The CWA Dagger Award nominees

Courtesy of Deadly Pleasures, the complete list is available now. Comments to follow in the next post.

THE CWA JOHN CREASEY MEMORIAL DAGGER

Denise Hamilton – THE JASMINE TRADE – Orion

Mark Mills – AMAGANSETT – Fourth Estate

Catherine Shaw – THE THREE BODY PROBLEM – Allison & Busby

Stav Sherez – THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND – Penguin Michael Joseph

CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER

Jeffery Deaver – GARDEN OF BEASTS – Hodder and Stoughton

Dan Fesperman – THE WARLORD’S SON – Transworld

Joseph Finder – PARANOIA – Orion

Mo Hayder – TOKYO – Transworld

Stephen Leather – HARD LANDING – Hodder and Stoughton

Adrian McKinty – DEAD I MAY WELL BE – Serpent’s Tail

GOLD AND SILVER DAGGERS FOR FICTION

John Harvey – FLESH AND BLOOD – Heinemann

Mo Hayder – TOKYO – Bantam

Val McDermid – THE TORMENT OF OTHERS – HarperCollins

James W. Nichol – MIDNIGHT CAB – Canongate

Sara Paretsky – BLACKLIST – Hamish Hamilton

Laura Wilson – THE LOVER – Orion

CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

John Dickie for ‘COSA NOSTRA: A History Of The Sicilian Mafia’ (Hodder &

Stoughton)

Rebecca Gowers for ‘The Swamp Of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies

and

Murder’ (Hamish Hamilton)

Steve Holland for ‘The Trials Of Hank Janson: The True Story behind the

Censorship and Banning of Hank Janson’s Books in the UK’ (Telos

Publishing)

Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis for ‘Slave: The True Story of a Girl’s Lost

Childhood and her Fight for Survival’ (Time Warner)

Sarah Wise for ‘The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s

London’

(Jonathan Cape)

CWA SHORT STORY DAGGER

Mark Billingham for ‘Dancing Towards The Blade’ – from ‘Men From Boys’

(Heinemann)

Mat Coward for ‘Persons Reported’ – from ‘Green for Danger’ (The Do-Not Press)

Jeffery Deaver for ‘The Weekender’ – from ‘Twisted’ (Hodder & Stoughton)

Val McDermid for ‘The Consolation Blonde’ – from ‘Mysterious Pleasures’

Don Winslow for ‘Douggie Doughnuts – from ‘Men From Boys’ (Heinemann)

CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY

Mark Billingham

Christopher Brookmyre

Jim Kelly

Alexander McCall Smith

Stuart Pawson

Andrew Taylor