The Shamus Award nominees

BEA madness delayed posting of this till today, but here are the nominees for this year’s edition of the Private Eye Writers of America’s annual awards for the best in P.I.:

BEST P.I. NOVEL

FADE TO CLEAR by Leonard Chang (SMP) 

THE WAKEUP by Robert Ferrigno (Pantheon)

AFTER THE RAIN by Chuck Logan (HarperCollins)

CHOKE POINT by James Mitchell (SMP)

WHILE I DISAPPEAR by Ed Wright (Putnam)

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BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL P.I. NOVEL

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CALL THE DEVIL BY HIS OLDEST NAME by Sallie Bissell (Dell)

SHADOW OF THE DAHLIA by Jack Bludis (Quiet Storm Publishing)

LONDON BLITZ by Max Allan Collins (Berkley Prime Crime)

ISLAND OF BONES by P. J. Parrish (Pinnacle Books)

FADE TO BLONDE by Max Phillips (A Hard Case Crime Book, Dorchester)

**BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL

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LITTLE GIRL LOST by Richard Aleas (Five Star)

THE LAST GOODBYE by Reed Arvin (HarperCollins)

THE DEAD by Ingrid Black (St. Martins Press)

ASPEN PULP by Patrick Hasburgh (St. Martin’s Press)

SOME DANGER INVOLVED by Will Thomas (Simon & Schuster)

**BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

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“Hasidic Noir” by Pearl Abraham (Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Press, 2004)

“Burnt Wood” by Mitch Alderman (AHMM, ⁷⁄₀₄)

“Trumpeter Swan” by John F. Dobbyn (AHMM 1,²⁄₀₄)

“Dog on Fire” by Gregory S. Fallis (AHMM, ⁵⁄₀₄)

“Tricks” by Steve Hockensmith (AHMM, ⁸⁄₀₄)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Sara Paretsky

Congratulations to all the nominees. The awards will be given out during Bouchercon on September 2 at Tommy Gun’s Garage in Chinatown.