The Barry Bunch

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine today announced its nominees, in four categories, for the 2024 Barry Awards.

Best Mystery or Crime Novel:
• Dark Ride, by Lou Berney (Morrow)
• All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
• Ozark Dogs, by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
• Everybody Knows, by Jordan Harper (Mulholland)
• Small Mercies, by Dennis Lehane (Harper)
• The Detective Up Late, by Adrian
McKinty (Blackstone)

Best First Mystery or Crime Novel:
• Better the Blood, by Michael Bennett (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• The Peacock and the Sparrow, by I.S.
Berry (Atria)
• The Bitter Past, by Bruce Borgos (Minotaur)
• The Golden Gate, by Amy Chua (Minotaur)
• Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor (Riverhead)
• Mother-Daughter Murder Night, by Nina Simon (Morrow)
• City Under One Roof, by Iris Yamashita (Berkley)

Best Paperback Original Mystery or Crime Novel:
• Murder and Mamon, by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley)
• Everything She Feared, by Rick Mofina (Mira)
• Who the Hell Is Harry Black? by Jake Needham (Half Penny)
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse
Sutanto (Berkley)
• Expectant, by Vanda Symon (Orenda)
• Lowdown Road, by Scott Von Doviak (Hard Case Crime)

Best Thriller:
• Burner, by Mark Greaney (Berkley)
• The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
• Moscow Exile, by John Lawton (Atlantic Monthly)
• Going Zero, by Anthony McCarten (Harper)
• Drowning, by T.J. Newman (Avid Reader Press)
• Zero Days, by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press)

All of the winners are to be announced on August 29 during the opening ceremonies of this year’s Bouchercon in Nashville, Tennessee.