2009 Shamus Award Winners and Nominees

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) have announced the winners for the 28th annual Shamus Awards, given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. The 2009 awards cover works first published in the U.S. in 2008. The awards were presented at the PWA banquet,held Friday evening Oct. 16, 2009, in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

Best Hardcover

Winner

Empty Ever After by Reed Farrel Coleman

NYPD cop turned PI Moe Prager

hardcover, $24.95

Other Nominees

Salvation Boulevard by Larry Beinhart

trade paperback, $15.95

The Blue Door by David Fulmer

Boxer turned PI looks into cold case in 1962 Philadelphia

trade paperback, $13.95

The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes

Dublin PI Ed Loy

Trade paperback, $13.99

The Ancient Rain by Domenic Stansberry

San Francisco PI Dante Mancuso

hardcover, $24.95

Best First Novel

Winner

In the Heat by Ian Vasquez

Boxer takes on missing persons case in hopes of getting one more big fight

trade paperback, $14.95

Other Nominees

Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer

Minneapolis TV reporter Riley Spartz

paperback, $7.99

Swann's Last Song by Charles Salzberg

NY PI Henry Swann

hardcover, $25.99

The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang

Beiing detective Mei Wang

Trade paperback, $15

Veil of Lies by Jeri Westerson

Medieval series with disgraced knight, and shamus, Crispin Guest

trade paperback, $14.99

Best Paperback Original

Winner

Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong

PI Julie Collins

Paperback, $7.95

Other Nominees

Shot Girl by Karen E. Olson

Paperback, $6.99

The Stolen by Jason Pinter

Paperback, $7.99

The Black Hand by Will Thomas

Trade paperback, $14

The Evil That Men Do by Dave White

Trade paperback, $13.95