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CWA Daggers 2013

The 2013 CWA Daggers went to Midnight in Peking by Paul French (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction), Alex by Pierre Lemaitre and Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas (Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger) and Dead Lions by Mick Herron (Gold Dagger), with winners in 3 more categories. 1 book was an Honor Book, 29 books made the shortlist and 42 the longlist across 6 categories.

Winners

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

  1. Midnight in Peking by Paul Frenchsource (opens in a new tab)

Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

  1. Alex by Pierre Lemaitresource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargassource (opens in a new tab)

Gold Dagger

  1. Dead Lions by Mick Herronsource (opens in a new tab)

Historical Dagger

  1. The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylorsource (opens in a new tab)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  1. Ghostman by Roger Hobbssource (opens in a new tab)

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

  1. Norwegian By Night by Derek B Millersource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Book

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

  1. The Boy in the River by Richard Hoskinssource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

  1. A Find Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Leesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Against a Tide of Evil by Mukesh Kapila with Damien Lewissource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Injustice by Clive Stafford Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhamisource (opens in a new tab)

Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

  1. Death in Sardinia by Marco Vichisource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirachsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Missing File by D A Mishanisource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Two Soldiers by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellströmsource (opens in a new tab)

Gold Dagger

  1. Rage Against the Dying by Becky Mastermansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukessource (opens in a new tab)

Historical Dagger

  1. Dead Men and Broken Hearts by Craig Russellsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Pilgrim Soul by Gordon Ferrissource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Heretics by Rory Clementssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Twelfth Department by William Ryansource (opens in a new tab)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  1. Capital Punishment by Robert Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ratlines by Stuart Nevillesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Sentinel by Mark Oldfieldsource (opens in a new tab)

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

  1. Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogfordsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Something You Are by Hanna Jamesonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackaysource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

Gold Dagger

  1. Breakdown by Sara Paretskysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Say You’re Sorry by Michael Robothamsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Tequila Sunset by Sam Hawkensource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Kings of Cool by Don Winslowsource (opens in a new tab)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

  1. The Abduction by Jonathan Holtsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackaysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Poison Tide by Andrew Williamssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Uninvited by Liz Jensensource (opens in a new tab)

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

  1. Black Chalk by Christopher J Yatessource (opens in a new tab)
  2. City of Blood by M D Villierssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Ghostman by Roger Hobbssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Rage Against the Dying by Becky Mastermansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The City of Shadows by Michael Russellsource (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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