Thursday, June 11, 2015

Shamus nominees announced


Congrats to the Shamus Award nominees for 2015, recently announced by the PWE.

BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL

The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Toyko Kill by Barry Lancet
Hounded by David Rosenfelt
Peter Pan Must Die by John Verdon

BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL

Invisible City by Julia Dahl
Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie
Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler Willis
City of Brick and Shadow by Tim Wirkus

BEST INDIE P.I. NOVEL

The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger
Nobody’s Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Played To Death by BV Lawson
The Kids Are All Right by Steve Liskow
Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL

The Detective and the Pipe Girl by Michael Craven
Beauty With A Bomb by M.C. Grant
Critical Damage by Robert K. Lewis
Street Justice by Kris Nelscott
Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

“Clear Recent History” by Gon Ben Ari in Tel Aviv Noir
“The Ehrengraf Fandango ” by Lawrence Block  in Defender of the Innocent
“Fear Is The Best Keeper of Secrets ” by Vali Khalili in Tehran Noir
“Mei Kwei, I Love You” by Suchen Christine Lim in Singapore Noir
“Busting Red Heads” by Richard Helms in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

The winners will be announced at Bouchercon in October.

List via BV Lawson and Criminal Element

2 comments:

Grant McKenzie said...

Thanks, Gang: I'm very honoured to have been selected as a finalist for this award, and can't wait to meet everyone at Bouchercon. Interestingly, I'm a finalist for writing as a woman, while one of the other finalists is nominated for writing as a man. That writer is Robert Galbraith - better known as J.K. Rowling.
Cheers,
Grant McKenzie (aka M.C. Grant)
http://grantmckenzie.net

Caroline Gerardo said...

Great books from excellent Authors on this year's list. Best of success to all