2023 DAGGER AWARDS PRESENTED
The Dagger Awards, awarded by The Crime Writer’s Association to celebrate the best in crime and thriller writing, were presented on July 6, 2023 in London. Our congratulations to the winners (listed first in each category) and to all of the nominees.
| Diamond Dagger * | Walter Mosley |
| Gold Dagger | |
|---|---|
| * | The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green [review] |
| ° | The Lost Man of Bombay by Vaseem Khan |
| ° | A Killing in November by Simon Mason |
| ° | The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola |
| ° | The Winter Guest by W.C. Ryan |
| ° | The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde |
| Ian Fleming Steel Dagger | |
|---|---|
| * | Seventeen by John Brownlow |
| ° | Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay |
| ° | The Botanist by M.W. Craven |
| ° | The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith |
| ° | Alias Emma by Ava Glass [review] |
| ° | May God Forgive by Alan Parks |
| New Blood Dagger | |
|---|---|
| * | Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivener [review] |
| ° | A Good Day to Die by Amen Alonge |
| ° | The Local by Joey Hartstone |
| ° | London in Black by Jack Lutz |
| ° | No Country for Girls by Emma Styles |
| ° | Outback by Patricia Wolf |
| Historical Dagger | |
|---|---|
| * | The Darkest Sin by D.V. Bishop |
| ° | The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola |
| ° | The Homes by J.B. Mylet |
| ° | The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra [review] |
| ° | Blue Water by Leonora Nattrass |
| ° | Hear No Evil by Sarah Smith |
| Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger | |
|---|---|
| * | Even the Darkest Night by Javier Cercas |
| ° | Good Reasons to Die by Morgan Audic |
| ° | The Red Notebook by Michel Bussi |
| ° | Bad Kids by Zijin Chen |
| ° | The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson |
| ° | The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier [review] |
| Short Story | |
| * | “Cast a Long Shadow” by Hazell Ward Cast a Long Shadow |
| ° | “The Disappearance” by Leigh Bardugo Marple: Twelve New Mysteries |
| ° | “The Tears of Venus” by Victoria Dowd and Delilah Dowd Unlocked; The D20 Authors |
| ° | “The Beautiful Game” by Sanjida Kay The Perfect Crime |
| ° | “Paradise Lost” by Abir Mukherjee The Perfect Crime |
| ° | “Runaway Blues” by C.J. Tudor A Sliver of Darkness: Stories |
| Non-Fiction Dagger | |
|---|---|
| * | Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Wendy Joseph |
| ° | The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery by Stephen Bates |
| ° | The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards |
| ° | Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala |
| ° | To Hunt a Killer: How I Brought Melanie Road’s Murderer to Justice by Julie Mackay & Robert Murphy |
| ° | About A Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth by David Whiteh |
Joyce's mystery and fiction book reviews with some non-fiction too! 