The Crime Writers Association today announced the six book shortlist for the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the biggest crime writing prize in the world. The winner of the £20,000 prize will be announced at the 2007 Dagger Awards ceremony, taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel in London's Park Lane on Thursday July 05, 2007.
In alphabetical order by author's last name, the shortlist is as follows:
• Fields of Grief by Giles Blunt (HarperCollins).
• Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke (Orion).
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Weidenfeld & Nicolson).
• Brother Grimm by Craig Russell (Hutchinson).
• Sovereign by C. J. Sansom (Macmillan).
• The Broken Shore by Peter Temple (Quercus).
The CWA also announced today the six book shortlist for the New Blood Dagger, formerly the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger, which is awarded in memory of CWA founder John Creasey, for first books by previously unpublished writers.
In alphabetical order by author's last name, the shortlist is as follows:
• Objects of Desire by C. J. Emerson.
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Weidenfeld & Nicolson).
• The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes (John Murray).
• Borderlands by Brian McGilloway.
• Last Days of Newgate by Andrew Pepper (Weidenfeld & Nicolson).
• Dead of Summer by Camilla Way (HarperCollins).
For more information on the Dagger Awards, visit the CWA website here.
Please visit our new website, Mystery Book Awards, where we list the winning authors and titles of many major mystery awards including the past winners of the CWA Dagger Awards.
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Thursday, June 07, 2007
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