Dagger Longlists 2022

 

The Crime Writers Association Dagger Longlists were announced this evening at the CWA Gala Dinner which took place during the annual Crime Writer's Association Conference in the UK. Celebrated since 1955, the prestigious Dagger Awards celebrate the very best in crime writing. Dagger shortlists will be announced on May 13 at CrimeFest in Bristol, with the winners celebrated at a live gala event on June 29 in London.  

The Dagger in the Library

Ben Aaronovitch
Lin Anderson
Mark Billingham
Susan Hill
Edward Marston
Kate Rhodes
Cath Staincliffe
Rebecca Tope
Sara Sheridan

The Dagger for the Best Crime & Mystery Publisher

Faber & Faber 
Harper Fiction 
Mantle 
Michael Joseph 
Point Blank 
Pushkin Vertigo 
Quercus 
Raven Books 
Thomas & Mercer 
Titan Books 
Viper

The CWA Short Story Dagger

The Clifton Vampire by T E Kinsey  
With the Others by T M Logan 
When I Grow Up by Robert Scragg
New Tricks by Matt Wesolowski
London by Jo Nesbø  
The Way Of All Flesh by Raven Dane
Blindsided by Caroline England
The Victim by Awais Khan 
Flesh of a Fancy Woman by Paul Magrs 
Changeling by Bryony Pearce

 The Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

Girls Who Lie by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (trans Victoria Cribb)
Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz (trans Rachel Ward) 
Riccardino by Andrea Camilleri, (trans Stephen Sartarelli) 
Seat 7a by Sebastian Fitzek (trans Steve Anderson)
Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka (trans Sam Malissa): 
Heatwave by Victor Jestin (trans Sam Taylor) 
Oxygen by Sacha Naspini (trans Clarissa Botsford)
People Like Them by Samira Sedira (trans Lara Vergnaud) 
The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, (trans David Hackston) 
The Scorpion's Head by Hilde Vandermeeren (trans Laura Watkinson) 

The ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

The Devil You Know by Gwen Adshead & Eileen Horne:
The Jigsaw Murders by Jeremy Craddock
What Lies Buried by Kerry Daynes
The Good Girls by Sonia Faleiro
We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins
The Irish Assassins by Julie Kavanagh
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey by Julia Laite
The Unusual Suspect by Ben Machell
The Dublin Railway Murder by Thomas Morris
The Seven Ages of Death by Richard Shepherd 

The CWA Historical Dagger

April in Spain by John Banville
City of Vengeance by DV Bishop
Sunset Swing by Ray Celestin
Crow Court by Andy Charman
Not One Of Us by Alis Hawkins
The Drowned City by KJ Maitland
Where God Does Not Walk by Luke McCallin
Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison
A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry
Blackout by Simon Scarrow
The Royal Secret by Andrew Taylor
The Cannonball Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

The CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

Welcome to Cooper by Tariq Ashkanani
Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan
Repentance by Eloísa Díaz
Hunted by Antony Dunford
The Mash House by Alan Gillespie
Raft of Stars by Andrew J Graff
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Falling by TJ Newman
Where Ravens Roost by Karin Nordin
The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou
How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina
The Death of Kirti Kadakia by Meeti Shroff-Shah
The Source by Sarah Sultoon
Waking the Tiger by Mark Wightman 

The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames
Find You First by Linwood Barclay 
Exit by Belinda Bauer
The Pact by Sharon Bolton
The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh 
Sunset Swing by Ray Celestin
Razorblade Tears by S A Cosby
Dead Ground by M W Craven
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
Rizzio by Denise Mina 
The Lonely Ones by Håkan Nesser

The CWA Gold Dagger

Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah
The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict: 
Rabbit Hole by Mark Billingham
City of Vengeance by DV Bishop
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
Sunset Swing by Ray Celestin
Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby
The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean 
The House Uptown by Melissa Ginsburg
The Unwilling by John Hart
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
I Know What I Saw by Imran Mahmood
The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee
The Killing Hills by Chris Offutt 
The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou
The Trawlerman by William Shaw
Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
A Beginner's Guide to Murder by Rosalind Stopps
Brazilian Psycho by Joe Thomas