THE DAGGER AWARDS
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 15:22
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- 2008 Blood from Stone by Francis Fyfield
- 2007 The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
- 2006 Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
- 2005 Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason
- 2004 Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
- 2003 Fox Evil by Minette Walters
- 2002 The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza
- 2001 Sidetracked by Henning Mankell
- 2000 Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
- 1999 A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
- 1998 Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
- 1997 Black and Blue: An Inspector Rebus Mystery by Ian Rankin
- 1996 Popcorn by Ben Elton
- 1995 The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
- 1994 Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters
- 1993 Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
- 1992 The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter
- 1991 King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine
- 1990 Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
- 1989 The Wench Is Dead by Colin Dexter
- 1988 Ratking: An Aurelio Zen Mystery by Michael Dibdin
- 1987 Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine
- 1986 Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell
- 1985 Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosling
- 1984 The Twelfth Juror by B. M. Gill
- 1983 Accidental Crimes by John Hutton
- 1982 The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey
- 1981 Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
- 1980 The Murder of the Maharajah by H. R. F. Keating
- 1979 Whip Hand by Dick Francis
- 1978 The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson
- 1977 The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre
- 1976 A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell
- 1975 The Seven-per-cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
- 1974 Other Paths To Glory by Anthony Price
- 1973 The Defection of A. J. Lewinter by Robert Littell
- 1972 Levanter by Eric Ambler
- 1971 The Steam Pig by James McClure
- 1970 Young Man I Think You're Dying by Joan Fleming
- 1969 A Pride of Heroes by Peter Dickinson
- 1968 Glass-sided Ants Nest by Peter Dickinson
- 1967 Murder Against the Grain by Emma Lathen
- 1966 A Long Way to Shiloh by Lionel Davidson
- 1965 Far Side of the Dollar: A Lew Archer Mystery by Ross Macdonald
- 1964 The Perfect Murder by H R F Keating
- 1963 The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carre
- 1962 When I Grow Rich by Joan Fleming
- 1961 The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly
- 1960 Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson
- 1959 Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler
- 1958 Someone From the Past by Margot Bennett
- 1957 The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons
- 1956 The Second Man by Edward Grierson
- 1955 The Little Walls by Winston Graham
The Duncan Lawrie Dagger - The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards are Britain's most important crime fiction awards. The Duncan Lawrie Dagger is awarded to the year's best crime novel.
Highlighted books are books I've read.
Bold print is books I own.
http://www.powells.com/prizes/golddagger.html