Thursday, June 18, 2009

Nominations for 2009 Barry Awards Announced

Mystery Book Awards: The Edgars, The Agathas, The Anthonys, and many more.

Nominations for the 2009 Barry Awards were posted today on the Deadly Pleasures website. Awarded annually by the editorial staff of mystery magazine, the Barry Awards recognize the best of crime fiction in several categories.

And the nominees are ...

Best Novel:
Trigger City by Sean Chercover
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason
Envy the Night by Michael Koryta
Red Knife by William Kent Krueger
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow

Best First Novel:
The Kind One by Tom Epperson
Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer
City of the Sun by David Levien
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
by Carolyn D. Wall

Best British Novel
A Simple Act of Violence by R. J. Ellory
Ritual by Mo Hayder
by Stieg Larsson
Shatter by Michael Robotham
Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylor
Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

Best Paperback Original
The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins
Money Shot by Christa Faust
by Julie Hyzy
The Black Path by Asa Larsson
Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski
Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin

Best Thriller
Collision by Jeff Abbott
The Deceived by Brett Battles
The Survivor (US title: No Survivors) by Tom Cain
The Finder by Colin Harrison
Night of Thunder by Stephen Hunter
Good People by Marcus Sakey

Best Short Story
"The Drought" by James O. Born
"The Fallen" by Jan Burke
"A Killing in Midtown" by G. Miki Hayden
"Proof of Love" by Mick Herron
"The Problem of the Secret Patient" by Edward D. Hoch

Mystery Book Reviews by Mysterious Reviewsindicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.

Winners will be announced at this year's Bouchercon in October.

Congratulations from everyone at MBN to the nominees!

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