The winners of the 2022 Shamus Awards, for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2021, were announced August 4 by the Private Eye Writers of America.

BEST PI HARDCOVER

• Family Business by S. J. Rozan (Pegasus)

BEST ORIGINAL PI PAPERBACK

• Every City Is Every Other City by John McFetridge (ECW Press)

BEST FIRST PI NOVEL

• Lost Little Girl by Gregory Stout (Level Best Books) 

BEST PI SHORT STORY

•  “Sweeps Week” by Richard Helms (EQMM July/August)

 [Thanks to Todd Mason for the story.]