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 by Clive Rosengren 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

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Hat Tip Mystery Fanfare!

Shamus Award Nominations

Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award Finalists 2014 for works published in 2013.

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

Winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Long Beach, California on Friday, November 14. Congratulations to all the nominees.