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CWA Daggers 2008

The 2008 CWA Daggers went to Nationality: Wog – The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspden (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction), Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti (Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger) and Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield (Gold Dagger), with winners in 3 more categories. 5 books were Honor Books and 31 books made the shortlist across 6 categories.

Winners

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

  1. Nationality: Wog – The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspdensource (opens in a new tab)

Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

  1. Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manottisource (opens in a new tab)

Gold Dagger

  1. Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfieldsource (opens in a new tab)

Historical Dagger

  1. Stratton’s War by Laura Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  1. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smithsource (opens in a new tab)

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

  1. The Bethlehem Murders by Matt Reessource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Historical Dagger

  1. A Mortal Curiosity by Ann Grangersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. A Vengeful Longing by R N Morrissource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Inspector Ghote’s First Case by HRF Keatingsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Last Nocturne by Marjorie Ecclessource (opens in a new tab)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  1. The Echelon Vendetta by David Stonesource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

  1. Into The Darkness by Peter Zimonjicsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Art of Political MurdeR: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi by Francisco Goldmansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Lost Boy by Duncan Staffsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscalesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Violation by David Rosesource (opens in a new tab)

Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

  1. A Deal with the Devil by Martin Sutersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larssonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camillerisource (opens in a new tab)

Gold Dagger

  1. A Vengeful Longing by RN Morrissource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterillsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Night Work by Steve Hamiltonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burkesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. What The Dead Know by Laura Lippmansource (opens in a new tab)

Historical Dagger

  1. A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerrsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylorsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Death on a Branch Line by Andrew Martinsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Revelation by CJ Sansomsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Death Maze by Ariana Franklinsource (opens in a new tab)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  1. I see You by Gregg Hurwitzsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ritual by Mo Haydersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Shatter by Michael Robothamsource (opens in a new tab)

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

  1. Absolution by Caro Ramsaysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Die With Me by Elena Forbessource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Night of the Mi’raj by Zoë Ferrarissource (opens in a new tab)

About the CWA Daggers

Book daggers only, from the CWA past-winners database (thecwa.co.uk/past-winners), queried per dagger and year. Includes every tier the database records: winners, highly commended (as Honor), shortlists, and the 2010-2015 longlists (longlist rows list only books that missed the shortlist). The 2006-2007 John Creasey (New Blood) shortlists are filed in the database as "New Blood Fiction". The Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction was biennial 2006-2010, so 2007 and 2009 are zero. The Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger was the (Duncan Lawrie) International Dagger before 2016; the database uses the current name. The ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger, Twisted Dagger, and Whodunnit Dagger start in 2025. Skipped: Diamond Dagger, Dagger in the Library, Short Story, Debut/Emerging Author (unpublished), and Publishers' daggers. Author names the database truncates at non-ASCII characters are restored.

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