Nominees for the 2016 Shamus Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2016 Shamus Awards honoring work featuring private investigators were announced earlier this week by the The Private Eye Writers of America recognizing excellence in Canadian crime writing.

And they are …

Best Hardcover PI Novel:
• The Promise by Robert Crais (Putnam)
• Dance of the Bones by J. A. Jance (William Morrow)
• Gumshoe by Robert Leininger (Oceanview Publishing)
• Brush Back by Sara Paretsky (Putnam)
• Brutality by Ingrid Thoft (Putnam)

Best First PI Novel:
• The Red Storm by Grant Bywaters (Minotaur Books)
• Night Tremors by Matt Coyle (Oceanview Publishing)
• Trouble in Rooster Paradise by T. W. Emory (Coffeetown Press)
• Depth by Lev AC Rosen (Regan Arts)
• The Do-Right by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)

Best Paperback Original PI Novel:
• Circling the Runway by J. L. Abramo (Down & Out Books)
• Split to Splinters by Max Everhart (Camel Press)
• The Man in the Window by Dana King (Independent)
• The Long Cold by O'Neil De Noux (Big Kiss Productions)
• Red Desert by Clive Rosengren (Moonshine Cove Publishing)

Best PI Short Story:
• "The Runaway Girl from Portland, Oregon" by C. B. Forrest (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
• "The Sleep of Death" by David Edgerley Gates (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
• "The Dead Client" by Parnell Hall (Dark City Lights)
• "The Dead Detective" by Robert S. Levinson (Coast To Coast)
• "The Continental Opposite" by Evan Lewis (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)