The short list for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger is as follows:
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne (Headline)
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Transworld/Bantam)
Good People by Ewart Hutton (HarperCollins)
What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright (Canongate)The short list for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger is as follows:
Dare Me by Megan Abbott (Picador)
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
The Fear Index by Robert Harris (Hutchinson)
Reamde by Neal Stephenson (Atlantic Books)The short list for the CWA Gold Dagger is as follows:
Vengeance in Mind by N.J. Cooper (Simon & Schuster)
The Flight by M.R. Hall (Mantle)
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Vintage)
Bereft by Chris Womersley (Quercus)
In addition a load of other Dagger shortlists were announced:
TV/Film Daggers:
The cream of acting talent is also recognised at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards with categories for Best UK and International Crime Series, Best Actor, Best Actress in a Crime series and Best Film.
The British public will also have the chance to vote for their favourite detective duo by phone vote. The shortlist is as follows:
- DCI Banks - DCI Alan Banks & DS Annie Cabbot - Call 090 16 16 14 01
- Above Suspicion - DC Anna Travis & DCS James Langton - Call 090 16 16 14 02
- Scott and Bailey- DC Jane Scott & DC Rachel Bailey - Call 090 16 16 14 03
- Lewis - DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway - Call 090 16 16 14 04
- Whitechapel - DI Joseph Chandler & DS Ray Miles - Call 090 16 16 14 05
- Vera - DCI Vera Stanhope & DS Joe Ashworth - Call 090 16 16 14 06
The vote opens on the 7th September at midday.
The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger
- Stuart MacBride
- Jo Nesbo
- Ann Cleeves
- Kathy Reichs
- Anthony Horowitz
The Film Dagger
- DRIVE (Icon)
- The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros)
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sony)
- The Guard (Optimum)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)
The TV Dagger
- Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1)
- Line of Duty (BBC/BBC2)
- Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
- Wallander (Left Bank Pictures,Yellow Bird/BBC1)
- Whitechapel: Series 3 (Carnival/ITV1)
The International TV Dagger
- Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
- Dexter: Season 6 (Showtime Networks, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions/FX)
- Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)
- The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)
- The Killing Ii: Forbrydelsen (Arrow Films/BBC4)
The Best Actress Dagger
- Brenda Blethyn for Vera (ITV Studios/ITV1)
- Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)
- Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing II (Arrow Films/BBC4)
- Sofia Helin for The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)
- Maxine Peake for Silk (BBC/BBC1)
The Best Actor Dagger
- Kenneth Branagh for Wallander (Left Bank Pictures,Yellow Bird/BBC1)
- Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
- Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
- Damien Lewis for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)
- Dominic West for Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
- Frances Barber for Silk (BBC/BBC1)
- Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
- Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife (Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, Small Wishes, CBS Productions/More 4)
- Sarah Smart for Wallander (Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird/BBC1)
- Una Stubbs for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
- Alun Armstrong for Garrow’s Law (Shed Media/BBC1)
- Alan Cumming for The Good Wife (Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, Small Wishes, CBS Productions/More 4)
- Phil Davis for Silk & Whitechapel (Silk: BBC/BBC1)(Whitechapel: Carnival/ITV1)
- Laurence Fox for Lewis (ITV Studios/ITV1)
- Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The winners of the Awards will be announced at The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards on Thursday 18 October at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
The voting is open for for the Specsavers Bestseller Dagger at the crime thriller awards website.
I hope The Rage wins the Gold dagger....but I can't help a nagging feeling that there were more worthy contenders than some of the titles on the shortlists for some of these book categories. For example some of the Gold nominations just don't have anything like the class of previous winners such as Broken Shore by Peter Temple or Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (last year's winner).
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