2015 Shamus Award Finalists

The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the finalists for the 2015 Shamus Awards. The winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Raleigh, North Carolina on Friday 9^th October 2015

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