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      The brainchild of editor/anthologist/author/bookstore-owner Otto Penzler, the Mysterious Press has recently returned to life and now works with Open Road Media as an electronic book publisher. It is already republishing the work of a lot of classic authors, with more books on the way.
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      "Ostara Publishing re-issues titles that have unjustifiably become unavailable either through the ravages of time or the forces of publishing economics. We specialise in Crime and Thriller fiction titles and our range goes from the1920s through to the 21st century. We publish thematically and currently have six series available. All our titles are published in a 'trade paperback' format and printed to order."
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    June 26, 2013

    All Up for the Shamus

    A shamus, of course, is a private eye - don't ask the origins of the word, which appear to be related in a rather murky fashion to either Yiddish or Irish or maybe even both. As far as crime fiction is concerned, it's a private eye - which is why the Private Eye Writers of America use the name for their Shamus Awards, presented annually.

    All of which is to say that the PWA has come out with its list of finalists for this year's Shamus Awards, presented to books originally published in 2012. This year's nominees are:

    BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL

    • Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins
    • Taken by Robert Crais
    • Hunting Sweetie Rose by Jack Fredrickson
    • Blues in the Night by Dick Lochte
    • The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

    BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL

    • Hush Money by Chuck Greaves
    • Murder Unscripted by Clive Rosengren
    • Black Fridays by Michael Sears
    • Racing the Devil by Jaden Terrell
    • The Twenty-Year Death by Ariel S. Winter

    BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL

    • Death Warmed Over by Kevin J. Anderson
    • And She Was by Alison Gaylin
    • Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough
    • False Negative by Joseph Koenig
    • Pulse by John Lutz

    BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

    • "The Sequel" by Jeffrey Deaver in The Strand
    • "After Cana" by Terence Faherty in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
    • "O'Nelligan and the Lost Fates" by Michael Nethercott in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
    • "Illegitimati Non Carborundum" by Stephen D. Rogers in Crimespree
    • "Ghost Negligence" by John Shepphird in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

    BEST INDIE P.I. NOVEL

    • Stranger in Town by Cheryl Bradshaw
    • Enamorted by O'Neil De Noux
    • One-Eyed Jack by Christopher J. Lynch
    • White Heat by Paul Marks
    • Devil May Care by James Mullaney

     The awards will be presented at a banquet this September in Albany, New York, where, not so much by coincidence, mystery readers and writers will be gathered to celebrate the annual mystery blowout called Bouchercon. There are some really fine authors on this list, and congratulations are due to all the nominees.

    Hat tip to Janet Rudolph at Mystery Fanfare for pointing them out.

     

    Posted at 07:14 PM in General Suggestions, Modern Masters, Private Eyes, Short Stories |

    Tags: mysteries, mystery, mystery awards, private eye writers of America, pwa, shamus awards

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