Dagger Delights
The 2022 winners of the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honor the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been announced. Created in 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre and have been synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century. The Dagger awards ceremony was held at the Leonardo City hotel in London this evening. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
DIAMOND DAGGER - CJ Samsom
GOLD DAGGER - Sunset Swing, Ray Celestin (Pan Macmillan; Mantle)
Also nominated:
Before You Knew My Name, Jacqueline Bublitz (Little, Brown; Sphere)
azorblade Tears, SA Cosby (Headline Publishing Group; Headline)
The Unwilling, John Hart (Bonnier Books UK Ltd; Zaffre)
The Shadows of Men, Abir Mukherjee (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
The Trawlerman, William Shaw (Quercus; riverrun)
IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER - Dead Ground, MW Craven (Little, Brown; Constable)
Also nominated:
Find You First, Linwood Barclay (HarperCollins; HQ)
The Pact, Sharon Bolton (Orion)
The Devil’s Advocate, Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
Razorblade Tears, SA Cosby (Headline Publishing Group)
Dream Girl, Laura Lippman (Faber)
JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER - The Appeal, Janice Hallett (Profile Books; Viper Books)
Also nominated: The Appeal, Janice Hallett (Profile Books; Viper Books)
Welcome to Cooper, Tariq Ashkanani (Thomas & Mercer)
Repentance, Eloísa Díaz (Orion Publishing Group; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Mash House, Alan Gillespie (Unbound; Unbound Digital)
here Ravens Roost, Karin Nordin (HarperCollins; HQ)
How to Kidnap the Rich, Rahul Raina (Little, Brown)
Waking the Tiger, Mark Wightman (Hobeck Books)
HISTORICAL DAGGER - Sunset Swing, Ray Celestin (Pan Macmillan; Mantle)
Also nominated:
April in Spain, John Banville (Faber)
row Court, Andy Charman (Unbound)
Not One of Us, Alis Hawkins (Canelo)
Edge of the Grave, Robbie Morrison (Pan Macmillan; Macmillan)
A Corruption of Blood, Ambrose Parry (Canongate Books)
CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER - Hotel Cartagena, Simone Buchholz translated by Rachel Ward (Orenda Books)
Also nominated:
Bullet Train, Kōtarō Isaka translated by Sam Malissa (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
Oxygen, Sacha Naspini translated by Clarissa Botsford (Europa Editions UK Ltd; Europa Editions)
People Like Them, Samira Sedira translated by Lara Vergnaud (Bloomsbury Publishing; Raven Books)
The Rabbit Factor, Antti Tuomainen translated by David Hackston (Orenda Books)
SHORT STORY DAGGER - ‘Flesh of a Fancy Woman’ by Paul Magrs in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
Also nominated:
‘Blindsided’ by Caroline England in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘London’ in The Jealousy Man and other stories by Jo Nesbⱷ edited by Robert Ferguson (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
‘With the Others’ by TM Logan in Afraid of the Shadows edited by Miranda Jewess (Criminal Minds)
‘Changeling’ by Bryony Pearce in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘When I Grow Up’ by Robert Scragg in Afraid of the Shadows edited by Miranda Jewess (Criminal Minds)
ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION - The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice, Julia Laite (Profile Books)
Also nominated:
The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion, Dr Gwen Adshead & Eileen Horne (Faber)
The Dublin Railway Murder, Thomas Morris (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
The Unusual Suspect, Ben Machell (Canongate Books)
mpire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe (Pan Macmillan; Picador)
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire, Julie Kavanagh (Atlantic Books; Grove Press UK)
DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY - Mark Billingham
Also nominated:
Cath Staincliffe
Edward Marston
Lin Anderson
Susan Hill
PUBLISHERS’ DAGGER - Faber & Faber
Also nominated:
HarperCollins; Harper Fiction
Penguin Random House; Michael Joseph
Pushkin Press; Pushkin Vertigo
Titan Books
Profile Books; Viper
DEBUT DAGGER - The 10:12, Anna Maloney
Also nominated:
Henry’s Bomb, Kevin Bartlett
Holloway Castle, Laura Ashton Hill
he Dead of Egypt, David Smith
The Dieppe Letters, Liz Rachel Walker
