Shamus AwardShortlistPI Hardcover

Given by Private Eye Writers of America

Other Names: Shamus Award Shortlist
179 Works 73,118 Books 2,276 Reviews ½ 3.7
The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year.

Missing from the list (no copies in LT): Original PI show more Paperback, 1984 - "Dead in Centerfield" by Paul Engelman show less
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Shortlist 179

WorkYear
Heart of the Nile by Will Thomas2024
Hard Rain: A Novel (Annie McIntyre Mysteries, 2) by Samantha Jayne Allen2024
Go Find Daddy (An Ed Runyon Mystery Book 3) by Steve Goble2024
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey2024
The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen2024
The Big Bundle by Max Allan Collins2023
The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide2023
Holmes Coming by Kenneth Johnson2023
Runner by Tracy Clark2022
Last Redemption (The Rick Cahill Series Book 8) by Matt Coyle2022
Pay or Play (A Charlie Waldo novel, 3) by Howard Michael Gould2022
Head Case (A Sam Kelson mystery, 3) by Michael Wiley2022
What You Don't See by Tracy Clark2021
Do No Harm by Max Allan Collins2021
House on Fire: A Novel (A Nick Heller Novel) by Joseph Finder2021
And Now She's Gone: A Novel by Rachel Howzell Hall2021
The Tower of Songs (A Duck Darley Novel) by Casey Barrett2020
The Shallows by Matt Goldman2020
Below the Line: A Charlie Waldo Novel by Howard Michael Gould2020
The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller2020
Wrong Light by Matt Coyle2019
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey2019
Baby's First Felony by John Straley2019
Cut You Down by Sam Wiebe2019
Dark Water by Parker Bilal2018
Blood Truth by Matt Coyle2018
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton2018
Monument Road by Michael Wiley2018
Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman2017
The Graveyard of the Hesperides by Lindsey Davis2017
Fields Where They Lay (A Junior Bender Mystery) by Timothy Hallinan2017
With Six You Get Wally (A John Bekker Mystery) by Al Lamanda2017
The Stardom Affair (Neil Gulliver & Stevie Marriner) by Robert S. Levinson2017
The Promise by Robert Crais2016
Dance of the Bones by J. A. Jance2016
Gumshoe by Rob Leininger2016
Brush Back by Sara Paretsky2016
Brutality by Ingrid Thoft2016
The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman2015
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith2015
Tokyo Kill by Barry Lancet2015
Peter Pan Must Die by John Verdon2015
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton2014
Little Elvises by Timothy Hallinan2014
The Mojito Coast by Richard Helms2014
The Good Cop by Brad Parks2014
Nemesis by Bill Pronzini2014
Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins2013
Hunting Sweetie Rose by Jack Fredrickson2013
Blues in The Night by Dick Lochte2013
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan2013
Bye Bye, Baby by Max Allan Collins2012
1222 by Anne Holt2012
When the Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley2012
The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line by Richard Yancey2012
The First Rule by Robert Crais2011
Voyeur by Daniel Judson2011
If the Dead Rise Not by Philip Kerr2011
Naked Moon by Domenic Stansberry2011
The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta2010
Where the Dead Lay by David Levien2010
Schemers by Bill Pronzini2010
My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir2010
Salvation Boulevard: A Novel by Larry Beinhart2009
The Blue Door by David Fulmer2009
The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes2009
The Ancient Rain by Domenic Stansberry2009
Head Games: A Novel by Thomas B. Cavanagh2008
The Colour of Blood by Declan Hughes2008
A Welcome Grave by Michael Koryta2008
A Killer's Kiss by William Lashner2008
The Darkest Place by Daniel Judson2007
The Do-Re-Mi by Ken Kuhlken2007
Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller2007
Days of Rage by Kris Nelscott2007
Oblivion by Peter Abrahams2006
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais2006
In a Teapot (Scott Elliott Mysteries) by Terence Faherty2006
The Man with the Iron-On Badge by Lee Goldberg2006
Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley2006
Fade to Clear (Allen Choice Novels) by Leonard Chang2005
The Wake-Up by Robert Ferrigno2005
After the Rain by Chuck Logan2005
Choke Point: A Brinker Mystery (Brinker P.I.) by James C. Mitchell2005
Scavenger Hunt by Robert Ferrigno2004
Blood Is the Sky by Steve Hamilton2004
A Visible Darkness by Jonathon King2004
Fatal Flaw by William Lashner2004
North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton2003
The Last Place by Laura Lippman2003
Hell to Pay by George P. Pelecanos2003
Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan2003
Angel in Black by Max Allan Collins2002
Ashes of Aries by Martha C. Lawrence2002
The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan2002
Cold Water Burning by John Straley2002
A Smile on the Face of the Tiger by Loren D. Estleman2001
The Deader the Better by G. M. Ford2001
Ellipsis by Stephen Greenleaf2001
Listen to the Silence by Marcia Muller2001
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais2000
Monster by Jonathan Kellerman2000
Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane2000
Stone Quarry by S. J. Rozan2000
No badge, no gun by Harold Adams1999
Flying Blind by Max Allan Collins1999
The Only Good Lawyer by Jeremiah Healy1999
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane1999
Indigo Slam by Robert Crais1998
Deception Pass by Earl Emerson1998
Sacred by Dennis Lehane1998
Down For The Count by Maxine O'Callaghan1998
No Colder Place by S. J. Rozan1998
Damned In Paradise by Max Allan Collins1997
Flesh Wounds by Stephen Greenleaf1997
Invasion of Privacy by Jeremiah Healy1997
Sentinels by Bill Pronzini1997
When Wallflowers Die by Sandra West Prowell1997
The Vanishing Smile by Earl Emerson1996
Come to Grief by Dick Francis1996
Movie by Parnell Hall1996
The Neon Smile by Dick Lochte1996
A Long Line of Dead Men by Lawrence Block1995
Carnal Hours by Max Allan Collins1995
The Killing of Monday Brown by Sandra West Prowell1995
The Lake Effect by Les Roberts1995
The Lies That Bind by Judith Van Gieson1994
Foursome: Foursome by Jeremiah Healy1994
Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller1994
Moth by James Sallis1994
Cassandra in Red by Michael Collins1993
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais1993
Shallow Graves by Jeremiah Healy1993
Special Delivery by Jerry Kennealy1993
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block1992
Where Echoes Live by Marcia Muller1992
A Fistful Of Empty by Benjamin M. Schutz1992
Second Chance by Jonathan Valin1992
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block1991
Poor Butterfly by Stuart M. Kaminsky1991
Polo's Wild Card by Jerry Kennealy1991
Dead Irish by John Lescroart1991
The Desert Look by Bernard Schopen1991
Out on the Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block1990
The Skintight Shroud by Wayne D. Dundee1990
The Shape of Dread by Marcia Muller1990
The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane1990
Neon Mirage by Max Allan Collins1989
Deviant Behavior by Earl Emerson1989
Swan Dive by Jeremiah Healy1989
Blood Shot by Sara Paretsky1989
A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes1988
Lady Yesterday by Loren D. Estleman1988
The Autumn Dead by Edward Gorman1988
Ride the Lightning by John Lutz1988
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block1987
In La-LA Land We Trust by R. Wright Campbell1987
The Million-Dollar Wound by Max Allan Collins1987
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton1987
The Naked Liar by Harold Adams1986
Hardball by Doug Hornig1986
A Catskill Eagle by Robert B. Parker1986
Bones by Bill Pronzini1986
True Crime by Max Allan Collins1985
Die again, Macready by Jack Livingston1985
Nightlines by John Lutz1985
Full Contact by Robert J. Randisi1985
Dancing Bear by James Crumley1984
The Dark Fantastic by Stanley Ellin1984
The Glass Highway by Loren D. Estleman1984
The Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker1984
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton1983
Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen1983
A Piece of the Silence by Jack Livingston1983
Ceremony by Robert B. Parker1983
A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block1982
30 for a Harry by Richard Hoyt1982
Hard Trade by Arthur Lyons1982
Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker1982

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The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year.

Missing from the list (no copies in LT): Original PI Paperback, 1984 - "Dead in Centerfield" by Paul Engelman (English, Member-written)
This is a companion list to The Shamus Award list and contains the titles that had been shortlisted but did not win the award. (English, Member-written)

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