The Gumshoe Awards

The Gumshoe Awards er internasjonale kriminallitterære priser utdelt årlig siden 2002 av en gruppe amerikanske litteratur-kritikere med særlig interesse for kriminallitteratur.

Prisene går til beste innenlandske originalutgivelser og beste oversatte verk utgitt i USA i foregående år. Det utdeles også ærspriser for særlig gode livslange prestasjoner. Priskategoriene har variert noe, men var i 2008:

  • Beste mysteriekrim
  • Beste thriller
  • Beste debutroman
  • Beste nettsted for kriminallitteratur

Prisvinnere

2008

  • Best Mystery: James Lee Burke, for The Tin Roof Blowdown
  • Best Thriller: Robert Crais, for The Watchman
  • Best First Novel: Sean Chercover, for Big City, Bad Blood
  • Best Crime Fiction Website: The Thrilling Detective Web Site
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Donald E. Westlake

2007

  • Best Mystery: Julia Spencer-Felming, for All Mortal Flesh
  • Best Thriller: Robert Ferrigno, for Prayers for the Assassin
  • Best European Crime Novel: Karin Fossum, for When the Devil Holds the Candle
  • Best First Novel: John Hart, for The King of Lies
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert B. Parker

2006

  • Best Mystery: Laura Lippman, for To the Power of Three
  • Best Thriller: Joseph Finder, for Company Man
  • Best European Crime Novel: Robert Wilson, for The Vanished Hands
  • Best First Novel: Randall Hicks, for The Baby Game
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Ed McBain

2005

  • Best Mystery: Jim Fusilli, for Hard, Hard City
  • Best Thriller: Barry Eisler, for Rain Storm
  • Best European Crime Novel: Henning Mankell, for The Return of the Dancing Master (Danslärarens återkomst)
  • Best First Novel: Dylan Schaffer , for Misdemeanor Man
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Lawrence Block

2004

  • Best Novel: Steve Hamilton, for Blood Is The Sky
  • Best First Novel: P.J. Tracy, for Monkeewrench
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Ruth Rendell

2003

  • Best Novel: George P. Pelecanos, for Hell To Pay
  • Best First Novel: Eddie Muller, for The Distance
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Dick Francis

2002

  • Best Novel: Thomas Perry, for Pursuit
  • Best First Novel: C. J. Box, for Open Season
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Ross Thomas

Eksterne lenker

  • Mystery Ink: The Gumshoe Awards
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