The Crime Writers Association (U.K.) have announced the winners of the first batch of Daggers Awards.
The CWA International Dagger: A tie between Alex, by Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne (Quercus)
Ghost Riders of Ordebec, by Fred Vargas, translated by Siân Reynolds (Harvill Secker)
The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger:
The Scent of Death, by Andrew Taylor (HarperCollins)
The CWA Non-Fiction Dagger:
Midnight in Peking, by Paul French (Penguin Viking)
The CWA Short Story Dagger:
“Come Away with Me,” by Stella Duffy (from The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime, Volume 10)
The CWA Dagger in the Library:
Belinda Bauer
The CWA Debut Dagger:
Finn Clarke (UK), Call Time
The CWA Diamond Dagger: Lee Child ( presented by last year’s winner, Frederick Forsyth)
