Nominations for the 2009 Shamus Awards Announced

Nominations for the 2009 Shamus Awards were posted last night on the Private Eye Writers of America blog. The awards are given annually to honor excellence in the private eye genre.

And the nominees are (with the series character in parentheses) ...

Best Hardcover:
• Salvation Boulevard by Larry Beinhart (Carl Vanderveer)
• Empty Ever After by Reed Farrel Coleman (Moe Prager)
• The Blue Door by David Fulmer (Eddie Cero)
• The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes (Ed Loy)
• The Ancient Rain by Domenic Stansberry (Dante Mancuso)

Best First P.I. Novel:
• Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer (Riley Spartz)
• Swann’s Last Song by Charles Salzberg (Henry Swann)
• The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang (Mei Wang)
• In the Heat by Ian Vasquez (Miles Young)
• Veil of Lies by Jeri Westerson (Crispin Guest)

Best Paperback Original:
• Snow Blind by Lori Armstrong (Julie Collins)
• Shot Girl by Karen Olson (Annie Seymour)
• The Stolen by Jason Pinter (Henry Parker)
• The Black Hand by Will Thomas (Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn)
• The Evil That Men Do by Dave White (Jackson Donne)

Best Short Story:
• “Family Values” by Mitch Alderman (Bubba Simms)
• “Last Island South” by John C. Boland (Meggie Trevor)
• “The Blonde Tigress” by Max Allan Collins (Nate Heller)
• “Discovery” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pita Cardenas)
• “Panic on Portage Path” by Dick Stodghill (Jack Eddy and Bram Geary)

indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.

Winners will be announced at this year's Bouchercon in October.

Congratulations from everyone at MBN to the nominees!

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