Annal:1989 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel
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Results of the Shamus Award in the year 1989. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Kiss: A Fred Carver Mystery
- 1989 Shamus-Novel winner
- Score: 10.39
Fred Carver is hired by his good friend, Lieutenant Alfonso DeSoto of the Orlando police to investigate the death of his uncle at Sunhaven, a local nursing home. Carver is harassed by Raphael Ortiz, a viciously depraved thug bent on discouraging Carver from investigating Sunhaven.
Before he can solve this shocking case he must battle to stay alive, and confront some personal demons of his own in the process.
