Sat 21 Jul 2007
Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures are pleased to announce the 2007 Barry Award nominations. The Barry Awards are named for of one of the most ardent and beloved ambassadors of mystery fiction, Barry Gardner, and are voted on by the readers of Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures. The 11th Annual Barry Awards presentation will take place at Bouchercon in Anchorage, Alaska in late September. The date, time and location of the awards presentation will be announced later. This is the first year that the Barry Awards are co-sponsored by Mystery News.
Best Novel
White Shadow by Ace Atkins
Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen
The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler
The Prisoner of Guantanamo by Dan Fesperman
City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin
The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
Best First Mystery
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Berlin Conspiracy by Tom Gabbay
The King of Lies by John Hart
Still Life by Louise Penny
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
Best British Mystery
Priest by Ken Bruen
Dying Light by Stuart MacBride
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone
Red Sky Lament by Edward Wright
Best Thriller Novel
Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder
The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
Relentless by Simon Kernick
Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
The Messenger by Daniel Silva
Kill Me by Stephen White
Best Paperback Original
Bust by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins
The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle
Live Wire by Jay MacLarty
Deadman’s Poker by Jim Swain
Crooked by Brian Wiprud
Best Short Story
“Cain was Innocent” by Simon Brett (Thou Shalt Not Kill, published by Carroll & Graf)
“Shaping the Ends” by Judith Cutler (EQMM May, 2006)
“The Right Call” by Brendan DuBois (EQMM Sept/Oct, 2006)
“A Man of Taste” by Kate Ellis (EQMM Mar/Apr, 2006)
“The Flower Girl” by Paul Halter (The Night of the Wolf, published by Wildside Press)
“A Case for Inspector Ghote” by June Thomson (The Verdict of Us All, published by Crippen & Landru)
For more information about the Barry Awards, visit the Mystery News website at www.blackravenpress.com and the Deadly Pleasures website at
www.deadlypleasures.com. Questions about the awards and nominations can be directed to BarryAwards2007 [at] gmail.com or caldrich [at] blackravenpress.com.
Congratulations to all of the nominees!
November 10th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Ace Atkins is the first of the great writers to come along in a long time. I commend his presence here and hope he wins the high honor he so rightfully deserves.