2016 Shamus Award Nominees Announced
(シェイマス賞候補作発表)
The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) has announced its nominees for the 2016 Shamus Awards as follows:
Best Hardcover Private Eye Novel:
- The Promise, by Robert Crais (Putnam), featuring Elvis Cole & Joe Pike
- Dance of the Bones, by J.A. Jance (Morrow), featuring J. P. Beaumont & Brandon Walker
- Gumshoe, by Robert Leininger (Oceanview), featuring Mort Angel
- Brush Back, by Sara Paretsky (Putnam), featuring V. I. Warshawski
- Brutality, by Ingrid Thoft (Putnam), featuring Fina Ludlow
Best First Private Eye Novel:
- The Red Storm, by Grant Bywaters (Minotaur), introducing William Fletcher
- Night Tremors, by Matt Coyle (Oceanview), introducing Rick Cahill
- Trouble in Rooster Paradise, by T. W. Emory (Coffeetown Press), introducing Gunner Nilson
- Depth, by Lev Ac Rosen (Regan Arts), introducing Simone Pierce
- The Do-Right, by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press), introducing Thomas Phelan
Best Original Private Eye Paperback:
- Circling the Runway, by J. L. Abramo (Down & Out), featuring Jacob Diamond
- The Long Cold, by O’Neil De Noux (Big Kiss), featuring Dino LaStanza
- Split to Splinters, by Max Everhart (Camel Press), featuring Eli Sharpe
- The Man in the Window, by Dana King (CreateSpace), featuring Nick Forte
- Red Desert, by Clive Rosengren (Moonshine Cove), featuring Eddie Collins
Best Private Eye Short Story:
- “The Runaway Girl from Portland, Oregon,” by C.B. Forrest (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [AHMM], October 2015), featuring Ray
- “The Sleep of Death,” by David Edgerley Gates (AHMM, December 2015), featuring Placido Geist
- “The Dead Client,” by Parnell Hall (from Dark City Lights: New York Stories, edited by Lawrence Block; Three Rooms Press), featuring Stanley Hastings
- “The Dead Detective,” by Robert S. Levinson (from Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks; Down & Out)
- “The Continental Opposite,” by Evan Lewis (AHMM, May 2015), featuring Peter Collins
The winners will be announced during the PWA banquet in New Orleans, Louisiana during Bouchercon 2016 this September.
(受賞作の発表は9月のバウチャーコンにて)