09 Feb
1881 Fyodor Dostoevsky died. His greatest work Crime and Punishment was published in 1866. In 1880 he gave a speech about poet Pushkin at unveiling of Pushkin monument in Moscow and was hailed as a prophet. Read Crime and Punishment
The CWA Dagger Awards are the longest established literary awards in the UK and are internationally recognised as a mark of excellence and achievement.
Snowdrops A.D. Miller
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
January 2011 Debut of the Month.
Shortlisted... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Tom Franklin
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
One of those American Deep South crime novels that wreaks of menace with strong issues and lots of atmosphere, bigotry and sense of place. It alternates between past and... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2011
The Lock Artist Steve Hamilton
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2011 and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2011.
Winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for the Best Novel.
A real page-turner that deserves comparison to the likes of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly. From prize-winning... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/06/2011
The End of the Wasp Season Denise Mina
When notorious millionaire banker Lars Anderson hangs himself from the old oak tree in front of his Kent mansion his death attracts no sympathy. One less shark is little loss to a world nursing a financial hangover. But the legacy... Format: Hardback - Released: 12/05/2011
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Shortlist 2011 Back to top
The Lock Artist Steve Hamilton
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2011 and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2011.
Winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for the Best Novel.
A real page-turner that deserves comparison to the likes of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly. From prize-winning... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/06/2011
The Good Son Michael Gruber
The Agent: In the mountain fastness of the Hindu Kush a deadly game of deception and intrigue is entering its final phase. At its heart, a man known only as the Engineer. The Analyst: In the subterranean corridors of Washington... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2011
Cold Rain Craig Smith
I turned thirty-seven that summer, older than Dante when he toured Hell, but only by a couple of years - Life couldn't be better for David Albo, an associate professor of English at a small mid-western university. He lives in... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2010
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
Winner of the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2011.
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
May 2011 Debut of the Month.
Shortlisted... Format: Hardback - Released: 28/04/2011
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The Dogs of Rome An Alec Blume Novel Conor Fitzgerald
Rome. A city where rules are compromised. And compromise rules. It's one of the hottest days of the year. Chief Inspector Blume is enjoying a rare solitary lunch in a tranquil corner of Trastevere when an unwelcome phone call intrudes... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/04/2011
The Dead Women of Juarez Sam Hawken
This is a visceral crime novel based on the true story of mass murder in a Mexican border town. In the last twenty years, over 3000 women have disappeared from Ciudad Juarez, on the border between Mexico and the USA.... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2011
Kiss Me Quick Danny Miller
March 2011 Debut of the Month.
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2011.
Kiss Me Quick goes behind the headlines of rioting Mods and Rockers,
and into the deadly world of... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
Winner of the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2011.
May 2011 Debut of the Month.
Shortlisted... Format: Hardback - Released: 28/04/2011
ITV3 People's Bestseller Dagger Shortlist 2011 Back to top
Worth Dying For Lee Child
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
Jack Reader - you have got to meet him, women fall for him, men want to emulate him, I just love him, and you will too. At the end of... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
Before the Poison Peter Robinson
Through years of success in Hollywood composing music for Oscar-winning films, Chris Lowndes always imagined he would come full circle, home to Yorkshire with his beloved wife Laura. Now he's back in the Yorkshire Dales, but Laura is dead, and... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/08/2011
Dead Man's Grip Peter James
I want them to suffer, and I want them dead...Carly Chase is traumatised ten days after being in a fatal traffic accident which kills a teenage student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/06/2011
Good as Dead Mark Billingham
The Hostage Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work. Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever. It's the last place she expects to be met with... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/08/2011
The Sixth Man David Baldacci
Shortlisted for the ITV3 People's Bestseller Dagger 2011.
After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a psychiatric unit, private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's lawyer—an old friend of Sean... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/06/2011
Peter James, Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, commented: "To arrive at the shortlist for any award is inevitably a hard and very subjective task. But this year's Daggers shortlists really do represent a very broad cross-section of the highest talents in our beloved genre."
The winners will be revealed at The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards on
Friday 7th October at the Grosvenor House, and televised the following
Tuesday 11th October on ITV3, along with the Film and TV Daggers.
The CWA Dagger Awards are the longest established literary awards in
the UK and are internationally recognised as a mark of excellence and
achievement.
To find out more about the CWA Dagger Awards you may visit the CWA website by clicking here.
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