Annal:1986 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel
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Results of the Shamus Award in the year 1986. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel
- Mystery/Suspense books
- Mystery/Suspense authors.
Poverty Bay: A Thomas Black Mystery
- 1986 Shamus-Paperback winner
- Score: 10.36
As sole heir to his beloved granddaddy’s fortune, noble and naive Lance Tyner wants to use the money for the good of mankind. But some not-so-good specimens of the species—including Lance’s conniving father, sleazy brother, and spoiled sister—have much more selfish plans in mind.
Now Lance has vanished. And P.I. Thomas Black must follow his trail into the sad and scary places where the dregs of humanity struggle to stay alive—and where men like Lance and Black too often end up dead….
