Awards and Nominations

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The Bitterest Pill

  • Scribe Award (Winner)

What You Break

  • Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Where It Hurts

  • Edgar Award: Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Shamus Award Best PI Novel (Winner)
  • Anthony Award Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Thriller Award Best Hardcover Novel (Finalist)
  • Barry Award Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Booklist Starred Review
  • Library Journal Starred Review
  • Publishers Weekly Starred Review

The Hollow Girl

  • Barry Award: Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Shamus Award: Novel (Finalist)

Onion Street

  • Booklist Starred Review
  • Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Gun Church

  • Audie Award: Best Original Work (Winner)
  • Booklist Starred Review

Hurt Machine

  • Anthony Award: Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Barry Award: Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Tower (with Ken Bruen)

  • Crimespree Magazine: Best Novel (Winner)
  • Macavity Award: Best Novel (Winner)
  • Spinetingler Magazine: Best Novel – Legends (Winner)
  • Anthony Award: Best Paperback Original (Finalist)
  • INDIEFAB Award: Book of the Year (Finalist)

Empty Ever After

  • Shamus Award: Best Hardcover (Winner)

Soul Patch

  • Shamus Award: Best Hardcover (Winner)
  • Barry Award: Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Edgar Award: Best Novel (Finalist)
  • Macavity Award: Best Novel (Finalist)

The James Deans

  • Anthony Award: Best Paperback Original (Winner)
  • Barry Award: Best Paperback Original (Winner)
  • Shamus Award: Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel (Winner)
  • Edgar Award: Best Paperback Original (Finalist)
  • Gumshoe Award: Best Mystery (Finalist)
  • Macavity Award: Best Novel (Finalist)

Short Stories

  • Edgar Award: Best Short Story “The Terminal” in Kwik Krimes (Finalist)
  • Macavity Award: Best Short Story “The Terminal” in Kwik Krimes (Finalist)