Barry Award (for crime novels)

The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. From 2007-2009 the award was jointly presented with the publication Mystery News. The prize is named after Barry Gardner, an American critic.^[1]

Note that the "best British crime novel" in this context is best crime fiction novel first published in English in the United Kingdom and does not reflect the author's nationality.

Winners

2010

• Best Novel: John Hart for The Last Child
• Best First Novel: Alan Bradley for The Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie
• Best British Novel: Philip Kerr for If The Dead Not Rise
• Best Paperback Novel: Bryan Gruley for Starvation Lake
• Best Thriller: Jamie Freveletti for Running from the Devil
• Mystery/Crime Novel Of The Decade: Stieg Larsson for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Best Short Story Brendan Dubois for "The High House Writer"

2009

• Best Novel: Arnaldur Indridason for The Draining Lake
• Best First Novel: Tom Rob Smith for Child 44
• Best British Novel: Stieg Larsson for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Best Paperback Novel: Julie Hyzy for State of the Onion
• Best Thriller: Brett Battles for The Deceived
• Best Short Story James O. Born for "The Drought"

2008

• Best Novel: Laura Lippman, for What the Dead Know
• Best Thriller: Robert Crais, for The Watchman
• Best British Novel: Edward Wright, for Damnation Falls
• Best Paperback Novel: Megan Abbott, for Queenpin
• Best First Novel: Tana French, for In the Woods

2007

• Best Novel: George Pelecanos, for The Night Gardener
• Best Thriller: Daniel Silva, for The Messenger
• Best British Novel: Ken Bruen, for Priest
• Best Paperback Novel: Sean Doolittle, for The Cleanup
• Best First Novel: Louise Penny, for Still Life
• Best Short Story: Brendan DuBois, for The Right Call

2006

• Best Novel: Thomas H. Cook, for Red Leaves
• Best Thriller: Joseph Finder, for Company Man
• Best British Novel: Denise Mina, for The Field of Blood
• Best Paperback Novel: Reed Farrel Coleman, for The James Deans
• Best First Novel: Stuart MacBride, for Cold Granite
• Best Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for There is No Crime on Easter Island

2005

• Best Novel: Lee Child, for The Enemy
• Best Thriller: Barry Eisler, for Rain Storm
• Best British Crime Novel: John Harvey, for Flesh & Blood
• Best Paperback Original: Elaine Flinn, for Tagged for Murder
• Best First Novel: Carlos Ruiz Zafón, for The Shadow of the Wind
• Best Short Story: Edward D. Hoch, for The War in Wonderland

2004

• Best Novel: Laura Lippman, for Every Secret Thing
• Best British Crime Novel: Val McDermid, for The Distant Echo
• Best Paperback Original: Jason Starr, for Tough Luck
• Best First Mystery Novel: P. J. Tracy, for Monkeewrench
• Best Mystery Short Story: Robert Barnard, for Rogues' Gallery

2003

• Best Novel: Michael Connelly, for City of Bones
• Best British Crime Novel: John Connolly, for The White Road
• Best Paperback Original: Danielle Girard, for Cold Silence
• Best First Novel: Julia Spencer-Fleming, for In Bleak Midwinter

2002

• Best Novel: Dennis Lehane, for Mystic River
• Best British Crime Novel: Stephen Booth, for Dancing With Virgins
• Best Paperback Original: Deborah Woodworth, for Killing Gifts
• Best First Novel: C. J. Box, for Open Season

2001

• Best Hardcover Novel: Nevada Barr, for Deep South
• Best British Crime Novel: Stephen Booth, for Black Dog
• Best Paperback Novel: Eric Wright, for The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn
• Best First Novel: David Liss, for Conspiracy of Paper

2000

• Best Novel: Peter Robinson, for In a Dry Season
• Best British Novel: Val McDermid, for A Place of Execution
• Best paperback Original: Robin Burcell, for Every Move She Makes
• Best First Novel: Donna Andrews, for Peacocks

1999

• Best Novel: Reginald Hill, for On Beulah Height and Dennis Lehane for Gone, Baby, Gone
• Best First Novel: William Kent Krueger, for Iron Lake

1998

• Best Novel: Michael Connelly, for Trunk Music
• Best Paperback Original: Harlan Coben, for Backspin
• Best First Novel: Lee Child, for Killing Floor

1997

• Best Novel: Peter Lovesey, for Bloodhounds
• Best Paperback Original: Susan Wade, for Walking Rain
• Best First Novel: Charles Todd, for Test of Wills
• Best Non-Fiction: Willetta L. Heising, for Detecting Women 2

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