History
'The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction 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.'
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamus_Award#targetText=The%20Shamus%20Award%20is%20awarded,achievement%20in%20private%20eye%20fiction.)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1993
winner y
The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado
St Leonards
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Allen and Unwin
,
1992
Z449283
1992
single work
novel
crime
'Claudia Valentine has been hired to look after Dolores Delgado. Hanging out with this exotic and beautiful creature is more like fun than work - until the day Dolores drops dead.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Works About this Award
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Break of Day 1994 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 8 January 1994; (p. 24-26)
