Awards & Winners

1997 Shamus Award

Check winners and nominations of 1997 Shamus Award. Check awards winners of 1997 Shamus Award. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Shamus Award for Best P. I. Short Story

Lia Matera

Honored for : Dead Drunk

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lia Matera Dead Drunk
Edward Gorman Eye Of The Beholder
Jeremiah F. Healy Turning The Witness
John Lethan The One About The Green Detective
Robert J Randisi The Girl Who Talked To Horses
St. Martins’ Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest

Steve Hamilton

Honored for : A Cold Day in Paradise
Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback

Harlan Coben

Honored for : Fade Away

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fade Away
Steven Womack Chain of Fools
Ruthe Furie A Natural Death
THE EYE – Lifetime Achievement Award
Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel

Robert Crais

Honored for : Sunset Express

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Nominee Nominated Work
Max Allan Collins Damned in Paradise (Nathan Heller Novels
Robert Crais Sunset Express
Stephen Greenleaf FLESH WOUNDS (John Marshall Tanner Mysteries
Jeremiah F. Healy
Bill Pronzini Sentinels
Sandra West Prowell When Wallflowers Die
Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel

Carol Lea Benjamin

Honored for : This dog for hire

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Lea Benjamin This dog for hire
Greg Rucka Keeper\\/Finder
Michael Stone
John Wessel This Far, No Further