Private Eye Writers of America just announced the nominees for the 2019 Shamus Awards, for works published in 2018. The winners will be announced at the PWA banquet at Bouchercon in October. Check the Web Store if you’re looking for these titles. https://store.poisonedpen.com
Congratulations to all of the nominees.
Best First Private Eye Novel
The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco
Broken Places by Tracy Clark
Last Looks by Howard Michael Gould
What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix
Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne
Best Private Eye Short Story
“Fear of the Secular,” by Mitch Alderman, AHMM
“Three-Star Sushi,” by Barry Lancet, Down & Out
“The Big Creep,” by Elizabeth McKenzie, Santa Cruz Noir
“Game,” by Twist Phelan, EQMM
“Chin Yong-Yun Helps a Fool,” by S.J. Rozan, EQMM
Best Private Eye Novel
Wrong Light by Matt Coyle
What You Want to See by Kristen Lepionka
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Baby’s First Felony by John Straley
Cut You Down by Sam Wiebe
Best Original Private Eye Paperback
She Talks to Angels by James D.F. Hannah
No Quarter by John Jantunen
Shark Bait by Paul Kemprecos
Second Story Man by Charles Salzberg
The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone