Shamus Finalists for 2024
This year's finalists for the 2024 Shamus Awards, which are handed out by the Private Eye Writers of America, have been announced. (Note: PWA has apparently decided not to award in the Best Debut Novel category this year.) Winners will be revealed at the Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday, August 29th from 6:30 to 8:00pm (Delta Ballroom A, floor 2) at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Congrats to all!
BEST PI HARDCOVER
Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur Books)
Go Find Daddy by Steve Goble (Oceanview Publishing)
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen (Forge Books)
Heart of the Nile by Will Thomas (Minotaur Books)
BEST ORIGINAL PI PAPERBACK
Drums Guns ’N’ Money by Jonathan J. Brown (Down & Out Books)
Gillespie Field Groove by Corey Lynn Fayman (Konstellation Press)
The Truth We Hide by Liz Milliron (Level Best Books)
Bring the Night by J.R. Sanders (Level Best Books)
Liar’s Dice by Gabriel Valjan (Level Best Books)
BEST PI SHORT STORY
“Errand for a Neighbor” by Bill Bassman (January/February 2023, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“Beyond Belief” by Libby Cudmore (May 2023, Tough)
“The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow” by Sean McCluskey (January/February 2023, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“Imperfect Data” by Bob Tippee (January/February 2023, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
“Making the Bad Guys Nervous” by Joseph S. Walker (2023, Black Cat Weekly #102)
The Private Eye Writers of America thanks this year's panel of judges:
David Bart
O’Neil DeNoux
Lori Duffy Foster
Gay Toltl Kinman
Andrew McAleer
Paul McGoran
Patrick H. Moore
Richie Narvaez
Jim Nesbitt
Stephen D. Rogers
Kevin Burton Smith
Rosalie Spielman
