2019 CWA Dagger Awards: British Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) announced the winners of the 2019 CWA Dagger Awards in London, England, on October 24.

CWA Gold Dagger:

• The Puppet Show, by M.W. Craven: (Constable)

CWA John Creasey (New Blood):

• Scrublands, by Chris Hammer (Wildfire)

CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction:

• The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, by Ben Macintyre (Viking)

CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger:

• To the Lions, by Holly Watt (Bloomsbury)

CWA Sapere Books Historical Dagger:

• Destroying Angel, by S.G. MacLean: (Quercus)

CWA International Dagger:

• A Long Night in Paris, by Dov Alfon; translated by Daniella Zamir (Maclehose Press)

CWA Short Story Dagger:

•  “The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing,” by Danuta Reah (from The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing and Other Fantastic Female Fables, by Danuta Reah [aka Danuta Kot]; Fantastic)

Highly commended

• “I Detest Mozart,” by Teresa Solana (from The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories, by Teresa Solana; Bitter Lemon Press)

Dagger in the Library:

• Kate Ellis

Debut Dagger
(for the opening of a crime novel by an uncontracted writer):

• Wake, by Shelley Burr

Highly commended

• Hardways, by Catherine Hendricks

Diamond Dagger Recipient

• Robert Goddard

For a career of sustained excellence and a significant contribution to the genre

Best Crime and Mystery Publisher

• No Exit Press

STRAND CRITICS AWARD. The Strand Magazine announced the winners of its 2019 Strand Critics Awards on July 11.

Best Mystery Novel

(Tie)

• Transcription by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown and Company)
• Sunburn by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins)

Best Debut Novel

• The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor  (Crown)

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Heather Graham
• Donna Leon

Publisher of the Year

• Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks