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Gold Dagger

2021
Winner
We Begin At the End by Chris Whitaker

Highly Commended
Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby
House of Correction by Nicci French

Shortlist
City of Ghosts by Ben Creed
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
Midnight Atlanta by Thomas Mullen

Longlist
Stone Cold Trouble by Amer Anwar
The Curator by MW Craven
Peace by Garry Disher
Arrowood and the Thames Corpses by Mick Finlay
The Silver Collar by Antonia Hodgson
The House of Lamentations by SG MacLean
The Other Girl by CD Major
Execution by SJ Parris
Making Wolf by Tade Thompson
The Dead of Winter by Nicola Upson
The Hidden Girls by Rebecca Whitney
2020
Winner
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham

Shortlist
What You Pay For by Claire Askew
November Road by Lou Berney
Forced Confessions by John Fairfax
Joe Country by Mick Herron
Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee

Longlist
Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Gary Bell
Black Summer by MW Craven
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths
Silver by Chris Hammer
The Bear Pit by SG MacLean
Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness
The Whisper Man by Alex North
That Left Turn at Albuquerque by Scott Phillips
No One Home by Tim Weaver
2019
Winner
The Puppet Show by MW Craven

Shortlist
All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew
What We Did by Christobel Kent
Unto Us a Son Is Given by Donna Leon
American By Day by Derek B Miller
A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood

Longlist
Snap by Belinda Bauer
The Mobster’s Lament by Ray Celestin
Body and Soul by John Harvey
Fade to Grey by John Lincoln
Cold Bones by David Mark
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee
Salt Lane by William Shaw
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
The Fire Court by Andrew Taylor​

Goldsboro Gold Dagger

2018
Winner
The Liar by Steve Cavanagh

Shortlist​
London Rules by Mick Herron
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic

Longlist
Head Case by Ross Armstrong
Sunburn by Laura Lippman
You Don't Know Me by Imran Mahmood
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
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