The Barry Award nominations

Deadly Pleasures, as they do every year, have tallied their nominees for the annual Barry Awards. They are:

BEST NOVEL

THE ENEMY, Lee Child
ALONE AT NIGHT, K.J. Erickson
DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER, Jeff Lindsay
REMEMBERING SARAH, Chris Mooney
LITTLE SCARLET, Walter Mosley
HARD REVOLUTION, George Pelecanos

BEST FIRST NOVEL

RELATIVE DANGER, Charles Benoit
WALKING MONEY, James O. Born
THE CORONER’S LUNCH, Colin Cotterill
SKINNY-DIPPING, Claire Matturro
SOME DANGER INVOLVED, Will Thomas
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, Carlos Ruiz Zafon

BEST UK NOVEL

THE BURNING GIRL, Mark Billingham
THE DRAMATIST, Ken Bruen
FLESH AND BLOOD, John Harvey
TOKYO, Mo Hayder
THE CRIME TRADE, Simon Kernick
FIRST DROP, Zoe Sharp

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

THE LIBRARIAN, Larry Beinhart
INTO THE WEB, Thomas H. Cook
TAGGED FOR MURDER, Elaine Flinn
LAST SEEN IN ABERDEEN, M.G. Kincaid
THE CONFESSION, Domenic Stansberry
TWISTED CITY, Jason Starr

The Thriller and Short Story Barry nominations were announced earlier this year. All winners will be announced during Bouchercon.

Full disclosure: like last year, I served on the nominating committee for the Barry Awards. And as usual, some of my picks made it in, others did not, and it will be interesting to see who takes each category. Especially the UK category, which is about as tough as it gets.

Congrats to all nominated.