The Dagger Awards were established by the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) in 1955. The 2024 longlist was announced on April 20, the shortlist was announced on May 10, and awards will be presented in London on July 4, 2024.
For more information check the Awards’ website .
Here are the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.
Gold Dagger
SMALL MERCIES by Dennis Lehane (DB 114456, LB 14406) VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto (DB 113039, LB 14540) HOMECOMING by Kate Morton (DB 113914, BR 24840, LB 14824)
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
SIMPLY LIES by David Baldacci (DB 114114, LB 14300) LIE MAKER by Linwood Barclay (DB 116519) ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. Cosby (DB 115237) OZARK DOGS by Eli Cranor (DB 114798) EVERYBODY KNOWS by Jordan Harper (DB 112340) DROWNING: THE RESCUE OF FLIGHT 1421 by T. J. Newman (DB 116859) AFTER THAT NIGHT by Karin Slaughter (DB 116356, BR 25334, LB 0000210)
ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua (DB 116781, LB 0000040) SCORCHED GRACE by Margot Douaihy (DB 115165) GOLDEN SPOON by Jessa Maxwell (DB 117207) OTHER HALF by Charlotte Vassell (DB 117397)
Historical Dagger
LOCK-UP by John Banville (DB 115375, LB 14762) FLAGS ON THE BAYOU by James Lee Burke (DB 117205, LB 14778) HARLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT by Louise Hare (DB 116941)
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
ART THIEF: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, CRIME, AND A DANGEROUS OBSESSION by Michael Finkel (DB 115367, LB 14518) G-MAN: J EDGAR HOOVER AND THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY by Beverly Gage (DB 111434) MANY LIVES OF MAMA LOVE: A MEMOIR OF LYING, STEALING, WRITING, AND HEALING by Lara Love Hardin (DB 120534, LB 14917) SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MERCY by Alex Mar (DB 115183)
Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation
RED QUEEN written by Juan Gómez-Jurado and translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor (DB 113173, LB 14817)