SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) is proud to announce the nominees for the 31st annual Shamus Awards, given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. The awards will be presented at the PWA banquet, to be held Friday evening October 5, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio, during the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

2012 Shamus Awards Nominees

BEST HARDCOVER PI NOVEL

Bye Bye, Baby by Max Allan Collins / Tom Doherty
1222 by Anne Holt / Scribner
When the Thrill is Gone by Walter Mosley / Riverhead Books
A Bad Night's Sleep by Michael Wiley / Minotaur
The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line by Richard Yancey / Minotaur

BEST FIRST PI NOVEL

The Plot Against Hip Hop by Nelson George / Akashic
Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran / Houghton Mifflin
The Ocean Forest by Troy D. Nooe / Ingalls
The Shortcut Man by P.G. Sturges / Scribner
The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams / Bantam

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL PI NOVEL

Quarry's Ex by Max Allan Collins / Hard Case Crime
Threat Warning by John Gilstrap / Kensington
Serial by John Lutz / Kensington
Long Pig by James L. Ross / Perfect Crime Books
Fun & Games by Duane Swiercyzinski / Mulholland

BEST PI SHORT STORY
"A Bullet From Yesterday" by Terence Faherty in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Jan.)
"Mr. Monk & The Sunday Paper" by Lee Goldberg in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July)
"Who I Am" by Michael Z. Lewin in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Dec.)
"Vampire Slayer Murdered in Key West" by Michael West in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Sept. / Oct.)
"Dancer in a Storm" by L. A. Wilson in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (Jan. / Feb.)

PWA was founded in 1981 by Robert J. Randisi to recognize the private eye genre and its writers.

Shamus Award Nominations: Private Eye Writers 2010

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the Shamus Award Nominations

Best Hardcover PI Novel

The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta (Minotaur/St. Martin's)
Where the Dead Lay by David Levien (Doubleday)

Locked In by Marcia Muller (Grand Central)

Schemers by Bill Pronzini (Forge)

My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (William Morrow)

Best First PI Novel

Loser’s Town by Daniel Depp (Simon & Schuster)

The Last Gig by Norman Green (Minotaur/St. Martin's)

The Good Son by Russel D. McLean (Minotaur/St. Martin's)

Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks (Minotaur/St. Martin's)

Chinatown Angel by A.E. Roman (Minotaur/St. Martin's)

Best Paperback Original PI Novel

Dark Side of the Morgue by Raymond Benson (Leisure Books)

Sinner’s Ball by Ira Berkowitz (Three Rivers Press)

Red Blooded Murder by Laura Caldwell (Mira)

Vengeance Road by Rick Mofina (Mira)

Body Blows by Marc Strange (Dundurn)

Best PI Short Story

"The Dark Island" by Brendan DuBois, Boston Noir (Akashic)

"Deadline Edition" by S.L. Franklin, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2009

“Blazin' on Broadway" by Gary Phillips, Phoenix Noir (Akashic)

"Suicide Bonds" by Tim L. Williams, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2009

"Julius Katz" by Dave Zeltserman, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2009

Congratulations to all!

Hat Tip to Ali Karim!