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Der Shamus Award

 

Der Shamus-Award zeichnet nicht Kriminalliteratur im Allgemeinen aus, sondern nur die Werke, in deren Zentrum ein Privatdetektiv respektive eine Privatdetektivin ermittelt. Cops, Anwälte, Journalisten oder auch Amateurdetektive und ihre weiblichen Kolleginnen kommen in den unten genannten Werken nur in Nebenrollen vor. Neben den besten Romanen - jeweils unterschieden in Hardcover oder Taschenbuchausgaben - wird auch in unregelmäßigen Abständen das Lebenswerk eines Autors oder einer Autorin gewürdigt. Mittlerweile eingestellt (oder seit langen Jahren nicht mehr vergeben) ist der Hammer-Award, mit der eine besonders originelle PI-Figur gewürdigt wurde, und damit natürlich auch das langjährige Schaffen des entsprechenden Schöpfers oder der Schöpferin. Wenn Sie sich für Short Stories interessieren, können Sie unter http://www.privateeyewriters.com/shamus_winners.html alle Gewinner der Kategorie "Best PI Short Story" ansehen.

 

Shamus Award 2023

 

Best PI Hardcover: Jonathan Ames The Wheel of Doll
New York: Mulholland Books, 2022
Best First PI Novel: Philip Miller The Goldenacre
New York: Soho Crime, 2022
 
Best PI Paperback Original: J.R. Sanders Dead-Bang Fall
Olney, MD: Level Best Books, 2022
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2022

 

Best PI Hardcover: S. J. Rozan Family Business
New York: Pegasus Books, 2021
Best First PI Novel: Gregory Stout Lost Little Girl
Olney, MD: Level Best Books, 2021
 
Best PI Paperback Original: John McFetridge Every City Is Every Other City
Toronto: ECW Press, 2021
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2021

 

Best PI Hardcover: Matt Coyle Blind Vigil
Chicago: Oceanview Publishing, 2020
Best First PI Novel: Kwei Quartey The Missing American
London: Allison & Busby, 2020
New York: Soho, 2020
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Richard Helms Brittle Karma
United States: Black Arch Books, 2020
 
The Eye Lifetime Award: Michael Z. Lewin    

 


 

Shamus Award 2020

 

Best PI Hardcover: Matt Coyle Lost Tomorrows
Sarasota, Florida: Oceanview Publishing, 2019
Best PI Paperback Original: James DF Hannah Behind the Wall of Sleep
(Selbstverlag)
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2019

 

Best PI Hardcover: Kristen Lepionka What You Want to See
New York: Minotaur Books, 2018
Du kennst sie nicht
München: Goldmann, 2019
Best First PI Novel: Katrina Carrasco The Best Bad Things
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Max Wirestone The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss
New York: Redhook Books, 2018
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2018

 

Best PI Hardcover: T. Jefferson Parker The Room of White Fire
New York: Putnam's, 2017
 
Best First PI Novel: Kristen Lepionka The Last Place You Look
New York: Minotaur Books, 2017
Du findest sie nicht
München: Goldmann, 2018
Best PI Paperback Original: Rich Zahradnik Lights Out Summer
Seattle, WA: Camel Press, 2017
 
The Eye Lifetime Award: Walter Mosley    

 


 

Shamus Award 2017

 

The Eye Lifetime Award Jerry Kennealy    
Best PI Hardcover: Reed Farrel Coleman Where It Hurts
New York: Putnam's, 2016
 
Best First PI Novel: Joe Ide IQ
New York: Mulholland Books, 2016
I.Q.
Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2016
Best PI Paperback Original: Vaseem Khan The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
London: Mulholland Books, 2016
Inspector Chopra und der Juwelenraub
Berlin: Ullstein, 2018

 


 

Shamus Award 2016

 

The Eye Lifetime Award S. J. Rozan    
Best PI Hardcover: Ingrid Thofts Brutality
New York: Putnam's, 2015
 
Best First PI Novel: Lisa Sandlin The Do-Right
Louisville: Cinco Puntos Press, 2015
Ein Job für Delpha
Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2017
Best PI Paperback Original: J. L. Abramo Circling the Runway
Lutz, FL: Down & Out Books, 2015
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2015

 

The Eye Lifetime Award Parnell Hall    
Best PI Hardcover: David Rosenfelt Hounded
New York: Minotaur Books, 2014
 
Best First PI Novel: Julia Dahl Invisible City
New York: Minotaur Books, 2014
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Vincent Zandri Moonlight Weeps
Lutz, FL: Down & Out Books, 2014
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2014

 

Hammer Award
(beste Detektiv-Figur):
Kinsey Millhone von Sue Grafton
Best PI Hardcover: Brad Parks The Good Cop
New York: Minotaur Books, 2013
 
Best First PI Novel: Lachlan Smith Bear is Broken
New York: Mysterious Press, 2013
 
Best PI Paperback Original: P. J. Parrish Heart of Ice
New York: Pocket Books, 2013
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2013

 

The Eye Lifetime Award Loren D. Estleman    
Best PI Hardcover: Robert Crais Taken
New York: Putnam's, 2012
Straße des Todes
München: Heyne, 2013
Best First PI Novel: Michael Sears Black Fridays
New York: Putnam's, 2012
Am Freitag schwarz
München: dtv, 2012
Best PI Paperback Original: Alison Gaylin And She Was
New York: Harper, 2012
Dornröschenschlaf
Berlin: Ullstein, 2012

 


 

Shamus Award 2012

 

Hammer Award
(beste Detektiv-Figur):
Max Allan Collins Nate Heller  
Best PI Hardcover: Michael Wiley A Bad Night's Sleep
New York: Minotaur Books, 2011
 
Best First PI Novel: P.G. Sturges The Shortcut Man
New York: Scribner, 2011
Best PI Paperback Original: Duane Swierczynski Fun & Games
New York: Mulholland Books, 2011
Der Bewacher
München: Heyne, 2011

 


 

Shamus Award 2011

 

The Eye Lifetime Award Ed Gorman    
Hammer Award
(beste Detektiv-Figur):
Sara Paretsky V. I. Warshawski  
Best PI Hardcover: Lori Armstrong No Mercy
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010
 
Best First PI Novel: Michael Ayoob In Search of Mercy
New York: Minotaur Books, 2010
Best PI Paperback Original: Christopher G. Moore Asia Hand
New York: Black Cat, 2010
(Bangkok: White Lotus, 1993)
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2010

 

The Eye Lifetime Award: Robert Crais    
Best PI Hardcover: Marcia Muller Locked In
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009
 
Best First PI Novel: Brad Parks Faces of the Gone
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2009
Best PI Paperback Original: Ira Berkowitz Sinner's Ball
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2009

 

The Eye: Robert J. Randisi    
Best PI Hardcover: Reed Farrel Coleman Empty Ever After
Madison, WI: Bleak House Books, 2008
 
Best First PI Novel: Ian Vasquez In the Heat
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008
Best PI Paperback Original: Lori Armstrong Snow Blind
St. Charles, IL: Medallion Press, 2008
 

 


 

Shamus Award 2008

 

The Eye: Joe Gores    
Best PI Hardcover: Reed Farrel Coleman Soul Patch
Madison, WI: Bleak House Books, 2007
 
Best First PI Novel: Sean Chercover Big City, Bad Blood
New York: William Morrow, 2007
Best PI Paperback Original: Richard Aleas Songs of Innocence
New York: Dorchester, 2007
Lieder der Unschuld
Berlin: Rotbuch, 2009

 


 

Shamus Award 2007

 

The Eye: Stuart M. Kaminsky    
Best PI Hardcover: Ken Bruen The Dramatist
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006
Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland: Brandon, 2004
Ein Drama für Jack Taylor
Zürich: Atrium Verlag, 2011
Best First PI Novel: Declan Hughes The Wrong Kind of Blood
New York: William Morrow, 2006
London: John Murray, 2006
Blut von meinem Blut
Reinbek: Rowohlt, 2006
Best PI Paperback Original: P.J. Parrish An Unquiet Grave
New York: Kensington Books, 2006
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 2006

 

The Eye: Max Allan Collins    
Best PI Hardcover: Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer
Boston: Little, Brown, 2005
Der Mandant
München: Heyne, 2007
Best First PI Novel: Louise Ure Forcing Amaryllis
New York: Mysterious Press, 2005
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Reed Farrell Coleman The James Deans
New York: Plume, 2005
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 2005

 

The Eye: Sara Paretsky    
Best PI Hardcover: Ed Wright While I Disappear
New York: Putnam's, 2004
 
Best First PI Novel: Ingrid Black The Dead
London: Headline, 2003
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004
Der siebte Tag
München: Bertelsmann, 2004
Best PI Paperback Original: Max Phillips Fade to Blonde
New York: Dorchester Pub., 2004
Tödlich Blond
Berlin: Rotbuch, 2009

 

 


 

Shamus Award 2004

 

The Eye: Donald E. Westlake    
Best PI Hardcover: Ken Bruen The Guards
Dingle: Brandon, 2001
New York: St. Martin's, 2003
Jack Taylor fliegt raus
Zürich: Atrium, 2009
Best First PI Novel: Peter Spiegelman Black Maps
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Andy Straka Cold Quarry
New York: Signet, 2003
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 2003

 

The Eye: Sue Grafton  
Best PI Hardcover: James W. Hall Blackwater Sound
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002
Best First PI Novel: Eddie Muller The Distance
New York: Scribner's, 2002
Best PI Paperback Original: D. Daniel Judson The Poisoned Rose
New York: Bantam Books, 2002

 

 


 

Shamus Award 2002

 

The Eye: Lawrence Block  
Best PI Hardcover: S.J. Rozan Reflecting the Sky
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001
Best First PI Novel: David Fulmer Chasing the Devil's Tail
Scottsdale, Az.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2001
Best PI Paperback Original: Lyda Morehouse Archangel Protocol
New York: New American Library, 2001

 

 


 

Shamus Award 2001

 

Best PI Hardcover: Carolina Garcia-Aguilera Havana Heat
New York: William Morrow, 2000
Best First PI Novel: Bob Truluck Street Level
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000
Best PI Paperback Original: Thomas Lipinski Death in the Steel City
New York: Avon Twilight, 2000

 

 


 

Shamus Award 2000

 

The Eye: Edward D. Hoch    
Best PI Hardcover: Don Winslow California Fire and Life
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999
 
Best First PI Novel: John Connolly Every Dead Thing
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999
Das schwarze Herz
München: Ullstein, 2000
Best PI Paperback Original: Laura Lippman In Big Trouble
New York: Avon Books, 1999
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1999

 

The Eye: Maxine O'Callaghan    
Best PI Hardcover: Bill Pronzini Boobytrap
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1998
 
Best First PI Novel: Steve Hamilton Cold Day in Paradise
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998
Ein kalter Tag im Paradies
Köln: DuMont, 2001
Best PI Paperback Original: Steven Womack Murder Manual
New York: Ballantine Books, 1998
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1998

 

Best PI Hardcover: Terence Faherty Come Back Dead
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997
 
Best First PI Novel: Rick Riordan Big Red Tequila
New York: Bantam Books, 1997
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Laura Lippmann Charm City
New York: Avon Books, 1997
Charm City
Hamburg: Rotbuch Verlag, 2003

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1997

 

The Eye: Stephen Marlowe    
Best PI Hardcover: Robert Crais Sunset Express
New York: Hyperion, 1996
Falsches Spiel in L.A.
Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1997
Best First PI Novel: Carol Lea Benjamin This Dog for Hire
New York: Walker & Co., 1996
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Harlan Coben Fade Away
New York: Dell, 1996
Der Insider
München: Goldmann, 2007

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1996

 

Best PI Hardcover: S. J. Rozan Concourse
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995
Best First PI Novel: Richard Barre The Innocents
New York: Walker & Co., 1995
Best PI Paperback Original: William Jaspersohn Native Angels
New York: Bantam Books, 1995

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1995

 

The Eye: John Lutz und Robert B. Parker    
Best PI Hardcover: Sue Grafton "K" is for Killer
New York: Henry Holt, 1994
Frau in der Nacht
München: Goldmann, 1995
Best First PI Novel: Dennis Lehane A Drink Before the War
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994
Ein letzter Drink
Zürich: Diogenes, 2016
Berlin: Ullstein, 1999 u.d.T. »Streng vertraulich!«
Best PI Paperback Original: Ed Goldberg Served Cold
Portland, Or.: West Coast Crime, 1994
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1994

 

The Eye: Stephen J. Cannell    
Best PI Hardcover: Lawrence Block The Devil Knows You're Dead
New York: William Morrow, 1993
Der Teufel weiß alles
München: Haffmans bei Heyne, 1995
Best First PI Novel: Lynn S. Hightower Satan's Lambs
New York: Walker & Co, 1993
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Rodman Philbrick Brothers and Sinners
Toronto: Penguin Canada, 1993
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1993

 

The Eye: Marcia Muller    
Best PI Hardcover: Harold Adams The Man Who Was Taller Than God
New York: Walker & Co, 1992
Große Männer sterben schnell
München: Goldmann, 1994
Best First PI Novel: John Straley The Woman Who Married a Bear
New York: Soho Press, 1992
Die Frau des Bären
Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1993
Best PI Paperback Original: Marele Day The Last Tango of Dolores Delgardo
St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1992
Der letzte Tango der Dolores Delgardo
Hamburg: Argument Verlag, 1997

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1992

 

The Eye: Joseph Hansen    
Best PI Hardcover: Max Allan Collins Stolen Away
New York: Bantam Books, 1991
Kidnapping
Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, 1993
Best First PI Novel: Thomas D. Davis Suffer Little Children
New York: Walker & Co., 1991
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Paul Kemprecos Cool Blue Tomb
New York: Bantam Books, 1991
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1991

 

The Eye: Roy Huggins    
Best PI Hardcover: Sue Grafton "G" is for Gumshoe
New York: Henry Holt, 1990
Hoher Einsatz
München: Goldmann, 2001
G wie Galgenfrist
Frankfurt/M.: Fischer, 1992
Best First PI Novel: Walter Mosley Devil in a Blue Dress
New York: W. W. Norton, 1990
Der Teufel in Blau
München: Knaus, 1992
Best PI Paperback Original: W. Glenn Duncan Rafferty: Fatal Sisters
Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1990
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1990

 

Best PI Hardcover: Jonathan Valin Extenuating Circumstances
New York: Delacorte Press, 1989
Mildernde Umstände
München: Heyne, 1990
Best First PI Novel: Karen Kijewski Katwalk
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989
Ein Fall für Kat
München: Heyne, 1990
Best PI Paperback Original: Rob Kantner Hell's Only Half Full
New York: Bantam Books, 1989
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1989

 

Best PI Hardcover: John Lutz Kiss
New York: Henry Holt, 1988
Ein Tropfen Tod
München: Goldmann, 1991
Best First PI Novel: Gar Anthony Haywood Fear of the Dark
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988
Schwarz weiss tot
Berlin: Rotbuch, 1990
Best PI Paperback Original: Rob Kantner Dirty Work
New York: Bantam Books, 1988
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1988

 

The Eye: Dennis Lynds (aka Michael Collins) & Wade Miller
Best PI Hardcover: Benjamin Schutz A Tax in Blood
New York: Tom Doherty, 1987
Krieg in den Strassen
Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, 1991
Best First PI Novel: Michael Allegretto Death on the Rocks
New York: Scribner's, 1987
Sterben on the Rocks
Bern u.a.: Scherz, 1995
Best PI Paperback Original: L. J. Washburn Wild Night
New York: Tom Doherty, 1987

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1987

 

The Eye: Bill Pronzini    
Best PI Hardcover: Jeremiah Healy Staked Goat
New York: Harper & Row, 1986
 
Best First PI Novel: J. W. Rider Jersey Tomatoes
New York: Arbor House, 1986
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Rob Kantner The Back-Door Man
New York: Bantam Books, 1986
Der Jazz-Mann
Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, 1994

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1986

 

The Eye: Richard S. Prather    
Best PI Hardcover: Sue Grafton "B" Is for Burglar
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986
In aller Stille
München: Goldmann, 1997
B wie Bruch
Frankfurt/M.: Ullstein, 1987
Best First PI Novel: Wayne Warga Hardcover
New York: Arbor House, 1985
 
Best PI Paperback Original: Earl Emerson Poverty Bay
New York: Avon Books, 1985
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1985

 

The Eye: Howard Browne    
Best PI Hardcover: Loren D. Estleman Sugartown
Boston: Hougthon Mifflin, 1984
Frühling in Detroit
Frankfurt/M.: Ullstein, 1986
Best First PI Novel: Jack Early A Creative Kind of Killer
New York: F. Watts, 1984
Die sinnliche Polizistin
Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, 1992
Best PI Paperback Original: Warren Murphy The Ceiling of Hell
New York: Fawcett Crest, 1984
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1984

 

The Eye: William Campbell Gault    
Best PI Hardcover: Max Allan Collins True Detective
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983
Chicago 1933
Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, 1985
Best PI Paperback Original: Paul Engleman Dead in Center Field
New York: Ballantine Books, 1983
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1983

 

The Eye: Mickey Spillane    
Best PI Hardcover: Lawrence Block Eight Million Ways to Die
New York: Arbor House, 1982
Acht Millionen Wege zu sterben
New York: LB Productions, 2017
Viele Wege führen zu Mord
München: Heyne, 1985
Best PI Paperback Original: William Campbell Gault The Cana Diversion
Toronto, New York: Worldwide, 1982
 

 

 


 

Shamus Award 1982

 

The Eye: Ross Macdonald    
Best PI Hardcover: Bill Pronzini Hoodwink
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981
Nostalgie mit Todesfolge
München: Droemer Knaur, 1983
Best PI Paperback Original: Max Byrd California Thriller
New York: Bantam Books, 1981
Die Wurzeln des Übels
München: Heyne, 1982

 

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