2016 CWA Dagger Winners Announced
At an Awards Gala Dinner, in London, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) announced the winners of the 2016 Dagger Awards.
CWA GOLDSBORO GOLD DAGGER
Dodgers, Bill Beverly, No Exit Press
Also on the shortlist:
Black Widow, Christopher Brookmyre, Little Brown
Real Tigers, Mick Herron, John Murray
Blood Salt Water, Denise Mina, Orion
CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER
The Great Swindle, Pierre Lemaître, (Translator Frank Wynne), Quercus/Maclehose
Also on the shortlist:
The Truth and Other Lies, Sascha Arango (Translator Imogen Taylor), Simon & Schuster
The Murderer in Ruins,(Translator Cay Rademacher) Peter Millar, Arcadia
Icarus, Deon Meyer, (Translator K L Seegers) Hodder & Stoughton
CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER
The Cartel, Don Winslow, William Heinemann
Also on the shortlist:
Rain Dogs, Adrian McKinty, Serpent’s Tail
Real Tigers, Mick Herron, John Murray
Make Me, Lee Child, Bantam Press
CWA NON-FICTION DAGGER
You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life (You Are Raoul Moat), Andrew Hankinson, Scribe
Also on the shortlist:
The Golden Age of Murder, Martin Edwards, HarperCollins
Sexy Beasts: The Hatton Garden Mob, Wensley Clarkson, Quercus
A Very Expensive Poison, Luke Harding, Faber
CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER
Dodgers, Bill Beverly, No Exit Press
Also on the shortlist:
Fever City, Tim Baker, Faber&Faber
Freedom’s Child, Jax Miller, HarperCollins
The Good Liar, Nicholas Searle, Viking
CWA SHORT STORY DAGGER
‘On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637)’ by Frans Mier, John Connolly, Hodder and Stoughton
Also on the shortlist:
‘As Alice Did’, Montalbano’s First Cases, Andrea Camilleri, Pan Macmillan
‘Nocturnes 2: Night Music’, John Connolly, Hodder and Stoughton
‘Bryant & May and the Nameless Woman’, Christopher Fowler, London’s Glory, Bantam
CWA ENDEAVOR HISTORICAL DAGGER
Stasi Child, David Young, Twenty7Books
Also on the shortlist:
A Book of Scars, William Shaw, Quercus
The Jazz Files, Fiona Veitch Smith, Lion Fiction
Striking Murder, A. J. Wright, Allison & BusbyThe House at Baker Street, Michelle Birkby, Pan Books
The Other Side of Silence, Philip Kerr, Quercus
DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY
Elly Griffiths
Also on the shortlist:
Tony Black
Alison Bruce
Quintin Jardine
For details of the 2017 CWA Dagger winners click here.