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.

2020 Nero Award & Black Orchid Novella Award Winners

 

The Nero Award is presented each year to an author for the best American Mystery written in the tradition of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories. It is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City. 

The Nero is considered one of the premier awards granted to authors of crime fiction. This year, the winner is David Baldacci's One Good Deed (Hatchette Book Group, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing). 

The Black Orchid Novella Award is presented jointly by The Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to celebrate the novella format popularized by Rex Stout. This year's winner is Tom Larsen. El Cuerpo en el Barril (The Body in the Barrel). It will be published in July 2021 issue of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. 

Both award winners were announced and recognized at an online Wolfe Pack event on December 5, 2020. The Wolfe Pack hopes to present the awards in person at the 2021 Black Orchid Banquet in New York City on December 4, 2021. 

About the Wolfe Pack 

The Wolfe Pack, founded in 1977, is a forum to discuss, explore, and enjoy the 72 Nero Wolfe books and novellas written by Rex Stout. The organization promotes fellowship and extends friendship to those who enjoy these great literary works of mystery through a series of events, book discussions, and a journal devoted to the study of the genius detective, Nero Wolfe, and his intrepid assistant, Archie Goodwin. The organization has more than 500 members worldwide. 

For further information, please see - www.nerowolfe.org