The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) has announced its nominees for the 2008 Shamus Awards, given out annually for “outstanding achievement in private eye fiction.” The winners will be announced and awards presented on October 10 at a banquet to be held during this year’s Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
Best Novel:
• Head Games, by Thomas Cavanagh (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
• Soul Patch, by Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak House Books)
• The Color of Blood, by Declan Hughes (Morrow)
• A Welcome Grave, by Michael Koryta (Thomas Dunne/SMP)
• A Killer’s Kiss, by William Lashner (Morrow)
Best First Novel:
• The Cleaner, by Brett Battles (Delacorte)
• Keep It Real, by Bill Bryan, (Bleak House Books)
• Big City, Bad Blood, by Sean Chercover (Morrow)
• When One Man Dies, by Dave White (Three Rivers Press)
• The Last Striptease, by Michael Wiley (Thomas Dunne Books/SMP)
Best Paperback Original:
• Songs of Innocence, by Richard Aleas (Hard Case Crime)
• Exit Strategy, Kelley Armstrong (Bantam)
• Stone Rain, by Linwood Barclay (Bantam)
• Deadly Beloved, by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
• Blood of Paradise, by David Corbett (Mortalis)
Best Short Story:
• “Kill the Cat,” by Loren D. Estleman (from Detroit Noir, edited by E. J. Olsen and John C. Hocking; Akashic Books)
• “Trust Me,” by Loren D. Estleman (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2007)
• “Open Mike,” by James Nolan (from New Orleans Noir, edited by Julie Smith; Akashic)
• “Hungry Enough,” by Cornelia Read (from A Hell of A Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, edited by Megan Abbott; Busted Flush)
• “Room for Improvement,” by Marilyn Todd (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2007)
Monday, August 04, 2008
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