Dagger Awards

WINNER:  November Road by Lou Berney

SHORTLIST:

• This is Gomorrah by Tom Chatfield

• One Way Out by A. A. Dhand

• Between Two Evils by Eva Dolan

• Cold Storage by David Koepp

• The Whisper Man by Alex North

WINNER

When She Was Good by Michael Robotham

SHORTLIST

• Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith

• The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard

• The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

• One by One by Ruth Ware

• We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

WINNER

Dead Ground by M. W. Craven

FINALISTS:

• Find You First by Linwood Barclay

• The Pact by Sharon Bolton

• The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh

• Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby

• Dream Girl by Laura Lippman

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WINNER

Agent Seventeen by John Brownlow

FINALISTS

• The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

• Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay

• The Botanist by M. W. Craven

• Alias Emma by Ava Glass

• May God Forgive by Alan Parks

WINNER:  A Loyal Spy by Simon Conway

SHORTLIST:

• Innocent by Scott Turow

• The Dying Light by Henry Porter

• The Gentlemen's Hour by Don WInslow

• 61 Hours by Lee Child

• Gone by Mo Hayder

• Slow Horses by Mick Herron

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 S. J. Watson

WINNER:  A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming

SHORTLIST:

• Dare Me by Megan Abbott

• The Fear Index by Robert Harris

• Reamde by Neal Stephenson

WINNER:  Ghostman by Roger Hobbs

SHORTLIST:

• Ratlines by Stuart Neville

• The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield

• Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson

WINNER:  An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris

SHORTLIST:

• Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

• Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

WINNER:  Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

SHORTLIST:

• The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

• The Night the Rich Men Burned by Malcolm Mackay

• The White Van by Patrick Hoffman

• Nobody Walks by Mick Herron

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

• Missing by Sam Hawken

WINNER:  The Cartel by Don WInslow

SHORTLIST:

• Make Me by Lee Child

• Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

• Real Tigers by Mick Herron

• The English Spy by Daniel Silva

WINNER:  Spook Street by Mick Herron

SHORTLIST:

• The Constant Soldier by WIliam Ryan

• Redemption Road by John Hart

• The Killing Game by J. S. Carol

• We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire by Jules Grant

• You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

WINNER:  Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

SHORTLIST:

• London Rules by Mick Herron

• If I Die Before I Wake by Emily Koch

• An Act of Silence by Colette McBeth

• The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor

• The Force by Don WInslow

WINNER:  To the Lions by Holly Watt

SHORTLIST:

• Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

• Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman

• Killing Eve : No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings

• Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones

• Memo From Turner by Tim Willocks

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 C. C. Humphreys

• Tango One by Stephen Leather

WINNER:  The Small Boat of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman

SHORTLIST:

• Persuader by Lee Child

• Candlemoth by R. J. Ellory

• The Nightspinners by Lucretia Grindle

• The Company by Robert Littell

• Empire State by Henry Porter

• Traitor's Kiss by Gerald Seymour

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

WINNER:  Brandenburg by Henry Porter

SHORTLIST:

• A Blind Eye by G. M. Ford

• A Good Day to Die by Simon Kernick

• The Apothecary's House by Adrian Matthews

• Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

• Double Cross Blind by Joel Ross

• A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva

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 Marty Waites

• Contact Zero by David Wolstencroft

WINNER:  Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

SHORTLIST:

• The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson

• The Woods by Harlan Coben

• City of Lies by R. J. Ellory

• The Intruders by Michael Marshall

• The Night Ferry by Michael Robotham

• Triptych by Karin Slaughter

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

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