The 2021 Barry Crime Book Awards

by Deadly Pleasures

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23 books

The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers.

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Best Mystery/Crime Novel

Nominees

The Boy from the Woods

Harlan Coben, 2020

The Law of Innocence

Michael Connelly, 2020

Blacktop Wasteland

S. A. Cosby, 2020

And Now She's Gone

Rachel Howzell Hall, 2020

Moonflower Murders

Anthony Horowitz, 2020

All the Devils Are Here

Louise Penny, 2020

Best First Novel

Nominees

Deep State

Chris Hauty, 2020

Murder in Old Bombay

Nev March, 2020

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman, 2020

The Eighth Detective

Alex Pavesi, 2020

Winter Counts

David Heska Wanbli Weiden, 2020

Darling Rose Gold

Stephanie Wrobel, 2021

Best Paperback Original

Nominees

When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole, 2020

Hide Away

Jason Pinter, 2020

Bad News Travels

James Swain, 2020

Darkness for Light

Caleb Zelic Series: Volume Three

Emma Viskic, 2021

Turn to Stone

An Ellie Stone Mystery

James W. Ziskin, 2020

Best Thriller

Nominees

Double Agent

Tom Bradby, 2020

Blind Vigil

Matt Coyle, 2020

One Minute Out

Mark Greaney, 2020

The Last Hunt

Deon Meyer, 2020

Eddie's Boy

Thomas Perry, 2020

The Wild One

Nick Petrie, 2020