Shamus Award Winners 2022

 

The 2022 Shamus Award Winners from the Private Eye Writers of America have just been announced. The Shamus Awards are for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2021.

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)

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

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.