The Private Eye Writers of America announced the finalists for the annual Shamus Awards for excellence in the field of private investigator crime fiction. The winners, chosen from works published in 2020, will be announced in the fall. (HT to Guns, Gams, & Gumshoes)

Best Original Private Eye Paperback

• Farewell Las Vegas by Grant Bywaters / Wild Rose Press
• All Kinds of Ugly by Ralph Dennis / Brash Books
• Brittle Karma by Richard Helms / Black Arch Books
• Remember My Face by John Lantigua / Arte Publico
• Damaged Goods by Debbi Mack / Renegade Press

Best Private Eye Short Story 

• “A Dreamboat Gambol” by O’Neil De Noux in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
• “Mustang Sally” by John M. Floyd in Black Cat Mystery Magazine
• “Setting the Pick” by April Kelly in Mystery Weekly Magazine
• “Show and Zeller” by Gordon Linzer in Black Cat Mystery Magazine
• “Nashua River Floater” by Tom MacDonald in Coast to Coast Noir

 Best Private Eye Novel

• What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark / Kensington
• Do No Harm by Max Allan Collins / Tor Forge
• Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle / Oceanview
• House on Fire by Joseph Finder / Dutton
• And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall / Tor Forge

Best First Private Eye Novel

• Squatter’s Rights by Kevin R. Doyle / Camel Press
• Derailed by Mary Keliikoa / Epicenter Press
• I Know Where You Sleep by Alan Orloff / Down & Out Books
• The Missing American by Kwei Quartey / Soho
• Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden / Ecco