Nominations for the 2012 Shamus Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2012 Shamus Awards have been announced by the Private Eye Writers of America recognizing excellence in the private eye genre. The winners will be announced during Bouchercon this coming October in Cleveland.

The nominees are …

Best Hardcover PI Novel …
• Bye Bye, Baby by Max Allan Collins (St. Martin’s Press)
• 1222 by Anne Holt (Scribner)
• When the Thrill is Gone by Walter Mosley (Riverhead Books)
• A Bad Night's Sleep by Michael Wiley (Minotaur Books)
• The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line by Richard Yancey (Minotaur Books)

Best First PI Novel …
• The Plot Against Hip Hop by Nelson George (Akashic Press)
• Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• The Ocean Forest by Troy D. Nooe (Ingalls)
• The Shortcut Man by P. G. Sturges (Scribner)
• The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams (Bantam Press)

Best Paperback Original PI Novel …
• Quarry's Ex by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
• Threat Warning by John Gilstrap (Kensington)
• Serial by John Lutz (Kensington)
• Long Pig by James L. Ross (Perfect Crime Books)
• Fun & Games by Duane Swierczynski (Mulholland Books)

Best PI Short Story …
• "A Bullet from Yesterday" by Terence Faherty (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• "Mr. Monk & the Sunday Paper" by Lee Goldberg (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• "Who I Am" by Michael Z. Lewin (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• "Vampire Slayer Murdered in Key West" by Michael West (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• "Dancer in a Storm" by L. A. Wilson (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare.)