PWA Shamus Winners
The Shamus Winners were announced Oct. 10th at the Shamus Banquet in
Baltimore,MD. The winners are in CAPS.
2008 Shamus Awards Nominees
Best Hardcover
Head Games by Thomas B. Cavanagh (St. Martins Minotaur/Thomas Dunne
Books), featuring Mike Garrity.
SOUL PATCH by Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak House Books), featuring Moe
Prager.
The Color of Blood by Declan Hughes (William Morrow), featuring Ed
Loy.
A Welcome Grave by Michael Koryta (St. Martins Minotaur/Thomas Dunne
Books), featuring Lincoln Perry.
A Killer's Kiss by William Lashner (William Morrow), featuring Victor
Carl.
Best Paperback Original
SONGS OF INNOCENCE by Richard Aleas (Hard Case) featuring John Blake.
Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong (Bantam) featuring Nadia Stafford.
Stone Rain by Linwood Barclay (Bantam) featuring Zack Walker.
Deadly Beloved by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case) featuring Ms. Michael
Tree.
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett (Mortalis/Ballantine) featuring
Jude McManus.
Best First Novel
The Cleaner by Brett Battles (Delacorte), featuring Jonathan Quinn.
Keep It Real by Bill Bryan (Bleak House Books), featuring Ted Collins.
BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD by Sean Chercover (William Morrow), featuring Ray
Dudgeon.
When One Man Dies by Dave White (Three Rivers Press), featuring
Jackson Donne.
The Last Striptease by Michael Wiley (St. Martins/Thomas Dunne
Books), featuring Joe Kozmarski.
Best Short Story
"Kill the Cat" by Loren D. Estleman, DETROIT NOIR (Akashic),
featuring Amos Walker.
"Trust Me" by Loren D. Estleman, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine,
June 2007, featuring Amos Walker.
"Open Mike" by James Nolan, NEW ORLEANS NOIR (Akashic), featuring
Vincent Panarello.
"HUNGRY ENOUGH" by Cornelia Read, A HELL OF A WOMAN (Busted Flush
Press), featuring Philip.
"Room for Improvement" by Marilyn Todd, Ellery Queen Mystery
Magazine, Dec. 2007, featuring Lois Hepburn.
The Life Achievement winner was JOE GORES.
The Hammer Award, which goes to a character, not an author, went to
NAMELESS, Bill Pronzini's iconic private eye.
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