The CWA Dagger Awards

The Crime Writer Association (CWA) Dagger Awards are given annually to celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing.

2008

Duncan Lawrie: Blood from Stone by Frances Fyfield

New Blood: The Bethlehem Murders by Matt Rees

2007

Duncan Lawrie: The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

New Blood: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

2006

Duncan Lawrie: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

New Blood: Still Life by Louise Penny

2005

Gold: Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason

Silver: Deadly Web by Barbara Nadel

New Blood: Running Hot by Dreda Say Mitchell

2004

Gold: Blacklist by Sara Paretsky

Silver: Flesh and Blood by John Harvey

New Blood: Amagansett by Mark Mills

2003

Gold: Fox Evil by Minette Walters

Silver: Half-Broken Things by Morag Joss

New Blood: Mission Flats by William Landay

2002

Gold: The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza

Silver: The Final Country by James Crumley

New Blood: The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh

2001

Gold: Sidetracked by Henning Mankell

Silver: Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt

New Blood: The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones

2000

Gold: Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethern

Silver: Friends in High Places by Donna Leon

New Blood: God is a Bullet by Boston Teran

1999

Gold: A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson

Silver: Vienna Blood by Adrian Mathews

New Blood: Lie in the Dark by Dan Fesperman

1998

Gold: Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke

Silver: Manchester Slingback by Nicholas Blincoe

New Blood: Garnet Hill by Denise Mina

1997

Gold: Black and Blue by Ian Rankin

Silver: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

New Blood: Body Politic by Paul Johnston

1996

Gold: Popcorn by Ben Elton

Silver: Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey

New Blood: No award given

1995

Gold: The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid

Silver: The Summons by Peter Lovesey

New Blood: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (tie)

New Blood: A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King (tie)

1994

Gold: The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters

Silver: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg

New Blood: Big Town by Doug J. Swanson

1993

Gold: Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell

Silver: Fatlands by Sarah Dunant

New Blood: No award given

1992

Gold: The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter

Silver: Bucket Nut by Liza Cody

New Blood: The Ice House by Minette Walters

1991

Gold: King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine

Silver: Deep Sleep by Frances Fyfield

New Blood: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

1990

Gold: Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill

Silver: The Late Candidate by Mike Phillips

New Blood: Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

1989

Gold: The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter

Silver: The Shadow Run by Desmond Lowden

New Blood: A Real Shot in the Arm by Annette Roome

1988

Gold: Ratking by Michael Dibdin

Silver: Toxic Shock by Sara Paretsky

New Blood: Death's Bright Angel by Janet Neel

1987

Gold: A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine

Silver: Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

New Blood: Dark Apostle by Denis Kilcommons

1986

Gold: Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell

Silver: A Taste for Death by P. D. James

New Blood: Tinplate by Neville Steed

1985

Gold: Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosling

Silver: Last Seen Alive by Dorothy Simpson

New Blood: The Latmer Mercy by Robert Richardson

1984

Gold: The Twelfth Juror by B. M. Gill

Silver: The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell

New Blood: A Very Private Enterprise by Elizabeth Ironside

1983

Gold: Accidental Crimes by John Hutton

Silver: The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney

New Blood: The Night the Gods Smiled by Eric Wright (tie)

New Blood: The Ariadne Clue by Carol Clemeau (tie)

1982

Gold: The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey

Silver: Ritual Murder by S. T. Haymon

New Blood: Caroline Miniscule by Andrew Taylor

1981

Gold: Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

Silver: The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter

New Blood: The Ludi Victor by James Leigh

1980

Gold: The Murder of the Maharajah by H. R. F. Keating

Silver: Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters

New Blood: Dupe by Liza Cody

1979

Gold: Whip Hand by Dick Francis

Silver: Service of all the Dead by Colin Dexter

New Blood: A Running Duck by Paula Gosling (US title: Fair Game)

1978

Gold: The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson

Silver: Waxwork by Peter Lovesey

New Blood: Saturday of Glory by David Serafin

1977

Gold: The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carre

Silver: Laidlaw by William McIlvanney

New Blood: The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash

1976

Gold: A Demon in my View by Ruth Rendell

Silver: Rogue Eagle by James McClure

New Blood: Death of a Thin Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander

1975

Gold: The Seven Per Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer

Silver: The Black Tower by P. D. James

New Blood: Acid Drop by Sara George

1974

Gold: Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price

Silver: The Grosvenor Square Goodbye by Francis Clifford

New Blood: The Big Fix by Roger L. Simon

1973

Gold: The Defection of A. J. Lewinter by Robert Littell

Silver: A Coffin for Pandora by Gwendoline Butler

New Blood: Don't Point That Thing at Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli

1972

Gold: The Levanter by Eric Ambler

Silver: The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning

1971

Gold: The Steam Pig by James McClure

Silver: Shroud for a Nightingale by P. D. James

1970

Gold: Young Man I Think You're Dying by Joan Fleming

Silver: The Labyrinth Makers by Antony Price

1969

Gold: A Pride of Heroes by Peter Dickinson

Silver: Another Way of Dying by Francis Clifford

1968

Gold: Skin Deep by Peter Dickinson

1967

Gold: Murder Against the Grain by Emma Lathen

1966

Gold: A Long Way to Shiloh by Lionel Davidson

1965

Gold: The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald

1964

Gold: The Perfect Murder by H. R. F. Keating

1963

Gold: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre

1962

Gold: When I Grow Rich by Joan Fleming

1961

Gold: The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly

1960

Gold: The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson

1959

Crossed Red Herring: Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler

1958

Crossed Red Herring: Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett

1957

Crossed Red Herring: The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons

1956

Crossed Red Herring: The Second Man by Edward Grierson

1955

Crossed Red Herring: The Little Walls by Winston Graham