Friday, 13 June 2025

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 on Thursday September 4 2025 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)


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