Earlier today, the editors of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine announced their nominees for the 2012 Barry Awards in half a dozen categories. All of the works to be judged were published in English during 2011. The contenders are:
Best Novel:
• The Keeper of Lost Causes (aka Mercy), by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Dutton)
• The Accident, by Linwood Barclay (Bantam)
• The Hurt Machine, by Reed Farrel Coleman (Tyrus)
• Iron House, by John Hart (Minotaur)
• Hell Is Empty, by Craig Johnson (Viking)
• The Troubled Man, by Henning Mankell (Knopf)
Best First Novel:
• Learning to Swim, by Sara Henry (Crown)
• The Devotion of Suspect X, by Keigo Higashino (Minotaur)
• The Boy in the Suitcase, by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis
(Soho Crime)
• Turn of Mind, by Alice LaPlante (Atlantic Monthly)
• The Informationist, by Taylor Stevens (Crown)
• Before I Go to Sleep, by S.J. Watson (Harper)
Best British Novel:
• Now You See Me, by S.J. Bolton (Bantam Press)
• Hell’s Bells, (aka The Infernals), by John Connolly
(Hodder & Stoughton)
• Bad Signs, by R.J. Ellory (Orion) -- one of January Magazine’s favorite crime novels of 2011
• The House at Sea’s End, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
• Outrage, by Arnaldur Indriðason (Harvill Secker)
• Dead Man’s Grip, by Peter James (Macmillan)
Best Paperback Original:
• The Silenced, by Brett Battles (Dell)
• The Hangman’s Daughter, by Oliver Pötzsch (Mariner Books)
• A Double Death on the Black Isle, by A.D. Scott (Atria)
• Death of the Mantis, by Michael Stanley (Harper Perennial)
• Fun and Games, by Duane Swierczynski (Mulholland)
• Two for Sorrow, by Nicola Upson (Harper Perennial)
Best Thriller:
• Carver, by Tom Cain (Bantam Press)
• Coup D’Etat, by Ben Coes (St. Martin’s)
• Spycatcher (aka Spartan), by Matthew Dunn (Morrow)
• Ballistic, by Mark Greaney (Berkley)
• House Divided, by Mike Lawson (Atlantic Monthly)
• The Informant, by Thomas Perry (Houghton Mifflin)
Best Short Story:
• “Thicker Than Blood,” by Doug Allyn (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine [AHMM], September 2011)
• “The Gun Also Rises, by Jeffrey Cohen (AHMM,
January-February 2011)
• “Whiz Bang,” by Mike Cooper (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], September-October 2011)
• “Facts Exhibiting Wantonness,” by Trina Corey (EQMM,
November 2011)
• “Last Laugh in Floogle Park,” by James Powell (EQMM, July 2011)
• “Purge,” by Eric Rutter (AHMM, December 2011)
Winners will receive their prizes at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on October 4, 2012, during the opening ceremonies of this year’s Bouchercon in Cleveland, Ohio.
Friday, February 10, 2012
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It is really a serious matter that Devotion of Suspect X got nominated in the Best First Novel category. Before Devotion of Suspect X, Higashino Keigo had already published more than 40 mystery/crime novels in Japan, many of which gathered overwhelming popularity. He is regarded as one of the grand masters of crime fiction in Japan.
I think George Easter and Barry Awards committee should move "Devotion of Suspect X to the Best Novel category.
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