Congrats to our local SoCalMWA members Darrell James, Paul Levine, Sue Grafton, and Karen Keskinen! Shamus Award Nominees: PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD FINALISTS 2014 for works published in 2013. (The lists below are in alphabetical order by author.) The winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Long Beach, California on Friday, November 14. BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL Little Elvises by Timothy Hallinan The Mojito Coast by Richard Helms W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton The Good Cop by Brad Parks Nemesis by Bill Pronzini BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL A Good Death by Christopher R. Cox Montana by Gwen Florio Blood Orange by Karen Keskinen Bear is Broken by Lachlan Smith Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL Seduction of the Innocents by Max Allan Collins Into the Dark by Alison Gaylin Purgatory Key by Darrell James Heart of Ice by P.J. Parrish The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie by Robert J. Randisi BEST P.I. SHORT STORY “So Long, Chief” by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane in The Strand Magazine The Ace I by Jack Fredrickson in EQMM “What We Do” by Mick Herron in EQMM “Extra Fries” by Michael Z. Lewin in EQMM “The Lethal Leeteg” by Hayford Peirce in EQMM BEST INDIE P.I. NOVEL Murder Take Three by April Kelly and Marsha Lyons A Small Sacrifice by Dana King No Pat Hands by J.J. Lamb State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine Don’t Dare a Dame by M. Ruth Myers
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:32:10 +0000