Press Release
Hachette Dominates CWA Gold Dagger Shortlist26/07/2010
The shortlists for the John Creasey (New Blood), Ian Fleming Steel and Gold Daggers have been announced at a lunchtime ceremony at the The Crown Hotel, Harrogate, during the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. These Daggers will be awarded at a televised ceremony in the Autumn, as part of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards.
GOLD DAGGER Shortlist:
Conman, Richard Asplin (No Exit Press)
Blacklands, Belinda Bauer (Corgi)
Blood Harvest, S J Bolton (Bantam Press)
Rain Gods, James Lee Burke (Orion)
Shadowplay, Karen Campbell (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge, Patricia Duncker (Bloomsbury)
Still Midnight, Denise Mina (Orion)
The Way Home, George Pelecanos (Orion)
JOHN CREASEY (New Blood) DAGGER shortlist:
Acts of Violence, Ryan David Jahn (Pan)
Cut Short, Leigh Russell (No Exit Press)
Martyr, Rory Clements (John Murray)
Random, Craig Robertson (Simon & Schuster)
Stop Me, Richard Jay Parker (Allison & Busby)
Rupture, Simon Lelic (Picador)
The Holy Thief, William Ryan (Mantle)
IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER shortlist:
61 Hours, Lee Child (Bantam Press)
A Loyal Spy, Simon Conway (Hodder & Stoughton)
Gone, Mo Hayder (Bantam Press)
Slow Horses, Mick Herron (Robinson)
The Dying Light, Henry Porter (Orion)
Innocent, Scott Turow (Macmillan)
The Gentlemen's Hour, Don Winslow (Heinemann)
The Pull of the Moon, Diane Janes (Robinson)