Dagger Delights
The Crime Writers’ Association announced the winners of the 2024 Dagger Awards during a CWA gala dinner and awards ceremony last evening. Created in 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are among the oldest and most respected awards in the genre and celebrate the he very best in the crime-writing genre. Congrats to all the winners and finalists!
Gold Dagger: Tell Me What I Am, by Una Mannion (Faber and Faber)
Also nominated:
Over My Dead Body, by Maz Evans (Headline)
The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Baskerville)
Small Mercies, by Dennis Lehane (Abacus)
Black River, by Nilanjana Roy (Pushkin Vertigo)
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Sutanto (HQ)
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: Everybody Knows, by Jordan Harper (Faber and Faber)
Also nominated:
All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (Headline)
Ozark Dogs, by Eli Cranor (Headline)
The Mantis, by Kotaro Isaka (Harvill Secker)
Gaslight, by Femi Kayode (Raven)
Drowning, by T.J. Newman (Simon & Schuster)
ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: In the Blink of an Eye, by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)
Also nominated:
The Golden Gate, by Amy Chua (Corvus)
The Maiden, by Kate Foster (Mantle)
West Heart Kill, by Dann McDorman (Raven)
Go Seek, by Michelle Teahan (Headline)
The Tumbling Girl, by Bridget Walsh (Gallic)
Historical Dagger: Viper's Dream, by Jake Lamar (No Exit Press)
Also nominated:
Clara & Olivia, by Lucy Ashe (Magpie)
Harlem After Midnight, by Louise Hare Harlem (HQ)
A Bitter Remedy, by Alis Hawkins (Canelo)
Scarlet Town, by Leonora Nattrass (Viper)
Voices of the Dead, by Ambrose Parry (Canongate)
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger: My Husband, by Maud Ventura, translated by Emma Ramadan (Hutchinson Heinemann)
Also nominated:
Red Queen, by Juan Gómez-Jurado, translated by Nick Caistor (Macmillan)
The Sins of Our Fathers, by Åsa Larsson, translated by Frank Perry (Maclehose Press)
Nothing Is Lost, by Cloé Mehdi, translated by Howard Curtis (Europa Editions UK)
The Consultant, by Im Seong-sun, translated by An Seong Jae (Raven)
The Prey, by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb (Hodder & Stoughton)
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction: Ian Fleming: The Complete Man, by Nicholas Shakespeare (Vintage)
Also nominated:
The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel (Simon & Schuster)
No Ordinary Day: Espionage, Betrayal, Terrorism and Corruption—The Truth Behind the Murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, by Matt Johnson with John Murray (Ad Lib)
Devil’s Coin: My Battle to Take Down the Notorious OneCoin Cryptoqueen, by Jennifer McAdam with Douglas Thompson (Ad Lib)
Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy, by Alex Mar (Bedford Square)
How Many More Women?: The Silencing of Women by the Law and How to Stop It, by Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida (Endeavour)
Short Story Dagger: “The Divide,” by Sanjida Kay (from The Book of Bristol, edited by Joe Melia and Heather Marks; Comma Press)
Also nominated:
“Safe Enough,” by Lee Child (from An Unnecessary Assassin, edited by Lorraine Stevens; Rivertree)
“The Last Best Thing,” by Mia Dalia (from Bang!: An Anthology of Modern Noir Fiction, edited by Andrew Hook; Head Shot Press)
“The Also-Rans,” by Benedict J. Jones (from Bang!: An Anthology of Modern Noir Fiction)
“The Spendthrift and the Swallow,” by Ambrose Parry (Canongate)
“Best Served Cold,” by F.D. Quinn (from An Unnecessary Assassin)
Dagger in the Library (for a body of work): Anthony Horowitz
Also nominated:
Louise Candlish
M.W. Craven
Cara Hunter
L.J. Ross
Publishers’ Dagger: Pushkin Press
Also nominated:
Canelo
Headline (Hachette)
Joffe Books
Michael Joseph (Penguin Random House)
Simon & Schuster
Red Herring Award: Jean Briggs and Dea Parkin
