The Barry Award nominations

Deadly Pleasures Magazine announces the shortlist for the 2006 Barry Awards, and they are:

BEST NOVEL:

BLOODLINES, by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster)

RED LEAVES, by Thomas H. Cook (Harcourt)

MERCY FALLS, by William Kent Krueger (Atria)

SUDDEN DEATH, by David Rosenfelt (Mysterious)

MR. LUCKY, by James Swain (Ballantine)

THE POWER OF THE DOG, by Don Winslow (Knopf)

BEST FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED IN THE U.S. IN 2005:

DIE A LITTLE, by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)

IMMORAL, by Brian Freeman (St. Martin’s)

BABY GAME, by Randall Hicks (Wordslinger Press)

DARK HARBOR, by David Hosp (Warner)

COLD GRANITE, by Stuart MacBride (St. Martin’s)

THE FIREMAKER, by Peter May (St. Martin’s)

BEST BRITISH NOVEL PUBLISHED IN THE U.K. IN 2005:

BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE, by Rennie Airth (Macmillan)

LIFELESS, by Mark Billingham (Little Brown UK)

SILENCE OF THE GRAVE, by Arnaldur Indridason (Harvill)

A GOOD DAY TO DIE, by Simon Kernick (Bantam Press)

THE FIELD OF BLOOD, by Denise Mina (Bantam Press)

LOST, by Michael Robotham (Time Warner)

BEST THRILLER:

COMPANY MAN, by Joseph Finder (St. Martin’s)

CONSENT TO KILL, by Vince Flynn (Atria)

THE INSIDE RING, by Michael Lawson (Doubleday)

SEVEN DEADLY WONDERS, by Matthew Reilly (Simon & Schuster)

MAP OF BONES, by James Rollins (Morrow)

PRIVATE WARS, by Greg Rucka (Bantam)

BEST PAPERBACK NOVEL:

THE JAMES DEANS, by Reed Farrell Coleman (Plume)

SIX BAD THINGS, by Charlie Huston (Ballantine)

NIGHT’S CHILD, by Maureen Jennings (McClemmand & Stewart)

NOW YOU SEE ME, by Rochelle Krich (Ballantine)

THE DEAD DON�T GET OUT MUCH, by Mary Jane Maffini (Napoleon Publishing)

INSIDE OUT, by John Ramsey Miller (Dell)

BEST SHORT STORY:
“The Big Road” by Steve Hockensmith (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine,  May 2005)
“Needle Match” by Peter Lovesey (MURDER IS MY RACKET; Mysterious, edited by Otto Penzler)
“There Is No Crime on Easter Island” by Nancy Pickard (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Sept.-Oct. 2005)
“Love and Death in Africa” by Joan Richter (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 2005)
“The Method in Her Madness” by Tom Savage (Alred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, June 2005)

The winners will be announced at Bouchercon in Madison. Once again, full disclosure in that I was on the nominating committee, so park your praise or blame of the shortlist at my door…