{"id":171,"date":"2015-06-08T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T01:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/gumshoes\/?p=171"},"modified":"2015-06-08T20:32:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T01:32:12","slug":"2015-shamus-award-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/gumshoes\/2015-shamus-award-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Shamus Award Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pwa_logo_2\"<\/a>If you read my main blog, Adventures Fantastic<\/em><\/a>, then you know that one of the awards I hold in high esteem is the Shamus Award, given by the Private Eye Writers of America<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, the only award I hold in higher esteem is the David Gemmell Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the things I like best about the Shamus it that it’s one of the few awards that honors work published by independent authors.\u00a0 Most of the major genre awards, such as the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy (and, yes, the Gemmell) don’t recognize independent work, at least not as a matter of course.\u00a0 So, kudos to the PWA for doing so.<\/p>\n

Well, the other day the finalists for the Shamus were announced:<\/p>\n

BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hollow Girl<\/em> by Reed Farrel Coleman
\nThe Silkworm<\/em> by Robert Galbraith
\nToyko Kill<\/em> by Barry Lancet
\nHounded<\/em> by David Rosenfelt
\nPeter Pan Must Die<\/em> by John Verdon<\/p>\n

BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Invisible City<\/em> by Julia Dahl
\nBad Country<\/em> by C.B. McKenzie
\nLast of the Independents <\/em>by Sam Wiebe
\nWink of an Eye<\/em> by Lynn Chandler Willis
\nCity<\/em> of Brick and Shadow<\/em> by Tim Wirkus<\/p>\n

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Detective and the Pipe Girl<\/em> by Michael Craven
\nBeauty With A Bomb<\/em> by M.C.Grant
\nCritical Damage<\/em> by Robert K. Lewis
\nStreet Justice<\/em> by Kris Nelscott
\nMoonlight Weeps<\/em> by Vincent Zandri<\/p>\n

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cClear Recent History\u201d by Gon Ben Ari in Tel Aviv Noir
\n<\/em>\u201cThe Ehrengraf Fandango \u201d by Lawrence Block in Defender of the Innocent
\n<\/em>\u201cFear Is The Best Keeper of Secrets \u201d by Vali Khalili in Tehran Noir
\n<\/em>\u201cMei Kwei, I Love You\u201d by Suchen Christine Lim in Singapore Noir
\n<\/em>\u201cBusting Red Heads\u201d by Richard Helms in Ellery Queen\u2019s Mystery Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST INDIE P.I. NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Shadow Broker<\/em> by Trace Conger
\nNobody\u2019s Child<\/em> by Libby Fischer Hellmann
\nPlayed To Death<\/em> by BV Lawson
\nThe Kids Are All Right<\/em> by Steve Liskow
\nGet Busy Dying<\/em> by Ben Rehder<\/p>\n

I’m going to try to read as many of these as I can before the awards are announced on Friday, October 9 at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon<\/a>.\u00a0 Look for reviews here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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