Dagger Delights

This Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Awards, which celebrate the best in crime writing, were announced during a live virtual ceremony yesterday, hosted by writer and critic Barry Forshaw, and featuring Richard Osman. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!

Gold Dagger: Good Girl, Bad Girl, by Michael Robotham (Sphere)

Also nominated:  

What You Pay For, by Claire Askew (Hodder & Stoughton)
November Road, by Lou Berney (Harper)
Forced Confessions, by John Fairfax (Little, Brown)
Joe Country, by Mick Herron (John Murray)
Death in the East, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: November Road, by Lou Berney (Harper)

Also nominated:  

This Is Gomorrah, by Tom Chatfield (Hodder & Stoughton)
One Way Out, by A.A. Dhand (Bantam Press)
Between Two Evils, by Eva Dolan (Raven)
Cold Storage, by David Koepp (HQ)
The Whisper Man, by Alex North:(Michael Joseph)

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: The Man on the Street, by Trevor Wood (Quercus)

Also nominated:  

Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha (Faber and Faber)
My Lovely Wife, by Samantha Downing (Michael Joseph)
Little White Lies, by Philippa East (HQ)
The Wreckage, by Robin Morgan-Bentley (Trapeze)

Sapere Books Historical Dagger: Death in the East, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)

Also nominated: 

In Two Minds, by Alis Hawkins (The Dome Press)
Metropolis, by Philip Kerr (Quercus)
The Bear Pit, by S.G. MacLean (Quercus)
The Anarchists’ Club, by Alex Reeve (Raven)
The Paper Bark Tree Mystery, by Ovidia Yu (Constable)

Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger: The Godmother, by Hannelore Cayre; translated by Stephanie Smee (Old Street Publishing)

Also nominated:  

Summer of Reckoning, by Marion Brunet, translated by Katherine Gregor (Bitter Lemon Press)
Like Flies from Afar, by K. Ferrari, translated by Adrian Nathan West (Canongate)
November, by Jorge Galán, translated by Jason Wilson (Constable)
The Fragility of Bodies, by Sergio Olguín, translated by Miranda France (Bitter Lemon Press)
Little Siberia, by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston (Orenda)

Short Story Dagger: “#Me Too,” by Lauren Henderson (from Invisible Blood, edited by Maxim Jakubowski; Titan)

Also nominated: 

“The Bully,” by Jeffery Deaver (from Exit Wounds, edited by Paul B. Kane and Marie O’Regan; Titan)
“The New Lad,” by Paul Finch (from Exit Wounds)
“The Washing,” by Christopher Fowler (from Invisible Blood)
“The Recipe,” by Louise Jensen (from Exit Wounds)
“Easily Made,” by Syd Moore (from The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas, by Syd Moore; Point Blank Press)

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction: Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep (Heinemann)

Also nominated:  

Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue, by Peter Everett (Icon)
Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod, by Caroline Goode (Oneworld)
The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury, by Sean O’Connor (Simon & Schuster)
The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking, by Adam Sisman (Profile);
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective, by Susannah Stapleton (Picador)

Debut Dagger: Revolution Never Lies, by Josephine Moulds

Also nominated: The Spae-Wife, by Anna Caig
Whipstick, by Leanne Fry
Pesticide, by Kim Hays
Emergency Drill, by Nicholas Morrish
Bitter Lake, by Michael Munro

Dagger in the Library: Christopher Brookmyre

Also nominated: Jane Casey, Alex Gray, and Quintin Jardine

Publishers’ Dagger: Orenda

Also nominated: Bitter Lemon Press; Harvill Secker; Head of Zeus; HQ; Michael Joseph; Raven; and Severn House