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2020
Winner
The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre translated by Stephanie Smee

Shortlist
Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet translated by Katherine Gregor
Like Flies From Afar by K Ferrari translated by Adrian Nathan West
November by Jorge Galan translated by Jason Wilson
The Fragility of Bodies by Sergio Olguin translated by Miranda France
Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen translated by David Hackston

Longlist
The Catholic School by Edoardo Albinati translated by Antony Shugaar
Blood Song by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner
The Cabin by Jorn Lier Horst translated by Anne Bruce
Grab A Snake By The Tail by Leonardo Padura translated by Peter Bush

International Dagger

2019
Winner
A Long Night in Paris by Dov Alfon translated by Daniella Zamir

Shortlist
Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard translated by Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon
The Cold Summer by Gianrico Carofiglio translated by Howard Curtis
Newcomer by Keigo Higashino translated by Giles Murray
The Root of Evil by Håkan Nesser translated by Sarah Death
The Forger by Cay Rademacher translated by Peter Millar

Longlist
The Overnight Kidnapper by Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli
The Cold Summer by Gianrico Carofiglio translated by Howard Curtis
The Courier by Kjell Ola Dahl translated by Don Bartlett
Slugger by Martin Holmen translated by AA Prime
The Katherina Code by Jorn Lier Horst translated by Anne Bruce​
2018
Winner
After the Fire by Henning Mankell

Shortlist
Zen and the Art of Murder by Oliver Bottini
Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre
The Frozen Woman by Jon Michelet
Offering to the Storm by Dolores Redondo
The Accordionist by Fred Vargas

Longlist
The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indriðason
Three Minutes by Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström
Snare by Lilja Sigurdardóttir
Can You Hear Me? by Elena Varvello​
2017
Winner
The Dying Detective by Leif GW Persson

Shortlist
A Fine Line by Gianrico Carofiglio
Blood Wedding by Pierre Lemaitre
A Cold Death by Antonio Manzini
The Legacy Of The Bones by Dolores Redondo
Climate Of Fear by Fred Vargas
 
Longlist
A Voice In The Night by Andrea Camilleri
Blackout by Marc Elsberg
The Bastards Of Pizzofalcone by Maurizio di Giovanni
When It Grows Dark by Jorn Lier Horst
Death In The Tuscan Hills by Marco Vichi
2016
Winner
The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre
 
Shortlist
The Truth and Other Lies by Sascha Arango
Icarus by Deon Meyer
The Murderer in Ruins by Cay Rademacher
Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama
2015
Winner
Camille by Pierre Lemaitre
 
Shortlist
Cobra by Deon Meyer
Arab Jazz by Karim Miské
Falling Free, As If In A Dream by Leif GW Persson
The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo
2014
Winner
Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason
 
Shortlist
Irène by Pierre Lemaitre
The Siege by Arturo Pe‚rez-Reverte
Forty Days without Shadow by Olivier Truc
Plan D by Simon Urban
Dog Will Have His Day by Fred Vargas
2013
Winners
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas
 
Shortlist
The Missing File by DA Mishani
Two Soldiers by Anders Roslund
Death in Sardinia by Marco Vichi
The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach
2012
Winner
The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri
 
Shortlist
I will have vengeance by Maurizio di Giovanni
Until Thy Wrath Be Past by Asa Larsson
Trackers by Deon Meyer
Phantom by Jo Nesbø
The Dark Valley by Valerio Varesi
2011
Winner
Three Seconds by Anders Roslund
 
Shortlist
The Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri
Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo
The Saint-Florentin Murders by Jean-Francois Parot
River of Shadows by Valerio Varesi
An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas
Death on a Galician Shore by Domingo Villar
2010
Winner
The Darkest Room by Johan Theorin
 
Shortlist
Badfellas by Tonino Benacquista
August Heat by Andrea Camilleri
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
2009
Winner
The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas
 
Shortlist
Shadow by Karin Alvtegen
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Redeemer by Jo Nesbø
Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin
2008
Winner
Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti
 
Shortlist
The Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camilleri
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
A Deal with the Devil by Martin Suter
This Night's Foul Work by Fred Vargas
2007
Winner
Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas
 
Shortlist
Shame by Karin Alvtegen
The Exception by Christian Jungersen
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
The Savage Altar (US Title: Sun Storm) by Asa Larsson
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
2006
Winner
The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas
 
Shortlist
Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camilleri
Autumn of the Phantoms by Yasmina Khadra
Dead Horsemeat by Dominique Manotti
Borkmann's Point by Håkan Nesser
Blood on the Saddle by Rafael Reig

Best Foreign Dagger

1964
The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith

1966
In the Heat of the Night by John Ball

1968
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Sebastien Japrisot

1969
​The Father Hunt by Rex Stout