Nominees for the Fall 2013 CWA Dagger Awards Announced

The nominees (short list) for the Fall 2013 CWA Dagger Awards have been announced by the Crime Writers' Association. The winners will be announced on Thursday, October 24th at the Crime Thriller Awards ceremony.

And the nominees are …

Gold Dagger (for Best Crime Novel) …

• Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer (Bantam)
• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)
• Dead Lions by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
• Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman (Orion)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for Best Thriller) …

• Ghostman by Roger Hobbs (Transworld)
• Ratlines by Stuart Neville (Random House)
• The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield (Head of Zeus)
• Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson (Orion)

John Creasey New Blood Dagger (for Best First Novel) …

• Something You Are by Hanna Jameson (Head of Zeus)
• The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay (Mantle)
• Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller (Faber & Faber)
• Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford (Bloomsbury)

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