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Gumshoe Awards

Gumshoe Awards

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The Gumshoe Awards are an American award for popular crime fiction literary works. The Gumshoe Awards are awarded annually by the American Internet magazine Mystery Ink (not to be confused with Mystery Inc.) to recognize the best achievements in crime fiction. The nominated books were chosen from those published for the first time in the United States in English (or English translation). They have been awarded since 2002 in several categories:[1]

  • Best Mystery
  • Best Thriller
  • Best First Novel
  • Best Crime Fiction Website
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
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In 2005 a new award category was introduced: Best European Crime Novel.[1]

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Prize winners by category

Best Mystery (2002/3: "Best Novel")

Year Prize winner Title Publisher
2002 Thomas Perry Pursuit Random House, New York 2001
2003 George P. Pelecanos Hell to Pay Little, Brown & Co., Boston 2002
2004 Steve Hamilton Blood is the Sky Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2003
2005 Jim Fusilli Hard, Hard City Putnam's, New York 2004
2006 Laura Lippman To the Power of the Three William Morrow, New York 2005
2007 Julia Spencer-Fleming All Mortal Flesh Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2006
2008 James Lee Burke The Tin Roof Blowdown Simon & Schuster, New York 2007

Best Thriller

Year Prize Winner Title Publisher
2005 Barry Eisler Rain Storm Putnam's, New York 2004
2006 Joseph Finder Company Man St. Martin's Press, New York 2005
2007 Robert Ferrigno Prayers for the Assassin Scribner, New York 2006
2008 Robert Crais The Watchman Simon & Schuster, New York 2007

Best European Crime Novel

Not awarded: 2008

Year Prize Winner Nationality Title Publisher
2005 Henning Mankell Swedish The Return of the Dancing Master The New Press, New York 2003
2006 Robert Wilson British The Vanished Hands Harcourt, New York 2006
2007 Karin Fossum Norwegian When the Devil Holds the Candle Harcourt, New York 2006

Best First Novel

Year Prize Winner Title
 Publisher
2002 C. J. Box Open Season Putnam's, New York 2001
2003 Eddie Muller The Distance Scribner, New York 2002
2004 P.J. Tracy Monkeewrench Putnam's, New York 2003
2005 Dylan Schaffer Misdemeanor Man Bloomsbury, New York 2004
2006 Randall Hicks The Baby Game Wordslinger Press, San Diego 2005
2007 John Hart The King of Lies St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2006
2008 Sean Chercover Big City, Bad Blood William Morrow, New York 2007

Lifetime Achievement

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Best Crime Fiction Website (2002/3: "Best Author Website")

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Mystery Ink list of awards Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Official Site of Lee Child and Jack Reacher". Retrieved 2009-02-27.,
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    "Official Website of Bestselling Author Mike Connelly". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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    "Confessions of Idiosyncratic Mind". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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    "January Magazine Crime Fiction". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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    "CrimeSpot.net". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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    "Demolition Magazine". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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    "Thrilling Detective". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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