The rest of the Dagger nominees

The CWA has announced the shortlists for the remaining Dagger awards:

DUNCAN LAWRIE INTERNATIONAL DAGGER

EXCURSION TO TINDARI – Andrea Camilleri (translated by Stephen

Sartarelli)
AUTUMN OF THE PHANTOMS – Yasmina Khadra (translated by Aubrey Botsford)
DEAD HORSEMEAT – Dominique Manotti (translated by Amanda Hopkinson & Ros

Schwartz)
BORKMANN’S POINT – Hakan Nesser (translated by Laurie Thompson)
BLOOD ON THE SADDLE – Rafael Reig (translated by Paul Hammond)
THE THREE EVANGELISTS – Fred Vargas (translated by Sian Reynolds)

THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER

THE LINCOLN LAWYER – Michael Connelly
SWEET GUM – Jo-Ann Goodwin
PIG ISLAND – Mo Hayder
THE ENGLISH ASSASSIN – Daniel Silva
MR CLARINET – Nick Stone
THE MERCY SEAT – Martyn Waites
CONTACT ZERO – David Wolstencroft

THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER

IMMORAL – Brian Freeman
STILL LIFE – Louise Penny
ICE TRAP – Kitty Sewell

NON-FICTION GOLD DAGGER

A DEATH IN BELMONT – Sebastian Junger
THE STORY OF CHICAGO MAY – Nuala O’Faolain
THE DEATH OF INNOCENTS – Sister Helen Prejean
UNDER AND ALONE – William Queen
THE DAGENHAM MURDER -Linda Rhodes, Lee Sheldon and Kathryn Abnett
AND THEN THE DARKNESS – Sue Williams

THE DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY

Anthony Horowitz
Lesley Horton
Jim Kelly
Margaret Murphy
Danuta Reah (aka Carla Banks)
C.J. Sansom
Cath Staincliffe

CWA DEBUT DAGGER

Celina Alcock (UK) – THE HOUSE ON FEVER STREET

Paul Curd (UK) – THE BELFAST BOY

Diane Janes (UK) – MOONSHADOW

Sarah Kotler (USA) – SPECIAL DELIVERY

Iain Rowan (UK) – ONE OF US

Elizabeth Saccente (UK) – IKUMO

Michael Sears (South Africa) and Stanley Trollip (USA) – A CARRION
DEATH

Richard A. Thompson (USA) – FIDDLE GAME

Megan Toogood (UK) – A RANDOM ACT OF GENEROSITY

D V Wesselmann (aka Otis Twelve) (USA) – IMP

Congratulations to all the nominees. The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger and the Short Story Dagger will be announced later on, and the winners awarded at the CWA banquet on June 29.

Breaking objectivity, at least on the Debut Dagger front, it is very cool to see Otis Twelve on the list again, incredibly exciting to shout out to Iain Rowan about it, and from the opening chapters and synopsis I read of Sarah Kotler’s book, she is going to get a book deal and FAST.