From the Private Eye Writers of America
The winners of the 2025 Shamus Awards have just been announced at the 2025 Bouchercon’s Opening Ceremonies in New Orleans, Louisiana. The winners, as always, are in red.
BEST PI HARDCOVER
- Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts (Vandy Myrick)
- Kingpin by Mike Lawson (Joe DeMarco)
- The Hollow Tree by Phillip Miller (Shona Sandison)
- Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlins)
- Death and Glory by Will Thomas (Barker & Llewelyn)
BEST ORGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL
- Call of the Void by J.T. Siemens (Sloane Donovan)
- Geisha Confidential by Mark Coggins (August Riordan)
- Quarry’s Return by Max Allan Collins (Quarry)
- Not Born of Woman by Teel James Glenn (Adam Paradise)
- Bless Our Sleep by Neil S. Plakcy (George Clay)
- The Big Lie by Gabriel Valjan (Shane Cleary)
BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL
- Twice the Trouble by Ash Clifton (Noland Twice)
- The Devil’s Daughter by Gordon Greisman (Jack Coffey)
- Fog City by Claire M. Johnson (Maggie Laurent & Nick Moore)
- The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson (Patrick Bird)
- Holy City by Henry Wise (Bennico Watts & Will Seems)
BEST P.I. SHORT STORY
- “Deadhead” by Tom Andes (Fall 2024, Cowboy Jamboree Magazine; Genest)
- “Alibi in Ice” by Libby Cudmore (July/August 2024, AHMM; Martin Wade)
- “Drop Dead Gorgeous” by M.E. Proctor (Janie’s Got a Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Aerosmith; Harry McLean)
- “Under Hard Rock” by Ed Teja (October 2024, Black Cat Weekly #164; Nameless)
- “The Five Cent Detective” by S.B. Watson (November 2024, Crimeucopia: Great Googly-Moo!)
THE EYE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENY
- Christine Matthews
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).
