2019 Shamus Awards: Private Eye Writer of America

Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award winners for works published in 2018.

Best Private Eye Novel 

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

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

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


The awards were handed out at the PWA Shamus banquet that took place on Saturday 2nd November during the 50th Anniversary Bouchercon Convention that was held in Dallas.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.