2021 Shamus Award (Awarded by Private Eye Writers of America)

Awards List

First P.I. Novel

The Missing American
(Winner)
Kwei Quartey

I Know Where You Sleep
(Nominee)
Alan Orloff

Squatters Rights
(Nominee)
Kevin R. Doyle

Derailed
(Nominee)
Mary Keliikoa

Winter Counts
(Nominee)
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

P.I. Novel

Blind Vigil
(Winner)
Matt Coyle

House on Fire
(Nominee)
Joseph Finder

Do No Harm
(Nominee)
Max Allan Collins

What You Don't See
(Nominee)
Tracy Clark

And Now She's Gone
(Nominee)
Rachel Howzell Hall

P.I. Short Story

Mustang Sally
(Winner)
John M. Floyd
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A Dreamboat Gambol
(Nominee)
O'Neil De Noux
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy

Nashua River Floater
(Nominee)
Tom MacDonald
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy

Setting the Pick
(Nominee)
April Kelly
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy

Show and Zeller
(Nominee)
Gordon Linnzer
  • / Private Investigator
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Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Brittle Karma
(Winner)
Richard Helms

All Kinds of Ugly
(Nominee)
Ralph Dennis

Damaged Goods
(Nominee)
Debbi Mack

Farewell, Las Vegas
(Nominee)
Grant Bywaters

Remember My Face
(Nominee)
John Lantigua

Award Categories

First P.I. Novel

Indie P.I. Novel

P.I. Novel

P.I. Short Story

Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Award Years

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