The CWA Dagger Awards
The Crime Writer Association (CWA) Dagger Awards are given annually to celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing.
2009
◊ Gold: A Whispered Name by William Broderick
◊ Ian Fleming Steel: The Last Child by John Hart
◊ New Blood: Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin
2008
◊ Duncan Lawrie: Blood from Stone by Frances Fyfield
◊ New Blood: The Bethlehem Murders by Matt Beynon 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 (tie): One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
◊ New Blood (tie): A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King
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 (tie): The Night the Gods Smiled by Eric Wright
◊ New Blood (tie): The Ariadne Clue by Carol Clemeau
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 (Fair Game) by Paula Gosling
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