Shamus Award Winners

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2016
for works published in 2015.

The winners were announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in New Orleans.

Best Original Private Eye Paperback 
CIRCLING THE RUNWAY by J.L. Abramo. Down & Out Books

Best First Private Eye Novel:
THE DO-RIGHT by Lisa Sandlin. Cinco Puntos Press

Best Private Eye Short Story
“The Dead Client” by Parnell Hall in  Dark City Lights: New York Stories (edited by Lawrence Block)

Best Hardcover Private Eye Novel
BRUTALITY by Ingrid Thoft. G.P. Putnam's Sons

The Eye: Lifetime Achievement Award
S.J. Rozan