From the Private Eye Writers of America
The finalists for the 2023 Shamus Awards, for works published in 2022, were presented at the 2023 Bouchercon in San Diego. The winners are listed below, in red.
BEST PI HARDCOVER
- The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames (Happy Doll)
- The Big Bundle by Max Allan Collins (Nate Heller)
- The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide (Philip Marlowe)
- Holmes Coming by Kenneth Johnson (Sherlock Holmes)
- The Blackmail by M. Ravenel (Tootsie Carter)
BEST PI PAPERBACK
- Dead-Bang Fall by J.R. Sanders (Nate Ross)
- Quarry’s Blood by Max Allan Collins (Quarry)
- DoubleBlind by Libby Fischer Hellmann (Georgia Davis)
- Canary in a Coal Mine by Charles Salzberg (Pete Fortunato)
- Hush Hush by Gabriel Valjan (Shane Cleary)
BEST FIRST PI NOVEL
- The Goldenacre by Philip Miller (Thomas Tallis & Shona Sandison)
- Big Fat F@!k-up by Lawrence Allan (Jimmy Cooper)
- Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen (Annie McIntyre)
- Foote by Tom Bredehoft (“Big Jim” Foote)
- What Meets the Eye by Alex Kenna (Kate Myles)
BEST PI SHORT STORY
- “Charlie’s Medicine” by Libby Cudmore (Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon; Martin Wade)
- “No Place for a Dame” by Lori Armstrong (Edgar & Shamus Go Golden; Vivian Marlow)
- “A Jelly of Intrigue” by O’Neil De Noux (Edgar & Shamus Go Golden; Lucien Caye)
- “The Pearl of Antilles” by Caroline Garcia-Aguilera (Edgar & Shamus Go Golden; Sophie Stevenson)
- “Bad Actor” by Elliot Sweeney (November/December 2022, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine; Dylan Kaspar)
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- The Shamus Awards: 1982-present
As bestowed by The Private Eye Writers of America
List respectfully compiled by Kevin Burton Smith. Thanks to John Shepphird for his help with this one. PWA Logo by Terry Beatty (copyright 2005).
