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.