The Dagger Award nominees

They have finally, finally shown up, and here they are:

GOLD AND SILVER DAGGERS FOR FICTION

Karin Fossum, CALLING OUT TO YOU (Harvill Secker)
Fredrich Glauser, IN MATTO’S REALM (Bitter Lemon Press)
Carl Hiaasen, SKINNY DIP (Bantam)
Arnaldur Indridason, SILENCE OF THE GRAVE (Harvill Secker)
Barbara Nadel, DEADLY WEB (Headline)
Fred Vargas, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR (Harvill Secker)

THE JOHN CREASEY MEMORIAL DAGGER

Clare Clark, THE GREAT STINK (Viking Penguin)
Richard Kunzmann, BLOOD HARVEST (MacMillan)
David McKoewen, GRIP (Hodder & Stoughton)
Dreda Say Mitchell, RUNNING HOT (Maia Press)

THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER

G.M. Ford, A BLIND EYE (MacMillan)
Simon Kernick, A GOOD DAY TO DIE (Bantam)
Adrian Matthews, AN APOTHECARY’S HOUSE (Pan MacMillan)
Kate Mosse, LABYRINTH (Orion)
Henry Porter, BRANDENBURG (Orion)
Joel Ross, DOUBLE CROSS BLIND (Hodder & Stoughton)
Daniel Silva, A DEATH IN VIENNA (Penguin)

THE SHORT STORY DAGGER

John Connolly, "Miss Froom, Vampire" from NOCTURNES (Hodder & Stoughton)
Martin Edwards, "Test Drive" from CRIME ON THE MOVE (the Do-Not Press)
Kate Ellis, "Top Deck" from Sherlock Magazine, issue 64
Danuta Reah, "No Flies on Frank" from Sherlock Magazine, issue 64
Peter Robinson, "The Wrong Hands" from NOT SAFE AFTER DARK (MacMillan)

THE DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY

Jake Arnott
Mark Billingham
Joolz Denby
Nicci French
Mo Hayder
Martyn Waites

GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

Bella Bathurst, THE WRECKERS (HarperCollins)
Greg & Gina Hill, ON THE RUN (Hutchinson)
Eric Jager, THE LAST DUEL (Century)
Sadakat Kadri, THE TRIAL (HarperCollins)
James Owen, A SERPENT IN EDEN (Little, Brown)

The winners will be announced at a luncheon in the King George III Room, The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SD on Tuesday, November 8th, 12 noon for 12.30pm. The guest speaker will be Terry Pratchett.

Congratulations to all the nominees, and I’ll have my thoughts on each of the categories later this afternoon.