CWA Dagger Shortlist

The CWA Dagger Shortlists were announced at CrimeFest in Bristol on May 25. Winners will be announced July 5.

CWA International Dagger:
• The Potter’s Field, by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli (Mantle)
• I Will Have Vengeance, by Maurizio de Giovanni, translated by Anne Milano Appel (Hersilia Press)
• Until Thy Wrath Be Past, by Åsa Larsson, translated by Laurie Thompson (Quercus/MacLehose)
• Trackers, by Deon Meyer, translated by T.K.L Seegers (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Phantom, by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett (Harvill Secker)
• The Dark Valley, by Valerio Varesi, translated by Joseph Farrell (Quercus/MacLehose)

CWA Non-fiction Dagger:
• To Live Outside the Law, by Leaf Fielding (Serpent’s Tail)
• Dark Market, by Misha Glenny (Vintage)
• Hood Rat, by Gavin Knight (Pan Macmillan)
• The Negotiator, by Ben Lopez (Little, Brown)
• Witness, by David Smith with Carol Ann Lee (Mainstream)
• The Eleventh Day, by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan (Transworld/Doubleday)

CWA Short Story Dagger:
• “The Golden Hour,” by Bernie Crossthwaite (from Guilty Consciences, edited by Martin Edwards; Severn House
• “Hixton,” by William Kent Krueger (from Crimes by Moonlight, edited by Charlaine Harris; Gollancz)
• “The Message,” by Margaret Murphy (from Murder Squad: Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories, edited by Martin Edwards; The Mystery Press)
• “He Did Not Always See Her,” by Claire Seeber (from Guilty Consciences)
• “A Long Time Dead,” by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (from The Best American Mystery Stories 2011, edited by Harlan Coben and Otto Penzler; Corvus)
• “Laptop,” by Cath Staincliffe (from Murder Squad: Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories)

CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger:
• The Crown, by Nancy Bilyeau (Orion)
• I Will Have Vengeance, by Maurizio de Giovanni (Hersilia Press)
• Bitter Water, by Gordon Ferris (Corvus)
• Prague Fatale, by Philip Kerr (Quercus)
• Icelight, by Aly Monroe (John Murray)
• Sacrilege, by S.J. Parris (HarperCollins)
• A Willing Victim, by Laura Wilson (Quercus)

CWA Dagger in the Library:
• Belinda Bauer
• S.J. Bolton
• Susan Hill
• Peter May
• Steve Mosby
• Imogen Robertson

CWA Debut Dagger:
• Death by Glasgow, by Jon Breakfield
• Easy to Die, by Sean Carpenter
• The Watchers, by Karen Catalona
• One Man Army, by Bram E. Gieben
• Beached, by Sandy Gingras
• Trick, by Sean Hancock
• Broken-Winged Bird, by Renata Hill
• Death Knell, by Rob Lowe
• Chasing Shadows, by Lesley McLaren
• The Wrong Domino, by Simon Miller
• Message from Panama, by Britt Vasarhelyi
• Port of Spain, by Elizabeth Wells