From the good folks at The Rap Sheet:
The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) tonight announced its 2011 list of nominees for the Shamus Awards, “given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction.” Winners in each of four categories will be declared during a banquet at Bouchercon in St. Louis (September 15-18).
Without further ado, the contenders are ...
Best Hardcover P.I. Novel:
No Mercy, by Lori Armstrong (Touchstone)
The First Rule, by Robert Crais (Putnam)
Voyeur, by Daniel Judson (Minotaur)
If the Dead Rise Not, by Philip Kerr (Putnam)
Naked Moon, by Domenic Stansberry (Minotaur)
Best First P.I. Novel:
In Search of Mercy, by Michael Ayoob (Minotaur)
One Man’s Paradise, by Douglas Corleone (Minotaur)
Rogue Island, by Bruce DeSilva (Forge)
Random Violence, by Jassy MacKenzie (Soho)•
City of Dragons, by Kelli Stanley (Minotaur)
Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel:
Hostage Zero, by John Gilstrap (Kensington)
Nightshade, by Tom Henighan (Dundurn Press
Mister X, by John Lutz (Pinnacle)
The Panic Zone, by Rick Mofina (Mira)
Asia Hand, by Christopher G. Moore (Grove/Atlantic)
The Little Death, by P.J. Parrish (Pocket Star)
Best P.I. Short Story:
“The God of Right and Wrong,” by Steven Gore (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
“The Lamb Was Sure to Go,” by Gar Anthony Haywood (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
“The Girl in the Golden Gown,” by Robert S. Levinson (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“Phelan’s First Case.” by Lisa Sandlin (Lone Star Noir)
“A Long Time Dead,” by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (The Strand Magazine)
Congratulations to all of the nominees!
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