Awards & Winners

Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel

Shamus Award

Date Established : 1982

Check all the winners of Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel presented under Shamus Award since 1982 .


Marcia Muller

Honored for : Locked In

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marcia Muller Locked In
Bill Pronzini Schemers
David Levien Where the Dead Lay
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir My Soul to Take
Michael Koryta The Silent Hour

Reed Coleman

Honored for : Empty Ever After

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Reed Coleman Empty Ever After
Larry Beinhart Salvation Boulevard
David Fulmer The Blue Door
Declan Hughes The Price of Blood
Domenic Stansberry The Ancient Rain

Reed Coleman

Honored for : Soul Patch

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Reed Coleman Soul Patch
Thomas B. Cavanagh Head Games
Declan Hughes The Color of Blood: An Irish Novel of Suspense
Michael Koryta A Welcome Grave
William Lashner A Killer's Kiss

Ken Bruen

Honored for : The dramatist

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Bruen The dramatist
Daniel Judson The Darkest Place
Ken Kuhlken The Do-Re-Me
Marcia Muller Vanishing point
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Days of rage

Michael Connelly

Honored for : The Lincoln Lawyer

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer
Peter Abrahams Oblivion
Robert Crais The forgotten man
Terence Faherty
Lee Goldberg The man with the iron-on badge
Walter Mosley Cinnamon Kiss

Edward Wright

Honored for : While I Disappear

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Wright
Leonard Chang Fade to clear
Robert Ferrigno The wake up
Chuck Logan After The Rain
James Mitchell Choke Point

Ken Bruen

Honored for : The Guards

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Bruen The Guards
Robert Ferrigno Scavenger hunt
Steve Hamilton Blood Is the Sky: An Alex McKnight Mystery
William Lashner Fatal Flaw
Jonathon King A visible darkness

James W. Hall

Honored for : Blackwater Sound

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James W. Hall Blackwater Sound
Steve Hamilton North of Nowhere: An Alex McKnight Novel
Laura Lippman The Last Place
George Pelecanos Hell to Pay
S. J. Rozan Winter and Night

S. J. Rozan

Honored for : Reflecting the Sky

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
S. J. Rozan Reflecting the Sky
Max Allan Collins Angel in black
Martha C. Lawrence Ashes of Aries
Rick Riordan The Devil Went Down to Austin
John Straley Cold water burning

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

Honored for : Havana Heat

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera Havana Heat
Loren D. Estleman A smile on the face of the tiger
G.M. Ford The deader the better
Stephen Greenleaf Ellipsis
Marcia Muller Listen to the silence

Don Winslow

Honored for : California fire and life

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Don Winslow California fire and life
Robert Crais L.A. Requiem
Jonathan Kellerman Monster
Dennis Lehane Prayers for Rain
S. J. Rozan Stone quarry

Bill Pronzini

Honored for : Boobytrap

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Pronzini Boobytrap
Dennis Lehane Gone, Baby, Gone
Harold Adams
Max Allan Collins Flying Blind
Jeremiah F. Healy

Terence Faherty

Honored for : Come back dead

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Terence Faherty Come back dead
Robert Crais Indigo Slam
Earl Emerson Deception Pass
Dennis Lehane Sacred
Maxine O'Callaghan Down For The Count
S. J. Rozan No Colder Place

Robert Crais

Honored for : Sunset Express

Nominations 1997 »

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

S. J. Rozan

Honored for : Concourse

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
S. J. Rozan Concourse
Earl Emerson Vanishing Smile
Dick Francis Come to Grief
Parnell Hall Movie
Dick Lochte Neon Smile

Sue Grafton

Honored for : K Is for Killer

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sue Grafton \"K\" Is for Killer
Lawrence Block A Long Line of Dead Men
Max Allan Collins Carnal Hours
Sandra West Prowell The killing of Monday Brown
Les Roberts The lake effect

Lawrence Block

Honored for : The Devil Knows You're Dead

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lawrence Block The Devil Knows You're Dead
Jeremiah F. Healy Foursome
Marcia Muller Wolf in the Shadows
James Sallis Moth
Judith Van Gieson The Lies That Bind

Max Allan Collins

Honored for : Stolen Away

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Max Allan Collins Stolen Away
Lawrence Block A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
Marcia Muller Where echoes live
Benjamin Schutz A fistful of empty
Jonathan Valin Second chance

Sue Grafton

Honored for : G Is for Gumshoe

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sue Grafton \"G\" Is for Gumshoe
John Lescroart Dead Irish
Bernard Schopen The desert look
Jerry Kennealy Polo's wild card
Stuart M. Kaminsky Poor Butterfly
Lawrence Block A Ticket To The Boneyard

Jonathan Valin

Honored for : Extenuating circumstances

John Lutz

Honored for : Kiss

Benjamin Schutz

Honored for : A tax in blood

Jeremiah F. Healy

Honored for : The staked goat

Sue Grafton

Honored for : B Is for Burglar

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sue Grafton \"B\" Is for Burglar
Harold Adams
Doug Hornig Hardball
Robert B. Parker A Catskill Eagle
Bill Pronzini Bones

Loren D. Estleman

Honored for : Sugartown

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Loren D. Estleman Sugartown
Max Allan Collins True Crime
Jack Livingston Die again, Macready
John Lutz Nightlines
Robert J Randisi Full contact

Max Allan Collins

Honored for : True Detective

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Max Allan Collins True Detective
James Crumley Dancing bear
Loren D. Estleman The Glass Highway
Stanley Ellin The dark fantastic
Robert B. Parker The Widening Gyre

Lawrence Block

Honored for : Eight Million Ways to Die

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lawrence Block Eight Million Ways to Die
Sue Grafton \"A\" is for Alibi
Joseph Hansen Gravedigger
Jack Livingston A Piece of the Silence
Robert B. Parker Ceremony

Bill Pronzini

Honored for : Hoodwink

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Pronzini Hoodwink
Lawrence Block A Stab in the Dark
Richard Hoyt 30 for a Harry
Arthur Lyons Hard trade
Robert B. Parker Early Autumn