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. 
indicates
a review by Mysterious
Reviews.
2009
◊ Best Novel: Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason (St. Martin's Minotaur)
◊ Best First Novel: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central)
◊ Best Thriller: The Deceived by Brett Battles (Delacorte)
◊ Best British Crime Novel: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
(Knopf)
◊ Best Paperback Original: State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (Berkley Prime
Crime)
2008
◊ Best Novel: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
◊ Best First Novel: In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
◊ Best British Crime Novel: Damnation Falls by Edward Wright (Orion)
◊ Best Paperback Original: Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
◊ Best
Thriller: The
Watchman by Robert
Crais
(Simon & Schuster)
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 MacBride
◊ 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 McDermid
◊ 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 (tie): Every Move She Makes by Robin Burcell
◊ Best Paperback Original (tie): An Antidote for Avarice by Caroline Roe
1999
◊ Best Novel (tie): On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill
◊ Best Novel (tie): Gone, Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane
◊ 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