Die British Crime Writers’ Association hat die erste Shortlist für den diesjährigen Dagger veröffentlicht. Denn: “This year the Daggers are being announced in two stages, and the shortlists announced now are for the International, Short Story, Library, and Debut Daggers. The winners will be announced at a drinks reception held at the Tiger Tiger nightspot in London on the evening of July 15. At that event, the shortlists will also be announced for the Gold, John Creasey (New Blood) and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers. The winners in this second group will be announced in the autumn.”
Hier sind die ersten Nominierten
The CWA International Dagger
(“For crime, thriller, suspense or spy fiction novels which have been translated into English from their original language, for UK publication.”)
Shadow, von Karin Alvtegen
The Arctic Chill, von Arnaldur Indriðaso
The Girl Who Played with Fire, von Stieg Larsson
The Redeemer, von Jo Nesbø
Echoes from the Dead, von Johan Theorin
The Chalk Circle Man, von Fred Vargas
The CWA Short Story Dagger
Speaking of Lust, von Lawrence Block (aus „Speaking of Lust“)
One Serving of Bad Luck, von Sean Chercover (aus „Killer Year“, herausgegeben von Lee Child)
Cougar, von Laura Lippman (aus „Two of the Deadliest“, herausgegeben von Elizabeth George)
The Price of Love, von Peter Robinson (aus „The Blue Religion“, herausgegeben von Michael Connelly)
Served Cold, von Zoë Sharp (aus „The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime“, herausgegeben von Maxim Jakubowski)
Mother’s Milk, von Chris Simms (aus „The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime“, herausgegeben von Maxim Jakubowski)
The CWA Dagger in the Library
(Awarded for an author’s full body of work, not an individual book.)
Simon Beckett
Colin Cotterill
R.J. Ellory
Ariana Franklin
Peter James
Michael Robotham
The CWA Debut Dagger
A View from the Clock Tower, von Frank Burkett (Australia)
My First Big Book of Murder, von Aoife Clifford (Australia)
Backdrop, von C.J. Harper (USA)
The Land of Sun and Fun, von Madeleine Harris-Callway (Canada)
Sex, Death, and Chocolate, von Renata Hill (Canada)
The Sirius Patrol, von Mick Laing (UK)
Forgotten Treasures, von Susan Lindgren (USA)
The Pathologist, von Catherine O’Keefe (Canada)
Paterfamilias, von Danielle Ramsay (UK)
A Vine Time for Trouble, von Germaine Stafford (Italy)
Idiot Wind, von Martin Ungless (UK)
Murder at the Séance, von Alan Wright (UK)
(Dank an The Rap Sheet für die Infos.)
Nachtrag: Falls ich es noch nicht erwähnt habe:
der diesjährige CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger geht an Andrew Taylor.
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