BARRY AWARD NOMINATIONS 2020

2020 BARRY AWARD NOMINATIONS 

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine announced the Barry Award Nominees. The winners of this year’s Barry Awards will be announced during the Opening Ceremonies at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Sacramento, California on October 15, 2020. The nominees were chosen by panels of experts in mystery/crime fiction.  The readers/subscribers of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine will determine by vote who wins each category.

Best Mystery/Crime Novel

THE LOST MAN, Jane Harper (Flatiron)
IF SHE WAKES, Michael Koryta (Little, Brown)
METROPOLIS, Philip Kerr (Putnam)
THE BORDER, Don Winslow (HarperCollins)
YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY, Steph Cha (Ecco)
THIRTEEN, Steve Cavanagh (Flatiron)

Best First Mystery/Crime Novel

THE CHESTNUT MAN, Soren Sveistrup (Harper)
THE SILENT PATIENT, Alex Michaelides (Celadon)
AMERICAN SPY, Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)
SAVE ME FROM DANGEROUS MEN, S. A. Lelchuk (Flatiron)
SCRUBLANDS, Chris Hammer (Atria)
TO THE LIONS, Holly Watt    (Dutton)

Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel

THE GODMOTHER, Hannelore Cayre (ECW)
WINNER KILLS ALL, R. J. Bailey (Simon & Schuster UK)
KILLING QUARRY, Max Allan Collins (HardCase Crime)
FATE, Ian Hamilton (Spiderline)
MISSING DAUGHTER, Rick Mofina (Mira)
NO GOOD DEED, James Swain (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Thriller

MISSION CRITICAL, Mark Greaney (Berkley)
BACKLASH, Brad Thor (Atria/Emily Bester)
THE CHAIN, Adrian McKinty (Mulholland)
THE BURGLAR, Thomas Perry (Mysterious Press)
TRUE BELIEVER, Jack Carr (Atria/Emily Bester)
WHITE HOT SILENCE, Henry Porter (Mysterious Press)

Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade

GONE GIRL, Gillian Flynn (Crown)
NOVEMBER ROAD, Lou Berney (William Morrow)
SUSPECT, Robert Crais (Putnam)
THE DRY,  Jane Harper (Flatiron)
THE BLACK HOUSE, Peter May (Quercus)
THE CARTEL, Don Winslow (Knopf)