Shamus Award Winners

The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year.

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Winners

	The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1) by Kristen Lepionka (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 7,917 ratings Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	IQ (IQ, #1) by Joe Ide 3.78 avg rating — 19,678 ratings Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Do-Right (Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan Mystery Series #1) by Lisa Sandlin 3.83 avg rating — 729 ratings Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Broker (Mr. Finn, #1) by Trace Conger (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 989 ratings Shamus Award for Best Indie P.I. Novel (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Cop (Carter Ross, #4) by Brad Parks (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 1,045 ratings Shamus Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Fridays (Jason Stafford, #1) by Michael Sears 3.74 avg rating — 1,941 ratings Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fun & Games (Charlie Hardie #1) by Duane Swierczynski (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,526 ratings Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bad Night's Sleep (Joe Kozmarski, #3) by Michael Wiley (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 136 ratings Shamus Award for Best Hardcover P.I. Novel (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shortcut Man (Shortcut Man, #1) by P.G. Sturges 3.29 avg rating — 295 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asia Hand (Vincent Calvino #2) by Christopher G. Moore (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 128 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Paperback Original (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Mercy (Mercy Gunderson Mystery #1) by Lori G. Armstrong 3.88 avg rating — 1,119 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of Mercy by Michael Ayoob 3.16 avg rating — 44 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sinner's Ball (Jackson Steeg #3) by Ira Berkowitz (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Paperback Original (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faces of the Gone (Carter Ross Mystery #1) by Brad Parks (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 1,832 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locked In (Sharon McCone #26) by Marcia Muller 3.84 avg rating — 1,831 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Hardcover (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julius Katz Mysteries (Julius Katz Detective Book 1) by Dave Zeltserman (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 246 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow Blind (PI Julie Collins, #4) by Lori G. Armstrong 4.32 avg rating — 647 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Paperback Original (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Heat by Ian Vasquez (Goodreads Author) 3.15 avg rating — 34 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empty Ever After (Moe Prager, #5) by Reed Farrel Coleman (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 492 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Hardcover (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Songs of Innocence (John Blake #2) by Richard Aleas 3.84 avg rating — 997 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Paperback Original (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big City, Bad Blood (Ray Dudgeon, #1) by Sean Chercover 3.80 avg rating — 1,030 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul Patch (Moe Prager, #4) by Reed Farrel Coleman (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 542 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Hardcover (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wrong Kind of Blood (Ed Loy, #1) by Declan Hughes 3.68 avg rating — 840 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dramatist (Jack Taylor, #4) by Ken Bruen 4.02 avg rating — 2,129 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Hardcover (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unquiet Grave (Louis Kincaid, #7) by P.J. Parrish (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 822 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Paperback Original (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forcing Amaryllis by Louise Ure 3.40 avg rating — 113 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The James Deans (Moe Prager, #3) by Reed Farrel Coleman (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 712 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Paperback Original (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #15) by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 224,136 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Hardcover (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead (The Saxon & Fitzgerald Mysteries, #1) by Ingrid Black (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 257 ratings Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	While I Disappear (John Ray Horn #2) by Edward Wright (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 80 ratings Shamus Award for Best PI Hardcover (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars