Capital Crime, a crime fiction con in London, announced the finalists for The Fingerprint Awards 2024 on April 4. The public can vote for the winners at the link through May 15. The results will be announced May 30.
OVERALL CRIME
The Murder Game by Tom Hindle
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
In The Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
THRILLER
Fearless by M W Craven
The Silent Man by David Fennell
The Rule of Three by Sam Ripley
The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish
The House Hunt by C. M. Ewan
HISTORICAL
Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead
The Good Liars by Anita Frank
The House of Whispers by Anna Mazzola
GENRE-BUSTING
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
Killing Jericho by William Hussey
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
The Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
DEBUT
Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater
The List by Yomi Adegoke
Geneva by Richard Armitage
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen
TRUE CRIME
No Ordinary Day by Matt Johnson and John Murray
My Girl by Michelle Hadaway
Vital Organs by Suzie Edge
Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC
Order Out Of Chaos by Scott Walker
AUDIO-BOOK
The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith (narrated by Robert Glenister)
The Last Goodbye by Tim Weaver (narrated by Joe Coen, Brendan MacDonald, Peter Noble, Dominic Thorburn and Candida Gubbins)
The Bedroom Window by K. L. Slater (narrated by Clare Corbett)
Conviction by Jack Jordan (narrated by Sophie Roberts)
Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans (narrated by Maz Evans)
The international competition is open to short stories of up to 3,500 words that have not been previously published anywhere, or shortlisted for this competition.
“Olga Popova” by Susan Breen
“The Pact” by Kirsten Ehrlich Davies
“A Quarrel between Friends” by Emma O’Driscoll
“The Ladies’ Tailor” by Meeti Shah
“Horses for Courses” by Camilla Smith
“Right Place Wrong Time” by Yvonne Walus
The winner will be announced on May 10 at the Daggers shortlist reception at CrimeFest.
The prize was created to celebrate “excellence, originality, and the very best in crime fiction from UK and Irish authors” whose novels were published in paperback during the eligibility period.
The winner receives £3,000 and a handmade, engraved beer barrel provided by Theakston Old Peculier.
The public are now invited to vote for a shortlist of six titles here; voting for that closes May 18. Then the shortlist will be posted and winner voting will open June 15. The prize winner will be revealed July 20.
The Longlist in full:
The Murder Book by Mark Billingham (Little, Brown Book Group; Little Brown)
The Botanist by M.W. Craven (Little, Brown Book Group; Constable)
Into The Dark by Fiona Cummins (Pan Macmillan; Macmillan/Pan)
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins; HarperFiction)
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett (Profile Books; Viper)
Bad Actors by Mick Herron (John Murray Press; Baskerville)
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell (Cornerstone; Century Fiction)
Black Hearts by Doug Johnstone (Orenda Books)
The Lost Man of Bombay by Vaseem Khan (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh (Little, Brown Book Group; Sphere)
All I Said Was True by Imran Mahmood (Bloomsbury Publishing; Raven Books)
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (Penguin Random House; Michael Joseph)
1989 by Val McDermid (Little, Brown Book Group; Little Brown)
The Heretic by Liam McIlvanney (HarperCollins; HarperFiction)
Blue Water by Leonora Nattrass (Profile Books; Viper)
May God Forgive by Alan Parks (Canongate Books)
Truly Darkly Deeply by Victoria Selman (Quercus)
Reputation by Sarah Vaughan (Simon & Schuster)
The It Girl by Ruth Ware (Simon & Schuster)
2023 CWA DAGGER AWARDS
The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) of the United Kingdom announced the longlist for the 2023 CWA Dagger Awards on April 22.
GOLD DAGGER
This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality.
Oxblood by Tom Benn
Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
The Kingdoms of the Savannah by George Dawes Green
The Lost Man of Bombay by Vaseem Khan
The Bookseller of Inverness by SG Maclean
A Killing in November by Simon Mason
The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola
The Winter Guest by William Ryan
A Killing Rain by Faye Snowdon
The Bone Road by NE Solomons
The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde
IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER
Eligible books in this category are thrillers set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction, psychological thrillers and action/adventure stories.
Opera by Julie Anderson
A Kiss After Dying by Ashok Banker
Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay
Seventeen by John Brownlow
The Match by Harlan Coben
The Botanist by MW Craven
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
Alias Emma by Ava Glass
A Loyal Traitor by Tim Glister
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
May God Forgive by Alan Parks
JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER
This award is for the best crime novel by a first-time author of any nationality.
A Good Day to Die by Amen Alonge
Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
Breaking by Amanda Cassidy
Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor
The Local by Joey Hartstone
The Truth Will Out by Rosemary Hennigan
London in Black by Jack Lutz
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor
No Country for Girls by Emma Styles
Nobody But Us by Laure Van Rensburg
Outback by Patricia Wolf
The Partisan by Patrick Worrall
HISTORICAL DAGGER
This award is for the best historical crime novel, set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made.
The Darkest Sin by DV Bishop
Blackstone Fell by Martin Edwards
Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray
The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys by Jack Jewers
The Bookseller of Inverness by SG MacLean
The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola
Death at the Dolphin by Gretta Mulrooney
The Homes by JB Mylet
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
Blue Water by Leonora Nattrass
Hear No Evil by Sarah Smith
The Mushroom Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu
ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
This award is for any non-fiction work on a crime-related theme by an author of any nationality.
The Poisonous Solicitor by Stephen Bates
Dead in the Water by Matthew Campbell & Kit Chellel
What We Fear Most by Ben Cave
Scandal at Dolphin Square by Simon Danczuk & Daniel Smith
The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards
Unlawful Killings by Wendy Joseph
Tremors In The Blood by Amit Katwala
To Hunt a Killer by Julie Mackay & Robert Murphy
The Real Special Relationship by Michael Smith
The Life Inside by Andy West
About A Son by David Whitehouse
Stitched Up by Shahed Yousaf
CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER
This award is for a crime novel not originally written in English and which has been translated into English for UK publication.
Good Reasons to Die, by Morgan Audic (tr Sam Taylor)
The Red Notebook, by Michel Bussi (tr Vineet Lal)
Even the Darkest Night by Javier Cercas (tr Anne Mclean)
Bad Kids by Zijin Chen, (tr Michelle Deeter)
Impossible, by Erri De Luca (tr NS Thompson)
Femicide by Pascal Engman (tr Michael Gallagher)
The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson (tr David Warriner)
The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock (tr Tara Chace)
The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier (tr Adriana Hunter)
The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer (tr KL Seggers)
The Tattoo Murder by Akimitsu Takagi (tr Deborah Boehm)
Lady Joker by Kaoru Takamura (tr Allison Markin Powell & Marie Iida)
SHORT STORY DAGGER
This award is for any crime short story first published in the UK in English in a publication that pays for contributions, or broadcast in the UK in return for payment.
The Disappearance by Leigh Bardugo – In ‘Marple’
The Tears of Venus by Victoria and Delilah Dowd – In ‘Unlocked’
Strawberry Moon by John Grisham – In ‘Sparring Partners’
Clout Chaser by Rachel Howzell Hall
The Beautiful Game by Sanjida Kay
Paradise Lost by Abir Mukherjee
Death In Darjeeling by Vaseem Khan – In ‘The Perfect Crime’
Just One More by Laura Lippman – In ‘Seasonal Work & Other Killer Stories’
Auld Bride by Judith O’Reilly – In ‘Gone’
The Lake House by Ferdinand von Schirach – In ‘Punishment’ (tr: Katharina Hall)
Runaway Blues by C J Tudor – In ‘A Sliver of Darkness’
Cast A Long Shadow by Hazell Ward – In ‘Cast A Long Shadow’
PUBLISHERS’ DAGGER
This prestigious Dagger is awarded annually to the Best Crime and Mystery Publisher of the Year.
Bitter Lemon Press
Bookouture
Canelo
Harper Fiction
Hodder & Stoughton
Mantle
Michael Joseph
Raven
Pushkin Vertigo
Quercus
Simon & Schuster
Viper
DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY
The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established crime writer who has long been popular with borrowers from libraries, and who has supported libraries and their users.
Ben Aaronovitch
Sophie Hannah
Mick Herron
Erin Kelly
Angela Marsons
Brian McGilloway
Tim Weaver
DIAMOND DAGGER
Awarded every year to an author whose crime-writing career has been marked by sustained excellence, and who has made a significant contribution to the genre. Votes from CWA members go forward to be deliberated on by an independent panel. This year’s recipient is:
The international competition is open to short stories of up to 3,500 words that have not been previously published anywhere, or shortlisted for this competition.
Off the Rails – Cailey Barker
The Mitcham Manor Inquiry – Antony M Brown
The Note – Tim Butterworth
Confession – Ajay Chowdhury
Unlucky for Some – Charlie Cochrane
The Key – Christine Curran
The Midwinter Murders – Robert Grossmith
How to Catch a Bullet in a Plate – Judith O’Reilly
BLOODY SCOTLAND. The shortlist for the Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2021 has been announced, which is the other award handed out by the Bloody Scotland festival in addition to the McIlvanney Prize:
The international competition is open to short stories of up to 3,500 words that have not been previously published anywhere, or shortlisted for this competition.
The award is given by the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan for the best hardboiled/private eye novel published in Japan in the previous year.
The winning author receives a certificate of merit and a falcon sculpture crafted in wood.
The Maltese Falcon Society was founded in San Francisco in 1981, and later added chapters in New York and Japan. The Japanese chapter is the last one still active, and holds meetings in Tokyo and Osaka.
The longlists or shortlists for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Glass Key Award and Margery Allingham Short Story Competition have been announced.
HARPER LEE PRIZE. The finalists for the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction have been announced by the University of Alabama School of Law. The three books chosen to compete for the prize are:
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
The Hallows by Victor Methos
An Equal Justice by Chad Zunker.
The prize, previously authorized by Lee, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.
GLASS KEY. The shortlist for the Glass Key 2020 for best Nordic crime novel have been announced.
Dødfunden (Found Dead)by Gretelise Holm (Denmark)
Den åttonde tärnan (The Eight Bridesmaid) by Eva Frantz (Finland)
Svik (Betrayal) by Lilja sigurðardóttir (Iceland)
Kniv (Knife) by Jo Nesbø (Norway)
Skuggjägaren (Shadow Hunter) by Camilla Grebe (Sweden)