Monday, October 19, 2009

2009 Shamus Awards

The Private Eye Writers of America give out Shamus Awards yearly to honor excellent work in books featuring private eyes. And the winners are (series private eye in parentheses):
◊ Best PI Hardcover: Empty Ever After by Reed Farrel Coleman (Moe Prager)
◊ Best First PI Novel: In the Heat by Ian Vasquez (Miles Young)
◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Snow Blind by Lori Armstrong (Julie Collins)
◊ Best Short Story: "Family Values" by Mitch Alderman (Bubba Simms)
◊ Hammer Award for Character Longevity: Lawrence Block (Matthew Scudder)

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