2000 BARRY AWARDS

BEST NOVEL

• In A Dry Season by Peter Robinson
• Angels Flight by Michael Connelly (Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch)
• L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais (Elvis Cole)
• High Five by Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum)
• Hart's War by John Katzenbach
• Prayers For Rain by Dennis Lehane (Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Every Move She Makes by Robin Burcell
• An Antidote For Avarice by Caroline Roe
• Them Bones by Carolyn Haines
• The Hunted by Jerry Kennealy
• The Last Song Dogs by Sinclair Browning (Trade Ellis)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
• The Immortal Game by Mark Coggins (August Riordan)
• Lie In The Dark by Dan Fesperman
• White Sky, Black Ice by Stan Jones
• Every Trace by Greg Main

BEST BRITISH CRIME NOVEL

• A Place Of Execution by Val Mcdermid
• River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth
• Every Dead Thing by John Connolly (Charlie Parker)
• Rough Justice by Colin Falconer
• The Chalon Heads by Barry Maitland

2001 BARRY AWARDS

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

• Deep South by Nevada Barr
• Places In The Dark by Thomas H. Cook
• Running Blind by Lee Child (Jack Reacher)
• Cross Dressing by Bill Fitzhugh
• Winter Of The Wolf Moon by Steven Hamilton (Alex McKnight)
• Unwanted Company by Barbara Seranella

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• The Kidnapping Of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright (Joe Barley)
• Dive Deep And Deadly by Glynn Marsh Alam
• Death Dances To A Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley
• Little Mexico by Cathie John
• Distemper by Beth Saulnier

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Conspiracy Of Paper by David Liss
• In Her Defense by Stephen Horn
• The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
• Street Level by Bob Truluck (Duncan Sloan)
• Death Of A Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

BEST BRITISH CRIME NOVEL

• Black Dog by Stephen Booth
• Dark Hollow by John Connolly (Charlie Parker)
• The Beach Road by Sarah Diamond
• The Certainty Of Doing Evil by Colin Falconer
• The Reaper by Peter Lovesey

2002 BARRY AWARDS

BEST NOVEL

• Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
• Tell No One by Harlan Coben
• Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly (Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch)
• Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger
• Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
• Right As Rain by George Pelecanos (Derek Strange and Terry Quinn)
• Bad News by Donald E. Westlake (Dortmunder)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Killing Gifts by Deborah Woodworth
• Rode Hard, Put Away Dead by Sinclair Browning (Trade Ellis)
• Death Is A Cabaret by Deborah Morgan
• The Fourth Wall by Beth Saulnier
• Straw Men by Martin J. Smith

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Open Season by C. J. Box
• Third Person Singular by K.J. Erickson
• Chasing The Devil's Tail by David Fulmer (Valentin St. Cyr)
• Perhaps She'll Die by M.K. Preston
• Blindsighted by Karen Slaughter
• Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer

BEST BRITISH CRIME NOVEL

• Dancing With Virgins by Stephen Booth
• Blood Junction by Caroline Carver
• The Killing Kind by John Connolly (Charlie Parker)
• Dialogues Of The Dead by Reginald Hill
• Death In Holy Orders by P.D. James
• Killing The Shadows by Val Mcdermid
• The Falls by Ian Rankin

2003 BARRY AWARDS
Presented at the 2003 Bouchercon held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

BEST NOVEL

• City Of Bones by Michael Connelly (Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch)
• Without Fail by Lee Child (Jack Reacher)
• The Hearse Case Scenario by Tim Cockey
• North Of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton (Alex McKnight)
• Hell To Pay by George Pelecanos (Derek Strange and Terry Quinn)
• Winter And Night by S. J. Rozan (Bill Smith and Lydia Chin)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• In A Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
• The Devil's Redhead by David Corbett
• Not All Tarts Are Apple by Pip Granger
• The Blue Edge Of Midnight by Jonathon King (Max Freeman)
• The Distance by Eddie Muller (Billy Nichols)
• Buck Fever by Ben Rehder

BEST BRITISH NOVEL

• The White Road by John Connolly (Charlie Parker)
• Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham
• The Master Of Rain by Tom Bradby
• The Business Of Dying by Simon Kernick
• Diamond Dust by Peter Lovesey
• The Yeare's Midnight by Ed O'connor

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Cold Silence by Danielle Girard
• Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott
• Fatal Truth by Robin Burcell
• The Bone Orchard by D. Daniel Judson (Declan "Mac" MacManus)
• Prison Blues by Anna Salter
• Pipsqueak by Brian Wiprud

2004 BARRY AWARDS
Presented at the 2004 Bouchercon held in Toronto.

BEST NOVEL

• Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
• The Guards by Ken Bruen (Jack Taylor)
• The Small Boat Of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman
• Keeping Watch by Laurie R. King
• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
• Fountain Filled With Blood by Julia Spencer- Fleming

BEST FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL

• Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy
• Mission Flats by Bill Landay
• Bridge Of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer
• The Barbed-Wire Kiss by Wallace Stroby
• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs)
• Clea's Moon by Edward Wright

BEST BRITISH CRIME NOVEL

• The Distant Echo by Val Mcdermid
• Lazybones by Mark Billingham
• Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
• The Murder Exchange by Simon Kernick
• The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey
• The American Boy (U.S. Title: "An Unpardonable Crime") by Andrew Taylor

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Tough Luck by Jason Starr
• Dealing In Murder by Elaine Flinn
• Wisdom Of The Bones by Christopher Hyde
• The Courier by Jay Maclarty
• The Shadow Of Venus by Judith Van Gieson
• Murder Between The Covers by Elaine Viets

BEST MYSTERY SHORT STORY

• "Rogues' Gallery" by Robert Barnard (March 2003, EQMM)
• "The Blind Pig" by Doug Allyn (May 2003, EQMM)
• "Always Another War" by Brendan Dubois (July-August 2003, AHMM)
• "The Mask Of Peter" by Clark Howard (April 2003, EQMM)
• "Rogue's Run" by Donald Olson (April 2003, EQMM)

2005 BARRY AWARDS
Presented at the 2005 Bouchercon held in Chicago.

BEST NOVEL

• The Enemy by Lee Child (Jack Reacher)
• Alone At Night by K. J. Erickson
• Darkly, Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
• Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney
• Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlins)
• Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos (Derek Strange)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• Relative Danger by Charles Benoit
• Walking Money by James O. Born
• The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
• Skinny Dipping by Claire Matturro
• Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas

BEST BRITISH CRIME NOVEL

• Flesh & Blood by John Harvey
• The Burning Girl by Mark Billingham
• The Dramatist by Ken Bruen (Jack Taylor)
• Tokyo (U.S. Title: "The Devil Of Nanking") by Mo Hayder
• The Crime Trade by Simon Kernick
• First Drop by Zoë Sharp

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Tagged For Murder by Elaine Flinn
• The Librarian by Larry Beinhart
• Into The Web by Thomas H. Cook
• Last Seen In Aberdeen by M.G. Kincaid
• The Confession by Domenic Stansberry
• Twisted City by Jason Starr

BEST THRILLER

• Rain Storm by Barry Eisler (John Rain)
• Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly
• Bagman by Jay Maclarty
• Whirlwind by Joseph Garber
• A Death In Vienna by Daniel Silva
• Paranoia by Joseph Finder

BEST SHORT STORY

• "The War In Wonderland" by Edward D. Hoch (Green For Danger)
• "Cold Comfort" by Catherine Aird (Chapter And Hearse And Other Mysteries)
• "Facing Up" by Melodie Johnson Howe (July 2004, EQMM)
• "Rumpole And The Christmas Break" by John Mortimer (No. XIV, The Strand Magazine; Rumpole)
• "Murder by The Missing Heir And The Boiled Egg" by Amy Myers (Criminal Appetites)
• "Ledgers" by Neil Schofield (July 2004, EQMM)