Annal:1992 Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Shamus Award in the year 1992. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1992 Shamus-1st Novel winner
- Score: 10.42
For many of the inhabitants of Azaela, California, life centers around the Reverend Vernon Bauer’s church. But when Bauer’s son Billy, disappears, few seem willing to help private investigator Dave Strickland find him.
The January Corpse: A Dave Garrett Mystery
- 1992 Shamus-1st Novel nominee
- Score: 6.42
Set in Pennsylvania Amish country, this new mystery series introduces disbarred lawyer, now P.I., Dave Garrett. Searching for a man who disappeared seven years ago and is presumed dead, Garrett encounters some people who don’t want the dead man found—and will kill to keep it that way. “An exceptional first mystery.”—Publishers Weekly.
A Cool Breeze on the Underground: A Neal Carey Mystery
- 1992 Edgar-1st Novel nominee
- 1992 Shamus-1st Novel nominee
- Score: 12.42
Neal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on the streets of New York, usually on the wrong side of the law. Then he met Joe Graham, a one-armed P.I. who introduced him to the Bank, an exclusive New England institution with a sideline in keeping its wealthy clients happy and out of trouble. They pay Neal’s college tuition, and Neal gets an education that can’t be found in any textbook—from learning how to trail a suspect to mastering the proper way to search a room.
Now its payback time. The Bank wants Neal…
