society of lady investigators. He is a spy for the Crown. Both want a marriage of convenience as a cover for their true activities... What could go wrong?

When her overprotective family tries to curtail her activities, spirited and independent debutante Fiona Garrity decides marriage is her surest way to freedom. All she needs is an accommodating, and preferably not too perceptive, husband with his own hobbies so that he will not interfere with hers. Destiny puts her into the path of a reputedly staid and scholarly earl. He would be the perfect candidate…if only his grey eyes were not quite so magnetic, and his virile nearness didn’t affect her in such a stimulating manner…

After the death of his first wife, Thomas Morgan, the Earl of Hawksmoor, has sworn off love. He is torn between his duty to produce an heir and his true passion: his work as an agent of the Crown. Fate gives him a solution when a dazzling debutante proposes a practical union that would allow them both to maintain private lives. She would be an impeccable choice…if only her heavenly gaze didn’t lay bare his secret needs and her delectable form didn’t tempt him to unleash his darkest desires…

Fiery passion threatens the negotiated rules of Fiona and Hawk’s marriage. As desire turns into love, a dangerous case brings them into shocking contact. Will their marriage of convenience survive attacks from the past and present and transform into a love for all time?

Grace's books feature hot historical romance, fun and feel-good happily ever afters, and exciting mystery and adventure. Her books are standalones which can also be enjoyed as part of her interconnected series.
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Cold Drip
Хизер Дэй Гилберт 0.0
BOOK 6 in the bestselling BARKS & BEANS CAFE cozy mystery series!!!

Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs while enjoying a cup of java...and where murder sometimes pays a visit.

Thanksgiving is on the way, and Macy's thrilled when her boyfriend Titan says he's coming to town for a week-long visit. She plans to take him to some of her favorite haunts, including the sprawling caverns nearby.

But when the lights go out during their underground tour and a local society darling plunges to her death, Macy can't shake the feeling that the cave's slippery floors weren't entirely to blame. She taps into the admittedly limited skills of her upscale barista, Milo, to do a little snooping in the moneyed circles he moves in. When he unearths a sinkhole of lies, Macy slides straight toward a killer who's not about to stop until every leak is sealed...permanently.

Join siblings Macy and Bo Hatfield as they sniff out crimes in their hometown...with plenty of dogs along for the ride! The Barks & Beans Cafe cozy mystery series features a small town, an amateur sleuth, and no swearing or graphic scenes. Find all the books at heatherdaygilbert.com !
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Долгая романтическая тайна/саспенс
Cold Silence
Тони Андерсон 0.0
FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Shane Livingstone is frustrated when an injury sidelines him during an operation to catch a sadistic killer. A killer who auctions off vicious ways to torture his victims and screens the events for money on the dark web. When a teammate dies during the op, a devastated Shane vows to track down the monster responsible—but to do so he’ll need access to specialized skills he doesn’t possess.

A bloody game of cat and mouse…

As a white-hat hacker at Alex Parker’s security firm, Yael Brooks knows how to track predators through the darkest recesses of cyberspace. She can’t say no to Shane’s request…even though she fears her own secrets may put her at risk.

With a serial killer who makes it personal…

Shane and Yael must work together as a team if they hope to stop this psychopath. As they begin to grow closer, Shane demands Yael’s complete trust, but trust is the one thing Yael is reluctant to give. As the chase intensifies and more people die, it becomes obvious that the killer knows exactly who Yael is and plans to make both her and Shane pay the ultimate price for getting in his way.
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