2018 Shamus Award Winners

Awards List

First P.I. Novel

The Last Place You Look (Winner)
Kristen Lepionka

Jun-2017
/ Private Investigator

A Negro and an Ofay (Nominee)
Danny Gardner

Nov-2015
/ Historical Mystery

August Snow (Nominee)
Stephen Mack Jones

Feb-2017
/ Private Investigator

Gone to Dust (Nominee)
Matt Goldman

Aug-2017
/ Private Investigator

Under Water (Nominee)
Casey Barrett

Dec-2017
/ Private Investigator

P.I. Novel

The Room of White Fire (Winner)
T. Jefferson Parker

Aug-2017
/ Private Investigator

Dark Water (Nominee)
Parker Bilal

Jul-2017
/ Law Enforcement

Y Is for Yesterday (Nominee)
Sue Grafton

Aug-2017
/ Private Investigator

Blood Truth (Nominee)
Matt Coyle

Dec-2017
/ Thriller

Monument Road (Nominee)
Michael Wiley

Dec-2017
/ Private Investigator

Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Lights Out Summer (Winner)
Rich Zahradnik

Oct-2017
/ Mystery

The Painted Gun (Nominee)
Bradley Spinelli

Mar-2017
/ Mystery

The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star (Nominee)
Vaseem Khan

Jul-2017
/ Private Investigator

Dames Fight Harder (Nominee)
M. Ruth Myers

Nov-2017
/ Historical Mystery

Play a Cold Hand (Nominee)
Terence Faherty

Dec-2017
/ Mystery

Award Categories

Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

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

Awards List

First P.I. Novel

P.I. Novel

Paperback Original P.I. Novel

Award Categories

Award Years