Duncan Lawrie Dagger Nominees

The Crime Writers’ Association has announced the nominees for the Duncan Lawrie Dagger Awards

DUNCAN LAWRIE DAGGER:

THE FIELDS OF GRIEF, Giles Blunt (HarperCollins)
PEGASUS DESCENDING, James Lee Burke (Orion)
SHARP OBJECTS, Gillian Flynn (Wiedenfeld & Nicholson)
BROTHER GRIMM, Craig Russell (Hutchinson)
SOVEREIGN, C.J. Sansom (Macmillan)
THE BROKEN SHORE, Peter Temple (Quercus)

DUNCAN LAWRIE INTERNATIONAL DAGGER

SHAME, Karin Alvtegen (Canongate)
THE EXCEPTION, Christian Jungersen (Wiedenfeld & Nicholson)
THE ATTACK, Yasmina Khadra (Heinemann)
THE SAVAGE ALTAR, Asa Larsson (Viking)
THE REDBREAST, Jo Nesbo (Harvill Secker)
WASH THIS BLOOD CLEAN FROM MY HAND, Fred Vargas (Harvill Secker)

THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER

THE FAITHFUL SPY, Alex Berenson (Random House)
THE WOODS, Harlan Coben (Orion)
CITY OF LIES, R.J. Ellory (Orion)
SHARP OBJECTS, Gillian Flynn (Wiedenfeld & Nicholson)
THE INTRUDERS, Michael Marshall (HarperCollins)
THE NIGHT FERRY, Michael Robotham (Little, Brown)
TRIPTYCH, Karin Slaughter (Century)

THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER

OBJECTS OF DESIRE, C.J. Emerson (Allison & Busby)
SHARP OBJECTS, Gillian Flynn (Wiedenfeld & Nicholson)
THE WRONG KIND OF BLOOD, Declan Hughes (John Murray)
BORDERLANDS, Brian McGilloway (Macmillan New Writing)
THE LAST DAYS OF NEWGATE, Andrew Pepper (Wiedenfeld & Nicholson)
DEAD OF SUMMER, Camilla Way (HarperCollins)

DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY

Kate Atkinson
Susan Hill
Stuart MacBride
Barbara Nadel
Courttia Newland
C.J. Sansom

THE CWA SHORT STORY AWARD

“Epitaph” by J.A. Konrath (THRILLER, MIRA)
“Needlematch” by Peter Lovesey (BEST BRITISH MYSTERIES, Allison & Busby)
“Empathy” by James Siegel (THRILLER, MIRA)
“Retrospective” by Kevin Wignall (BEST BRITISH MYSTERIES, Allison & Busby)

The
event will take place on Thursday, July 5 2007, with a drinks reception in the
Oak & Pine rooms at 6:30pm, followed by dinner in the ballroom at 7:45pm.
Guest of honour will be Bob Marshall-Andrews, QC, MP. And as always, congratulations to all the nominees.