This award is for crime novels (defined by the broadest definition including thrillers, suspense novels and spy fiction) as long as the book was not originally written in English and has been translated into English for UK publication during the Judging Period. Up until 2019 this award was known as The CWA International Dagger.
| Title | Author | Translated by | Publisher |
| THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | Edoardo Albinati | Anthony Shugaar | Picador |
| SUMMER OF RECKONING | Marion Brunet | Katherine Gregor | Bitter Lemon Press |
| THE GODMOTHER | Hannelore Cayre | Stephanie Smee | Old Street Publishing |
| LIKE FLIES FROM AFAR | K. Ferrari | Adrian Nathan West | Canongate Books |
| NOVEMBER | Jorge Galán | Jason Wilson | Constable |
| BLOOD SONG | Johana Gustawsson | David Warriner | Orenda Books |
| THE CABIN | Jørn Lier Horst | Anne Bruce | Michael Joseph |
| THE FRAGILITY OF BODIES | Sergio Olguin | Miranda France | Bitter Lemon Press |
| GRAB A SNAKE BY THE TAIL | Leonardo Padura | Peter Bush | Bitter Lemon Press |
| LITTLE SIBERIA | Antti Tuomainen | David Hackston | Orenda Books |
Maxim Jakubowski (Chair)Maxim worked for many years in book publishing as an editor and launched the Murder One Bookshop, which he owned and ran for over 20 years. He now writes, edits and translates full-time in London. The series The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime, which he edits and now at volume 13, has printed many winners of the CWA Short Story Dagger. His website is maximjakubowski.co.uk.
Ngaire Mason-Wenn WallaceNgaire is an internationally published author with a background in Recruitment Consulting and Human Resources. She holds a BA in English and History from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and has also studied psychology and linguistics. Her keen interest in the human mind has informed her career in the corporate world, her writing, and her love of crime fiction.
Anne CaterAnne has been an avid reader for a long as she can remember, loves to discuss books, and shout about the ones that she loves. Eight years ago she started her blog “Random Things Through My Letterbox.” She reviews Commercial Women’s Fiction novels for The Daily Express books on Friday monthly feature.
Woody HautWoody is the author of two novels Cry For a Nickel, Die For a Dime and Days of Smoke, as well as Pulp Culture: Hardboiled Fiction and the Cold War, Neon Noir: Contemporary American Crime Fiction,, and Heartbreak and Vine: the Fate of Hardboiled Writers in Hollywood. He currently writes for the Los Angeles Review of Books and Crime. He blogs on all things noir at woodyhaut.blogspot.com.
Rhys HughesRhys has lived in many countries. He currently shares his time between Britain and Kenya. His first book, Worming the Harpy was published in 1995, and since that time he had published more than forty other books, nine hundred short stories, and many articles. His work has been translated into ten languages.
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