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CWA reveals Dagger contenders

04.06.08 Anna Richardson

The CWA revealed the remaining Dagger shortlists, with nominees ranging from Andrea Camilleri (The Patience of the Spider, Picador) and Dominique Manotti (Loraine Connection, Arcadia) in the International Dagger category, to Tom Rob Smith's début Child 44 (Simon & Schuster) and Mo Hayder's Ritual (Transworld) for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.

The shortlists were announced yesterday (3rd June at the British Library), following a previous announcement of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger shortlist. The winners will be revealed on 10th July.

THE SHORTLISTS IN FULL:

Duncan Lawrie Dagger

James Lee Burke's The Tin Roof Blowdown (Orion)
Colin Cotterill's The Coroner's Lunch (Quercus)
Frances Fyfield's Blood From Stone (Little, Brown)
Steve Hamilton's Night Work (Orion)
Laura Lippman's What the Dead Know (Orion)
R N Morris's A Vengeful Longing (Faber)

Duncan Lawrie International Dagger

Andrea Camilleri's The Patience of the Spider (Picador)
Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Quercus)
Dominique Manotti's Loraine Connection (Arcadia)
Martin Suter's A Deal with the Devil (Arcadia)
Fred Vargas's This Night's Foul Work (Harvill Secker)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

Mo Hayder's Ritual (Transworld)
Gregg Hurwitz's I See You (Little, Brown)
Michael Robotham's Shatter (Little, Brown)
Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 (Simon & Schuster)
David Stone's The Echelon Vendetta (Penguin)

The John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

Zoe Ferraris's The Night of the Mi'Raj (Little, Brown)
Elena Forbes's Die With Me (Quercus)
Caro Ramsay's Absolution (Penguin)
Matt Rees's The Bethlehem Murders (Atlantic)
Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 (Simon & Schuster)

The Dagger in the Library

Elizabeth Corley
Andrew Martin
Denise Mina
Craig Russell
CJ Sansom
Chris Simms

The Debut Dagger

Amer Anwar (UK) - Western Fringes
Belinda Bauer (UK) - Blacklands
Russell Colman (Canada) - Desert Storm
Peter Dewar (UK) - The Eclipse of Lilith
Bill Harrison (Canada) - Nite Lite
Alison Marlow (UK) - The Stench of Lilies
James Oswald (UK) - The Book of Souls
Susan Schaab (USA) - Wearing the Spider
Ian Simpson (UK) - Devils and Disciples
PJ Watson (USA) - All the Wrong People

The Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

Kester Apsden's Nationality: Wog (Cape)
Francisco Goldman's The Art of Political Murder (Atlantic)
David Rose's Violation (HarperPress)
Duncan Staff's The Lost Boy (Bantam Press)
Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions of Dr Whicher (Bloomsbury)
Peter Zimonjic's Into the Darkness (Vintage)

The Short Story Dagger

Robert Barnard, "Provenance" (from The Mammoth Book of the Best British Mysteries)
Michael Connelly, "One Dollar Jackpot" (from Dead Man's Hand)
Martin Edwards, "The Bookbinder's Apprentice (from The Mammoth Book of the Best British Mysteries)
Laura Lippman, "One True Love" (from Best American Mystery Stories 2007)
Danuta Reah, "Glazed" (from Getting Even: Revenge Stories)

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