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Hallett, Cosby and Mukherjee shortlisted for CWA Dagger awards
Janice Hallett, S A Cosby and Abir Mukherjee are among those shortlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards (see full shortlists below).
The headline Gold Dagger, awarded for the crime novel of the year, sees Cosby nominated for Razorblade Tears (Headline) alongside Mukherjee’s The Shadows of Men (Harvill Secker) and debut author Jacqueline Bublitz’s Before You Knew My Name (Sphere). Ray Celestin is also in contention for Sunset Swing (Mantle), alongside John Hart’s The Unwilling (Zaffre) and William Shaw’s The Trawlerman (riverrun).
Hallett is among the rising stars shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for the best debut novel of the year for The Appeal (Viper), vying against Tariq Ashkanani’s Welcome to Cooper (Thomas & Mercer), Eloísa Díaz’s The Repentence (Weidenfield & Nicolson) and Alan Gillespie’s The Mash House (Unbound Digital). Karin Nordin’s Where Ravens Roost (HQ) is also in contention, alongside Rahul Raina’s How to Kidnap the Rich (Little, Brown) and Mark Wightman’s Waking the Tiger (Hobeck Books).
Cosby is also shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for thriller of the year against Linwood Barclay’s Find You First (HQ), Sharon Bolton’s The Pact (Orion), Steve Cavanagh’s The Devil’s Advocate, M W Craven’s Dead Ground (Constable) and Laura Lippman’s Dream Girl (Faber).
Maxim Jakubowski, chair of the CWA, said: “So many good titles and authors appeared on our longlists, but in a year of such overall excellence, to reach the shortlist is a terrific achievement. Congratulations to all the nominees, writers both established and new, publishers large and small; a diversity of quality demonstrating the independence of our judges.”
The Dagger awards ceremony will be held at the Leonardo City hotel in London on 29th June, coinciding with National Crime Reading Month, which takes place throughout June. Tickets are available now from the CWA.
The shortlist in full
GOLD DAGGER
Before You Knew My Name, Jacqueline Bublitz (Sphere)
Sunset Swing, Ray Celestin (Mantle)
Razorblade Tears, S A Cosby (Headline)
The Unwilling, John Hart (Zaffre)
The Shadows of Men, Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
The Trawlerman, William Shaw (riverrun)
IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER
Find You First, Linwood Barclay (HQ)
The Pact, Sharon Bolton (Orion)
The Devil’s Advocate, Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
Razorblade Tears, S A Cosby (Headline Publishing Group)
Dead Ground, M W Craven (Constable)
Dream Girl, Laura Lippman (Faber)
JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER
Welcome to Cooper, Tariq Ashkanani (Thomas & Mercer)
Repentance, Eloísa Díaz (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Mash House, Alan Gillespie (Unbound; Unbound Digital)
The Appeal, Janice Hallett (Viper Books)
Where Ravens Roost, Karin Nordin (HQ)
How to Kidnap the Rich, Rahul Raina (Little, Brown)
Waking the Tiger, Mark Wightman (Hobeck Books)
HISTORICAL DAGGER
April in Spain, John Banville (Faber)
Sunset Swing, Ray Celestin (Mantle)
Crow Court, Andy Charman (Unbound)
Not One of Us, Alis Hawkins (Canelo)
Edge of the Grave, Robbie Morrison (Macmillan)
A Corruption of Blood, Ambrose Parry (Canongate Books)
CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER
Hotel Cartagena, Simone Buchholz translated by Rachel Ward (Orenda Books)
Bullet Train, Kōtarō Isaka translated by Sam Malissa (Harvill Secker)
Oxygen, Sacha Naspini translated by Clarissa Botsford (Europa Editions)
People Like Them, Samira Sedira translated by Lara Vergnaud (Raven Books)
The Rabbit Factor, Antti Tuomainen translated by David Hackston (Orenda Books)
SHORT STORY DAGGER
‘Blindsided’ by Caroline England in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘London’ by Jo Nesbø in The Jealousy Man and other stories edited by Robert Ferguson (Harvill Secker)
‘With the Others’ by T M Logan in Afraid of the Shadows edited by Miranda Jewess (Criminal Minds)
‘Flesh of a Fancy Woman’ by Paul Magrs in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘Changeling’ by Bryony Pearce in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘When I Grow Up’ by Robert Scragg in Afraid of the Shadows edited by Miranda Jewess (Criminal Minds)
ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion, Dr Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne (Faber)
The Dublin Railway Murder, Thomas Morris (Harvill Secker)
The Unusual Suspect, Ben Machell (Canongate Books)
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice, Julia Laite (Profile Books)
Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe (Picador)
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire, Julie Kavanagh (Grove Press UK)
DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY
Cath Staincliffe
Edward Marston
Lin Anderson
Mark Billingham
Susan Hill
PUBLISHERS’ DAGGER
Faber & Faber
Harper Fiction
Michael Joseph
Pushkin Vertigo
Titan Books
Viper
DEBUT DAGGER Sponsored by ProWritingAid
Henry’s Bomb, Kevin Bartlett
Holloway Castle, Laura Ashton Hill
The 10:12, Anna Maloney
The Dead of Egypt, David Smith
The Dieppe Letters, Liz Rachel Walker
