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
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