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Deadly Pleasures Magazine recently announced the nominees for the 2019 Barry Awards. Winners will be announced on October 31 at the Dallas Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies. Congratulations to all the nominees.
Best Novel
Lou Berney, NOVEMBER ROAD (Morrow)
Michael Connelly, DARK SACRED NIGHT (Little, Brown)
Allen Eskens, THE SHADOWS WE HIDE (Mulholland)
Craig Johnson, DEPTH OF WINTER (Viking)
Mindy Mejia, LEAVE NO TRACE (Atria)
Abir Mukherjee, A NECESSARY EVIL (Pegasus)
Best First Novel
Oyinkan Braithwaite, MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER (Doubleday)
Karen Cleveland, NEED TO KNOW (Ballantine)
John Copenhaver, DODGING AND BURNING (Pegasus)
Caz Frear, SWEET LITTLE LIES (Harper)
James A. McLaughlin, BEARSKIN (Ecco)
C. J. Tudor, THE CHALK MAN (Crown)
Best Paperback Original
Christine Carbo, A SHARP SOLITUDE (Atria)
David Mark, DEAD PRETTY (Blue Rider Press)
Dervla McTiernan, THE RUIN (Penguin)
Sherry Thomas, THE HOLLOW OF FEAR (Berkley)
Emma Viskic, RESURRECTION BAY (Pushkin Vertigo)
Best Thriller
Jack Carr, THE TERMINAL LIST (Atria)
Dan Fesperman, SAFE HOUSES (Knopf)
Mick Herron, LONDON RULES (Soho)
Anthony Horowitz, FOREVER AND A DAY (Harper)
Nick Petrie, LIGHT IT UP (Putnam)
James Swain, THE KING TIDES (Thomas & Mercer)