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2018 Shamus Award (Awarded by Private Eye Writers of America)

  1. Awards
  2. Shamus Award

Awards List

First P.I. Novel

The Last Place You Look
The Last Place You Look (Winner)
Kristen Lepionka
  • Jun-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

A Negro and an Ofay
A Negro and an Ofay (Nominee)
Danny Gardner
  • Nov-2015
  • / Historical Mystery
  • Buy Buy

August Snow
August Snow (Nominee)
Stephen Mack Jones
  • Feb-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Gone to Dust
Gone to Dust (Nominee)
Matt Goldman
  • Aug-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Under Water
Under Water (Nominee)
Casey Barrett
  • Dec-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

P.I. Novel

The Room of White Fire
The Room of White Fire (Winner)
T. Jefferson Parker
  • Aug-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Dark Water
Dark Water (Nominee)
Parker Bilal
  • Jul-2017
  • / Law Enforcement
  • Buy Buy

Y Is for Yesterday
Y Is for Yesterday (Nominee)
Sue Grafton
  • Aug-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Blood Truth
Blood Truth (Nominee)
Matt Coyle
  • Dec-2017
  • / Thriller
  • Buy Buy

Monument Road
Monument Road (Nominee)
Michael Wiley
  • Dec-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Lights Out Summer
Lights Out Summer (Winner)
Rich Zahradnik
  • Oct-2017
  • / Mystery
  • Buy Buy

The Painted Gun
The Painted Gun (Nominee)
Bradley Spinelli
  • Mar-2017
  • / Mystery
  • Buy Buy

The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star (Nominee)
Vaseem Khan
  • Jul-2017
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Dames Fight Harder
Dames Fight Harder (Nominee)
M. Ruth Myers
  • Nov-2017
  • / Historical Mystery
  • Buy

Play a Cold Hand
Play a Cold Hand (Nominee)
Terence Faherty
  • Dec-2017
  • / Mystery
  • Buy Buy

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