Barry Award Nominations 2010 Announced

From the hard working George Easter Editor of Deadly Pleasures Magazine, we have the Barry Award Nominations with a special award this year – Mystery / Crime Novel of The Decade.

BARRY AWARD NOMINATIONS 2010

BEST NOVEL

John Connolly, THE GATES, Atria
David Ellis, THE HIDDEN MAN, Putnam

Joe Gores, SPADE & ARCHER, Knopf

John Hart, THE LAST CHILD, Minotaur

Marcia Muller, LOCKED IN, Grand Central
S.J. Rozan, SHANGHAI MOON, Minotaur

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Josh Bazell, BEAT THE REAPER, Little, Brown
Alan Bradley, THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, Delacorte

Rebecca Cantrell, A TRACE OF SMOKE, Forge

Sophie Littlefield, A BAD DAY FOR SORRY, Minotaur

Attica Locke, BLACK WATER RISING, Harper

Stuart Neville, THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST (THE TWELVE), Soho Crime

BEST BRITISH NOVEL

S. J. Bolton, AWAKENING, Bantam Press

John Connolly, THE LOVERS, HodderStoughton

Reginald Hill, MIDNIGHT FUGUE, HarperCollins

Philip Kerr, IF THE DEAD NOT RISE, Quercus

Denise Mina, STILL MIDNIGHT, Orion

Robert Wilson, IGNORANCE OF BLOOD, HarperCollins

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Megan Abbott, BURY ME DEEP, Simon & Schuster

Max Allan Collins, QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE, HardCase Crime

Bryan Gruley, STARVATION LAKE, Touchstone

Heather Gutenkauf, THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE, Mira

Frank Tallis, FATAL LIES, Random House Mortalis

L. C. Tyler, THE HERRING-SELLER'S APPRENTICE, Felony & Mayhem

BEST THRILLER

Tom Cain, NO SURVIVORS (THE SURVIVOR), Viking

Jamie Freveletti, RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL, Morrow
Mark Greaney, THE GRAY MAN, Jove

Derek Haas, COLUMBUS: a Silver Bear Thriller, Pegasus

Mike Lawson, HOUSE SECRETS, Atlantic Monthly

Greg Rucka, WALKING DEAD, Bantam

MYSTERY/CRIME NOVEL OF THE DECADE

Ken Bruen, THE GUARDS, St. Martin's Minotaur

Michael Connelly, THE LINCOLN LAWYER, Little, Brown

Stieg Larsson, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Knopf

Dennis Lehane, MYSTIC RIVER, Morrow

Louise Penny, STILL LIFE, St. Martin's Minotaur

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, Penguin Press

BEST SHORT STORY

Barbara Callahan, "My Mother's Keeper" (EQMM June 2009)

David Dean, "Erin's Journal" (EQMM December 2009)

John H. Dirckx, "Real Men Die" (AHMM September 2009)

Brendan DuBois, "The High House Writer" (AHMM July-August 2009)

Melodie Johnson Howe, "A Hollywood Ending" (EQMM July 2009)

Morley Swingle, "Hard Blows" (THE PROSECUTION RESTS )

Congratulations to all the nominated and see you all at Bouchercon San Francisco this Fall when the winners will be announced

Photo of George Easter ©2008 A Karim taken at Bouchercon Baltimore Announcing the Barry Awards