Barry Award - 2012
The Barry Awards are named for of one of the most ardent and beloved ambassadors of mystery fiction, Barry Gardner, and are voted on by the readers of Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures. Listed below is the winner and the Shortlist. For more information go to ...The Barry Award Page
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Best Novel
Winner
The Keeper of Lost Causes By Jussi Adler-Olsen Plume - 2012 Barry Award Shortlist Best Novel Category The Accident By Linwood Barclay -2012 Barry Award Shortlist Best Novel Category Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman-2012 Barry Award Shortlist Best Novel Category
Iron House By John Hart- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist Best Novel Category Hell is Empty By Craig Johnson - 2012 Barry Award Shortlist Best Novel Category The Troubled Man By Henning Mankell- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist Best Novel Category
Best First Novel
Winner
Learning to Swim By Sara J. Henry -2012 Barry Award Shortlist- First Novel Category The Devotion of Suspect X By Keigo Higashino-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- First Novel Category The Boy in the Suitcase By Lene Kaaberbol and Agnette Friis- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- First Novel Category
Turn of Mind By Alice LaPlante - 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- First Novel Category The Informationist By Taylor Stevens  -2012 Barry Award Shortlist- First Novel Category Before I Go to Sleep By S.J. Watson -2012 Barry Award Shortlist- First Novel Category
Best British Crime Novel
Winner
Now You See Me By S.J. Bolton- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best British Novel Category Hell’s Bells By John Connolly-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best British Novel Category Bad Signs By R. J. Ellory -2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best British Novel Category
The House at Sea’s End By Elly Griffiths - 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best British Novel Category Outrage By Arnaldur Indridason -2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best British Novel Category Dead Man’s Grip By Peter James-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best British Novel Category
Best Paperback Original
Winner
The Silenced By Brett Battles -2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Paperback Originaly The Hangman’s Daughter By Oliver Pötzsch- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Paperback Original olor:#775d38;font-size:12px; margin-left:5px;
Death of the Mantis By Stanley, Michael- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Paperback Original Fun and Games By Duane Swierczynski-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Paperback Original Two for Sorrow By Nicola Upson-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Paperback Original
Best Thriller
Carver By Tom Cain- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Thriller Category Coup D’Etat By Ben Coes- 2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Thriller Category Spycatcher By Matthew Dunn  -2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Thriller Category
Ballistic By Mark Greaney-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Thriller Category <House Divided By Mike Lawson-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Thriller Category The Informant By Thomas Perry-2012 Barry Award Shortlist- Best Thriller Category