2015 Shamus Award Winners

Awards List

First P.I. Novel

Invisible City

Invisible City (Winner)
Julia Dahl

May-2014
/ Mystery

Last of the Independents

Last of the Independents (Nominee)
Sam Wiebe

Sep-2014
/ Private Investigator

Bad Country

Bad Country (Nominee)
C.B. McKenzie

Nov-2014
/ Private Investigator

Wink of an Eye

Wink of an Eye (Nominee)
Lynn Chandler Willis

Nov-2014
/ Private Investigator

City of Brick and Shadow

City of Brick and Shadow (Nominee)
Tim Wirkus

Dec-2014
/ Mystery

Indie P.I. Novel

The Shadow Broker

The Shadow Broker (Winner)
Trace Conger

Sep-2014
/ Thriller

Get Busy Dying

Get Busy Dying (Nominee)
Ben Rehder

Mar-2014
/ Mystery

Nobody's Child

Nobody's Child (Nominee)
Libby Fischer Hellmann

Aug-2014
/ Thriller

Played to Death

Played to Death (Nominee)
B.V. Lawson

Aug-2014
/ Private Investigator

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right (Nominee)
Steve Liskow

Sep-2014
/ Mystery

P.I. Novel

Hounded

Hounded (Winner)
David Rosenfelt

Jul-2014
/ Legal Thriller

The Hollow Girl

The Hollow Girl (Nominee)
Reed Farrel Coleman

May-2014
/ Mystery

The Silkworm

The Silkworm (Nominee)
Robert Galbraith

Jun-2014
/ Private Investigator

Peter Pan Must Die

Peter Pan Must Die (Nominee)
John Verdon

Jul-2014
/ Police Procedural

Tokyo Kill

Tokyo Kill (Nominee)
Barry Lancet

Sep-2014
/ Thriller

Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Moonlight Weeps

Moonlight Weeps (Winner)
Vincent Zandri

Sep-2014
/ Private Investigator

Street Justice

Street Justice (Nominee)
Kris Nelscott

Mar-2014
/ Historical Mystery

Critical Damage

Critical Damage (Nominee)
Robert K. Lewis

Apr-2014
/ Mystery

The Detective & the Pipe Girl

The Detective & the Pipe Girl (Nominee)
Michael Craven

Jun-2014
/ Suspense

Beauty with a Bomb

Beauty with a Bomb (Nominee)
M.C. Grant

Sep-2014
/ Mystery

Award Categories

First P.I. Novel

Indie P.I. Novel

P.I. Short Story

Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Award Years