At a banquet, held during Bouchercon in Raleigh, NC, the Private Eye Writers of America presented the 2015 Shamus Awards
BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL
Hounded by David Rosenfelt
Other nominees
The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Toyko Kill by Barry Lancet
Peter Pan Must Die by John Verdon
BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL
Invisible City by Julia Dahl
Other nominees
Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie
Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler Willis
City of Brick and Shadow by Tim Wirkus
BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL
Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri
Other nominees
The Detective and the Pipe Girl by Michael Craven
Beauty With A Bomb by M.C. Grant
Critical Damage by Robert K. Lewis
Street Justice by Kris Nelscott
BEST P.I. SHORT STORY
“Clear Recent History” by Gon Ben Ari in Tel Aviv Noir
Other nominees
“The Ehrengraf Fandango ” by Lawrence Block in Defender of the Innocent
“Fear Is The Best Keeper of Secrets ” by Vali Khalili in Tehran Noir
“Mei Kwei, I Love You” by Suchen Christine Lim in Singapore Noir
“Busting Red Heads” by Richard Helms in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
BEST INDIE P.I. NOVEL
The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger
Other nominees
Nobody’s Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Played To Death by BV Lawson
The Kids Are All Right by Steve Liskow
Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder
