Crime and Mystery Awards

The Crime Writer's Association is an English-based organisation which awards annually the Golden Dagger.

This is its list of the 100 best crime novels of all time: it was published in 1990.

1. The Daughter of Time (1951) by Josephine Tey
2. The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler
3. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963) by John Le Carre
4. Gaudy Night (1935) by Dorothy L Sayers
5. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) by Agatha Christie
6. Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier
7. Farewell My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler
8. The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins
9. The IPCRESS File (1962) by Len Deighton
10. The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett
11. The Franchise Affair (1948) by Jospehine Tey
12. Last Seen Wearing ... (1952) by Hillary Waugh
13. The Name of the Rose (1980) by Umberto Eco
14. Rogue Male (1939) by Geoffrey Household
15. The Long Goodbye (1953) by Raymond Chandler
16. Malice Aforethought (1931) by Francis Iles
17. The Day of the Jackal (1971) by Frederick Forsyth
18. The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L Sayers
19. And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie
20. The Thirty Nine Steps (1915) by John Buchan
21. The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (1892 - 1927) by Arthur Conan-Doyle
22. Murder Must Advertise (1933) by Dorothy L Sayers
23. Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1852) by Edgar Allen Poe
24. The Mask of Dimitrios (1939) by Eric Ambler
25. The Moving Toyshop (1946) by Edmund Crispin
26. The Tiger in the Smoke (1952) by Margery Allingham
27. The False Inspector Drew (1982) by Peter Livesey
28. The Woman in White (1860) by Wilkie Collins
29. A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986) by Barbara Vine
30. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) by James M Cain
31. The Glass Key (1931) by Dashiell Hammett
32. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901 - 1902) by Arthur Conan-Doyle
33. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) by John Le Carre
34. Trent’s Last Case (1913) by E C Bentley
35. From Russia with Love (1957) by Ian Fleming
36. Cop Hater (1956) by Ed McBain
37. The Dead of Jericho (1981) by Colin Dexter
38. Strangers on a Train (1950) by Patricia Highsmith
39. A Judgement in Stone (1977) by Ruth Rendell
40. The Hollow Man (1935) by John Dickson Carr
41. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) by Anthony Berkeley
42. A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) by Ellis Peters
43. The Leper of Saint Giles (1981) by Ellis Peters
44. A Kiss Before Dying (1953) by Ira Levin
45. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955) by Patricia Highsmith
46. Brighton Rock (1938) by Graham Greene
47. The Lady in the Lake (1943) by Raymond Chandler
48. Presumed Innocent (1987) by Scott Turow
49. A Demon in My View (1976) by Ruth Rendell
50. The Devil in Velvet (1951) by John Dickson Carr
51. A Fatal Inversion (1987) by Barbara Vine
52. The Journeying Boy (1949) by Michael Innes
53. A Taste for Death (1986) by P D James
54. The Eagle Has Landed (1975) by Jack Higgins
55. My Brother Michael (1960) by Mary Stewart
56. Bertie and the Tin Man (1987) by Peter Lovesey
57. Penny Black (1984) by Susan Moody
58. Game, Set and Match (1984 - 1986) by Len Deighton
59. The Danger (1983) by Dick Francis
60. Devices and Desires (1989) by P D James
61. Under World (1988) by Reginald Hill
62. Nine Coaches Waiting (1958) by Mary Stewart
63. A Running Duck (1978) by Paula Gosling
64. Smallbone Deceased (1950) by Michael Gilbert
65. The Rose of Tibet (1962) by Lionel Davidson
66. Innocent Blood (1980) by P D James
67. Strong Poison (1930) by Dorothy L Sayers
68. Hamlet, Revenge! (1937) by Michael Innes
69. A Thief of Time (1989) by Tony Hillerman
70. A Bullet in the Ballet (1937) by Caryl Brahms & S J Simon
71. Deadheads (1983) by Reginald Hill
72. The Third Man (1950) by Graham Greene
73. The Labyrinth Makers (1974) by Anthony Price
74. The Berlin Memorandum (1965) by Adam Hall
75. Beast in View (1955) by Margaret Millar
76. The Shortest Way to Hades (1984) by Sarah Cauldwell
77. Running Blind (1970) by Desmond Bagley
78. Twice Shy (1981) by Dick Francis
79. The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon
80. Killings at Badger’s Drift (1987) by Caroline Graham
81. The Beast Must Die (1963) by Nicholas Blake
82. Gorky Park (1981) by Martin Cruz Smith
83. Death Comes as the End (1945) by Agatha Christie
84. Green for Danger (1945) by Christianna Brand
85. Tragedy at Law (1942) by Cyril Hare
86. The Collector (1963) by John Fowles
87. Gideon’s Day (1955) by J J Marric
88. The Sun Chemist (1976) by Lionel Davidson
89. The Guns of Navarone (1957) by Alistair MacLean
90. The Colour of Murder (1957) by Julian Symons
91. Greenmantle (1916) by John Bucham
92. The Riddle of the Sands (1903) by Erskine Childers
93. Wobble to Death (1970) by Peter Lovesey
94. Red Harvest (1929) by Dashiell Hammett
95. The Key to Rebecca (1980) by Ken Follett
96. Sadie When She Died (1972) by Ed McBain
97. The Murder of the Maharajah (1980) by H R F Keating
98. What Bloody Man Is That? (1987) by Simon Brett
99. Shooting Script (1966) by Gavin Lyall
100. The Four Just Men (1906) by Edgar Wallace

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) published their own top 100 in 1995. As well as novels and short story collections, this list contains films and plays.

1. The Complete Sherlock Holmes (1887 - 1927) by Arthur Conan- Doyle
2. The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett
3. Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1852) by Edgar Allen Poe
4. The Daughter of Time (1951) by Josephine Tey
5. Presumed Innocent (1987) by Scott Turow
6. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963) by John Le Carre
7. The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins
8. The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler
9. Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier
10. And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie
11. Anatomy of a Murder (1958) by Robert Traver
12. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) by Agatha Christie
13. The Long Goodbye (1953) by Raymond Chandler
14. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) by James M Cain
15. FILM: The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo
16. FILM: The Silence of the Lambs (1988) by Thmoas Harris
17. The Mask of Dimitiros (1939) by Eric Ambler
18. Gaudy Night (1935) by Dorothy L Sayers
19. PLAY: Witness for the Prosecution (1948) by Agatha Christie
20. The Day of the Jackal (1971) by Frederick Forsyth
21. Farewell My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler
22. The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) by John Buchan
23. The Name of the Rose (1980) by Umberto Eco
24. Crime and Punishment (1866) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
25. Storm Island (1978) by Ken Follett
26. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) by John Mortimer
27. Red Dragon (1981) by Thomas Harris
28. The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L Sayers
29. Fletch (1974) by Gregory Mcdonald
30. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spt (1974) by John le Carre
31. The Thin Man (1934) by Dashiell Hammett
32. The Woman in White (1860) by Wilkie Collins
33. Trent’s Last Case (1913) by E C Bentley
34. Double Indemnity (1943) by James M Cain
35. Gorky Park (1981) by Martin Criz Smith
36. Strong Poison (1930) by Dorothy L Sayers
37. Dance Hall of the Dead (1973) by Tony Hillerman
38. The Hot Rock (1970) by Donald E Westlake
39. Red Harvest (1929) by Dashiell Hammett
40. The Circular Staircase (1908) by Mary Roberts Rinehard
41. Murder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Chrisite
42. The Firm (1991) by John Grisham
43. The IPCRESS File (1962) by Len Deighton
44. Laura (1942) by Vera Caspary
45. I, the Jury (1947) by Mickey Spillane
46. The Laughing Policeman (1968) by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo
47. Bank Shot (1972) by Donald E Westlake
48. The Third Man (1950) by Graham Greene
49. The Killer Inside Me (1952) by Jim Thompson
50. Where Are the Children? (1975) by Mary Higgins Clark
51. ‘A’ is for Alibi (1982) by Sue Grafton
52. The First Deadly Sin (1973) by Lawrence Sanders
53. A Thief of Time (1989) by Tony Hillerman
54. In Cold Blood (1966) by Truman Capote
55. Rogue Male (1939) by Geoffrey Household
56. Murder Must Advertise (1933) by Dorothy L Sayers
57. The Innocence of Father Brown (stories) (1911) by G K Chesterton
58. Smiley’s People (1979) by John le Carre
59. The Lady in the Lake (1943) by Raymond Chandler
60. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee
61. Our Man in Havana (1958) by Graham Greene
62. The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870) by Chalres Dickens
63. Wobble to Death (1970) by Peter Lovesey
64. Ashenden (stories) (1928) by W Somerset Maugham
65. The Seven Percent Solution (1974) by Nicholas Meyer
66. The Doorbell Rang (1965) by Rex Stout
67. Stick (1983) by Elmore Leonard
68. The Little Drummer Girl (1983) by John le Carr
69. Brighton Rock (1938) by Graham Greene
70. Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker
71. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955) by Patricia Highsmith
72. The Moving Toyshop (1946) by Edmind Crispin
73. A Time to Kill (1989) by John Grisham
74. Last Seen Wearing ... (1952) by Hillary Waugh
75. Little Caesat (1929) by W R Burnett
76. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972) by George V Higgins
77. Clouds of Witness (1927) by Drothy L Sayers
78. From Russia, With Love (1957) by Ian Fleming
79. Beast in View (1955) by Margaret Millar
80. Smallbone Deceased (1950) by Michael Gilbert
81. The Franchise Affair (1948) by Josephine Tey
82. Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975) by Elizabeth Peters
83. Shroud for a Nightingale (1971) by P D James
84. The Hunt for Red October (1984) by Tom Clancy
85. Chinaman’s Chance (1978) by Ross Thomas
86. The Secret Agent (1907) by Joseph Conrad
87. The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975) by John D MacDonald
88. The Glass Key (1931) by Dashiell Hammett
89. A Judgement in Stone (1977) by Ruth Rendell
90. Brat Farrar (1950) by Josephine Tey
91. The Chill (1963) by Ross Macdonald
92. Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) by Walter Mosley
93. The Choirboys (1975) by Jospeh Wambaugh
94. God Save the Mark (1967) by Donald E Westlake
95. Home Sweet Homicide (1944) by Craig Rice
96. The Hollow Man (1935) by John Dickson Carr
97. Prizzi’s Honour (1982) by Richard Condon
98. The Steam Pig (1974) by James McClure
99. Time and Again (1970) by Jack Finney
100. A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) by Ellis Peters
101. (actually joint 100) Rosemary’s Baby (1967) by Ira Lewin

The Golden Dagger

The CWA have awarded a Gold Dagger for the best Crime novel of the year every year since 1955 (although until 1960 the award was named the 'Crossed Red Herring). In many years (from 1965 until 2005) the runner-up was awarded the Silver Dagger. Here is a list of all winners and those shortlisted.


1955:

• The Little Walls by Winston Graham (Crossed Red Herring Award)
• Blind Date by Lee Howard
• Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh
• The Man Who Didn’t Fly by Margot Bennet

1956:

• The Second Man by Edward Grierson (Crossed Red Herring Award)
• Time Right Deadly by Sarah Gainham
• Man of Two Tribes by Arthur Upfield
• Gideon’s Week by J J Marric

1957:

• The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (Crossed Red Herring Award)
• Off With His Head by Ngaio Marsh
• Tour Money or Your Life by George Milner
• The Long Echo by Douglas Rutherford

1958:

• Someone from the Past by Margot Bennet (Crossed Red Herring Award)
• Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham
• Or Be He Dead by James Byrom
• Undiplomatic Exit by John Sherwood

1959:

• Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler (Crossed Red Herring Awardr)
• A Way Back by James Mitchell
• Strike for a Kingdom by Menna Gaillie

1960:

• The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson (Golden Dagger)
• My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart
• The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons

1961

• The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly (Golden Dagger)
• Call for the Dead by John Le Carre
• One Way by Allan Prior

1962

• When I Grow Rich by Joan Fleming (Golden Dagger)
• The Light of Day by Eric Ambler
• Hopjoy Was Here by Colin Watson

1963

• The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carre (Golden Dagger)
• Gun Before Butter by Nicholas Freeling
• The High Wire by William Haggard

1964

• The Perfect Murder by H R F Keating (Golden Dagger)
• The Most Dangerous Game by Gavin Lyall
• The Chill by Ross McDonald
• The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith

1965

• The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald (Golden Dagger)
• For Kicks by Dick Francis
• Accounting for Murder by Emma Lathen
• Midnight Plus One by Gavin Lyall

1966

• A Long Way to Shiloh by Lionel Davidson (Golden Dagger)
• The Double Agent by John Bingham
• In the Heat of the Night by John Ball

1967

• Murder Against the Grain by Emma Lathen (Golden Dagger)
• Lonely Heart by Colin Watson
• Dirty Story by Eric Ambler

1968

• Skin Deep by Peter Dickinson (Golden Dagger)
• The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake
• The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Sebastien Japrisot

1969

• A Pride of Heroes by Peter Dickinson (Golden Dagger)
• Another Way of Dying by Francis Clifford (Silver Dagger)
• The Father Gunt by Rex Stout

1970

• Young Man I Think You’re Dying by Joan Fleming (Golden Dagger)
• The Labyrinth Makers by Anthony Price (Silver Dagger)

1971

• The Steam Pig by James H McClure (Golden Dagger)
• Shroud for a Nightingale by P D James (Silver Dagger)

1972

• The Levanter by Eric Ambler (Golden Dagger)
• The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning (Silver Dagger)

1973

• The Defection of A J Lewinter by Robert Littell (Golden Dagger)
• A Coffin for Pandora by Gwendoline Butler (Silver Dagger)

1974

• Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price (Golden Dagger)
• The Grosvenor Square Goodbye by Francis Clifford

1975 

• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer (Golden Dagger)
• The Black Tower by P D James (Silver Dagger)

1976 

• A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell (Golden Dagger)
• Rogue Eagle by James H McClure (Silver Dagger)

1977

• The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre (Golden Dagger)
• Laidlaw by William McIlvanney (Silver Dagger)

1978

• The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson (Golden Dagger)
• Waxwork by Peter Lovesey (Silver Dagger)

1979

• Whip Hand by Dick Francis (Golden Dagger)
• Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter (Silver Dagger)

1980

• The Murder of the Maharajah by H R F Keating (Golden Dagger)
• Monk’s Hood by Ellis Peters (Silver Dagger)

1981

• Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith (Golden Dagger)
• The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter (Silver Dagger)

1982

• The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey (Golden Dagger)
• Ritual Murder by S T Haymon (Silver Dagger)

1983

• Accidental Crimes by John Hutton (Golden Dagger)
• The Papers of Tony Vetch by William McIlvanney (Silver Dagger)

1984

• The Twelfth Juror by B M Gill (Golden Dagger)
• The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell (Silver Dagger)

1985

• Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosling (Golden Dagger)
• Last Seen Alive by Dorothy Simpson (Silver Dagger)
• Our Father’s Lies by Andrew Taylor
• A Piece of Justice by Jill Paton Walsh

1986

• Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell (Golden Dagger)
• A Taste for Death by P D James (Silver Dagger)

1987

• A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine (Golden Dagger)
• Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow (Silver Dagger)
• Under Contract by Liza Cody

1988

• Ratking by Michael Dibdin (Golden Dagger)
• Toxic Shock by Sara Paretsky (Silver Dagger)

1989

• The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter (Golden Dagger)
• The Shadow Run by Desmond Lowden (Silver Dagger)

1990

• Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill (Golden Dagger)
• The Late Candidate by Mike Phillips (Silver Dagger)
• Rough Treatment by John Harvey

1991

• King Solomon’s Carpet by Barbara Vine Golden Dagger)
• Deep Sleep by Frances Fyfield (Silver Dagger)
• Death of a Partner by Janet Neel
• Dirty Tricks by Michael Dibdin

1992

• The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter (Golden Dagger)
• Bucket Nut by Liza Cody (Silver Dagger)

1993

• Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell (Golden Dagger)
• Fatlands by Sarah Dunant (Silver Dagger)
• The Hand of Strange Children by Robert Richardson
• Death Among the Dons by Janet Neel

1994

• The Scold’s Bridle by Minette Walters (Golden Dagger)
• Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg (Silver Dagger)
• Crack Down by Val McDermid
• Tunnel Vision by Sarah Paretsky

1995

• The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• The Summons by Peter Lovesey (Silver Dagger)
• Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
• The Dark Room by Minette Walters

1996

• Popcorn by Ben Elton (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey (Silver Dagger)
• A Private Enquiry by Jessica Mann

1997

• Black and Blue by Ian Rankin (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich (Silver Dagger)
• The Reluctant Investigator by Frank Lean

1998

• Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• Manchester Slingback by Nicholas Blincoe (Silver Dagger)
• A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin
• A Fire Hawk by Geoffrey Archer
• On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill
• King Suckerman by George Pelecanos

1999

• A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• Vienna Blood by Adrian Matthews (Silver Dagger)
• A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
• Dead Souls by Ian Rankin
• Angels Flight by Michael Connelly
• Phreak by Denise Danks
• Staring at the Light by Frances Fyfield

2000

• Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• Friends in High Places by Donna Leon (Silver Dagger)
• Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke
• The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
• Lost by Lucy Wadham
• Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith

2001

• Sidetracked by Henning Mankell (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt (Silver Dagger)
• Dancing with the Virgins by Stephen Booth
• Baby Love by Denise Danks
• Right as Rain by George Pelecanos
• The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips

2002

• The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza (Macallan Golden Dagger)
• The Final Country by James Crumley (Silver Dagger)
• Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham
• Jolie Blon’s Bounce by James Lee Burke
• City of Bones by Michael Connelly
• Acid Row by Minette Waters

2003

• Fox Evil by Minette Waters (Golden Dagger)
• Half-Broken Things by Morag Joss (Silver Dagger)
• The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
• The Company by Robert Littell
• Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli
• The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson

2004

• Blacklist by Sara Paretsky (Golden Dagger)
• Flesh and Blood by John Harvey (Silver Dagger)
• Tokyo by Mo Hayder
• The Torment of Others by Val McDermid
• Midnight Cab by James W Nichol
• The Lover by Laura Wilson

2005

• Silence of the Grave by Amaldcur Indridson (Golden Dagger)
• Deadly Web by Barbara Nadel (Silver Dagger)
• Calling Out for You by Karim Fossum
• In Matto’s Realm by Friedrich Glauser
• Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
• Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas

2006

• Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (Duncan Lawrie Dagger)
• The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett
• Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook
• Safer Than Houses by Frances Fyfield
• Wolves of Memory by Bill James
• A Thousand Lies by Laura Wilson

2007

• The Broken Shore by Peter Temple (Duncan Lawrie Dagger)
• The Fields of Grief by Giles Blunt
• Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
• Brother Grimme by Craig Russell
• Sovereign by C J Samsom

2008

• Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield (Duncan Lawrie Dagger)
• The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
• The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill
• Night Work by Steve Hamilton
• What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
• A Vengeful Longing by R N Morris

2009

• A Whispered Name by William Broderick (Golden Dagger)
• When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson
• In the Dark by Mark Billingham
• Hit and Run by Lawrence Block
• The Coroner by M R Hall
• Dark Times in the City by Gene Kerrigan

2010

• Blacklands by Belinda Bauer (Golden Dagger)
• Blood Harvest by S J Bolton
• The Way Home by George Pelecanos
• Shadowplay by Karen Campbell

2011

• Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (Golden Dagger)
• The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
• Snowdrops by A D Miller
• The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina

2012

• The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Golden Dagger)
• Vengeance in Mind by N J Cooper
• The Flight by M R Hall
• Bereft by Chris Womersley

2013

• Dead Lions by Mick Herron (Golden Dagger)
• Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
• Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman

2014

• The Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash (Golden Dagger)
• Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly
• The First Rule of Survival by Paul Mendelson
• How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

2015

• Life or Death by Michael Robotham (Golden Dagger)
• The Shut Eye by Belinda Bauer
• The Rules of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake
• The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
• Missing by Sam Hawken
• Mr Mercedes by Stephen King
• Pleasantville by Attica Locke

2016

• Dodgers by Bill Beverly (Golden Dagger)
• Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre
• Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina
• Real Tigers by Mick Herron

2017

• The Dry by Jane Harper (Golden Dagger)
• The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer
• Dead Man’s Blues by Ray Celestin
• Spook Street by Mick Herron
• The Girl in Green by Derek B Miller
• A Rising Man by Abit Mukherjee

2018

• The Liar by Steve Cavanagh (Golden Dagger)
• London Rules by Mick Herron
• Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
• Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
• A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee
• Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic

2019

• The Puppet Show by M W Craven (Golden Dagger)
• All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew
• What We Did by Christobel Kent
• Unto Us a Son Is Given by Donna Leon
• American by Day by Derek B Miller
• A Station of the Path to Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood

2020

• Good Girl Bad Girl by Michael Rowbotham (Golden Dagger)
• What You Pay For by Claire Askew
• November Road by Lou Berney
• Forced Confessions by John Fairfax
• Joe Country by Mick Herron
• Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee

2021

• We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (Golden Dagger)
• Blacktop Wasteland by S A Cosby
• City of Ghosts by Ben Creed
• House of Correction by Nicci French
• Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
• The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
• Midnight Atlanta by Thomas Mullen

2022

• Sunset Swing by Ray Celestin (Golden Dagger)
• Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
• Razorblade Tears by S A Cosby
• The Unwilling by John Hart
• The Shadows of Men by bir Mukherjee
• The Trawlerman by William Shaw

2023

• The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green (Golden Dagger)
• The Lost Man of Bombay by Vaseem Khan
• A Killing in November by Simon Mason
• The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola
• The Winter Guest by W C Ryan
• The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde

2024

• Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion (Golden Dagger)
• Black River by Nilanjana Roy
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto
• Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans
• The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
• Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane