Barry Award Nominations 2023

 

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine have announced the Barry Award Nominations for 2023. 

Novels in each category are arranged in alphabetical order based on the author’s last name.

Best Mystery or Crime Novel

The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh (orion)

Desert Star by Michael Connelly (Little,Brown) 

The Dark Flood, Deon Meyer (Atlantic Monthly)

Shifty’s Boys by Chris Offutt (Grove Press)

Secret Identity by Alex Segura (Flatiron Books)

City on Fire by Don Winslow (William Morrow)

Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel

Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz (Atria/Emily Bestler)

Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)

Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)

The Maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine)

Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild (Putnam)

Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor (Flatiron)

Best Thriller

In the Blood by Jack Carr (Atria/Emily Bester)

Winter Work by Dan Fesperman (Knopf)

Sierra Six by Mark Greaney (Berkley)

Bad Actors by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)\

Goering’s Gold by Richard O’Rawe (Melville House)

Congratulations to all the nominated authors and books. Winners will be announced at the Opening Ceremonies of Bouchercon San Diego on 31 August 2023