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The
2024 shortlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger
awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been
announced.
Created
in 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre and
have been synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century.
The
shortlist for the Gold Dagger, which is awarded for the best crime novel of the
year, includes the debut novel Black River from Nilanjana Roy . She is up
against stalwarts of the genre, Mick Herron for The Secret Hours, and Dennis
Lehane , with Small Mercies.
The
bestselling children’s author Maz Evans also makes the list with her debut
adult novel, Over My Dead Body . As does the Irish-American author Una Mannion ,
with her haunting second novel, Tell Me What I Am , and the Chinese-Indonesian
author, Jesse Sutanto , with Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.
Past
winners of the prestigious Gold Dagger, include Ian Rankin, John le Carré,
Reginald Hill, and Ruth Rendell.
The I an
Fleming Steel Dagger, sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd, showcases the
thriller of the year.
The
shortlist sees relative newcomer Jordan Harper , with his second thriller,
Everybody Knows , up against TJ Newman, the former flight attendant who became a
Hollywood sensation, with her latest thriller, Drowning , and Japanese author
Kotaro Isaka for The Mantis ; Kotaro is best-known for Bullet Train , which was
adapted into a Brad Pitt movie.
They’re
joined on the Fleming shortlist by SA Crosby, Eli Cranor, and Femi Kayode.
The
much-anticipated John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger highlights the best debut
novels.
Among
the rising stars of 2024 is Jo Callaghan with her BBC Between the Covers Book
Club pick, The Blink of an Eye ; and the Victorian gothic, The Tumbling Girl
from Bridget Walsh. The shortlist also includes Amy Chua ’s The Golden Gate ,
Kate Foster with The Maiden , Dan McDorman ’s West Heart Kill and Go Seek by
Michelle Teahan .
The
Historical Dagger shortlist sees Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry in
contention with A Bitter Remedy by Alis Hawkins .
They’re
joined by Lucy Ashe with Clara & Olivia , Louise Hare ’s Harlem After
Midnight , Jake Lamar ’s Viper’s Dream , and Scarlet Town by Lenora Nattrass.
The
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction shortlist sees Nicholas Shakespeare ’s Ian
Fleming: The Complete Man , up against The Art Thief by Michael Finkel , the true
story of the world’s most prolific art thief who accumulated a collection worth
over $1.4 billion.
Also in
the Non-Fiction category are Matt Johnson and John Murray for No Ordinary Day ,
Jennifer McAdam with Douglas Thompson for Devil’s Coin, Alex Mar ’s Seventy
Times Seven and How Many More Women? by Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida .
The
shortlist for the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger includes The Prey from
the Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ’s, translated by Victoria Cribb, and
Maud Ventura ’s My Husband, translated by Emma Ramadan, which was a sensation in
France, likened to Patricia Highsmith and Gone Girl.
They’re
joined by the Spanish journalist and author, Juan Gómez-Jurado, Sweden’s Âsa
Larsson , French author Cloé Mehdi , and Korea’s Im Seong-sun .
Maxim
Jakubowski , Chair of the CWA Daggers’ committee, said: “Once again, our
independent judges across all the Dagger categories have come up trumps. Their
selections feature well-established authors and new faces, a refreshingly
diverse palette highlighting the talent of writers from all origins and
publishers large and small, and a steadfast affirmation of how healthy the
crime and mystery field is right now. We at the CWA couldn't be prouder.”
The CWA
Daggers are one of the few high-profile awards that honour the short story.
This
year sees the bestselling juggernaut Lee Child with his story Safe Enough . He’s
up against Mia Dalia , J Benedict Jones, Sanjida Kay, Ambrose Parry , and FD
Quinn .
The
Dagger in the Library nominees are voted by librarians and library users,
chosen for the author’s body of work and support of libraries. This year sees
firm favourites from the genre on the shortlist: Louise Candlish, MW Craven,
Anthony Horowitz, Cara Hunter , and LJ Ross .
The
Best Crime and Mystery Publisher of the Year Dagger, which celebrates
publishers and imprints demonstrating excellence and diversity in crime
writing, pits big publishing houses Headline (Hachette), Michael Joseph
(Penguin Random House), Simon & Schuster, and Pushkin Vertigo (Pushkin
Press) against independent publishers Joffe Books and Canelo Crime.
The CWA
Diamond Dagger , awarded to an author whose crime-writing career has been marked
by sustained excellence, is announced in early spring and in 2024 it was
jointly awarded to Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke.
The CWA
Dagger shortlists were announced on 10 May at the crime fiction
convention, CrimeFest, hosted in Bristol.
The
winners will be announced at the award ceremony at the CWA gala dinner on July
4.
The
Shortlists in Full:
GOLD
DAGGER
Maz
Evans Over My Dead Body, Headline
Mick
Herron The Secret Hours, Baskerville (John Murray)
Dennis
Lehane Small Mercies, Abacus (Little Brown)
Una
Mannion Tell me What I Am, Faber & Faber
Nilanjana
Roy Black River, Pushkin (Vertigo)
