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Awards for European Crime Fiction




CWA Awards 2007


The Duncan Lawrie Dagger

  • Winner : Peter Temple - The Broken Shore (Quercus)

    The Other Nominees:

  • Giles Blunt - Fields of Grief (HarperCollins)
  • James Lee Burke - Pegasus Descending (Orion)
  • Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
  • Craig Russell - Brother Grimm (Hutchinson)
  • C J Sansom - Sovereign (Macmillan)Review

    The Duncan Lawrie International Dagger

  • Winner : Fred Vargas (France) - Wash this Blood Clean from my Hand (Harvill Secker)Review

    The Other Nominees:

  • Karin Alvtegen (Sweden) - Shame (Canongate) Review
  • Christian Jungersen (Denmark) - The Exception (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)Review
  • Yasmina Khadra (Algeria) - The Attack (William Heinemann)
  • Asa Larsson (Sweden) - The Savage Altar (Viking)Review
  • Jo Nesbo (Norway) - The Redbreast (Harvill Secker)Review

    An unofficial list of the European crime novels eligible for the award can be found here.

    The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  • Winner : Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

    The Other Nominees:

  • Alex Berenson - The Faithful Spy (Random House)
  • Harlan Coben - The Woods (Orion)
  • R J Ellory - City of Lies (Orion)
  • Michael Marshall - The Intruders (HarperCollins)Review
  • Michael Robotham - The Night Ferry (Little, Brown)
  • Karin Slaughter - Triptych (Random House)

    The CWA New Blood Fiction Dagger 2007

  • Winner : Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

    The Other Nominees:

  • C J Emerson - Objects of Desire (Allison & Busby)
  • Declan Hughes - The Wrong Kind of Blood (John Murray)
  • Brian McGilloway - Borderlands (Macmillan New Publishing)Review
  • Andrew Pepper - Last Days of Newgate (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
  • Camilla Way - Dead of Summer (HarperCollins)


    CWA Awards 2006


    The Duncan Lawrie Dagger

  • Winner : Ann Cleeves - Raven Black (Macmillan)Review

    The Other Nominees:

  • Simon Beckett - The Chemistry of Death (Bantam)Review
  • Thomas H. Cook - Red Leaves (Quercus)
  • Frances Fyfield - Safer Than Houses (Little, Brown)
  • Bill James - Wolves of Memory (Constable)
  • Laura Wilson - A Thousand Lies (Orion)Review

    The Duncan Lawrie International Dagger

  • Winner : Fred Vargas - The Three Evangelists (Harvill) Review

    The Other Nominees:

  • Andrea Camilleri - Excursion to Tindari (Picador) Review
  • Yasmina Khadra - Autumn of the Phantoms (Toby Crime)
  • Dominique Manotti - Dead Horsemeat (Arcadia Books) Review
  • Hakan Nesser - Borkmann's Point (Macmillan) Review
  • Rafael Reig - Blood on the Saddle (Serpent's Tail) Review

    An unofficial list of the European crime novels eligible for the award can be found here.

    The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  • Winner : Nick Stone - Mr Clarinet (Penguin)

    The Other Nominees:

  • Michael Connelly - The Lincoln Lawyer (Orion)
  • Jo-Ann Goodwin - Sweet Gum - Bantam Press (Transworld)
  • Mo Hayder - Pig Island - Bantam Press (Transworld) Review
  • Daniel Silva - The English Assassin (Penguin)
  • Martyn Waites - The Mercy Seat (Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster))
  • David Wolstencroft - Contact Zero (Hodder & Stoughton) Review

    Barry Awards 2007

    Best British Novel Published in the UK in 2006 - shortlist

  • Winner : Priest - Ken Bruen Review

    The Other Nominees:

  • Dying Light - Stuart MacBride
  • Sovereign - C J Sansom Review
  • The Case of the Missing Books - Ian Sansom
  • Mr Clarinet - Nick Stone
  • Red Sky Lament - Edward Wright


    Barry Awards 2006

    Best British Novel Published in the UK in 2005 - shortlist

  • Winner : Denise Mina - The Field of Blood Review

    The Other Nominees:

  • Rennie Airth - Blood-Dimmed Tide
  • Mark Billingham - Lifeless
  • Arnaldur Indridason - Silence of the Grave Review
  • Simon Kernick - A Good Day to Die
  • Michael Robotham - Lost


    Gumshoe Awards 2007

    Best European Crime Novel published in the US in 2006

  • Winner : Karin Fossum - When the Devil Holds the Candle Review

    The Other Nominees:

  • Ken Bruen - The Dramatist
  • Gianrico Carofiglio - A Walk in the Dark Review
  • Philippe Claudel - By a Slow River (UK: Grey Souls)
  • Barbara Vine - The Minotaur


    Gumshoe Awards 2006

    Best European Crime Novel published in the US in 2005

  • Winner : Robert Wilson - The Vanished Hands (Harcourt)

    The Other Nominees:

  • Jasper Fforde - The Big Over Easy (Viking)
  • Allan Guthrie - Kiss Her Goodbye (Hard Case Crime)
  • Arnaldur Indridason - Jar City (St. Martin's Minotaur)
  • Fred Vargas - Have Mercy on Us All (Simon & Schuster)


    Macavity Awards 2007

    Best Mystery Novel

  • Winner : Nancy Pickard - The Virgin of Small Plains

    The Other Nominees:

  • Benjamin Black - Christine Falls
  • Jason Goodwin - The Janissary Tree
  • Denise Mina - The Dead Hour Review
  • Peter Robinson - Piece of My Heart
  • Julia Spencer-Fleming - All Mortal Flesh

    Sue Feder Historical Mystery

  • Winner : Rhys Bowen - Oh Danny Boy

    The Other Nominees:

  • Brett Ellen Block - The Lightning Rule
  • Barbara Cleverly - The Bee's Kiss
  • Anne Perry - Dark Assassin
  • Jacqueline Winspear - Messenger of Truth Review


    Theakston's Old Peculier Award

    Crime Novel of the Year 2008 - longlist

    Crime Novel of the Year 2007

  • Winner : Allan Guthrie - Two Way Split

    The Other Nominees:

  • Stephen Booth - The Dead Place
  • Christopher Brookmyre - All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye
  • Graham Hurley - Blood and Honey
  • Michael Jecks - The Death Ship of Dartmouth
  • Stuart MacBride - Cold Granite
    (Full longlist)

    Crime Novel of the Year 2006

  • Winner : Val McDermid - The Torment of Others

    The Other Nominees:

  • Lindsay Ashford - Strange Blood
  • Stephen Booth - One Last Breath
  • Martin Edwards - The Coffin Trail
  • Susan Hill - The Various Haunts of Men
  • Ian Rankin - Fleshmarket Close




    last updated 5/05/2008 19:17