The Crime Writers’ Association

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2021

Winner


Michael Robotham

When She Was Good

Sphere, Little, Brown Book Group


Bookshop of the Month – August 2022: Imagined Things Bookshop

Georgia Eckert from Imagined Things Bookshop in conversation with William Shaw. In 2018, Imagined Things Bookshop, in Harrogate, became known as the bookshop that was saved by a tweet.  On 25 June 2018, bookshop owner, Georgia Eckert, let the wor...


CWA Daggers Announced

Chris Whitaker, Clare Mackintosh, Michael Robotham, Vaseem Khan and Peter May win 2021 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2021 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The prestigious Crime Write...


CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced

The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year * The First Rule of Survival by Paul Mendelson (Constable) * How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (Sphere/Little Brown) * Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly (Bantam/Transworld) * This...


John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


Egan Hughes

The One That Got Away

Sphere, Little, Brown Book Group


Historical Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


Michael Russell

The City Under Siege

Little, Brown Book Group


Bookshop of the Month – April 2022: Reading Matters


Historical Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


Ovidia Yu

The Mimosa Tree Mystery

Little, Brown Book Group


CWA Dagger in the Library 2015

Eleven authors have today been longlisted for the CWA 2015 Dagger in the Library award, thanks to your votes. The longlist was compiled by YOU right and we’re thrilled that so many of you stopped by to vote for your three favourite authors. The res...


Margate Bookie – Mark Billingham

A body is found on Margate Sands… Join Mark Billingham as he reads from his latest crime blockbuster Their Little Secret. Mark’s first novel, Sleepyhead, was an instant bestseller in the UK. The series of crime novels featuring London-based ...


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