THE SHAMUS AWARDS
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The Shamus Award
- 2008
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (New York PI Moe Prager)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover (Ray Dudgeon)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas (John Blake)
- 2007
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: The Dramatist by Ken Bruen (Irish PI Jack Taylor)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes (Irish PI Ed Loy)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: An Unquiet Grave by P. J. Parrish (Florida PI Louis Kincaid)
- 2006
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Defense attorney Michael Haller)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Forcing Amaryllis by Louise Ure (Trial consultant Calla Gentry)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman (New York PI Moe Prager)
- 2005
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: While I Disappear by Ed Wright (Movie cowboy John Ray Horn)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: The Dead by Ingrid Black (True-crime writer Saxon)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Fade to Blonde by Max Phillips (Construction worker Ray Corson)
- 2004
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: The Guards by Ken Bruen (Jack Taylor)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Black Maps by Peter Spiegelman (John March)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Cold Quarry by Andy Straka (Frank Pavlicek)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Donald Westlake
- 2003
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Blackwater Sound by James W. Hall (Thorn)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: The Distance by Eddie Muller (Billy Nichols)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: The Poisoned Rose by D. Daniel Judson (Declan "Mac" MacManus)
- 2002
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan (Bill Smith and Lydia Chin)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer (Valentin St. Cyr)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse (Dierdre McMannus)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Lawrence Block
- 2001
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Havana Heat by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (Lupe Solano)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Street Level by Bob Truluck (Duncan Sloan)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Death in the Steel City by Thomas Lipinski (Carroll Dorsey)
- 2000
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: California Fire and Life by Don Winslow (Jack Wade)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Every Dead Thing by John Connolly (Charlie Parker)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman (Tess Monaghan)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Edward D. Hoch
- 1999
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Boobytrap by Bill Pronzini (Nameless Detective)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton (Alex McKnight)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Murder Manual by Steve Womack (Harry James Denton)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Maxine O'Callaghan
- 1998
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Come Back Dead by Terrance Faherty (Scott Elliott)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Big Red Tequilla by Rick Riordan (Tres Navarre)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Charm City by Laura Lippman (Tess Monaghan)
- 1997
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Sunset Express by Robert Crais (Elvis Cole)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: This Dog For Hire by Carol Lea Benjamin (Rachel Alexander)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Fade Away by Harlan Coben (Myron Bolitar)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Marlowe
- 1996
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Concourse by S. J. Rozan (Bill Smith and Lydia Chin)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: The Innocents by Richard Barre (Wil Hardesty)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Native Angels by William Jaspersohn (Peter Boone)
- 1995
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: K is for Killer by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Served Cold by Ed Goldberg (Lenny Schneider)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert B. Parker
- 1994
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block (Matt Scudder)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Satan's Lambs by Lynn Hightower (Lena Padget)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Brothers and Sinners by Rodman Philbrick
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Steven J. Cannell
- 1993
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: The Man Who Was Taller Than God by Harold Adams (Carl Wilcox)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: The Woman Who Married a Bear by John Straley (Cecil Younger)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: The Last Tango of Delores Delgado by Marele Day (Claudia Valentine)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Marcia Muller
- 1992
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Stolen Away by Max Allan Collins (Nate Heller)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Suffer Little Children by Thomas Davis (Dave Strickland)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Cool Blue Tomb by Paul Kemprecos
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Joseph Hansen
- 1991
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlins)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Fatal Sisters by W. Glenn Duncan (Rafferty)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Roy Huggins
- 1990
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Extenuating Circumstances by Jonathan Valin (Harry Stoner)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Katwalk by Karen Kijewski (Kat Colorado)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Hell's Only Half Full by Rob Kantner (Ben Perkins)
- 1989
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Kiss by John Lutz
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Fear of the Dark by Gar Anthony Haywood (Aaron Gunner)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Dirty Work by Rob Kantner (Ben Perkins)
- 1988
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: A Tax in Blood by Benjamin Schutz (Leo Haggerty)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Death on the Rocks by Michael Allegretto
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Wild Night by L. J. Washburn
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Dennis Lynds and Wade Miller
- 1987
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: The Staked Goat by Jeremiah Healy (John Francis Cuddy)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Jersey Tomatoes by J. W. Rider
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: The Back Door Man by Rob Kantner (Ben Perkins)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Bill Pronzini
- 1986
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Hardcover by Wayne Warga
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Poverty Bay by Earl Emerson (Thomas Black)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Richard S. Prather
- 1985
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Sugartown by Loren D. Estleman (Amos Walker)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: A Creative Kind of Killer by Jack Early
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Ceiling of Hell by Warren Murphy
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Howard Browne
- 1984
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: True Detective by Max Allan Collins (Nate Heller)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Dead in Centerfield by Paul Engleman (Mark Renzler)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: William Campbell Gault
- 1983
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Hoodwink by Bill Pronzini (Nameless Detective)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: The Cana Diversion by William Campbell Gault (Brock Callahan)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Mickey Spillane
- 1982
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block (Matt Scudder)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: California Thriller by Max Byrd (Mike Haller)
- ◊ The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Ross Macdonald
The Shamus Award is given annually by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor excellent work in the Private Eye genre. Committee members of PWA select the winners. (The series private eye is provided in parentheses following the author’s name.) indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.
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