Shamus Award Nominations 2023

Best Original Hardback P.I. Novel
THE WHEEL OF DOLL, Jonathan Ames (Mulholland Books)
THE BIG BUNDLE, Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
THE GOODBYE COAST, Joe Ide (Mulholland Books)
HOLMES COMING, Kenneth Johnson (Blackstone Publishing)
THE BLACKMAIL, M. Ravenel (Chikara Press)

Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel
QUARRY’S BLOOD, Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
DOUBLEBLIND, Libby Fischer Hellmann (The Red Herrings Press)
CANARY IN A COAL MINE, Charles Salzberg (Down & Out Books)
DEAD-BANG FALL, J.R. Sanders (Level Best Books)
HUSH HUSH, Gabriel Valjan (Historia/Level Best Books)

Best First P.I. Novel
BIG FAT F@!K-UP, Lawrence Allan (M.S. Wooten Press)
PAY DIRT ROAD, Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur Books)
FOOTE, Tom Bredehoft (West Virginia University Press)
WHAT MEETS THE EYE, Alex Kenna (Crooked Lane Books)
THE GOLDENACRE, Philip Miller (Soho Crime)

Best P.I. Short Story
“No Place for a Dame”, Lori Armstrong
(Edgar & Shamus Go Golden/Down & Out Books)
“Charlie’s Medicine”, Libby Cudmore
(Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon/Down & Out Books)
“A Jelly of Intrigue”, O’Neil De Noux
(Edgar & Shamus Go Golden/Down & Out Books)
“The Pearl of Antilles”, Caroline Garcia-Aguilera
(Edgar & Shamus Go Golden/Down & Out Books)
“Bad Actor”, Elliot Sweeney
(Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 2022)