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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