This award is for the best historical crime novel, first published in the UK in English during the judging period, set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made. For novels that involve passages set later than this time period, at least three quarters of the book should be set in an earlier period.
An army nurse based in Vietnam, a retired private investigator and a Mob fixer investigate a serial killer and some very suspicious CIA activity in a convincingly drawn 1967 Los Angeles. As another of the book’s protagonists, Louis Armstrong, … More
John Banville
Historical Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Faber
Ray Celestin
Historical Dagger
2022 | Winner
Pan Macmillan, Mantle
Andy Charman
Historical Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Unbound
Alis Hawkins
Historical Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Canelo
Robbie Morrison
Historical Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Macmillan
Ambrose Parry
Historical Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Canongate
| TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | IMPRINT |
|---|---|---|---|
| April in Spain | John Banville | Faber | |
| City of Vengeance | DV Bishop | Pan Macmillan | Macmillan |
| Sunset Swing | Ray Celestin | Pan Macmillan | Mantle |
| Crow Court | Andy Charman | Unbound | |
| Not One Of Us | Alis Hawkins | Canelo | |
| The Drowned City | KJ Maitland | Headline | |
| Where God Does Not Walk | Luke McCallin | No Exit Press | |
| Edge of the Grave | Robbie Morrison | Pan Macmillan | Macmillan |
| A Corruption of Blood | Ambrose Parry | Canongate Books | |
| Blackout | Simon Scarrow | Headline | |
| The Royal Secret | Andrew Taylor | HarperCollins | Harper Fiction |
| The Cannonball Tree Mystery | Ovidia Yu | Little, Brown Book Group | Constable |
Professor Edward James (Chair)
Edward James is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at University College Dublin. He has published numerous papers on the archaeology, art and history of early medieval Europe. He is also an enthusiastic reader of science fiction and fantasy. In 2017 the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts presented him with their Distinguished Scholarship Award.
Janet Laurence
Janet Laurence has written four cookery books and has contributed articles to a number of publications, including a series on historical cooking for Country Life. Under a pseudonym she also writes contemporary women’s fiction and was recently chair of judges for the CWA Dagger in Translation.
Angela Rippon
Angela May Rippon CBE is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter. Angela presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One’s Nine O’Clock News, becoming a regular presenter in 1975.
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