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The Shamus Award The Shamus Award is given annually by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor excellent work in the Private Eye genre. Committee members of PWA select the winners. (The series private eye is provided in parentheses following the author’s name.) 2007 Best P. I. Hardcover: The Dramatist by Ken Bruen (Irish PI Jack Taylor) Best First P. I. Novel: The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes (Irish PI Ed Loy) Best P. I. Paperback Original: An Unquiet Grave by P. J. Parrish (Florida PI Louis Kincaid) 2006 Best P. I. Hardcover: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Defense attorney Michel Haller) Best First P. I. Novel: Forcing Amaryllis by Louise Ure (Trial consultant Calla Gentry) Best P. I. Paperback Original: The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman (New York PI Moe Prager) 2005 Best P. I. Hardcover: While I Disappear by Ed Wright (Movie cowboy John Ray Horn) Best First P. I. Novel: The Dead by Ingrid Black (True-crime writer Saxon) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Fade To Blonde by Max Phillips (Construction worker Ray Corson) 2004 Best P. I. Hardcover: The Guards by Ken Bruen (Jack Taylor) Best First P. I. Novel: Black Maps by Peter Spiegelman (John March) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Cold Quarry by Andy Straka (Frank Pavlicek) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Donald Westlake 2003 Best P. I. Hardcover: Blackwater Sound by James W. Hall (Thorn) Best First P. I. Novel: The Distance by Eddie Muller (Billy Nichols) Best Original P. I. Paperback: The Poisoned Rose by D. Daniel Judson (Declan "Mac" MacManus) 2002 Best P. I. Hardcover: Reflecting The Sky by S.J. Rozan (Bill Smith and Lydia Chin) Best First P. I. Novel: Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer (Valentin St. Cyr) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse (Dierdre McMannus) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Lawrence Block 2001 Best P. I. Hardcover: Havana Heat by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, (Lupe Solano) Best First P. I. Novel: Street Level by Bob Truluck (Duncan Sloan) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Death In The Steel City by Thomas Lipinski (Carroll Dorsey) 2000 Best P. I. Hardcover: California Fire And Life by Don Winslow (Jack Wade) Best First P. I. Novel: Every Dead Thing by John Connolly (Charlie Parker) Best Original P. I. Paperback: In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman (Tess Monaghan) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Edward D. Hoch 1999 Best P. I. Hardcover: Boobytrap by Bill Pronzini (Nameless) Best First P. I. Novel: A Cold Day In Paradise by Steve Hamilton (Alex McKnight) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Murder Manual by Steve Womack (Harry James Denton) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Maxine O'Callaghan 1998 Best P. I. Hardcover: Come Back Dead by Terrance Faherty (Scott Elliott) Best First P. I. Novel: Big Red Tequilla by Rick Riordan (Tres Navarre) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Charm City by Laura Lippman (Tess Monaghan) 1997 Best P. I. Hardcover: Sunset Express by Robert Crais (Elvis Cole) Best First P. I. Novel: This Dog For Hire, by Carol Lea Benjamin (Rachel Alexander) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Fade Away, by Harlan Coben (Myron Bolitar) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Stephen Marlowe 1996 Best P. I. Hardcover: Concourse by S. J. Rozan (Lydia Chin and Bill Smith) Best First P. I. Novel: The Innocents by Richard Barre (Wil Hardesty) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Native Angels by William Jaspersohn (Peter Boone) 1995 Best P. I. Hardcover: "K" Is For Killer by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone) Best First P. I. Novel: A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane (Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Served Cold by Ed Goldberg (Lenny Schneider) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): John Lutz and Robert B. Parker 1994 Best P. I. Hardcover: The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block (Matt Scudder) Best First P. I. Novel: Satan's Lambs by Lynn Hightower (Lena Padget) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Brothers And Sinners by Rodman Philbrick The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Stephen J. Cannell 1993 Best P. I. Hardcover: The Man Who was Taller Than God by Harold Adams (Carl Wilcox) Best First P. I. Novel: The Woman Who Married a Bear by John Straley (Cecil Younger) Best Original P. I. Paperback: The Last Tango of Delores Delgado by Marele Day (Claudia Valentine) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Marcia Muller 1992 Best P. I. Hardcover: Stolen Away by Max Allan Collins (Nate Heller) Best First P. I. Novel: Suffer Little Children by Thomas Davis (Dave Strickland) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Cool Blue Tomb by Paul Kemprecos The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Joseph Hansen 1991 Best P. I. Hardcover: "G" is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone) Best First P. I. Novel: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely (Easy Rawlins) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Rafferty: Fatal Sisters by W. Glenn Duncan (Rafferty) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Roy Huggins 1990 Best P. I. Hardcover: Extenuating Circumstances by Jonathan Valin (Harry Stoner) Best First P. I. Novel: Katwalk by Karen Kijewski (Kat Colorado) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Hell's Only Half Full by Rob Kantner (Ben Perkins) 1989 Best P. I. Hardcover: Kiss by John Lutz Best First P. I. Novel: Fear of the Dark by Gar Anthony Haywood (Aaron Gunner) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Dirty Work by Rob Kantner (Ben Perkins) 1988 Best P. I. Hardcover: A Tax in Blood by Benjamin Schutz (Leo Haggerty) Best First P. I. Novel: Death on the Rocks by Michael Allegretto Best Original P. I. Paperback: Wild Night by L. J. Washburn The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Dennis Lynds and Wade Miller (Robert Wade and Bob Miller) 1987 Best P. I. Hardcover: The Staked Goat by Jeremiah Healy (John Francis Cuddy) Best First P. I. Novel: Jersey Tomatoes by J. W. Rider Best Original P. I. Paperback: The Back Door Man by Rob Kantner (Ben Perkins) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Bill Pronzini 1986 Best P. I. Hardcover: "B" is for Burglar by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone) Best First P. I. Novel: Hardcover by Wayne Warga Best Original P. I. Paperback: Poverty Bay by Earl Emerson (Thomas Black) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Richard S. Prather 1985 Best P. I. Hardcover: Sugartown by Loren D. Estleman (Amos Walker) Best First P. I. Novel: A Creative Kind of Killer by Jack Early Best Original P. I. Paperback: Ceiling of Hell by Warren Murphy The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Howard Browne 1984 Best P. I. Hardcover: True Detective by Max Allan Collins (Nate Heller) Best Original P. I. Paperback: Dead in Centerfield by Paul Engelman (Mark Renzler) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): William Campbell Gault 1983 Best P. I. Hardcover: Hoodwink by Bill Pronzini (Nameless Detective) Best Original P. I. Paperback: The Cana Diversion by William Campbell Gault (Brock Callahan) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Mickey Spillane 1982 Best P. I.
Hardcover: Best Original P. I. Paperback: California Thriller by Max Byrd (Mike Haller) The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award): Ross Macdonald |
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