Mike Dillman’s Best of 2024
Barry Award Nominating Committee Member

Best Novels
FIRST LIE WINS, Ashley Elston
SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING, Rick Mofina
EVERYONE IS WATCHING, Heather Gudenkauf
CAPE RAGE, Ron Corbett
ORDINARY BEAR, C. B. Bernard
LISTEN FOR THE LIE, Amy Tintera
A CALAMITY OF SOULS, David Baldacci
THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL, Stephanie Wrobel
THE WAITING, Michael Connelly

Best Thrillers
ASSASSIN EIGHTEEN, John Brownlow
NOBODY’S HERO, M. W. Craven
RED SKY MOURNING, Jack Carr
KINGPIN, Mike Lawson
FIRST STRIKE, Stephen Leather

Best U.K
PROFILE K, Helen Fields (Avon, April in U.K.; in the U.S. as THE PROFILER, February, 2025)