CWA Dagger & Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012

Thanks to Rhian Davies of It's a Crime! (Or a mystery...) for the following CWA Dagger & Specsavers Crime Thriller Award news! Go HERE for all the nominees. Congrats to all!

SPECSAVERS CRIME THRILLER AWARDS WINNERS 2012

WRITING DAGGERS

The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored by Constable & Robinson

• The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)

The CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books

• Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)

The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications

• A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)

The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger (Public Vote)

• Kathy Reichs

Inducted to the Hall of Fame: 
Ann Cleeves, Jo Nesbø, Stuart MacBride

Lifetime Achievement award to: 
Karin Slaughter

TV/FILM DAGGERS

The Film Dagger

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)

The TV Dagger

• Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The International TV Dagger

• The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)

The Best Actress Dagger

• Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)

The Best Actor Dagger

• Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger

• Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger

• Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

 ‘Best Detective Duo’ by Public Vote

• Lewis – DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway