Nominees for the Fall 2014 CWA Dagger Awards Announced

The nominees (shortlist) for the Fall 2014 CWA Dagger Awards have been announced by the Crime Writers' Assocation.

The winners will be announced on October 24th, 2014 at the Crime Thriller Awards.

And the nominees are …

Gold Dagger (for Best Crime Novel):
• This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash (Doubleday)
• Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly (Bantam)
• The First Rule of Survival by Paul Mendelson (Constable)
• How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (Sphere)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for Best Thriller):
• Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty (Faber and Faber)
• An Officer and A Spy by Robert Harris (Random House)
• I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (Transworld)
• Natchez Burning by Greg Iles (Harper Collins)

John Creasey New Blood Dagger (for Best First Crime Novel):
• The Strangler Vine by M. J. Carter (Penguin)
• The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin (Mantle)
• The Silent Wife by A. S. A. Harrison (Headline)
• The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson (Hodder & Stoughton)