The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2006 Shamus Awards (for works published in
2005). Needless to say, I was thrilled by their choices…though I fear I don’t stand a chance against Crais, Connelly, and Mosley. But wow, it sure is nice to be included in their company. The awards will be
presented on Sept. 29, 2006, at the PWA’s 25 Anniversary Banquet in
Madison, WI, which will be held during the Bouchercon World Mystery
Convention.
Best Hardcover
Oblivion by Peter Abrahams (Wm. Morrow), featuring Nick Petrov.
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown), featuring Mickey Haller.
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais (Doubleday), featuring Elvis Cole.
In A Teapot by Terence Faherty (Crum Creek Press), featuring Scott Elliot.
The Man with the Iron-On Badge by Lee Goldberg (Five Star), featuring Harvey Mapes.
Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley (Little, Brown), featuring Easy Rawlins.
Best Paperback Original
Falling Down by David Cole (Avon), featuring Laura Winslow.
The James Deans by Reed Farrell Coleman (Plume), featuring Moe Prager.
Deadlocked by Joel Goldman (Pinnacle), featuring Lou Mason.
Cordite Wine by Richard Helms (Back Alley Books), featuring Eamon Gold.
A Killing Rain by PJ Parrish (Pinnacle), featuring Louis Kincaid.
Best First Novel
Blood Ties by Lori G. Armstrong (Medallion), featuring Julie Collins.
Still River by Harry Hunsicker (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur), featuring Lee Henry
Oswald.>The Devil’s Right Hand by J. D. Rhoades (St. Martin Minotaur), featuring Jack Keller.
Forcing Amaryllis by Louise Ure (Mysterious Press – Warner), featuring Calla Gentry.
Best Short Story
“Oh, What a Tangled Lanyard We Weave” by Parnell Hall. Murder Most Crafty (Berkley),
featuring Stanley Hastings.“Two Birds with One Stone” by Jeremiah Healy. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2005, featuring John Francis Cuddy.
“The Big Road” by Steve Hockensmith. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May 2005, featuring Larry Erie.
“A Death in Ueno” by Michael Wiecek. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, March 2005 featuring Masakazu Sakonju.
“The Breaks” by Timothy Williams. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2005 featuring Charlie Raines.
Congratulations, Lee. It’s a nomination that’s well-deserved.
Congratulations. Hopefully the nomination will drum up some interest in a paperback sale.
Think Rocky.
And congratulations!
Congrats! A well-deserved honor.
You, too, JD. (For those who haven’t noticed, he was nominated too)
Chadwick,
God, I hope so. If I can get a mass market sale, then I can probably get a sequel out of it, too. And I’d love to write another Harvey Mapes.
Lee
No matter what the verdict is, you have grasped the brass ring. There’s a lot of excellent competition out there.
Lee –
Congrat on your well deserved nomination.
That’s great, Lee. Good luck!
Mark
Congratulations, Lee! And very well-deserved!
Way to go, Lee.
Sweet, Lee. Congrats!
Way to go Lee. Long live Harvey.
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In a continuing effort toward world Goldberg domination, Lee is a finalist for the coveted Shamus Award, given to the best Private I novel of the year.The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2006 Shamus
Lee, you’re definitely in excellent company. I’ve read all of those books except the Mosely and the Faherty. “Oblivion” is a very unusual book by an author I hadn’t read before, and highly recommended, as are all the others.
Congrats, Lee! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you that this’ll help lead to a sequel, too!
Congratulations, Lee!
Congratulations. That’s a well-deserved nomination, and I hope someone does pick up the PB rights, too.
OK Lee, finally the recognition your deserve. Remember our conversation awile bacj when I told you BADGE was this good…..Congratulations. I hope with this nomination that we wil see a sequel now.
Congratulations and good luck, Lee!
Thank you for all the felicitations…(that may be the first time I have ever used that word).
I have to say it’s great to see so many of my friends among the nominees. We’ve spent the day trading kudos back and forth. I’m looking forward to the banquet…it’s going to be a fun night.
Lee
Congratulations, Lee! Good luck!
A toast of the Coffee Cup to you, Lee, and m’man Harvey.
Glad to see the book’s getting some of the recognition it deserves!
Congratulations, Lee. It’s a terrific book and deserves to win.
Been a tad busy elsewhere, but many,many congrats, Lee! I’m rooting for ‘ya!