Private Eye Writers of America - Shamus Award Winners 2024

The Private Eye Writers of America 2024 Shamus Award Winners were presented on Thursday 29^th August 2024 at Bouchercon in Nashville. 

Best Hardcover P.I Novel

Heart of the Nile by Will Thomas 

Best Original Paperback P. I Novel

Liar’s Dice by Gabriel Valjan 

Best P I Short Story

“Errand for a Neighbour” by Bill Bassman  (January/February 2023, EQMM)

Congratulations to all!

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.

Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award Winners 2021

 

The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the Shamus Award Winners for 2021. (For works published in 2020). 

Best Original Private Eye Paperback

Brittle Karma by Richard Helms (Black Arch Books)

Best Private Eye Short Story

“Mustang Sally” by John M. Floyd in Black Cat Mystery Magazine

Best Private Eye Novel

Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle  (Oceanview)

Best First Private Eye Novel

The Missing American by Kwei Quartey (Soho Press)

The Eye, the PWA Life Achievement Award, was given to Michael Z. Lewin

Congratulations to all the nominated authors and winners.

The 2021 Shamus Award Finalists

 

The finalists for the 2021 Shamus Awards, for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2020, have just been announced by Gay Toltl Kinman, Chairperson for the Shamus Awards.

BEST PI HARDCOVER

What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark (Kensington)

Do No Harm by Max Allan Collins Tor Forge)

Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)

House on Fire by Joseph Finder (Dutton)

And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall (Tor Forge)

BEST ORIGINAL PI PAPERBACK

Farewell Las Vegas by Grant Bywaters (Wild Rose Press)

All Kinds of Ugly by Ralph Dennis Brash Books)

Brittle Karma by Richard Helms (Black Arch Books)

Remember My Face by John Lantigua (Arte Publico)

Damaged Goods by Debbi Mack (Renegade Pressr)

BEST PI SHORT STORY

“A Dreamboat Gambol” by O’Neil De Noux in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

“Mustang Sally” by John M. Floyd in Black Cat Mystery Magazine

“Setting the Pick” by April Kelly in Mystery Weekly Magazine

“Show and Zeller” by Gordon Linzer in Black Cat Mystery Magazine

“Nashua River Floater” by Tom MacDonald in Coast to Coast Noir

BEST FIRST PI NOVEL

Squatter’s Rights by Kevin R. Doyle (Camel Press)

Derailed by Mary Keliikoa (Epicenter Press)

I Know Where You Sleep by Alan Orloff (Down & Out Books)

The Missing American by Kwei Quartey ( Soho)

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden ( Ecco)

Shamus Award Winners 2020

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS 2020 for works published in 2019.

Best Original Private Eye Paperback 

Behind the Wall of Sleep by James DF Hannah / author

Best Private Eye Short Story 

“Sac-A-Lait Man” by O’Neil De Noux in EQMM Sept/Oct

 Best Private Eye Novel 

Lost Tomorrows by Matt Coyle / Oceanview

Congratulations to all the winners and the nominated authors.

The 2020 Shamus Award Nominees

The finalists for the 2020 Shamus Awards, for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2019, have just been announced by Gay Toltl Kinman, Chairperson for the Shamus Awards.

The finalists are:

BEST PI HARDCOVER
The Tower of Songs by Casey Barrett (Kensington)
Lost Tomorrows by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
The Shallows by Matt Goldman (Forge)
Below the Line by Michael Gould (Dutton)
The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller (Minotaur)

BEST FIRST PI PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Skin Game by JD Allen (Midnight Ink)
Behind the Wall of Sleep by James DF Hannah (author)
Paid in Spades by Richard Helms (Clay Stafford Books)
Ration of Lies by M. Ruth Myers (author)
The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)

BEST PI SHORT STORY
"The Smoking Bandit of Lakeside Terrace" by Chad Baker (May/June EQMM)
"Sac-A-Lait Man" by O'Neil De Noux (Sept/Oct EQMM)
"The Dunes of Saulkrasti" by William Burton McCormick (Sept/Oct EQMM)
"The Fourteenth Floor" by Adam Meyer (Crime Travel)
"Weathering the Storm" by Michael Pool (The Eyes of Texas)