Gold Dagger (Best Novel)

Chris Whitaker, WE BEGIN AT THE END – Winner

Highly Commended:
S A Cosby, BLACKTOP WASTELAND
Nicci French, HOUSE OF CORRECTION

Other Nominees:
Ben Creed, CITY OF GHOSTS

Robert Galbraith, TROUBLED BLOOD

Elly Griffiths, THE POSTSCRIPT MURDERS

Thomas Mullen, MIDNIGHT ATLANTA

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (Best Thriller)

Michael Robotham, WHEN SHE WAS GOOD – Winner

Other Nominees:
Robert Galbraith, TROUBLED BLOOD

Catherine Ryan Howard, THE NOTHING MAN

Stuart Turton, THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER

Ruth Ware, ONE BY ONE

Chris Whitaker, WE BEGIN AT THE END

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, THE CREAK ON THE STAIRS – Winner

Other Nominees:
Ben Creed, CITY OF GHOSTS

Egan Hughes, THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

S W Kane, THE BONE JAR

Stephen Spotswood, FORTUNE FAVOURS THE DEAD

John Vercher, THREE-FIFTHS

Sapere Books Historical Dagger

Vaseem Khan, MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE – Winner

Other Nominees:
John Banville, SNOW

Chris Lloyd, THE UNWANTED DEAD

Michael Russell, THE CITY UNDER SIEGE

David Stafford, SKELTON’S GUIDE TO DOMESTIC POISONS

Ovidia Yu, THE MIMOSA TREE MYSTERY

Dagger In the Library Winner (a writer popular with library patrons) – Peter May

Diamond Dagger (Lifetime Achievement): Martina Cole

Overall I was quite pleased with this year’s Dagger Awards. I especially was happy to see Vaseem Khan win the Historical Dagger. He is a real talent and deserves to be more widely read. And then to have my friend Peter May win the Dagger in the Library was icing on the cake. –Geo Easter