John Creasy - New Blood Dagger

2017
Winner
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker

Shortlist
The Pictures by Guy Bolton

Ragdoll by Daniel Cole

Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard

Sirens by Joseph Knox

Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land

Longlist
The Watcher by Ross Armstrong
What You Don’t Know by JoAnn Chaney
Sunset City by Melissa Ginsburg
Epiphany Jones by Michael Grothaus
Himself by Jess Kidd
The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy

2016
Winner
Dodgers by Bill Beverly

Shortlist
Fever City by Tim Baker
Freedom’s Child by Jax Miller
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle

2015
Winner
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

Shortlist
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
The Abrupt Physics of Dying by Paul E Hardisty
You by Caroline Kepnes
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Longlist
Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman
The Well by Catherine Chanter
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
The Killing of Bobbi Lomax by Cal Moriarty

2014
Winner
The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin

Shortlist
The Strangler Vine by MJ Carter
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

Longlist
Night Heron by Adam Brookes
Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh

2013
Winner
Norwegian by Night by Derek B Miller

Shortlist
Something You Are by Hanna Jameson
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford

Longlist
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
The City Of Shadows by Michael Russell
City of Blood by MD Villiers

2012
Winner
Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash

Shortlist
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne
Good People by Ewart Hutton
What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright

Longlist
The Doll Princess by Tom Benn
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
The Expats by Chris Pavone

2011
Winner
Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson

Shortlist
The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald
The Dead Women of Juarez by Sam Hawken
Kiss Me Quick by Danny Miller

Longlist
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
Or the Bull Kills You by Jason Webster

2010
Winner
Acts of Violence by Ryan David Jahn

Shortlist
The Pull of the Moon by Diane Janes
Rupture by Simon Lelic
The Holy Thief by William Ryan

Longlist
Martyr by Rory Clements
Stop Me by Richard Jay Parker
Random by Craig Robertson
Cut Short by Leigh Russell

2009
Winner
Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin

Shortlist
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Bad Catholics by James Green
No Way To Say Goodbye by Rod Madocks
Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg
The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell

2008
Winner
The Bethlehem Murders by Matt Rees

Shortlist
The Night of the the Mi’raj by Zoë Ferraris
Die With Me by Elena Forbes
Absolution by Caro Ramsay
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

2007
Winner
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Shortlist
Objects of Desire by CJ Emerson
The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes
Borderlands by Brian McGilloway
Last Days of Newgate by Andrew Pepper
The Dead of Summer by Camilla Way

2006
Winner
Still Life by Louise Penny

Shortlist
Immoral by Brian Freeman
Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell

2005
Winner
Running Hot by Dreda Say Mitchell

Shortlist
The Great Stink by Clare Clark
Bloody Harvests by Richard Kunzmann
Grip by David McKeowen

2004
Winner
Amagansett by Mark Mills

Shortlist
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
The Three Body Problem by Catherine Shaw
The Devil's Playground by Stav Sherez

2003
Winner
Mission Flats by William Landay

Shortlist
Backlash by Rod Duncan
Dissolution by CJ Sansom

2002
Winner
The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh

Shortlist
The 25th Hour by David Benioff
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L Carter
The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn
The Water Clock by Jim Kelly

2001
Winner
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones

Shortlist
Paradise Salvage by John Fusco
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Good Bad Woman by Elizabeth Woodcraft

2000
Winner
God Is a Bullet by Boston Teran

1999
Winner
Lie in the Dark by Dan Fesperman

1998
Winner
Garnethill by Denise Mina

1997
Winner
Body Politic by Paul Johnston

1995
Winner
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

1994
Winner
Big Town by Doug J Swanson

1992
Winner
The Ice House by Minette Walters

1991
Winner
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

1990
Winner
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

1989
Winner
A Real Shot in the Arm by Annette Roome

1988
Winner
Death's Bright Angel by Janet Neel

1987
Winner
Dark Apostle by Denis Kilcommons

1986
Winner
Tinplate by Neville Steed

1985
Winner
The Latimer Mercy by Robert Richards

1984
Winner
A Very Private Enterprise by Elizabeth Ironside

1983
Winner
The Ariadne Clue by Carol Clemeau

1982
Winner
The Night the Gods Smiled by Eric Wright

1981
Winner
The Ludi Victory by James Leigh

1980
Winner
Dupe by Liza Cody

1979
Winner
Saturday of Glory by David Serafin

1978
Winner
A Running Duck by Paula Gosling

1977
Winner
The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash

1976
Winner
Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander

1975
Winner
Acid Drop by Sara George

1974
Winner
The Big Fix by Roger L Simon

1973
Winner
Don't Point That Thing at Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli

Ian Fleming Steel Daggers

2017
Winner
Spook Street by Mick Herron

Shortlist
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
The Killing Game by JS Carol
We Go Around in the Night Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant
Redemption Road by John Hart

The Constant Soldier by William Ryan

Longlist
Kill the Next One by Federico Axat
The Twenty Three by Linwood Barclay
The Heat by Garry Disher
A Hero in France by Alan Furst
Moskva by Jack Grimwood
The One Man by Andrew Gross
Dark Asset by Adrian Magson
Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
Jericho’s War by Gerald Seymour
The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
Broken Heart by Tim Weaver

2016
Winner
The Cartel by Don Winslow

Shortlist
Make Me by Lee Child
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
The English Spy by Daniel Silva

2015
Winner
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

Shortlist
Missing by Sam Hawken
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Nobody Walks by Mick Herron
The White Van by Patrick Hoffman
The Night The Rich Men Burned by Malcolm Mackay
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

Longlist
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay
The Defence by Steve Cavanagh
The Stranger by Harlan Coben
The Final Minute by Simon Kernick
Runner by Patrick Lee
Heartman by MP Wright

2014
Winner
An Officer and A Spy by Robert Harris

Shortlist
Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

Longlist
Never Go Back by Lee Child
419 by Will Ferguson
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The Corporal’s Wife by Gerald Seymour

2013
Winner
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs

Shortlist
Ratlines by Stuart Neville
The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield
Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson

Longlist
The Abduction by Jonathan Holt
The Uninvited by Liz Jensen
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
The Poison Tide by Andrew Williams

2012
Winner
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming

Shortlist
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Reamde by Neal Stephenson

Longlist
The Shadow Patrol by Alex Berenson
The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn
Uncommon Entry by Alan Judd
The Child Who by Simon Lelic

2011
Winner
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

Shortlist
The Good Son by Michael Gruber
Cold Rain by Craig Smith
Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson

Longlist
The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth
An Agent of Deceit by Chris Morgan Jones
Savages by Don Winslow

2010
Winner
A Loyal Spy by Simon Conway

Shortlist
61 Hours by Lee Child
Gone by Mo Hayder
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
The Dying Light by Henry Porter
Innocent by Scott Turow
The Gentlemen’s Hour by Don Winslow

2009
Winner
The Last Child by John Hart

Shortlist
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
The Interrogator by Andrew Williams

2008
Winner
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Shortlist
Ritual by Mo Hayder
I See You by Gregg Hurwitz
Shatter by Michael Robotham
The Echelon Vendetta by David Stone

2007
Winner
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Shortlist
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
The Woods by Harlan Coben
City of Lies by RJ Ellory
The Intruders by Michael Marshall
The Night Ferry by Michael Robotham
Triptych by Karin Slaughter

2006
Winner
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone

Shortlist
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Sweet Gum by Jo-Ann Goodwin
Pig Island by Mo Hayder
The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
The Mercy Seat by Martyn Waites
Contact Zero by David Wolstencroft

2005
Winner
Brandenburg by Henry Porter

Shortlist
A Blind Eye by GM Ford
A Good Day to Die by Simon Kernick
The Apothecary's House by Adrian Mathews
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Double Cross Blind by Joel Ross
A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva

2004
Winner
Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver

Shortlist
The Warlord's Son by Dan Fesperman
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
Tokyo by Mo Hayder
Hard Landing by Stephen Leather
Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty
The Confessor by Daniel Silva

2003
Winner
The Small Boat of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman

Shortlist
Persuader by Lee Child
Candlemoth by RJ Ellory
The Nightspinners by Lucretia Grindle
The Company by Robert Littell
Empire State by Henry Porter
Traitor's Kiss by Gerald Seymour

2002
Winner
The Sirius Crossing by John Creed

Shortlist
The Master of Rain by Tom Bradby
Without Fail by Lee Child
Hostage by Robert Crais
Lime's Photograph by Leif Davidsen
The French Executioner by CC Humphreys
Tango One by Stephen Leather

Gold Daggers

Goldsboro Gold Dagger
2017
Winner
The Dry by Jane Harper

Shortlist
The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer Dead Man’s Blues by Ray Celestin
Spook Street by Mick Herron
The Girl in Green by Derek B Miller A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

Longlist
The Girl Before by JP Delaney Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith Little Deaths by Emma Flint Sirens by Joseph Knox Ashes of Berlin by Luke McCallin Darktown by Thomas Mullen

2016
Winner
Dodgers by Bill Beverly

Shortlist
Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina

2015
Winner
Life or Death by Michael Robotham

Shortlist
The Shut Eye by Belinda Bauer
The Rules of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Missing by Sam Hawken
Mr Mercedes by Stephen King
Pleasantville by Attica Locke

Longlist
The Bone Seeker by MJ McGrath
The Serpentine Road by Paul Mendelson
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

2014
Winner
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash

Shortlist
Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly
The First Rule of Survival by Paul Mendelson
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

Longlist
Stone Bruises by Simon Beckett
What She Saw by Mark Roberts
The Corporal’s Wife by Gerald Seymour
The Verdict by Nick Stone

2013
Winner
Dead Lions by Mick Herron

Shortlist
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman

Longlist
Tequilla Sunset by Sam Hawken
Breakdown by Sara Paretsky
Say You’re Sorry by Michael Robotham
The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow

2012
Winner
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan

Shortlist
Vengeance in Mind by NJ Cooper
The Flight by MR Hall
Bereft by Chris Womersley

Longlist
Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash
Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
The Child Who by Simon Lelic

2011
Winner
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Shortlist
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Snowdrops by AD Miller
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina

Longlist
The Villa Triste by Lucretia Grindle
Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder
The Cypress House by Michael Koryta
White Heat by MJ McGrath

2010
Winner
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer

Shortlist
Blood Harvest by SJ Bolton
Shadowplay by Karen Campbell
The Way Home by George Pelecanos

Longlist
Conman by Richard Asplin
Rain Gods by James Lee Burke
The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge by Patricia Duncker
Still Midnight by Denise Mina

2009
Winner
A Whispered Name by William Brodrick

Shortlist
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
In the Dark by Mark Billingham
Hit and Run by Lawrence Block
The Coroner by MR Hall
Dark Times in the City by Gene Kerrigan

Duncan Lawrie Dagger
2008
Winner
Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield

Shortlist
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
Night Work by Steve Hamilton
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
A Vengeful Longing by RN Morris

2007
Winner
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

Shortlist
The Fields of Grief by Giles Blunt
Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Brother Grimm by Craig Russell
Sovereign by CJ Sansom

2006
Winner
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

Shortlist
The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett
Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook
Safer Than Houses by Frances Fyfield
Wolves of Memory by Bill James
A Thousand Lies by Laura Wilson

Gold Dagger
2005
Winner
Silence of the Grave by Arnadur Indriðason

Silver Dagger
Deadly Web by Barbara Nadel

Shortlist
Calling Out for You by Karin Fossum
In Matto's Realm by Friedrich Glauser
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas

2004
Winner
Blacklist Sara Paretsky

Silver Dagger
Flesh and Blood by John Harvey

Shortlist
Tokyo by Mo Hayder
The Torment of Others by Val McDermid
Midnight Cab by James W Nichol
The Lover by Laura Wilson

2003
Winner
Fox Evil by Minette Walters

Silver Dagger
Half-Broken Things by Morag Joss

Shortlist
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
The Company by Robert Littell
Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli
The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson

Macallan Gold Dagger
2002
Winner
The Athenian Murders by José Carlos Somoza

Silver Dagger
The Final Country by James Crumley

Shortlist
Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
Acid Row by Minette Walters

2001
Winner
Sidetracked by Henning Mankell

Silver Dagger
Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt

Shortlist
Dancing with the Virgins by Stephen Booth
Baby Love by Denise Danks
Right as Rain by George Pelecanos
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips

2000
Winner
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

Silver Dagger
Friends In High Places by Donna Leon

Shortlist
Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith
Lost by Lucy Wadham

1999
Winner
A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson

Silver Dagger
Vienna Blood by Adrian Mathews

Shortlist
Angels Flight by Michael Connelly
Phreak by Denise Danks
Staring at the Light by Frances Fyfield
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

1998
Winner
Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke

Silver Dagger
Manchester Slingback by Nicholas Blincoe

Shortlist
Fire Hawk by Geoffrey Archer
A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin
On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill
King Suckerman by George Pelecanos

1997
Winner
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin

Silver Dagger
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

Shortlist
The Reluctant Investigator by Frank Lean

1996
Winner
Popcorn by Ben Elton

Silver Dagger
Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey

Shortlist
A Private Enquiry by Jessica Mann

1995
Winner
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid

Silver Dagger
The Summons by Peter Lovesey

Shortlist

Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
The Dark Room by Minette Walters

Gold Dagger
1994
Winner
The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters

Silver Dagger
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg

Shortlist
Crack Down by Val McDermid
Tunnel Vision by Sara Paretsky

1993
Winner
Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell

Silver Dagger
Fatlands by Sarah Dunant

Shortlist
Death Among the Dons by Janet Neel
The Hand of Strange Children by Robert Richards

1992
Winner
The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter

Silver Dagger
Bucket Nut by Liza Cody

1991
Winner
King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine

Silver Dagger
Deep Sleep by Frances Fyfield

Shortlist
Dirty Tricks by Michael Dibdin
Death of a Partner by Janet Neel

1990
Winner
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill

Silver Dagger
The Late Candidate by Mike Phillips

Shortlist
Rough Treatment by John Harvey


1989
Winner
The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter

Silver Dagger
The Shadow Run by Desmond Lowden

1988
Winner
Ratking by Michael Dibdin

Silver Dagger
Toxic Shock by Sara Paretsky

1987
Winner
A Fatal inversion by Barbara Vine

Silver Dagger
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

Shortlist
Under Contract by Liza Cody

1986
Winner
Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell

Silver Dagger
A Taste for Death by PD James

1985
Winner
Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosling

Silver Dagger
Last Seen Alive by Dorothy Simpson

Shortlist
A Piece of Justice by Jill Paton Walsh
Our Father's Lies by Andrew Taylor

1984
Winner
The Twelfth Juror by BM Gill

Silver Dagger
The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell

1983
Winner
Accidental Crimes by John Hutton

Silver Dagger
The Papers of Tony Vietch by William McIlvanney

1982
Winner
The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey

Silver Dagger
Ritual Murder by ST Haymon

1981
Winner
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

Silver Dagger
The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter

1980
Winner
The Murder of the Maharaja by HRF Keating

Silver Dagger
Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters

1979
Winner
Whip Hand by Dick Francis

Silver Dagger
Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter

1978
Winner
The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson

Silver Dagger
Waxwork by Peter Lovesey

1977
Winner
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré

Silver Dagger
Laidlaw by William McIlvanney

1976
Winner
A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell

Silver Dagger
Rogue Eagle by James H McClure

1975
Winner
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer

Silver Dagger
The Black Tower by PD James

1974
Winner
Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price

Silver Dagger
The Grosvenor Square Goodbye by Francis Clifford

1973
Winner
The Defection of A.J. Lewinter by Robert Littell

Silver Dagger
A Coffin for Pandora by Gwendoline Butler

1972
Winner
The Levanter by Eric Ambler

Silver Dagger
The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning

1971
Winner
The Steam Pig by James H McClure

Silver Dagger
Shroud for a Nightingale by PD James

1970
Winner
Young Man I Think You're Dying by Joan Fleming

Silver Dagger
The Labyrinth Makers by Anthony Price

1969
Winner
A Pride of Heroes (The Old English Peep Show) by Peter Dickinson

Silver Dagger
Another Way of Dying by Francis Clifford

1968
Winner
Skin Deep (A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest) by Peter Dickinson

Shortlist
The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake

1967
Winner
Murder Against the Grain by Emma Lathen

Shortlist
Dirty Story by Eric Ambler
Lonely Heart 4122 by Colin Watson

1966
Winner
A Long Way to Shiloh by Lionel Davidson

Shortlist
The Double Agent by John Bingham

1965
Winner
The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald

Shortlist
For Kicks by Dick Francis
Accounting for Murder by Emma Lathen
Midnight Plus One by Gavin Lyall

1964
Winner
The Perfect Murder by HRF Keating

Shortlist
The Most Dangerous Game by Gavin Lyall
The Chill by Ross Macdonald

1963
Winner
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré

Shortlist
Gun Before Butter by Nicolas Freeling
The High Wire by William Haggard

1962
Winner
When I Grow Rich by Joan Fleming

Shortlist
The Light of the Day by Eric Ambler
Hopjoy Was Here by Colin Watson

1961
Winner
The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly

Shortlist
Call for the Dead by John le Carré
One Way by Allan Prior

1960
Winner
The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson

Shortlist
My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart
Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons

Crossed Red Herring Award

1959
Winner
Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler

Shortlist
Strike for a Kingdom by Menna Gallie
A Way Back by James Mitchell

1958
Winner
Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett

Shortlist
Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham
Or Be He Dead by James Byrom
Undiplomatic Exit by John Sherwood

1957
Winner
The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons

Shortlist
Off With His Head by Ngaio Marsh
Your Money or Your Life by George Milner
The Long Echo by Douglas Rutherford

1956
Winner
The Second Man by Edward Grierson

Shortlist
Time Right Deadly by Sarah Gainham
Gideon's Week by JJ Marric
Man of Two Tribes by Arthur Upfield

1955
Winner
The Little Walls by Winston Graham

Shortlist
The Man Who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett
Blind Date by Leigh Howard
Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh