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 WINNERS 2024: Private Eye Writers of America

The Private Eye Writers of America 2024 Shamus Award Winners were presented on Thursday Night at Bouchercon in Nashville. Congratulations to all!

BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL
Heart of the Nile by Will Thomas 

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL
Liar’s Dice by Gabriel Valjan 

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

“Errand for a Neighbor” by Bill Bassman  (January/February 2023, EQMM)

Thanks to Gabriel Valjan for the following Graphic! 

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 

2023 Shamus Award Nominees: Private Eye Writers of America

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the 2023 Shamus Award Nominees.

The Shamus Awards are awarded for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2022. PWA’s (Private Eye Writers of America) definition of a Private Eye: a person paid to investigate crimes who is not employed by a government agency. Congratulations to all the nominees!

BEST ORIGINAL HARDBACK P.I. NOVEL

The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames (Mulholland Books)

The Big Bundle by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)

The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide (Mulholland Books)

Holmes Coming by Kenneth Johnson (Blackstone Publishing)

The Blackmail by M. Ravenel (Chikara Press)

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL

Quarry’s Blood by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)

DoubleBlind by Libby Fischer Hellmann (The Red Herrings Press)

Canary in a Coal Mine by Charles Salzberg (Down & Out Books)

Dead-Bang Fall by J.R. Sanders (Level Best Books)

Hush Hush by Gabriel Valjan (Historia/Level Best Books)

BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL

Big Fat F@!k-up by Lawrence Allan (M.S. Wooten Press)

Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur Books)

Foote by Tom Bredehoft (West Virginia University Press)

What Meets the Eye by Alex Kenna (Crooked Lane Books)

The Goldenacre by Philip Miller (Soho Crime)

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

“No Place for a Dame” by Lori Armstrong

(Edgar & Shamus Go Golden/Down & Out Books)

“Charlie’s Medicine” by Libby Cudmore

(Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon/Down & Out Books)

“A Jelly of Intrigue” by O’Neil De Noux

(Edgar & Shamus Go Golden/Down & Out Books)

“The Pearl of Antilles” by Caroline Garcia-Aguilera

(Edgar & Shamus Go Golden/Down & Out Books)

“Bad Actor” by Elliot Sweeney

(Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 2022)

SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS 2022

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the Shamus Award Winners 2022. The Shamus Awards are for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2021. PWA’s (Private Eye Writers of America) definition of a Private Eye: a person paid to investigate crimes who is not employed by a government agency. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

Best P.I. Hardcover:

• Family Business, by S.J. Rozan (Pegasus)

Best Original P.I. Paperback:

• Every City Is Every Other City, by John McFetridge (ECW Press)

Best First P.I. Novel:

• Lost Little Girl, by Gregory Stout (Level Best)

Best P.I. Short Story:

• “Sweeps Week,” by Richard Helms (EQMM, July/August)

NOMINEES

SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2022: Private Eye Writers of America

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the Shamus Award Nominees 2022. Congratulations to all!

Best P.I. Hardcover:
• Runner, by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
• Last Redemption, by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
• Pay or Play, by Howard Michael Gould (Severn House)
• Family Business, by S.J. Rozan (Pegasus)
• Head Case, by Michael Wiley (Severn House)

Best Original P.I. Paperback:
• Every City Is Every Other City, by John McFetridge (ECW Press)
• The Burden of Innocence, by John Nardizzi (Weathertop Media)
• Angels in the Wind, by Manuel Ramos (Arte Público Press)
• Frog in a Bucket, by Clive Rosengren (Coffeetown Press)
• An Empty Grave, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins (Swallow Press)

Best First P.I. Novel:
• Porno Valley, by Phillip Elliot (Into the Void)
• Dead Man’s Eyes, by Lori Duffy Foster (Level Best)
• Suburban Dicks, by Fabian Nicieza (Putnam)
• The Arrangement, by M. Ravenel (Chikara Press)
• Lost Little Girl, by Gregory Stout (Level Best)

Best P.I. Short Story:
• “Disposable Women,” by Michael Bracken (Tough)
• “Sixteen Lies,” by Matt Goldman (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], September/October)
• “Sweeps Week,” by Richard Helms (EQMM, July/August)
• “Oro de Tontos (Fool’s Gold),” by Tom Larsen (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, November/December)
• “The Hidden Places,” by Linda Stansberry (EQMM, May/June)

Winners will be announced in August.

 

 

SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2021: PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA

What a great week for awards! The Private Eye Writers of America announced the Shamus Award Nominees for 2021. Congratulations to all.

or works published in 2020. (The lists below are in alphabetical order by author.)

Best Original Private Eye Paperback

Farewell Las Vegas by Grant Bywaters / Wild Rose Press

All Kinds of Ugly by Ralph Dennis / Brash Books

Brittle Karma by Richard Helms / Black Arch Books

Remember My Face by John Lantigua / Arte Publico

Damaged Goods by Debbi Mack / Renegade Press

Best Private Eye Short Story 

“A Dreamboat Gambol” by O’Neil De Noux in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

“Mustang Sally” by John M. Floyd in Black Cat Mystery Magazine

“Setting the Pick” by April Kelly in Mystery Weekly Magazine

“Show and Zeller” by Gordon Linnzer in Black Cat Mystery Magazine

“Nashua River Floater” by Tom MacDonald in Coast to Coast Noir

 Best Private Eye Novel

What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark / Kensington

Do No Harm by Max Allan Collins / Tor Forge

Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle / Oceanview

House on Fire by Joseph Finder / Dutton

And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall / Tor Forge

Best First Private Eye Novel

Squatter’s Rights by Kevin R. Doyle / Camel Press

Derailed by Mary Keliikoa / Epicenter Press

I Know Where You Sleep by Alan Orloff / Down & Out Books

The Missing American by Kwei Quartey / Soho

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden / Ecco

 

SHAMUS AWARDS: Private Eye Writer of America

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS 2019 for works published in 2018. I am missing info on Best First Private Eye Novel. I asked just about everyone at the convention who was at the Shamus Awards, but no one seemed to remember. I will update this post when I find out.

Best Private Eye Novel 

What You Want to See by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur Books)

Best Original Private Eye Paperback                                                 

The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone (Redhook Books)

Best Private Eye Short Story 

"Chin Yong-Yun Helps a Fool," by S.J. Rozan, EQMM

Best First Private Eye Novel
The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco (MCD Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS 2018

Meant to post this last week, but in the Whirl that was Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, I forgot to click on my post. Congrats to all!

Shamus Award Winners: Private Eye Writers of America
For works published in 2017.
Winners were announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon.

Best Private Eye Novel 
The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker

Also Nominated:
Dark Water by Parker Bilal
Blood Truth by Matt Coyle
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
Monument Road by Michael Wiley

Best First Private Eye Novel 
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

Also Nominated:
Under Water by Casey Barrett
A Negro and an Ofay by Danny Gardner
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones

Best Original Private Eye Paperback
Lights Out Summer by Rich Zahradnik

Also nominated:

Play a Cold Hand by Terence Faherty
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan
Dames Fight Harder by M. Ruth Myers
The Painted Gun by Bradley Spinelli

Best P.I. Short Story
“Rosalie Marx is Missing,” by Robert S. Levinson, in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May/June

Also Nominated:
Eric Beetner, “Out of Business,” in Down & Out, The Magazine Vol 1/ Issue 1, edited by Rick Ollerman
Reed Farrel Coleman, “Breakage,” in Down & Out, The Magazine Vol 1/ Issue 1, edited by Rick Ollerman
Brendan Dubois, “Random,” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb
Paul D. Marks, “Windward,” in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks

SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES: Private Eye Writers of America

Shamus Award Nominees: Private Eye Writers of America
For works published in 2017.
Winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon.  Congratulations to all!

Best Original Private Eye Paperback 
Play a Cold Hand by Terence Faherty
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan
Dames Fight Harder by M. Ruth Myers
The Painted Gun by Bradley Spinelli
Lights Out Summer by Rich Zahradnik

Best First Private Eye Novel 
Under Water by Casey Barrett
A Negro and an Ofay by Danny Gardner
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

Best P.I. Short Story
Eric Beetner, “Out of Business,” in Down & Out, The Magazine Vol 1/ Issue 1, edited by Rick Ollerman
Reed Farrel Coleman, “Breakage,” in Down & Out, The Magazine Vol 1/ Issue 1, edited by Rick Ollerman
Brendan Dubois, “Random,” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb
Robert S. Levinson, “Rosalie Marx is Missing,” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May/June
Paul D. Marks, “Windward,” in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks

Best Private Eye Novel 
Dark Water by Parker Bilal
Blood Truth by Matt Coyle
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker
Monument Road by Michael Wiley

Shamus Award Winners 2017

2017 PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS. The winners are usually announced during the PWA banquet at Bouchercon, but there will not be a banquet this year. Congratulations to All!

The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award
Jerry Kennealy

Best Private Eye Novel
Reed Farrel Coleman, Where It Hurts. Putnam

Best Original Private Eye Paperback
Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown. Red Hook Books  

Best First Private Eye Novel
Joe Ide, IQ.  Little, Brown

Best Private Eye Short Story
Brendan DuBois, “A Battlefield Reunion” in AHMM, June

For all nominees, go HERE.

Hat Tip to The Gumshoe Site & The Rap Sheet for this announcement.

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

Shamus Award Nominees: Private Eye Writers of America

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

The winners will be 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
THE LONG COLD by O'Neil De Noux. Big Kiss Productions
SPLIT TO SPLINTERS by Max Everhart. Camel Press
THE MAN IN THE WINDOW by Dana King. Independent
RED DESERT, Clive Rosengren by Moonshine Cove Publishing

Best First Private Eye Novel:
THE RED STORM by Grant Bywaters. St. Martins/Minotaur
NIGHT TREMORS by Matt Coyle. Oceanview Publishing
TROUBLE IN ROOSTER PARADISE by T.W. Emory. Coffeetown Press
DEPTH by Lev Ac Rosen. Regan Arts
THE DO-RIGHT by Lisa Sandlin. Cinco Puntos Press

Best Private Eye Short Story
“The Runaway Girl from Portland, Oregon” by C.B. Forrest in  Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 2015
 “The Sleep of Death” by David Edgerley Gates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 2015
“The Dead Client” by Parnell Hall in  Dark City Lights: New York Stories (edited by Lawrence Block)
“The Dead Detective” by Robert S. Levinson in Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea (edited by Andrew McAleer & Paul D. Marks)
“The Continental Opposite” by Evan Lewis in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May 2015

Best Private Eye Novel
THE PROMISE by Robert Crais. G.P. Putnam's Sons
DANCE OF THE BONES by J.A. Jance.  William Morris
GUMSHOE by Robert Leininger. Oceanview Publishing
BRUSH BACK by Sara Paretsky. G.P. Putnam's Sons
BRUTALITY by Ingrid Thoft. G.P. Putnam's Sons

Shamus Award Winners 2015

The 2015 Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Awards. Presented 10/9 in Raleigh, NC.

Best Hardcover P.I. Novel

Hounded  by David Rosenfelt 

Best First P.I. Novel

Invisible City by Julia Dahl 

Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel

Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri

Best P.I. Short Story

“Clear Recent History” by  Gon Ben Ari in Tel Aviv Noir

Best Indie P.I. Novel

The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger 

Shamus Award Nominees

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the finalists for the 2015 Shamus Awards. Congrats to all.

Best Hardcover P.I. Novel

The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman 
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 
Toyko Kill by Barry Lancet 
Hounded  by David Rosenfelt 
Peter Pan Must Die by John Verdon

Best First P.I. Novel

Invisible City by Julia Dahl 
Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie 
Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe 
Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler Willis 
City of Brick and Shadow by Tim Wirkus

Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel

The Detective and the Pipe Girl by Michael Craven 
Beauty With A Bomb by M.C.Grant
Critical Damage by Robert K. Lewis 
Street Justice by Kris Nelscott 
Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri

Best P.I. Short Story

“Clear Recent History” by  Gon Ben Ari in Tel Aviv Noir
"The Ehrengraf Fandango " by Lawrence Block  in  Defender of the Innocent
“Fear Is The Best Keeper of Secrets ” by Vali Khalili in Tehran Noir
“Mei Kwei, I Love You” by Suchen Christine Lim in Singapore Noir
“Busting Red Heads” by Richard Helms  in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

Best Indie P.I. Novel

The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger 
Nobody’s Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Played To Death by BV Lawson 
The Kids Are All Right by Steve Liskow  
Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder

Shamus Awards 2014

Photo: Ali Karim

PWA (Private Eye Writers of America) SHAMUS AWARDS  

St Martins / PWA award to Grant Bywaters  for The Red Storm 

Best PI Short Story: SO LONG, CHIEF by Max A Collins 

Best First PI Novel: BEAR IS BROKEN by Lachlan Smith 

Best Indie PI Novel - Don't Dare a Dame by M Ruth Myers 

Best Paperback Original: HEART OF ICE by PJ Parish 

Best Hardcover PI Novel : Brad Parks The Good Cop

LIfetime Achievement: Sue Grafton

(HT: Ali Karim--thanks )

2014 Shamus Award Nominees

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the finalists for its 2014 Shamus Awards. Winners will be named during a banquet at Bouchercon in Long Beach, California, on Friday, November 14.

Best Hardcover P.I. Novel:
• Little Elvises, by Timothy Hallinan (Soho Crime)
• The Mojito Coast, by Richard Helms (Five Star)
• W Is for Wasted, by Sue Grafton (Marian Wood/Putnam)
• The Good Cop, by Brad Parks (Minotaur)
• Nemesis, by Bill Pronzini (Forge)

Best First P.I. Novel:
• A Good Death, by Christopher R. Cox (Minotaur)
• Montana, by Gwen Florio (Permanent Press)
• Blood Orange, by Karen Keskinen (Minotaur)
• Bear Is Broken, by Lachlan Smith (Mysterious Press)
• Loyalty, by Ingrid Thoft (Putnam)

Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel:
• Seduction of the Innocent, by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
• Into the Dark, by Alison Gaylin (HarperCollins)
• Purgatory Key, by Darrell James (Midnight Ink)
• Heart of Ice, by P.J. Parrish (Pocket)
• The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie, by Robert J. Randisi (Perfect Crime)

Best P.I. Short Story:
• “So Long, Chief,” by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane (The Strand Magazine, February-May 2013)
• “The Ace I,” by Jack Fredrickson (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], June 2013)
• “What We Do,” by Mick Herron (EQMM, September-October 2013)
• “Extra Fries,” by Michael Z. Lewin (EQMM, May 2013)
• “The Lethal Leeteg,” by Hayford Peirce (EQMM, August 2013)

Best Indie P.I. Novel:
• Murder Take Three, by April Kelly and Marsha Lyons (Flight Risk)
• A Small Sacrifice, by Dana King (Amazon Digital)
• No Pat Hands, by J.J. Lamb (Two Black Sheep)
• State vs. Lassiter, by Paul Levine (CreateSpace)
• Don’t Dare a Dame, by M. Ruth Myers (Tuesday House)

  

HT: The Rap Sheet

Shamus Award Finalists 2014: Private Eye Writers of America

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD FINALISTS 2014 for works published in 2013. Winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Long Beach, California on Friday, November 14. Congratulations to all!

BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL
Little Elvises by Timothy Hallinan
The Mojito Coast by Richard Helms
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
The Good Cop by Brad Parks
Nemesis by Bill Pronzini

BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL
A Good Death by Christopher R. Cox
Montana by Gwen Florio
Blood Orange by Karen Keskinen
Bear is Broken by Lachlan Smith
Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL
Seduction of the Innocents by Max Allan Collins
Into the Dark by Alison Gaylin
Purgatory Key by Darrell James
Heart of Ice by P.J. Parrish
The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie by Robert J. Randisi

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY
“So Long, Chief” by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane in The Strand Magazine
"The Ace I" by Jack Fredrickson in EQMM
“What We Do” by Mick Herron in EQMM
“Extra Fries” by Michael Z. Lewin in EQMM
“The Lethal Leeteg” by Hayford Peirce in EQMM

BEST INDIE P.I. NOVEL
Murder Take Three by April Kelly and Marsha Lyons
A Small Sacrifice by Dana King
No Pat Hands by J.J. Lamb
State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine
Don’t Dare a Dame by M. Ruth Myers

SHAMUS AWARDS

Alison Gaylin

The Shamus Awards were announced last night by Private Eye Writers of America (PWA).

Best Hardcover P.I. Novel: Taken, by Robert Crais (Putnam)

Best First P.I. Novel: Black Fridays, by Michael Sears (Putnam)

Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel: And She Was, by Alison Gaylin (Harper)

Best P.I. Short Story: “Ghost Negligence,” by John Shepphird (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine [AHMM], July/August 2012)

Best Indie P.I. Novel: White Heat, by Paul D. Marks 
(Timeless Skies)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Loren D. Estleman

HT: Ali Karim

SHAMUS AWARD FINALISTS

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD FINALISTS 2013 for works published in 2012: The winner will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Albany, New York, on  Friday, September 20.

BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL
Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins
Taken by Robert Crais
Hunting Sweetie Rose by Jack Fredrickson
Blues in the Night by Dick Lochte
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL
Hush Money by Chuck Greaves
Murder Unscripted by Clive Rosengren
Black Fridays by Michael Sears
Racing the Devil by Jaden Terrell
The Twenty-Year Death by Ariel S. Winter

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK PI NOVEL
Death Warmed Over by Kevin J. Anderson
And She Was by Alison Gaylin
Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough
False Negative by Joseph Koenig
Pulse by John Lutz

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY
"The Sequel" by Jeffrey Deaver in The Strand
"After Cana" by Terence Faherty in EQMM
"O'Nelligan and the Lost Fates" by Michael Nethercott in AHMM
"Illegitimati Non Carborundum" by Stephen D. Rogers in Crimespree
"Ghost Negligence" by John Shepphird in AHMM

BEST INDIE P.I. NOVEL
Stranger in Town by Cheryl Bradshaw
Enamorted by O'Neil De Noux
One-Eyed Jack by Christopher J. Lynch
White Heat by Paul Marks
Devil May Care by James Mullaney