Barry Awards 2024

 

The Barry Awards 2024. The Barry Awards are awarded by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine. The winners in each category were announced at the Opening Ceremonies of the Nashville Bouchercon on 29th August 2024. 

Best Mystery or Crime Novel
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane (Harper)

Best First Mystery or Crime Novel
The Peacock and The Sparrow by I.S. Berry (Atria)

Best Paperback Original Mystery or Crime Novel
Who The Hell is Harry Black by Jake Needham (Half Penny)

Best Thriller
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)

Congratulations to all the nominated authors

The Barry Award Nominations 2024

 

The Barry Awards are awarded by Deadly Pleasures Magazine. The winners in each category will be announced at the Opening Ceremonies of the Nashville Bouchercon on August 29, 2024.  

Best Mystery or Crime Novel

Dark Ride by Lou Berney (Morrow)

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron)

Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper (Mulholland)

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane (Harper)

The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty (Blackstone)

Best First Mystery or Crime Novel

Better the Blood by Michael Bennett (Atlantic Monthly Press)

The Peacoock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry (Atria)

The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos (Minotaur)

The Golden Gate by Amy Chua (Minotaur)

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor (Riverhead)

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon (Morrow)

City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita (Berkley)

Best Paperback Original Mystery or Crime Novel

Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley)

Every Thing She Feared by Rick Mofina (MIRA)

Who the Hell is Larry Black? By Jake Needham (Half Penny)

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderer's by Jesse Sutanto (Berkley)

Expectant by Vanda Symon (Orenda)

Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak (Hard Case Crime

Best Thriller

Burner by Mark Greaney (Berkley)

The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)

Moscow Exile by John Lawton (Atlantic Monthly)

Going Zero by Anthony McCarten (Harper)

Drowning by T. J. Newman (Avid Reader Press)

Zero Days by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press)

Congratulations to all the nominated authors.. 

Barry Award Winners Announced

 

George Easter, Editor of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, announced the winners of the Barry Awards 2023 during Opening Ceremonies at Bouchercon San Diego. Congratulations to all! 

Best Mystery or Crime Novel

Desert Star by Michael Connelly (Little,Brown)

Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel

The Maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine)

Best Thriller

Killer of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)

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Don Sandstrom Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom

"Mystery" Mike Bursaw

Deadly Pleasures Magazine:- Barry Awards Announced

 

Deadly Pleasures Magazine have announced the Winners of the Barry Awards at the Opening Ceremonies at the Minneapolis Bouchercon. 

Best Mystery/Crime Novel
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)

Best First Mystery/Crime Novel
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan (Emily Bestler/Atria)

Best Paperback Original
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan (Blackstone)

Best Thriller

Five Decembers by James Kestrel (HardCase Crime)

Congratulations to all the winners and nominated authors.

2022 Barry Award Nominations

 

The 2022 Barry Award nominations have been announced by George Easter of Deadly Pleasures Magazine.

Congratulations to all the nominated authors.

Best Mystery/Crime Novel

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Last Redemption by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
Clark And Division by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)
Billy Summers by Stephen King (Scribner)
We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker (Henry Holt)

Best First Mystery/Crime Novel

Who Is Maude Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews (Little, Brown)
Girl A by Abigail Dean (Viking)
Down Range by Taylor Moore (William Morrow)
Falling by T. J. Newman (Simon & Schuster)
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan (Emily Bestler/Atria)
Steel Fear by Brandon Webb & John David Mann (Bantam)

Best Paperback Original

The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser (Harpercollins)
Arsenic And Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley)
Black Coral by Andrew Mayne (Thomas & Mercer)
The Good Turn by Dervla Mctiernan (Blackstone)
Search For Her by Rick Mofina (Mira)
Bound by Vanda Symon (Orenda Books)

Best Thriller

The Devil’s Hand by Jack Carr (Emily Bestler/Atria)
The Nameless Ones by John Connolly (Emily Bestler/Atria)
Dead By Dawn by Paul Doiron (Minotaur)
Relentless by Mark Greaney (Berkley)
Slough House by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
Five Decembers by James Kestrel (Hardcase Crime)

The winners of the Barry Awards will be announced at the Opening Ceremonies at the Minneapolis Bouchercon on 8^th September 2022.

Barry Award Winners

 

Deadly Pleasures Magazine announced The Barry Award Winners on Thursday 5 August 2021.

George Easter, Editor of Deadly Pleasures, says that "in an ordinary year the winners of the Barry Awards would be announced during the Opening Ceremonies of Bouchercon. But this year is no ordinary one." So George saw no reason to delay the announcement of the Barry Award Winners.

Best Novel

Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

Best First Novel

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Best Paperback Original

Turn to Stone by James W. Ziskin

Best Thriller

Eddie's Boy by Thomas Perry

Congratulations to all the winners.

2020 Barry Award Winners

 

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine have announced the Barry Award Winners of this year’s Barry Awards during the Virtual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

The winners are as follows -

Best Mystery/Crime Novel

The Lost Man by, Jane Harper (Flatiron)

Best First Mystery/Crime Novel
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup (Harper)

Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel
Missing Daughter by Rick Mofina (Mira)

Best Thriller
The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Mulholland)

Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade
Suspect by Robert Crais (Putnam)

Congratulations to all the nominated authors and winners.