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Barry Awards

2008 Nominees

Best Novel
  •  Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
  •  The Unquiet by John Connolly
  •  Down River by John Hart
  •  Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
  •  What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
  •  Red Cat by Peter Spiegelman

Best First Novel
  •  Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell
  •  Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover
  •  In the Woods by Tana French
  •  The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
  •  The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees
  •  The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey

Best British Crime Novel
  •  A Quiet Belief In Angels by R.J. Ellory
  •  Pig Island by Mo Hayder
  •  One Under by Graham Hurley
  •  The Death List by Paul Johnston
  •  The 50/50 Killer by Steve Mosby
  •  Damnation Falls by Edward Wright

Best Thriller
  •  No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
  •  The Cleaner by Brett Battles
  •  The Watchman by Robert Crais
  •  Volk’s Game by Brent Ghelfi
  •  Silence by Thomas Perry
  •  Midnight Rambler by James Swain

Best Paperback Original
  •  Queenpin by Megan Abbott
  •  The Black Widow Agency by Felicia Donovan
  •  Choke Point by Jay MacLarty
  •  The Mark by Jason Pinter
  •  Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas
  •  Who Is Conrad Hirst? by Kevin Wignall

Best Short Story
  •  “Dead As a Dog” by Doug Allyn
 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2007
  •  “The Book Case” by Dale C. Andrews & Kurt Sercu
 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2007
  •  “The Missing Elevator Puzzle” by Jon L. Breen
 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, February 2007
  •  “Bump” by Jeffrey Deaver
 Dead Man’s Hand
  •  “The Problem of the Summer Snowman” by Edward D. Hoch
 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2007
  •  “The Old Wife’s Tale” by Gillian Roberts
 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2007
  •  “Murder: A User’s Guibe” by Neil Schofield
 Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2007

2007

Best Novel
  *  The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
  •  White Shadow by Ace Atkins
  •  Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen
  •  The Prisoner of Guantanamo by Dan Fesperman
  •  City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin

Best First Novel
  *  Still Life by Louise Penny
  •  The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
  •  Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
  •  The Berlin Conspiracy by Tom Gabbay
  •  The King of Lies by John Hart
  •  A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read

Best British Novel
  *  Priest by Ken Bruen
  •  Dying Light by Stuart MacBride
  •  Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
  •  Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone
  •  Red Sky Lament by Edward Wright

Best Thriller
  *  The Messenger by Daniel Silva
  •  Killer Instinct by Joe Finder
  •  The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
  •  Relentless by Simon Kernick
  •  Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
  •  Kill Me by Stephen White

Best Paperback Original
  *  The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle
  •  Bust by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
  •  The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins
  •  Live Wire by Jay MacLarty
  •  Deadman’s Poker by James Swain
  •  Crooked by Brian M. Wiprud

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