# Gumshoe Awards

The Gumshoe Awards are an American award for popular crime fiction literary works. The Gumshoe Awards are awarded annually by the American Internet magazine Mystery Ink (not to be confused with Mystery Inc.) to recognize the best achievements in crime fiction. The nominated books were chosen from those published for the first time in the United States in English (or English translation). They have been awarded since 2002 in several categories:
* Best Mystery
* Best Thriller
* Best First Novel
* Best Crime Fiction Website
* Lifetime Achievement Award
In 2005 a new award category was introduced: Best European Crime Novel.

## Categories

| Category | Title | Initially awarded | Notes |
| Best Novel | Best Mystery | 2002 | In 2002/3 this was titled "Best Novel" |
| | Best Thriller | 2005 | |
| | Best European Crime Novel | 2005 | |
| | Best First Novel | 2002 | |
| | Lifetime Achievement | 2002 | |
| | Best Crime Fiction Website | 2002 | 2002/3: "Best Author Website" |

## Prize winners by category
### Best Mystery (2002/3: "Best Novel")

| Year | Prize winner | Title | Publisher |
| 2002 | Thomas Perry | Pursuit | Random House, New York 2001 |
| 2003 | George P. Pelecanos | Hell to Pay | Little, Brown & Co., Boston 2002 |
| 2004 | Steve Hamilton | Blood is the Sky | Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2003 |
| 2005 | Jim Fusilli | Hard, Hard City | Putnam's, New York 2004 |
| 2006 | Laura Lippman | To the Power of the Three | William Morrow, New York 2005 |
| 2007 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | All Mortal Flesh | Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2006 |
| 2008 | James Lee Burke | The Tin Roof Blowdown | Simon & Schuster, New York 2007 |

### Best Thriller

| Year | Prize Winner | Title | Publisher |
| 2005 | Barry Eisler | Rain Storm | Putnam's, New York 2004 |
| 2006 | Joseph Finder | Company Man | St. Martin's Press, New York 2005 |
| 2007 | Robert Ferrigno | Prayers for the Assassin | Scribner, New York 2006 |
| 2008 | Robert Crais | The Watchman | Simon & Schuster, New York 2007 |

### Best European Crime Novel

Not awarded: 2008
| Year | Prize Winner | Nationality | Title | Publisher |
| 2005 | Henning Mankell | Swedish | The Return of the Dancing Master | The New Press, New York 2003 |
| 2006 | Robert Wilson | British | The Vanished Hands | Harcourt, New York 2006 |
| 2007 | Karin Fossum | Norwegian | When the Devil Holds the Candle | Harcourt, New York 2006 |

### Best First Novel

| Year | Prize Winner | Title | Publisher |
| 2002 | C. J. Box | Open Season | Putnam's, New York 2001 |
| 2003 | Eddie Muller | The Distance | Scribner, New York 2002 |
| 2004 | P.J. Tracy | Monkeewrench | Putnam's, New York 2003 |
| 2005 | Dylan Schaffer | Misdemeanor Man | Bloomsbury, New York 2004 |
| 2006 | Randall Hicks | The Baby Game | Wordslinger Press, San Diego 2005 |
| 2007 | John Hart | The King of Lies | St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2006 |
| 2008 | Sean Chercover | Big City, Bad Blood | William Morrow, New York 2007 |

### Lifetime Achievement

| Year | Prize Winner | Nationality |
| 2002 | Ross Thomas | United States |
| 2003 | Dick Francis | United Kingdom |
| 2004 | Ruth Rendell | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Lawrence Block | United States |
| 2006 | Ed McBain | United States |
| 2007 | Robert B. Parker | United States |
| 2008 | Donald E. Westlake | United States |

### Best Crime Fiction Website (2002/3: "Best Author Website")

| Year | Prize Winner | Website | |
| 2002 | Lee Child | Official Site of Lee Child and Jack Reacher | Author site |
| 2003 | Michael Connelly | Official Website of Bestselling Author Mike Connelly | Author site |
| 2004 | Sarah Weinman | Confessions of Idiosyncratic Mind | Weblog |
| 2005 | January Magazine's Crime Fiction Section | January Magazine | Literature-Online magazine |
| 2006 | CrimeSpot.net (Graham Powell) | CrimeSpot.net | Weblog |
| 2007 | Demolition Magazine | Demolition Magazine | Literature-Online magazine |
| 2008 | The Thrilling Detective Web Site | Thrilling Detective | Website (Kevin Burton Smith) |