Mike Dillman is a member of our Barry Award Nominating Committee.

MIDNIGHT BLACK, Mark Greaney (Berkley, $30.00, February)
THE WHITE CROW, Michael Robotham (Scribner, $28.99, July)
UNTOUCHABLE, Mike Lawson (Atlantic Monthly, $27.00, February)
THE OLIGARCH’S DAUGHTER, Joseph Finder (Harper, $30.00, January)
BURN AFTER READING, Catherine Ryan Howard (Bantam, April) – U.K. only
DON’T LET HIM IN, Lisa Jewell (Atria, $29.99, June)
PARENTS WEEKEND, Alex Finlay (Minotaur, $28.00, May)
THE DAUGHTER, T. M. Logan (House of Zeus, March) – U.K. only
WITNESS 8, Steve Cavanagh (Atria, $29.99, March)
THE CHEMIST, A. A. Dhand (HQ, May) — U.K. only
GUESS AGAIN, Charlie Donlea (Kensington, $30.00, July)
TWO KINDS OF STRANGER, Steve Cavanagh (Headline, July). U.S. in 2026
THE INHERITANCE, Trisha Sakhlecha (Viking, $29.00, January)
THE VANISHING PLACE, Zoe Rankin (Berkley, $30.00, September)