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 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. They have been awarded since 2002 in several categories:
- Best Mystery
- Best Thriller
- Best First Novel
- Best Crime Fiction Website
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Categories
Prize winners by category
Best Mystery (2002/3: "Best Novel")
Best Thriller
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 |