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.
2008
 Blood from Stone by Francis Fyfield
Publisher Comments
Marianne Shearer is at the height of her career, a dauntingly successful barrister, respected by her peers and revered by her clients. So why has she killed herself? Her latest case had again resulted in an acquittal, though the outcome was principally due to the death of the prime witness after Marianne's forceful cross-examination...
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2007
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
Review
"Along with giving us mournful scenes of civilization's slow encroachment on an idyllic countryside, Temple offers some provocative and painful views of Australia's inner landscape." New York Times (read more)
2006
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
Review
"Ann's characterization is worthy of the best writers in the field....Rarely has the sense of place been so evocatively conveyed in a crime novel." Daily Express (UK) (read more)
2005
Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason
Synopsis
When a skeleton is discovered half-buried in a construction site outside of Reykjavík, Inspector Erlendur finds himself knee-deep in both a crime scene and an archeological dig. Bone by bone, the body is unearthed, and the brutalizing history of a family who lived near the building site comes to light along with it. (read more)
2004
Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
Review
"Paretsky emphasizes the political but doesn't neglect the personal here: a compelling tale of secrets that can't stay buried." Kirkus Reviews (read more)
2003
Fox Evil by Minette Walters
Publisher Comments
Friendless and alone after his wife dies under suspicious
circumstances, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox searches desperately for the
illegitimate grand-daughter who could be the only answer to the
problems plaguing his name and his life.
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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
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