SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2025: Private Eye Writers of America

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the nominees for the coveted Shamus Awards. Winners will be announced at the 2025 Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies, Thursday, September 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

BEST PI HARDCOVER

• Kingpin by Mike Lawson 

• The Hollow Tree by Phillip Miller

• Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley

• Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts 

• Death and Glory by Will Thomas 

BEST ORGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL

• Geisha Confidential by Mark Coggins 

• Quarry’s Return by Max Allan Collins 

• Not Born of Woman by Teel James Glenn

• Bless Our Sleep by Neil S. Plakcy 

• Call of the Void by J.T. Siemens 

• The Big Lie by Gabriel Valjan 

BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL

• Twice the Trouble by Ash Clifton 

• The Devil’s Daughter by Gordon Greisman 

• Fog City by Claire M. Johnson

• The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

• Holy City by Henry Wise 

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

• “Deadhead” by Tom Andes (Fall 2024, Cowboy Jamboree Magazine)

• “Alibi in Ice” by Libby Cudmore (July/August 2024, AHMM)

• “Drop Dead Gorgeous” by M.E. Proctor (Janie’s Got a Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Aerosmith)

• “Under Hard Rock” by Ed Teja (October 2024, Black Cat Weekly #164)

• “The Five Cent Detective” by S.B. Watson (November 2024, Crimeucopia)

HT: Kevin Burton Smith, Thrilling Detective 

SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2024: The Private Eye Writers of America

2024 Shamus Award Nominees: The Private Eye Writers of America! Congratulations to all!

BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL
Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen
Go Find Daddy by Steve Goble
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey
The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen 
Heart of the Nile by Will Thomas 

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL
Drums Guns ’N’ Money by Jonathan J. Brown 
Gillespie Field Groove by Corey Lynn Fayman 
The Truth We Hide by Liz Milliron 
Bring the Night by J.R. Sanders 
Liar’s Dice by Gabriel Valjan 

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

“Errand for a Neighbor” by Bill Bassman 
“Beyond Belief” by Libby Cudmore 
“The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow” by Sean McCluskey 
“Imperfect Data” by Bob Tippee 
“Making the Bad Guys Nervous” by Joseph S. Walker