Gold Dagger

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From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award.
From 1995 to 2002 the award acquired sponsorship from Macallan and was known as the Macallan
Gold Dagger.

In 2006, because of new sponsorship from the Duncan Lawrie Bank, the award was officially
renamed as the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, and gained a prize fund of £20,000. It was the biggest
crime-fiction award in the world in monetary terms. In 2008, Duncan Lawrie Bank quietly
withdrew its sponsorship of the awards. As a result, the top prize is again called the Gold Dagger,
and the monetary award has been slashed from £20,000 to £2,500.[1]

From 1969 to 2005, a Silver Dagger was awarded to the runner-up. When Duncan Lawrie acquired
sponsorship, this award was dropped. After the sponsorship was withdrawn, this award was not
reinstated.

The Crime Writers' Association also awards a biennial CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and
several other "Dagger" awards.

Contents
1 Winners
1.1 2010s
1.2 2000s
1.3 1990s
1.4 1980s
1.5 1970s
1.6 1960s
1.7 1950s
2 References
3 External links
Winners
Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year:

2010s
2018
Gold Dagger: Steven Cavanagh, The Liar[2]
Mick Herron, London Rules
Dennis Lehane, Since We Fell
Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird
Abir Mukherjee, A Necessary Evil
Emma Viskic, Resurrection Bay
2017
Gold Dagger: Jane Harper, The Dry
Belinda Bauer, The Beautiful Dead
Ray Celestine, Dead Man's Blues
Mick Herron, Spook Street
Derek B. Miller, The Girl In Green
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
2016
Gold Dagger: Bill Beverly, Dodgers
Chris Brookmyre, Black Widow
Denise Mina, Blood Salt Water
Mick Herron, Real Tigers
2015[3]
Gold Dagger: Michael Robotham, Life or Death[4]
Belinda Bauer, The Shut Eye
James Carlos Blake, The Rules of Wolfe
Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm
Sam Hawken, Missing
Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes
Attica Locke, Pleasantville
2014[5]
Gold Dagger: Wiley Cash, This Dark Road to Mercy
Paula Daly, Keep Your Friends Close
Paul Mendelson, The First Rule of Survival
Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In
2013[6]
Gold Dagger: Mick Herron, Dead Lions
Belinda Bauer, Rubbernecker
Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls
Becky Masterman, Rage Against the Dying
2012[7]
Gold Dagger: Gene Kerrigan, The Rage
N. J. Cooper, Vengeance in Mind
M. R. Hall, The Flight
Chris Womersley, Bereft
2011
Gold Dagger: Tom Franklin, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist
A. D. Miller, Snowdrops
Denise Mina, The End of the Wasp Season
2010
Gold Dagger: Belinda Bauer, Blacklands
S. J. Bolton, Blood Harvest
George Pelecanos, The Way Home
Karen Campbell, Shadowplay
2000s
2009
Gold Dagger: William Brodrick, A Whispered Name
Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?
Mark Billingham, In the Dark
Lawrence Block, Hit and Run
M. R. Hall, The Coroner
Gene Kerrigan, Dark Times in the City
2008
Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Frances Fyfield, Blood From Stone
James Lee Burke, The Tin Roof Blowdown
Colin Cotterill, The Coroner's Lunch
Steve Hamilton, Night Work
Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know
R. N. Morris, A Vengeful Longing
2007
Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Peter Temple, The Broken Shore
Giles Blunt, The Fields of Grief
James Lee Burke, Pegasus Descending
Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects
Craig Russell, Brother Grimm
C. J. Sansom, Sovereign
2006 (award renamed)
Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Ann Cleeves, Raven Black
Simon Beckett, The Chemistry of Death
Thomas H. Cook, Red Leaves
Frances Fyfield, Safer Than Houses
Bill James, Wolves of Memory
Laura Wilson, A Thousand Lies
2005
Gold Dagger: Arnaldur Indriðason, Silence of the Grave
Silver Dagger: Barbara Nadel, Deadly Web
Karin Fossum, Calling Out for You
Friedrich Glauser, In Matto's Realm
Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip
Fred Vargas, Seeking Whom He May Devour
2004
Gold Dagger: Sara Paretsky, Blacklist
Silver Dagger: John Harvey, Flesh and Blood
Mo Hayder, Tokyo
Val McDermid, The Torment of Others
James W. Nichol, Midnight Cab
Laura Wilson, The Lover
2003
Gold Dagger: Minette Walters, Fox Evil
Silver Dagger: Morag Joss, Half-Broken Things
Boris Akunin, The Winter Queen
Robert Littell, The Company
Carlo Lucarelli, Almost Blue
Robert Wilson, The Blind Man of Seville
2002
Gold Dagger: José Carlos Somoza, The Athenian Murders
Silver Dagger: James Crumley, The Final Country
Mark Billingham, Scaredy Cat
James Lee Burke, Jolie Blon's Bounce
Michael Connelly, City of Bones
Minette Walters, Acid Row
2001
Gold Dagger: Henning Mankell, Sidetracked
Silver Dagger: Giles Blunt, Forty Words for Sorrow
Stephen Booth, Dancing with the Virgins
Denise Danks, Baby Love
George Pelecanos, Right as Rain
Scott Phillips, The Ice Harvest
2000
Gold Dagger: Jonathan Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn
Silver Dagger: Donna Leon, Friends In High Places
James Lee Burke, Purple Cane Road
Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra
Lucy Wadham, Lost
Martin Cruz Smith, Havana Bay
1990s
1999
Gold Dagger: Robert Wilson, A Small Death in Lisbon
Silver Dagger: Adrian Mathews, Vienna Blood
Val McDermid, A Place of Execution
Ian Rankin, Dead Souls
Michael Connelly, Angels Flight
Denise Danks, Phreak
Frances Fyfield, Staring at the Light
1998
Gold Dagger: James Lee Burke, Sunset Limited
Silver Dagger: Nicholas Blincoe, Manchester Slingback
Michael Dibdin, A Long Finish
Geoffrey Archer, Fire Hawk
Reginald Hill, On Beulah Height
George Pelecanos, King Suckerman
1997
Gold Dagger: Ian Rankin, Black and Blue
Silver Dagger: Janet Evanovich, Three to Get Deadly
Frank Lean, The Reluctant Investigator
1996
Gold Dagger: Ben Elton, Popcorn
Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey, Bloodhounds
Jessica Mann, A Private Enquiry
1995
Gold Dagger: Val McDermid, The Mermaids Singing
Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey, The Summons
Elizabeth Ironside, "Death in the Garden"
Minette Walters, The Dark Room
1994
Gold Dagger: Minette Walters, The Scold's Bridle
Silver Dagger: Peter Høeg, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Val McDermid, Crack Down
Sara Paretsky, Tunnel Vision
1993
Gold Dagger: Patricia Cornwell, Cruel and Unusual
Silver Dagger: Sarah Dunant, Fatlands
Robert Richardson, The Hand of Strange Children
Janet Neel, Death Among the Dons
1992
Gold Dagger: Colin Dexter, The Way Through the Woods
Silver Dagger: Liza Cody, Bucket Nut
1991
Gold Dagger: Barbara Vine, King Solomon's Carpet
Silver Dagger: Frances Fyfield, Deep Sleep
Janet Neel, Death of a Partner
Michael Dibdin, Dirty Tricks
1990
Gold Dagger: Reginald Hill, Bones and Silence
Silver Dagger: Mike Phillips, The Late Candidate
John Harvey, Rough Treatment
1980s
1989
Gold Dagger: Colin Dexter, The Wench is Dead
Silver Dagger: Desmond Lowden, The Shadow Run
1988
Gold Dagger: Michael Dibdin, Ratking
Silver Dagger: Sara Paretsky, Toxic Shock
1987
Gold Dagger: Barbara Vine, A Fatal Inversion
Silver Dagger: Scott Turow, Presumed Innocent
Liza Cody, Under Contract
1986
Gold Dagger: Ruth Rendell, Live Flesh
Silver Dagger: P. D. James, A Taste for Death
1985
Gold Dagger: Paula Gosling, Monkey Puzzle
Silver Dagger: Dorothy Simpson, Last Seen Alive
Andrew Taylor, Our Father's Lies
Jill Paton Walsh, A Piece of Justice
1984
Gold Dagger: B. M. Gill, The Twelfth Juror
Silver Dagger: Ruth Rendell, The Tree of Hands
1983
Gold Dagger: John Hutton, Accidental Crimes
Silver Dagger: William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Vietch
1982
Gold Dagger: Peter Lovesey, The False Inspector Dew
Silver Dagger: S. T. Haymon, Ritual Murder
1981
Gold Dagger: Martin Cruz Smith, Gorky Park
Silver Dagger: Colin Dexter, The Dead of Jericho
1980
Gold Dagger: H. R. F. Keating, The Murder of the Maharaja
Silver Dagger: Ellis Peters, Monk's Hood
1970s
1979
Gold Dagger: Dick Francis, Whip Hand
Silver Dagger: Colin Dexter, Service of All the Dead
1978
Gold Dagger: Lionel Davidson, The Chelsea Murders
Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey, Waxwork
1977
Gold Dagger: John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy
Silver Dagger: William McIlvanney, Laidlaw
1976
Gold Dagger: Ruth Rendell, A Demon in My View
Silver Dagger: James H. McClure, Rogue Eagle
1975
Gold Dagger: Nicholas Meyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Silver Dagger: P. D. James, The Black Tower
1974
Gold Dagger: Anthony Price, Other Paths to Glory
Silver Dagger: Francis Clifford, The Grosvenor Square Goodbye
1973
Gold Dagger: Robert Littell, The Defection of A.J. Lewinter
Silver Dagger: Gwendoline Butler, A Coffin for Pandora
1972
Gold Dagger: Eric Ambler, The Levanter
Silver Dagger: Victor Canning, The Rainbird Pattern
1971
Gold Dagger: James H. McClure, The Steam Pig
Silver Dagger: P. D. James, Shroud for a Nightingale
1970
Gold Dagger: Joan Fleming, Young Man I Think You're Dying
Silver Dagger: Anthony Price, The Labyrinth Makers
1960s
1969
Gold Dagger: Peter Dickinson, A Pride of Heroes
Silver Dagger: Francis Clifford, Another Way of Dying
Best Foreign: Rex Stout, The Father Hunt
1968
Gold Dagger: Peter Dickinson, Skin Deep
Nicholas Blake, The Private Wound
Best Foreign: Sébastien Japrisot, The Lady in the Car
1967
Gold Dagger: Emma Lathen, Murder Against the Grain
Colin Watson, Lonely Heart 4122
Best British: Eric Ambler, Dirty Story
1966
Gold Dagger: Lionel Davidson, A Long Way to Shiloh
John Bingham, The Double Agent
Best Foreign: John Ball, In the Heat of the Night
1965
Gold Dagger: Ross Macdonald, The Far Side of the Dollar
Dick Francis, For Kicks
Emma Lathen, Accounting for Murder
Best British: Gavin Lyall, Midnight Plus One
1964
Gold Dagger: H. R. F. Keating, The Perfect Murder
Gavin Lyall, The Most Dangerous Game
Ross Macdonald, The Chill
Best Foreign: Patricia Highsmith, The Two Faces of January
1963
Gold Dagger: John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Nicolas Freeling, Gun Before Butter
William Haggard, The High Wire
1962
Gold Dagger: Joan Fleming, When I Grow Rich
Eric Ambler, The Light of the Day
Colin Watson, Hopjoy Was Here
1961
Gold Dagger: Mary Kelly, The Spoilt Kill
John le Carré, Call for the Dead
Allan Prior, One Way
1960 (award renamed)
Gold Dagger: Lionel Davidson, The Night of Wenceslas
Mary Stewart, My Brother Michael
Julian Symons, Progress of a Crime
1950s
1959
Crossed Red Herring Award: Eric Ambler, Passage of Arms
James Mitchell, A Way Back
Menna Gallie, Strike for a Kingdom
1958
Crossed Red Herring Award: Margot Bennett, Someone from the Past
Margery Allingham, Hide My Eyes
James Byrom, Or Be He Dead
John Sherwood, Undiplomatic Exit
1957
Crossed Red Herring Award: Julian Symons, The Colour of Murder
Ngaio Marsh, Off With His Head
George Milner, Your Money or Your Life
Douglas Rutherford, The Long Echo
1956
Crossed Red Herring Award: Edward Grierson, The Second Man
Sarah Gainham, Time Right Deadly
Arthur Upfield, Man of Two Tribes
J. J. Marric, Gideon's Week
1955
Crossed Red Herring Award: Winston Graham, The Little Walls
Leigh Howard, Blind Date
Ngaio Marsh, Scales of Justice
Margot Bennett, The Man Who Didn't Fly

2017
Winner: Mick Herron, Spook Street
William Ryan, The Constant Soldier
John Hart, Redemption Road
J S Carol, The Killing Game
Jules Grant, We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire
Megan Aboott, You Will Know Me
2016
Winner: Don Winslow, The Cartel
Lee Child, Make Me
Adrian McKinty, Rain Dogs
Mick Herron, Real Tigers
Daniel Silva, The English Spy
2015
Winner: Karin Slaughter, Cop Town
Peter Swanson, The Kind Worth Killing
Malcolm Mackay, The Night the Rich Men Burned
Patrick Hoffman, The White Van
Mick Herron, Nobody Walks
Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
Sam Hawken, Missing
2014
Winner: Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy
Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard
Greg Iles, Natchez Burning
2013
Winner: Roger Hobbs, Ghostman
Stuart Neville, Ratlines
Mark Oldfield, The Sentinel
Robert Wilson, Capitial Punishment
2012
Winner: Charles Cumming, A Foreign Country
Megan Abbott, Dare Me
Robert Harris, The Fear Index
Neal Stephenson, Reamde
2011
Winner: Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist
Michael Gruber, The Good Son
Craig Smith, Cold Rain
S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep
2010
Winner: Simon Conway, A Loyal Spy
Scott Turow, Innocent
Henry Porter, The Dying Light
Don Winslow, The Gentlemen’s Hour
Lee Child, 61 Hours
Mo Hayder, Gone
Mike Herron, Slow Horses
2009
Winner: John Hart, The Last Child
Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict
Gillian Flynn, Dark Places
Charlie Newton, Calumet City
Daniel Silva, Moscow Rules
Olen Steinhauer, The Tourist
Andrew Williams, The Interrogator
2008
Winner: Tom Rob Smith, Child 44
Mo Hayder, Ritual
Gregg Hurwitz, I See You
Michael Robotham, Shatter
David Stone, The Echelon Vendetta
2007
Winner: Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects
Alex Berenson, The Faithful Spy
Harlan Coben, The Woods
R. J. Ellory, City of Lies
Michael Marshall, The Intruders
Michael Robotham, The Night Ferry
Karin Slaughter, Triptych
2006
Winner: Nick Stone, Mr Clarinet
Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer
Jo-Ann Goodwin, Sweet Gum
Mo Hayder, Pig Island
Daniel Silva, The English Assassin
Martyn Waites, The Mercy Seat
David Wolstencroft, Contact Zero
2005
Winner: Henry Porter, Brandenburg
G. M. Ford, A Blind Eye
Simon Kernick, A Good Day to Die
Adrian Matthews, The Apothecary's House
Kate Mosse, Labyrinth
Joel Ross, Double Cross Blind
Daniel Silva, A Death in Vienna
2004
Winner: Jeffery Deaver, Garden of Beasts
Dan Fesperman, The Warlord's Son
Joseph Finder, Paranoia
Mo Hayder, Tokyo
Stephen Leather, Hard Landing
Adrian McKinty, Dead I Well May Be
Daniel Silva, The Confessor
2003
Winner: Dan Fesperman, The Small Boat of Great Sorrows
Lee Child, Persuader
R. J. Ellory, Candlemoth
Lucretia Grindle, The Nightspinners
Robert Littell, The Company
Henry Porter, Empire State
Gerald Seymour, Traitor's Kiss
2002
Winner: John Creed, The Sirius Crossing
Tom Bradby, The Master of Rain
Lee Child, Without Fail
Robert Crais, Hostage
Leif Davidsen, Lime's Photograph
CC Humphreys, The French Executioner
Stephen Leather, Tango One

International Dagger
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The CWA International Dagger (formerly known as the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger) is an
award given by the Crime Writers' Association for best translated crime novel of the year. The
winning author and translator receives an ornamental Dagger at an award ceremony held annually.

Until 2005, translated crime novels were eligible to be nominated for the CWA Gold Dagger. From
2006, translated crime fiction was honored with its own award conceived partly to recognize the
contribution of the translator in international works.[1] Until 2008 the International Dagger was
named for its sponsor, the Duncan Lawrie Private Bank. In three of the first four years it was
awarded, it was won by Fred Vargas and her translator Siân Reynolds. In 2013, the Dagger was
shared for the first time between two novels Alex by Pierre Lemaitre and The Ghost Riders of
Ordebec by Fred Vargas.

In 2014 the CWA awarded it to The Siege by Arturo Perez-Reverte translated by Frank Wynne.[2]

Winners
Winners (in bold) and shortlisted titles.

2006
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Fred Vargas The Three EvangelistsSîan Reynolds 1995 France
Andrea Camilleri Excursion to Tindari Stephen Sartarelli 2000 Italy
Yasmina Khadra Autumn of the Phantoms Aubrey Botsford 1998 Algeria
Dominique Manotti Dead Horsemeat Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz 1997
France
Håkan Nesser Borkmann's Point Laurie Thompson 1994 Sweden
Rafael Reig Blood on the Saddle Paul Hammond 2002 Spain
2007
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Fred Vargas Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand Sîan Reynolds 2004 France
Karin Alvtegen Shame Steven T. Murray 2005 Sweden
Christian Jungersen The Exception Anna Paterson 2004 Denmark
Yasmina Khadra The Attack John Cullen 2005 Algeria
Åsa Larsson The Savage Altar Marlaine Delargy 2003 Sweden
Jo Nesbø The Redbreast Don Bartlett 2000 Norway
2008
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Dominique Manotti Lorraine Connection Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz 2006
France
Andrea Camilleri The Patience of the Spider Stephen Sartarelli 2004 Italy
Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Reg Keeland 2005 Sweden
Martin Suter A Deal with the Devil Peter Millar 2006 Switzerland
Fred Vargas This Night's Foul Work Sîan Reynolds 2006 France
2009
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Fred Vargas The Chalk Circle ManSian Reynolds 1991 France
Karin Alvtegen Shadow McKinley Burnett 2007 Sweden
Arnaldur Indriðason Arctic Chill Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb 2005 Iceland
Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire Reg Keeland 2006 Sweden
Jo Nesbø The Redeemer Don Bartlett 2005 Norway
Johan Theorin Echoes from the DeadMarlaine Delargy 2007 Sweden
2010[3]
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Johan Theorin The Darkest Room Marlaine Delargy 2008 Sweden
Tonino Benacquista Badfellas Emily Read 2004 France
Andrea Camilleri August Heat Stephen Sartarelli 2006 Italy
Arnaldur Indriðason Hypothermia Victoria Cribb 2007 Iceland
Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Reg Keeland 2006 Sweden
Deon Meyer Thirteen Hours K. L. Seegers 2009 South Africa
2011
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Roslund/Hellström Three SecondsKari Dickson 2009 Sweden
Andrea Camilleri The Wings of the Sphinx Stephen Sartarelli 2006 Italy
Ernesto Mallo Needle in a Haystack Jethro Soutar 2006 Argentina
Jean-François Parot The Saint-Florentin Murders Howard Curtis2004 France
Fred Vargas An Uncertain Place Sian Reynolds 2008 France
Valerio Varesi River of Shadows Joseph Farrell 2003 Italy
Domingo Villar Death on a Galician Shore Sonia Soto 2009 Spain
2012
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Andrea Camilleri The Potter's Field Stephen Sartarelli 2008 Italy
Maurizio de Giovanni I Will Have Vengeance Anne Milano Appel 2006 Italy
Åsa Larsson Until Thy Wrath Be Past Laurie Thompson 2008 Sweden
Deon Meyer Trackers K. L. Seegers 2010 South Africa
Jo Nesbø Phantom Don Bartlett 2011 Norway
Valerio Varesi The Dark Valley Joseph Farrell 2005 Italy
2013
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Pierre Lemaitre Alex Frank Wynne 2011 France
Fred Vargas The Ghost Riders of Ordebec Sîan Reynolds 2011 France
Dror Mishani The Missing File Steven Cohen 2011 Israel
Roslund/Hellström Two Soldiers Kari Dickson 2012 Sweden
Ferdinand von Schirach The Collini Case Anthea Bell 2011 Germany
Marco Vichi Death in Sardinia Stephen Sartarelli 2004 Italy
2014
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Arturo Pérez-Reverte The Siege Frank Wynne 2010 Spain
Arnaldur Indriðason Strange Shores Victoria Crib 2010 Iceland
Pierre Lemaitre Irene Frank Wynne 2006 France
Olivier Truc (fr.) Forty Days Without Shadow Louise Rogers LaLaurie 2012 France
Simon Urban (de.) Plan D Katy Derbyshire 2011 Germany
Fred Vargas Dog Will Have His Day Sîan Reynolds 1996 France
2015
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Pierre Lemaitre Camille Frank Wynne 2012 France
Andreas Norman Into A Raging Blaze Ian Giles 2013 Sweden
Leif G. W. Persson Falling Freely, as if in a Dream Paul Norlen 2007 Sweden
Deon Meyer Cobra K. L. Seegers 2013 South Africa
Karim Miské Arab Jazz Sam Gordon 2012 France
Dolores Redondo The Invisible Guardian Isabelle Kaufeler 2013 Spain
2016
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Pierre Lemaitre The Great Swindle Frank Wynne 2013 France
Sascha Arango (de.) The Truth and Other Lies Imogen Taylor2014 Germany
Deon Meyer Icarus K. L. Seegers 2015 South Africa
Cay Rademacher (de.)The Murderer in Ruins Peter Millar 2011 Germany
Hideo Yokoyama Six Four Jonathan Lloyd-Davis 2013 Japan
2017
Author Title Translator Orig. Pub. Year Country
Leif G. W. Persson The Dying Detective Neil Smith 2010 Sweden
Antonio Manzini (it.) A Cold Death Anthony Shugaar 2015 Italy
Pierre Lemaitre Blood Wedding Frank Wynne 2009 France
Gianrico Carofiglio A Fine Line Howard Curtis2014 Italy
Fred Vargas A Climate of Fear Sian Reynolds 2015 France

Thomas Harding
Blood on the Page
Gold - Non-fiction
2018 | Winner
Dolores Redondo The Legacy of the Bones Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia 2013
Spain
2017[1]
Stephen Purvis, Close but no Cigar, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Close but no Cigar: a true story of
prison life in Castro's Cuba).

Andrew Hankinson
You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]
Gold - Non-fiction
2016 | Winner
Scribe
Dan Davies
In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile
Gold - Non-fiction
2015 | Winner
Quercus
Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott-Clark
The Siege
Gold - Non-fiction
2014 | Winner
Viking
2013[2]
Paul French, Midnight in Peking, Penguin (The 1937 murder of Pamela Werner in Beijing)
Anthony Summers & Robbyn Swan
The Eleventh Day
Gold - Non-fiction
2012 | Winner
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2011[3]
Douglas Starr, The Killer of Little Shepherds (The crimes and conviction of the nineteenth-century
French serial murderer Joseph Vacher)
2010[4]
Ruth Dudley Edwards, Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families’ Pursuit of Justice (The
successful civil case taken against the suspects for the Omagh bombing)
2000s
2008[5][6]
Kester Aspden, Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale (Death of David Oluwale in
Leeds in 1969)
Francisco Goldman,The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi (Death of Juan José
Gerardi Conedera in Guatemala in 1998)
David Rose, Violation: Justice, Race and Serial Murder in the Deep South (The case of Carlton
Gary, sentenced to death in 1986 in Georgia, USA)
Duncan Staff The Lost Boy (Keith Bennett, victim of the Moors Murders, England, 1964)
Kate Summerscale, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House (Murder in
1860 in Somerset, England, to which Constance Kent confessed)
Peter Zimonjic, Into the Darkness: 7/7 (First-hand account of the 7 July 2005 London bombings)
2006[7]
Linda Rhodes, Lee Shelden, and Kathryn Abnett, The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC
George Clark, 1846 (Murder of policeman George Clark in 1846 in Dagenham, London)
Sebastian Junger, A Death in Belmont (Boston Strangler murders of 1962-64 in USA)
Nuala O'Faolain, The Story of Chicago May (Irish-born international criminal Chicago May, born
May Duignan)
Sister Helen Prejean, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions
(Executions of Dobie Gillis Williams (1999) and Joseph O'Dell in USA)
William Queen, Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated
America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (First-hand account of infiltrating Mongols gang
in USA)
Sue Williams, And Then the Darkness: The Fascinating Story of the Disappearance of Peter
Falconio and the Trials of Joanne Lees (Disappearance of Peter Falconio in Australia, 2001)
2005[8]
Gregg and Gina Hill, On The Run: a Mafia childhood (By the children of Henry Hill, American
mobster)
Bella Bathurst,The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks.
(Wrecking off the UK coast)
Eric Jager, The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval
France (Trial by combat of Jean de Carrouges, France, 1386)
Sadakat Kadri, The Trial: a history from Socrates to O. J. Simpson (History of trials).
James Owen, A Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time (Murder of Harry
Oakes in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1943)
2004[9]
Joint winners

John Dickie, Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia (History of the Sicilian mafia from its
1860s beginnings)
Sarah Wise, The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London (The Italian Boy
murder, London, 1831)
Rebecca Gowers, The Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder (Reginald
Birchall, a young Englishman who set off for Canada in 1890 and was found dead in a swamp
shortly after arriving)
Steve Holland, The Trials of Hank Janson (Censorship of crime writer Hank Janson in 1940s
Britain)
Mende Nazer and Damian Lewis, Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and her Fight
for Survival (Mende Nazer's own story)
2003[10]
Samantha Weinberg, Pointing from the Grave: a True Story of Murder and DNA (Murder of Helena
Greenwood in 1985 in California and early use of DNA profiling to identify her killer 15 years
later)
Michael Bilton, Wicked Beyond Belief: the Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe, serial
killer convicted in 1981)
Erik Larson, Devil In The White City:Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed
America (Serial killer H. H. Holmes and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, USA)
Chandak Sengoopta, Imprint of the Raj: the Colonial Origin of Fingerprinting and Its Voyage to
Britain (The science of fingerprinting, developed in India and first used in court in England in 1902)
Donald Thomas, An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second
World War (Events in Britain during World War II)
Peter Walsh, Gang War: the Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs (Contemporary gangs in
Manchester)
2002[11]
Lillian Pizzichini, Dead Man's Wages: the secrets of a London conman and his family (Life of
conman Charlie Taylor, the author's grandfather)
Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt, His Lives (Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), British spy and art
historian)
Don Hale (with Marika Huns & Hamish McGregor), Town Without Pity: the Fight to Clear Stephen
Downing of the Bakewell Murder (Stephen Downing, jailed for murder in 1974, conviction
overturned in 2002)
Special mention: Julian Earwaker & Kathleen Becker, Scene of the Crime: a Guide to the
Landscapes of British Detective FictionJudged to be outside the scope of the award but worthy of
commendation
2001[12]
Philip Etienne and Martin Maynard (with Tony Thompson), The Infiltrators: the First Inside
Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit (Two members of SO10,
the Metropolitan Police's undercover unit)
Zacaria Erzinçlioglu, Maggots, Murder and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic
Entomologist (Forensic entomology)
Adrian Weale, Patriot Traitors: Roger Casement, John Amery and the Real Meaning of Treason
(Roger Casement and John Amery, the only Britons to be executed for high treason in the 20th
century)
2000[13]
Edward Bunker, Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade (The author's own story of a life of crime)
1990s
1999
Brian Cathcart, The Case of Stephen Lawrence
1998
Gitta Sereny, Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill - The Story of Mary Bell
1997
Paul Britton, The Jigsaw Man (The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal
Psychologist)
1996
Antonia Fraser, The Gunpowder Plot
1995
Martin Beales, Dead Not Buried
1994
David Canter, Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer
1993
Alexandra Artley, Murder in the Heart
1992
Charles Nicholl,The Reckoning
1991
John Bossy, Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair
1990
Jonathan Goodman, The Passing of Starr Faithfull
1980s
1989
Robert Lindsey, A Gathering of Saints:a true story of money, murder and deceit
1988
Bernard Wasserstein, The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln
1987
Bernard Taylor/Stephen Knight, Perfect Murder
1986
John Bryson, Evil Angels
1985
Brian Masters, Killing for Company
1984
David Yallop, In God's Name
1983
Peter Watson, Double Dealer: How five art dealers, four policemen, three picture restorers, two
auction houses and a journalist plotted to recover some of the world's most beautiful stolen
paintings
1982
John Cornwell, Earth to Earth
1981
Jacobo Timerman, Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1980
Anthony Summers, Conspiracy
1970s
1979
Shirley Green, Rachman
1978
Audrey Williamson, The Mystery of the Princes