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PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS VIRTUAL PANEL
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 1-2:30 PM

Three working Private Investigators will discuss what they do and how writers can get it write. The panel, Joe Koenig, Sheila Wysocki and John A. Hoda, will be moderated by Gay Toltl Kinman, President of the Private Eye Writers of America.

 Register now for this event on Sunday, September 15, 1-2:30 PST. The program is co-sponsored by PWA and MWASoCal and is brought to us by crowdcast, thanks to Travis Richardson, immediate Past President of MWASoCal. 

Go to the link and click "Save My Spot". You will get a confirmation email and link to join.  

THE 2024 SHAMUS AWARDS Finalists

The winners for Shamus Awards will be announced at the Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies in Nashville, Tennessee Thursday, August 29th 6:30 to 8:00pm (Delta Ballroom A, floor 2) Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center   

BEST PI HARDCOVER

   Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur Books)
Go Find Daddy by Steve Goble (Oceanview Publishing)
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen (Forge Books
Heart of the Nile by Will Thomas (Minotaur Books)

BEST ORIGINAL PI PAPERBACK

Drums Guns ’N’ Money by Jonathan J. Brown (Down & Out Books)
Gillespie Field Groove by Corey Lynn Fayman (Konstellation Press)
The Truth We Hide by Liz Milliron (Level Best Books)
Bring the Night by J.R. Sanders (Level Best Books)
Liar’s Dice by Gabriel Valjan (Level Best Books) )

BEST  PI SHORT STORY

  “Errand for a Neighbor” by Bill Bassman (January/February 2023, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“Beyond Belief” by Libby Cudmore (May 2023, Tough)
“The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow” by Sean McCluskey (January/February 2023, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“Imperfect Data” by Bob Tippee (January/February 2023, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
“Making the Bad Guys Nervous” by Joseph S. Walker (2023, Black Cat Weekly #102)