The Shamus Awards are presented each year by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). This organization was founded in 1981 by Robert J. Randisi.
Books accepted for consideration have a professional investigator as the protagonist. This definition excludes mystery books with amateur detectives, police officers, sheriffs or other government agents.
PWA has a quarterly newletter called Reflections In a Private Eye.
The Awards are presented each year at the BoucherCon Mystery Convention ... usually held in September.
Here are the nominees for Best Novel for the 2008 Shamus Awards:
Reed Farrel Coleman
Soul Patch ... Winner!
Bleak House
Thomas Cavanagh
Head Games
St. Martin’s Minotaur
Declan Hughes
The Color Of Blood
Morrow
Michael Koryta
A Welcome Grave
Thomas Dunne/SMP
William Lashner
A Killer's Kiss
Morrow
Here are the nominees for Best First Novel:
Brett Battles
The Cleaner
Delacorte
Sean Chercover
Big City, Bad Blood ... Winner!
Morrow
Bill Bryan
Keep It Real
Bleak House
Dave White
When One Man Dies
Three Rivers Press
Michael Wiley
The Last Striptease
Thomas Dunne/SMP
Here are the winners for Best Private Investigator Novel:
