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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