2007 Shamus Award Winners and Nominees

Best Novel

Winner

The Dramatist by Ken Bruen

Irish noir with ex-cop Jack Taylor

trade paperback, $12.95

Other Nominees

The Darkest Place by Daniel Judson

A dark side of Long Island, far from the Hamptons, is the setting for this powerful novel

paperback, $6.99

The Do-Re-Mi by Ken Kuhlken

Fourth in the Hickey Family series, California 1972

hardcover, $24.95

Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller

Sharon McCone finally ties the know with Hy but the honeymoon doesn't last long

paperback, $6.99

Days of Rage by Kris Nelscott

Smokey Dalton in 1969 Chicago

hardcover, $24.95

Best Paperback Original

Winner

An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish

Louis Kincaid returns to Michigan when a body is found on the grounds of a long-closed sanitarium

paperback, $6.99

Other Nominees

Hallowed Ground by Lori G. Armstrong

South Dakota PI Julie Collins

paperback, $6.99

The Prop by Pete Hautman

marvelous crime novel of women working in Indian casino poker room

trade paperback, $14

The Uncomfortable Dead by Paco Ignacio Taibo and Subcomandante Marcos

Post-modern mystery of Mexico with PI Hector Belascoaran Shayne

trade paperback, $15.95

Crooked by Brian Wiprud

Taxidermist Garth Carson's brother takes center stage in this funny crime novel

paperback, $6.99

Best First Novel

Winner

The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes

LA detective Ed Loy returns to Dublin

paperback, $7.99

Other Nominees

Lost Angel by Mike Doogan

Alaska PI Nik Kane

paperback, $7.99

A Safe Place for Dying by Jack Fredrickson

down-on-his-luck investigator Dek Elstrom looks into a house that's been blown up in the exclusive community where he used to live

hardcover, $24.95

Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith

Cowboy detectives, admirers of Sherlock Homes, Big Red Almendinger and his brother Old Red

trade paperback, $12.95

18 Seconds by George D. Shuman

blind psychic Sherry Moore who can see the last 18 seconds of a victim's life

paperback, $7.99