The 2022 Shamus Award nominees, for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2021, were revealed June 2 by John Shepphird, Chairperson for the Shamus Awards. The winners will be announced in August.

BEST PI HARDCOVER

• Runner by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
• Last Redemption by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
• Pay Or Play by Howard Michael Gould (Severn House)
• Family Business by S. J. Rozan (Pegasus)
• Head Case by Michael Wiley (Severn House)

BEST ORIGINAL PI PAPERBACK

• Every City Is Every Other City by John McFetridge (ECW Press)
• The Burden of Innocence by John Nardizzi (Weathertop Media Co.)
• Angels in the Wind by Manuel Ramos (Arte Pὐblico Press)
• Frog in a Bucket by Clive Rosengren (Coffeetown Press)
• An Empty Grave by Andrew Welsh-Huggins (Swallow Press)

BEST FIRST PI NOVEL

• Porno Valley by Phillip Elliot (Into The Void) 
• Dead Man’s Eyes by Lori Duffy Foster (Level Best Books) 
• Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nieza (Putnam) 
• The Arrangement by M. Ravenel (Chikara Press) 
• Lost Little Girl by Gregory Stout (Level Best Books) 

BEST PI SHORT STORY

• “Disposable Women” by Michael Bracken (ToughCrime.com) 
• “Sixteen Lies” by Matt Goldman (EQMM September/October) 
• “Sweeps Week” by Richard Helms (EQMM July/August)
• “Oro De Tontos (Fool’s Gold)” by Tom Larsen (AHMM November/December)
• “The Hidden Places” by Linda Stansberry (EQMM May/June)

[Thanks to Todd Mason and Cat Eldridge for the story.]