The winners of these awards will be announced at the Opening Ceremonies at the Minneapolis Bouchercon on September 8, 2022.
All readers of Deadly Pleasures are qualified to vote. Please submit votes to george@deadlypleasures.com by August 1, 2022.
Many, many thanks to our nominating committee members who put a lot of time (reading and evaluating) and then nominating. They are: Larry Gandle, Maggie Mason, Ali Karim, Kristopher Zgorski, Jeff Popple, Oline Cogdill, Steele Curry, Don Longmuir, Donus Roberts, Mike Dillman, Mystery Mike Bursaw and your truly. We mourn the loss of committee member Kris Schorer.
The novels in each category are arranged in alphabetical order based on the author’s last name. The photo used to display this post on the home page is of Peter May and his Best Mystery Barry Award for THE BLACKHOUSE.
Best Mystery/Crime Novel
THE DARK HOURS, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
RAZORBLADE TEARS, S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
LAST REDEMPTION, Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
CLARK AND DIVISION, Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)
BILLY SUMMERS, Stephen King (Scribner)
WE BEGIN AT THE END, Chris Whitaker (Henry Holt)
Best First Mystery/Crime Novel
WHO IS MAUDE DIXON?, Alexandra Andrews (Little, Brown)
GIRL A, Abigail Dean (Viking)
DOWN RANGE, Taylor Moore (William Morrow)
FALLING, T. J. Newman (Simon & Schuster)
SLEEPING BEAR, Connor Sullivan (Emily Bestler/Atria)
STEEL FEAR, Brandon Webb & John David Mann (Bantam)
Best Paperback Original
THE HUNTED, Gabriel Bergmoser (HarperCollins)
ARSENIC AND ADOBO, Mia P. Manansala (Berkley)
BLACK CORAL, Andrew Mayne (Thomas & Mercer)
THE GOOD TURN, Dervla McTiernan (Blackstone)
SEARCH FOR HER, Rick Mofina (MIRA)
BOUND, Vanda Symon (Orenda Books)
Best Thriller
THE DEVIL’S HAND, Jack Carr (Emily Bestler/Atria)
THE NAMELESS ONES, John Connolly (Emily Bestler/Atria)
DEAD BY DAWN, Paul Doiron (Minotaur)
RELENTLESS, Mark Greaney (Berkley)
SLOUGH HOUSE, Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
FIVE DECEMBERS, James Kestrel (HardCase Crime)