Die British Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) hat ihre Shortlist für die diesjährigen Daggers veröffentlicht. Die Preisverleihung ist am 29. Juni in London.
Chancen auf einen Preis haben:
Gold Dagger
• Before You Knew My Name, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Little, Brown)
• Sunset Swing, by Ray Celestin (Mantle)
• Razorblade Tears, by S.A. Cosby (Headline)
• The Unwilling, by John Hart (Zaffre)
• The Shadows of Men, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
• The Trawlerman, by William Shaw (Riverrun)
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Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
• Find You First, by Linwood Barclay (HQ)
• The Pact, by Sharon Bolton (Orion)
• The Devil’s Advocate, by Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
• Razorblade Tears, by S.A. Cosby (Headline)
• Dead Ground, by M.W. Craven (Constable)
• Dream Girl, by Laura Lippman (Faber and Faber)
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John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
• Welcome to Cooper, by Tariq Ashkanani (Thomas & Mercer)
• Repentance, by Eloísa Díaz (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• The Mash House, by Alan Gillespie (Unbound)
• The Appeal, by Janice Hallett (Viper)
• Where Ravens Roost, by Karin Nordin (HQ)
• How to Kidnap the Rich, by Rahul Raina (Little, Brown)
• Waking the Tiger, by Mark Wightman (Hobeck)
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Historical Dagger
• April in Spain, by John Banville (Faber and Faber)
• Sunset Swing, by Ray Celestin (Mantle)
• Crow Court, by Andy Charman (Unbound)
• Not One of Us, by Alis Hawkins (Canelo)
• Edge of the Grave, by Robbie Morrison (Macmillan)
• A Corruption of Blood, by Ambrose Parry (Canongate)
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Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger:
• Hotel Cartagena, by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward (Orenda)
• Bullet Train, by Kōtarō Isaka, translated by Sam Malissa (Harvill Secker)
• Oxygen, by Sacha Naspini, translated by Clarissa Botsford (Europa Editions)
• People Like Them, by Samira Sedira, translated by Lara Vergnaud (Raven)
• The Rabbit Factor, by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston (Orenda)
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Short Story Dagger
• “Blindsided,” by Caroline England (from Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time, edited by Samantha Lee Howe; Telos)
• “London,” by Jo Nesbø (from The Jealousy Man and Other Stories, by Jo Nesbø; Harvill Secker)
• “With the Others,” by T.M. Logan (from Afraid of the Shadows, edited by Miranda Jewess; Criminal Minds)
• “Flesh of a Fancy Woman,” by Paul Magrs (from Criminal Pursuits)
• “Changeling,” by Bryony Pearce (from Criminal Pursuits)
• “When I Grow Up,” by Robert Scragg (from Afraid of the Shadows)
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ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction
• The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion, by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne (Faber and Faber)
• The Dublin Railway Murder, by Thomas Morris (Harvill Secker)
• The Unusual Suspect, by Ben Machell (Canongate)
• The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice, by Julia Laite (Profile)
• Empire of Pain, by Patrick Radden Keefe (Picador)
• The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders That Stunned an Empire, by Julie Kavanagh (Grove Press)
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Dagger in the Library (“for a body of work by an established crime writer that has long been popular with borrowers from libraries”)
• Cath Staincliffe
• Edward Marston
• Lin Anderson
• Mark Billingham
• Susan Hill
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Publishers’ Dagger (“awarded annually to the Best Crime and Mystery Publisher of the Year”)
• Faber and Faber
• HarperCollins; Harper Fiction
• Penguin Random House; Michael Joseph
• Pushkin Press; Pushkin Vertigo
• Titan
• Profile Books; Viper
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Debut Dagger
• Henry’s Bomb, by Kevin Bartlett
• Holloway Candle, by Laura Ashton Hill
• The 10-12, by Anna Maloney
• The Dead of Egypt, by David Smith
• The Dieppe Letters, by Liz Rachel Walker
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Diamond Dagger (“for a lifetime contribution to crime writing in the English language”)
C. J. Sanson
