= Private investigator) genre novels and short stories of the year.
The Prize is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction.
Starting in 2003, the Shamus Awards are sometimes (2003, 2007–2009, 2011–2016) announced during the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, at the convention's PWA Awards Banquet.
[1] Minotaur Books, 2018 Oceanview Publishing, 2019 Oceanview Publishing, 2019 Pegasus Crime, 2021 Mulholland Books, 2022 MCD Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2018 Soho Crime, 2020 Redhook Books, 2018 James D.F.
Hannah, 2019 Barbados Hall Communications, 2020 (Not awarded in 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2020)