The Crime Writers’ Association

Author Talk: Emma Salisbury

Join author Emma Salisbury as she talks about why readers love a good crime novel and what made her write her new detective novel, One Good Reason, featuring DS Chris Ashcroft, trusty sidekick in her bestselling DS Coupland series. The talk is being ...


Private: Festival Season is Upon Us

Doesn’t matter where in the country you are, there’s lots of criminal good fun going on. Bloody Scotland in Stirling. Noirwich in Norwich. Chiswick Book Festival. Lincoln Book Festival. Hurst Festival. Plus events in London, Newcastle, Du...


Murder Mystery evening at Norton Priory Museum

Kate Ellis will be presenting a Murder Mystery evening at Norton Priory Museum. Kate has written twenty two novels featuring black archaeology graduate, DI Wesley Peterson and his Liverpool-born boss DCI Gerry Heffernan and five crime novels with a ...


Dagger in the Library 2021

Shortlisted


Lisa Jewell


Historical Dagger

Historical Dagger 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...


Private: Man Booker Shortlist Includes Dagger-Listed Crime Novel

Fabulous news that the Man Booker Shortlist 2016 contains two books that can claim to be crime novels. Eileen, by Ottessa Moshfegh, is already shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. The second crime novel, His Bloody Project, is by ...


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