The 5th Annual Gumshoe Awards are given by Mystery Ink to recognize the best achievements in crime fiction. This year's nominees were chosen from books first published in the United States in 2005.
Best Mystery:
Laura Lippman - To the Power of Three (William Morrow)
The Nominees:
As Dog Is My Witness by Jeffrey Cohen (Bancroft Press)
The
James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman (Plume)
Savage
Garden by Denise Hamilton (Scribner)
The
Wheelman by Duane Swierczynski (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Best Thriller:
Joseph Finder -
Company Man (St. Martin's Press)
The Nominees:
The
Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
The
Only Suspect by Jonnie Jacobs (Kensington)
Falls the Shadow by William Lashner (William Morrow)
Creepers by David Morrell (CDS Books)
Best European Crime Novel:
Robert Wilson -
The
Vanished Hands (Harcourt)
The Nominees:
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde (Viking)
Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie (Hard Case Crime)
Jar
City by Arnaldur Indridason (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Have
Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas (Simon & Schuster)
Best First Novel:
Randall Hicks -
The
Baby Game (Wordslinger Press)
The Nominees:
The
Color of Law by Mark Gimenez (Doubleday)
Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein (Carroll & Graf)
Sacred
Cows by Karen E. Olson (Mysterious Press)
Beneath a Panamanian Moon by David Terrenoire (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Lifetime Achievement:
Ed McBain
The late Ed McBain was the master of the police procedural and a true giant among crime writers. His death in 2005 robbed the world of one of the genre's true literary talents, but his work will live on in perpetuity. (See our tribute essay to Ed McBain.)
Best Crime Fiction Website:
CrimeSpot.net
www.crimespot.net
The brainchild of crime fiction enthusiast Graham Powell, CrimeSpot.net brings together the latest posts from the world of mystery-related blogs, all in one convenient site. Updated throughout the day, CrimeSpot.net allows readers to explore the breadth of the crime blogosphere with a minimum of time and energy.
