2016 shortlisted story
The Blockage - Ian Cowmeadow Fine drops of rain bloomed on the van’s windscreen. The engine clicked as the heat drifted from it and Shelly Wrench was beginning to feel the cold. Across the street, a strip light flickered behind a frosted window ...
2015 winning story
Game Over - Lesley Mace The feel of the skateboard rumbles up through the bones of his feet. He is enclosed within the sound of wheels. He concentrates on contracting muscles, on making his body into the correct shape to fly over the top of the co...
Crime Picks of the Month!
To finish off a fantastic month of all things crime, Love Reading’s Picks of the Month for June are all crime books. They include Deadline by Holly Watt, winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2019, House of Lamentations by double CWA Histor...
Gold Dagger 2021
Highly Commended
Nicci French
House of Correction
Simon & Schuster
St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend
Ours is a weekend with a difference. Launched at St Hilda's College in 1994, it offers the crime fiction fans the unique experience of hearing their favourite authors exploring the genre, their own work and the writers who inspired them. Tak...
Suffolk Bookfest with Crime Writers
The full programme and details can be found at www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/bookfest but these events might be of most interest: Monday 24 October - How to write a thriller with Erin Kelly at Stradbroke Library Wednesday 26 October - James Runcie...
Bloody Scotland
Highlights include: Ian Rankin Alexander McCall Smith Alex Gray and Lin Anderson, interviewed by the BBC Radio Scotland’s Janice Forsyth Denise Mina and Louise Welsh Nicci French and Ambrose Parry Icelandic queen of cri...
CWA Daggers Longlists announced for 2022
The 2022 longlists 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...
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2021
Shortlisted
Roxanne Bouchard
tr. David Warriner
The Coral Bride
Orenda Books
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