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Shamus Award Winners

The Shamus Award eligible novels feature a "private eye" character who is an investigator, but does not work for a government or police agency. The Private Eye Writers of America confer this award.
1.
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 Hoodwink (A Nameless Detective Mystery)
by Bill Pronzini
  
2. Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)
by Lawrence Block
  
3. True Detective (Frank Nitti Trilogy)
by Max Allan Collins
  
4. Sugartown (Amos Walker Mysteries (Paperback))
by Loren D. Estleman
  
5. B Is for Burglar  
6.
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 Staked Goat : A Detective Novel
by Jeremiah F. Healy
  
7.
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 A Tax in Blood
by Benjamin M. Schutz
  
8.
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 Kiss (A Fred Carver Mystery Ser.)
by John Lutz
  
9.
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 Extenuating Circumstances a Harry Stoner Novel
by Jonathan Valin
  
10. G Is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries (Paperback))
by Sue Grafton
  
11. Stolen Away
by Max Allan Collins
  
12. The Man Who Was Taller Than God (Carl Wilcox Mysteries)
by Harold Adams
  
13. The Devil Knows You're Dead: A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel
by Lawrence Block
  
14. K Is for Killer
by Sue Grafton
  
15. Concourse: A Bill Smith-Lydia Chin Mystery (A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel)
by S. J. Rozan
  
16. Sunset Express: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole Novels)
by Robert Crais
  
17. Come Back Dead: A Scott Elliott Mystery (Scott Elliott Mysteries)
by Terence Faherty
  
18. Boobytrap: A "Nameless Detective" Novel (Nameless Detective Mystery)
by Bill Pronzini
  
19.
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 California Fire and Life (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by Don Winslow
  
20. Havana Heat: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano Mysteries (Paperback))
by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
  
21. Reflecting the Sky (A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel)
by S. J. Rozan
  
22. Blackwater Sound (A Thorn Mystery)
by James W. Hall
  
23. The Guards: A Novel
by Ken Bruen
  
24.
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 While I Disappear
by Edward Wright
  
25. The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly
  
26. The Dramatist: A Novel
by Ken Bruen
  
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Created by FlyGirl on May 15, 2008.