The Barry Award

The Barry Award is an annual award presented by the editorial staff of Deadly Pleasures for the best works published in the field of crime fiction each year.

2007

Best Novel: The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos

Best First Novel: Still Life by Louise Penny

Best British Crime Novel: Priest by Ken Bruen

Best Paperback Original: The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle

Best Thriller: The Messenger by Daniel Silva

2006

Best Novel: Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook

Best First Novel: Cold Granite by Stuart McBride

Best British Crime Novel: The Field of Blood by Denise Mina

Best Paperback Original: The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman

Best Thriller: Company Man by Joseph Finder

2005

Best Novel: The Enemy by Lee Child

Best First Novel: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Best British Crime Novel: Flesh and Blood by John Harvey

Best Paperback Original: Tagged for Murder by Elaine Flinn

Best Thriller: Rain Storm by Barry Eisler

2004

Best Novel: Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman

Best First Mystery Novel: Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy

Best British Crime Novel: The Distant Echo by Val McDermic

Best Paperback Original: Tough Luck by Jason Starr

2003

Best Novel: City of Bones by Michael Connelly

Best First Novel: In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Best British Novel: The White Road by John Connolly

Best Paperback Original: Cold Silence by Danielle Girard

2002

Best Novel: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Best First Novel: Open Season by C. J. Box

Best British Crime Novel: Dancing with Virgins by Stephen Booth

Best Paperback Original: Killing Grifts by Deborah Woodworth

2001

Best Novel: Deep South by Nevada Barr

Best First Novel: Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss

Best British Crime Novel: Black Dog by Stephen Booth

Best Paperback Original: The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright

2000

Best Novel: In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson

Best First Novel: Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews

Best British Crime Novel: A Place of Execution by Val McDermid

Best Paperback Original: Every Move She Makes by Robin Burcell (tie)

Best Paperback Original: An Antidote for Avarice by Caroline Roe (tie)

1999

Best Novel: On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill (tie)

Best Novel: Gone, Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane (tie)

Best First Novel: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger

1998

Best Novel: Trunk Music by Michael Connelly

Best First Novel: Killing Floor by Lee Child

Best Paperback Original: Backspin by Harlan Coben

1997

Best Novel: Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey

Best First Novel: Test of Wills by Charles Todd

Best Paperback Original: Walking Rain by Susan Wade