2015 Shamus Award Finalists

The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the finalists for the 2015 Shamus Awards. I am incredibly, humbly honored to be included this year in the Best Indie P.I. Novel category, but the list of all nominees is filled with some of the best writing in the genre today - congratulations and best wishes to all:

Best Hardcover P.I. Novel

• The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman
• The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
• Toyko Kill by Barry Lancet
• Hounded  by David Rosenfelt
• Peter Pan Must Die by John Verdon

Best First P.I. Novel

• Invisible City by Julia Dahl
• Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie
• Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
• Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler Willis
• City of Brick and Shadow by Tim Wirkus

Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel

• The Detective and the Pipe Girl by Michael Craven
• Beauty With A Bomb by M.C.Grant
• Critical Damage by Robert K. Lewis
• Street Justice by Kris Nelscott
• Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri

Best P.I. Short Sory

• “Clear Recent History” by  Gon Ben Ari in Tel Aviv Noir
• "The Ehrengraf Fandango " by Lawrence Block  in  Defender of the Innocent
• “Fear Is The Best Keeper of Secrets ” by Vali Khalili in Tehran Noir
• “Mei Kwei, I Love You” by Suchen Christine Lim in Singapore Noir
• “Busting Red Heads” by Richard Helms  in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

Best Indie P.I. Novel

• The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger
• Nobody’s Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
• Played To Death by BV Lawson
• The Kids Are All Right by Steve Liskow
• Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder

Comments

[Laura]

Congratulations and good luck!

[BV Lawson]

Thanks, Laura, for the well wishes and support!

[Todd Mason]

Belated congrats, indeed! (Meant to wish you yesterday)

[BV Lawson]

Thanks again, Todd! Am truly grateful for your support, as well as the continuing enjoyment you provide via your always-entertaining blog.

[Peter DiChellis]

Outstanding! Congrats to Bonnie and all the finalists.

[BV Lawson]

Thanks, Peter! It's a very fine list of authors nominated in the various categories - looking forward to reading all the books I haven't been able to just yet.

[Martin Edwards]

Congrats and good wishes from me too!

[BV Lawson]

Thanks so much, Martin! I'm truly thrilled and excited to be part of such a great tradition and group.

[Fiona L. Woods]

Didn't see this until my weekly Sunday night reading, so I'm way late ... but congratulations on the nomination!

[BV Lawson]

Thanks very much, Fiona!

[Robert K. Lewis]

A big congrats to all the other nominees! Can't wait for October to get here.

[BV Lawson]

Hope to see you at the banquet, Robert! And best wishes to you!