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2024 BARRY AWARDS PRESENTED
The Barry Awards, voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures, were presented at the Opening Ceremonies of Bouchercon Nashville on August 29, 2024. Our congratulations to the winners (listed first in each category) and to all of the nominees.
| Best Mystery/Crime Novel | |
| * | Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane [review] |
| ° | Dark Ride by Lou Berney [review] |
| ° | All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby [review] |
| ° | Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor |
| ° | Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper [review] |
| ° | The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty [review] |
| Best First Mystery/Crime Novel | |
| * | The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry [review] |
| ° | Better the Blood by Michael Bennett [review] |
| ° | The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos [review] |
| ° | The Golden Gate by Amy Chua [review] |
| ° | Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor |
| ° | Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon [review] |
| ° | City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita [review] |
| Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel | |
| * | Who the Hell Is Harry Black? by Jake Needham |
| ° | Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala |
| ° | Everything She Feared by Rick Mofina |
| ° | Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto [review] |
| ° | Expectant by Vanda Symon |
| ° | Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak |
| Best Thriller | |
| * | Going Zero by Anthony McCarten [review] |
| ° | Burner by Mark Greaney |
| ° | The Secret Hours by Mick Herron [review] |
| ° | Moscow Exile by John Lawton |
| ° | Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 by T.J. Newman [review] |
| ° | Zero Days by Ruth Ware [review] |
2024 ANTHONY AWARDS PRESENTED
The 2024 Anthony Awards were presented at Bouchercon Nashville on August 31, 2023. Our congratulations to the winners (listed first in each category) and all the nominees.
| Best Mystery Novel | |
| * | All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby [review] |
| ° | Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper [review] |
| ° | Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head [review] |
| ° | Face of Greed by James L’Etoile |
| ° | The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman [review] |
| Best First Mystery | |
| * | Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon [review] |
| ° | The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry [review] |
| ° | Play the Fool by Lina Chern [review] |
| ° | Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy [review] |
| ° | City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita [review] |
| Best Paperback Original | |
| * | Hide by Tracy Clark [review] |
| ° | No Home for Killers by E.A. Aymar |
| ° | Because the Night by James D.F. Hannah |
| ° | The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey |
| ° | Magic City Blues by Bobby Matthews |
| ° | Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak |
| Best Short Story | |
| * | “Ticket to Ride” by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles |
| ° | “Real Courage” by Barb Goffman Black Cat Mystery Magazine, October 2023 |
| ° | “Knock” by James D.F. Hannah Playing Games |
| ° | “Green and California Bound” by Curtis Ippolito Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2023 |
| ° | “Tell Me No Lies” by Holly West Shotgun Honey Presents: Thicker Than Water |
| Best Juvenile/Young Adult | |
| * | Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer |
| ° | Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barber |
| ° | Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce |
| ° | The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary by K.B. Jackson |
| ° | The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Sounders |
| Best Critical or Nonfiction Work | |
| * | A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan |
| ° | Finders: Justice, Faith and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction by Anjili Babbar |
| ° | Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor |
| ° | A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak |
| ° | Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Morgan |
| ° | Agatha Christie, She Watched: One Woman’s Plot to Watch 201 Christie Adaptations Without Murdering the Director, Screenwriter, Cast, or Her Husband by Teresa Peschel |
| ° | Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powell |
| Best Anthology or Collection | |
| * | Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023 edited by Holly West |
| ° | School of Hard Knox edited by Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor |
| ° | Here in the Dark: Stories by Meagan Lucas |
| ° | Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles edited by Josh Pachter |
| ° | The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions by Art Taylor |
Joyce's mystery and fiction book reviews with some non-fiction too! 