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Gold Dagger

{{Short description|British crime fiction award}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Gold Dagger

| image =

| image_upright =

| caption =

| awarded_for = Best crime novel of the year

| presenter = Crime Writers' Association (CWA)

| country = United Kingdom

| year = 1955

| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder = Una Mannion
Tell Me What I Am (2024)

| most_awards = Ruth Rendell (4)

| most_nominations = Mick Herron (6)

| website = {{URL|thecwa.co.uk}}

}}

The CWA Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year.

From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. From 1995 to 2002 the award acquired sponsorship from Macallan and was known as the Macallan Gold Dagger.

In 2006, because of new sponsorship from the Duncan Lawrie Bank, the award was officially renamed as the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, and gained a prize fund of £20,000. It was the biggest crime-fiction award in the world in monetary terms. In 2008, Duncan Lawrie Bank withdrew its sponsorship of the awards. As a result, the top prize is again called the Gold Dagger without a monetary award.

From 1969 to 2005, a Silver Dagger was awarded to the runner-up. When Duncan Lawrie acquired sponsorship, this award was dropped. After the sponsorship was withdrawn, this award was not reinstated.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 57 writers. Ruth Rendell has won the award a record four times, including two awards for the novels A Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet, published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine; this makes her the only writer who has won the award under different names. Rendell and James Lee Burke were nominated a record five times, and they were surpassed only by Mick Herron with six. Abir Mukherjee is the most nominated author in this category without a single win (4 nominations).

The Crime Writers' Association also awards the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and several other "Dagger" awards.

Winners

Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year:

=1950s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

colspan=3|Crossed Red Herring Award
scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1955

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Winston Graham {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Little Walls

Lee Howard

| Blind Date

Ngaio Marsh

| Scales of Justice

Margot Bennett

| The Man Who Didn't Fly

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1956

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Edward Grierson {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Second Man

Sarah Gainham

| Time Right Deadly

Arthur Upfield

| Man of Two Tribes

J. J. Marric

| Gideon's Week

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1957

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Julian Symons {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Colour of Murder

Ngaio Marsh

| Off with His Head

George Milner

| Your Money or Your Life

Douglas Rutherford

| The Long Echo

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1958

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Margot Bennett {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Someone from the Past

Margery Allingham

| Hide My Eyes

James Byrom

| Or Be He Dead

John Sherwood

| Undiplomatic Exit

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1959

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Eric Ambler {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Passage of Arms

James Mitchell

| A Way Back

Menna Gallie

| Strike for a Kingdom

=1960s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

colspan=3|Gold Dagger
scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1960

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Lionel Davidson {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Night of Wenceslas

Mary Stewart

| My Brother Michael

Julian Symons

| The Progress of a Crime

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1961

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mary Kelly {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Spoilt Kill

John le Carré

| Call for the Dead

Allan Prior

| One Way

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1962

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Joan Fleming {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | When I Grow Rich

Eric Ambler

| The Light of Day

Colin Watson

| Hopjoy Was Here

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1963

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | John le Carré {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Nicolas Freeling

| Gun Before Butter

William Haggard

| The High Wire

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1964

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | H. R. F. Keating {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Perfect Murder

Gavin Lyall

| The Most Dangerous Game

Ross Macdonald

| The Chill

Patricia HighsmithBest Foreign

| The Two Faces of January

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1965

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ross Macdonald {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Far Side of the Dollar

Dick Francis

| For Kicks

Emma Lathen

| Accounting for Murder

Gavin LyallBest British

| Midnight Plus One

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1966

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Lionel Davidson {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Long Way to Shiloh

John Bingham

| The Double Agent

John BallBest Foreign

| In the Heat of the Night

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1967

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Emma Lathen {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Murder Against the Grain

Colin Watson

| Lonely Heart 4122

Eric AmblerBest British

| Dirty Story

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1968

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Peter Dickinson {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Skin Deep

Nicholas Blake

| The Private Wound

Sébastien JaprisotBest Foreign

| The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1969

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Peter Dickinson {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Pride of Heroes

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Francis CliffordSilver Dagger

| Another Way of Dying

Rex StoutBest Foreign

| The Father Hunt

=1970s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1970

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Joan Fleming {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Young Man I Think You're Dying

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Anthony Price

| The Labyrinth Makers

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1971

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | James H. McClure {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Steam Pig

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| P. D. James

| Shroud for a Nightingale

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1972

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Eric Ambler {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Levanter

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Victor Canning

| The Rainbird Pattern

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1973

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Robert Littell {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Defection of A.J. Lewinter

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Gwendoline Butler

| A Coffin for Pandora

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1974

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Anthony Price {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Other Paths to Glory

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Francis Clifford

| The Grosvenor Square Goodbye

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1975

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Nicholas Meyer {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| P. D. James

| The Black Tower

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1976

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ruth Rendell {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Demon in My View

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| James H. McClure

| Rogue Eagle

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1977

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | John le Carré {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Honourable Schoolboy

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| William McIlvanney

| Laidlaw

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1978

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Lionel Davidson {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Chelsea Murders

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Peter Lovesey

| Waxwork

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1979

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Dick Francis {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Whip Hand

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Colin Dexter

| Service of All the Dead

=1980s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1980

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | H. R. F. Keating {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Murder of the Maharaja

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Ellis Peters

| Monk's Hood

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1981

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Martin Cruz Smith {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Gorky Park

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Colin Dexter

| The Dead of Jericho

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1982

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Peter Lovesey {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The False Inspector Dew

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| S. T. Haymon

| Ritual Murder

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1983

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | John Hutton {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Accidental Crimes

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| William McIlvanney

| The Papers of Tony Vietch

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1984

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | B. M. Gill {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Twelfth Juror

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Ruth Rendell

| The Tree of Hands

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1985

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Paula Gosling {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Monkey Puzzle

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Dorothy Simpson

| Last Seen Alive

Andrew Taylor

|Our Father's Lies

Jill Paton Walsh

|A Piece of Justice

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1986

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ruth Rendell {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Live Flesh

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| P. D. James

| A Taste for Death

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1987

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Barbara Vine {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Fatal Inversion

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Scott Turow

| Presumed Innocent

Liza Cody

|Under Contract

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1988

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michael Dibdin {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ratking

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Sara Paretsky

| Toxic Shock

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1989

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Colin Dexter {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Wench Is Dead

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Desmond Lowden

| The Shadow Run

=1990s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1990

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Reginald Hill {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Bones and Silence

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Mike Phillips

| The Late Candidate

John Harvey

|Rough Treatment

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1991

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Barbara Vine {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | King Solomon's Carpet

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Frances Fyfield

| Deep Sleep

Janet Neel

|Death of a Partner

Michael Dibdin

|Dirty Tricks

scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1992

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Colin Dexter {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Way Through the Woods

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Liza Cody

| Bucket Nut

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1993

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Patricia Cornwell {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Cruel and Unusual

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Sarah Dunant

| Fatlands

Robert Richardson

|The Hand of Strange Children

Janet Neel

|Death Among the Dons

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1994

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Minette Walters {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Scold's Bridle

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Peter Høeg

| Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Val McDermid

|Crack Down

Sara Paretsky

|Tunnel Vision

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1995

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Val McDermid {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Mermaids Singing

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Peter Lovesey

| The Summons

Elizabeth Ironside

|Death in the Garden

Minette Walters

|The Dark Room

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1996

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ben Elton {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Popcorn

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Peter Lovesey

| Bloodhounds

Jessica Mann

|A Private Enquiry

scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1997

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ian Rankin {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Black and Blue

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Janet Evanovich

| Three to Get Deadly

Frank Lean

|The Reluctant Investigator

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1998

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | James Lee Burke {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Sunset Limited

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Nicholas Blincoe

| Manchester Slingback

Michael Dibdin

|A Long Finish

Geoffrey Archer

|Fire Hawk

Reginald Hill

|On Beulah Height

George Pelecanos

|King Suckerman

scope="row" rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1999

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Robert Wilson {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Small Death in Lisbon

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Adrian Mathews

| Vienna Blood

Val McDermid

|A Place of Execution

Ian Rankin

|Dead Souls

Michael Connelly

|Angels Flight

Denise Danks

|Phreak

Frances Fyfield

|Staring at the Light

=2000s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2000

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Jonathan Lethem {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Motherless Brooklyn

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Donna Leon

| Friends in High Places

James Lee Burke

|Purple Cane Road

Eliot Pattison

|The Skull Mantra

Lucy Wadham

|Lost

Martin Cruz Smith

|Havana Bay

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2001

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Henning Mankell {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Sidetracked

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Giles Blunt

| Forty Words for Sorrow

Stephen Booth

|Dancing with the Virgins

Denise Danks

|Baby Love

George Pelecanos

|Right as Rain

Scott Phillips

|The Ice Harvest

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2002

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | José Carlos Somoza {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Athenian Murders

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| James Crumley

| The Final Country

Mark Billingham

|Scaredy Cat

James Lee Burke

|Jolie Blon's Bounce

Michael Connelly

|City of Bones

Minette Walters

|Acid Row

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2003

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Minette Walters {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Fox Evil

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Morag Joss

| Half-Broken Things

Boris Akunin

|The Winter Queen

Robert Littell

|The Company

Carlo Lucarelli

|Almost Blue

Robert Wilson

|The Blind Man of Seville

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2004

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Sara Paretsky {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Blacklist

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| John Harvey

| Flesh and Blood

Mo Hayder

|Tokyo

Val McDermid

|The Torment of Others

James W. Nichol

|Midnight Cab

Laura Wilson

|The Lover

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2005

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Arnaldur Indriðason {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Silence of the Grave

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

| Barbara Nadel

| Deadly Web

Karin Fossum

|Calling Out for You

Friedrich Glauser

|In Matto's Realm

Carl Hiaasen

|Skinny Dip

Fred Vargas

|Seeking Whom He May Devour

colspan=3|Duncan Lawrie Dagger
scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2006

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ann Cleeves {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Raven Black

Simon Beckett

|The Chemistry of Death

Thomas H. Cook

|Red Leaves

Frances Fyfield

|Safer Than Houses

Bill James

|Wolves of Memory

Laura Wilson

|A Thousand Lies

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2007

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Peter Temple {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Broken Shore

Giles Blunt

|The Fields of Grief

James Lee Burke

|Pegasus Descending

Gillian Flynn

|Sharp Objects

Craig Russell

|Brother Grimm

C. J. Sansom

|Sovereign

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2008

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Frances Fyfield {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Blood from Stone

James Lee Burke

|The Tin Roof Blowdown

Colin Cotterill

|The Coroner's Lunch

Steve Hamilton

|Night Work

Laura Lippman

|What the Dead Know

R. N. Morris

|A Vengeful Longing

colspan=3|Gold Dagger
scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2009

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | William Brodrick {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Whispered Name

Kate Atkinson

|When Will There Be Good News?

Mark Billingham

|In the Dark

Lawrence Block

|Hit and Run

M. R. Hall

|The Coroner

Gene Kerrigan

|Dark Times in the City

=2010s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2010

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Belinda Bauer {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Blacklands

S. J. Bolton

| Blood Harvest

George Pelecanos

|The Way Home

Karen Campbell

|Shadowplay

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2011

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Tom Franklin {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Steve Hamilton

|The Lock Artist

A. D. Miller

|Snowdrops

Denise Mina

|The End of the Wasp Season

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2012

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Gene Kerrigan {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Rage

N. J. Cooper

|Vengeance in Mind

M. R. Hall

|The Flight

Chris Womersley

|Bereft

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2013

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mick Herron {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Dead Lions

Belinda Bauer

|Rubbernecker

Lauren Beukes

|The Shining Girls

Becky Masterman

|Rage Against the Dying

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2014

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Wiley Cash {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | This Dark Road to Mercy

Paula Daly

|Keep Your Friends Close

Paul Mendelson

|The First Rule of Survival

Louise Penny

|How the Light Gets In

scope="row" rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2015

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michael Robotham {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Life or Death

Belinda Bauer

|The Shut Eye

James Carlos Blake

|The Rules of Wolfe

Robert Galbraith

|The Silkworm

Sam Hawken

|Missing

Stephen King

|Mr. Mercedes

Attica Locke

|Pleasantville

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2016

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Bill Beverly {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Dodgers

Chris Brookmyre

|Black Widow

Denise Mina

|Blood Salt Water

Mick Herron

|Real Tigers

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2017

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Jane Harper {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Dry

Belinda Bauer

|The Beautiful Dead

Ray Celestin

|Dead Man's Blues

Mick Herron

|Spook Street

Derek B. Miller

|The Girl in Green

Abir Mukherjee

|A Rising Man

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2018

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Steve Cavanagh {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Liar

Mick Herron

|London Rules

{{Sortname|Dennis|Lehane}}

|Since We Fell

Attica Locke

|Bluebird, Bluebird

Abir Mukherjee

|A Necessary Evil

Emma Viskic

|Resurrection Bay

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2019

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | M. W. Craven {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Puppet Show

Claire Askew

|All the Hidden Truths

Christobel Kent

|What We Did

Donna Leon

|Unto Us a Son Is Given

Derek B. Miller

|American by Day

Benjamin Wood

|A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better

=2020s=

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! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Author

! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Work

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2020

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michael Robotham {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Good Girl Bad Girl

Claire Askew

|What You Pay For

Lou Berney

|November Road

John Fairfax

|Forced Confessions

Mick Herron

|Joe Country

Abir Mukherjee

|Death in the East

scope="row" rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2021

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Chris Whitaker {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | We Begin at the End

S. A. Cosby

|Blacktop Wasteland

Ben Creed

|City of Ghosts

Nicci French

|House of Correction

Robert Galbraith

|Troubled Blood

Elly Griffiths

|The Postscript Murders

Thomas Mullen

|Midnight Atlanta

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| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ray Celestin {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Sunset Swing

Jacqueline Bublitz

|Before You Knew My Name

S. A. Cosby

|Razorblade Tears

John Hart

|The Unwilling

Abir Mukherjee

|The Shadows of Men

William Shaw

|The Trawlerman

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2023{{Cite web |title=2023 Dagger Award Winners Announced |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/news/2023-dagger-award-winners-announced |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=The Crime Writers’ Association |language=en}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |George Dawes Green {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Kingdoms of Savannah

Vaseem Khan

|The Lost Man of Bombay

Simon Mason

|A Killing in November

Anna Mazzola

|The Clockwork Girl

WC Ryan

|The Winter Guest

Simon Van der Velde

|The Silent Brother

rowspan="6" |2024{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-05-14 |title=2024 Dagger Awards Shortlists |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/05/2024-dagger-awards-shortlists/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Gold Dagger |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/gold-dagger/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=The Crime Writers’ Association |language=en}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Una Mannion {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Tell Me What I Am

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|Black River

{{Sortname|Jesse|Sutanto}}

|Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

{{Sortname|Maz|Evans}}

|Over My Dead Body

{{Sortname|Mick|Herron}}

|{{Sort|Secret Hours|The Secret Hours}}

{{Sortname|Dennis|Lehane}}

|Small Mercies

Multiple awards and nominations

=Gold Dagger=

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The following individuals received two or more Gold Dagger awards:

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4

| Ruth Rendellincluding two awards for Barbara Vine novels

| 5

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| Eric Ambler

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Colin Dexter
Minette Walters
John le Carré

| 3

Lionel Davidson

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Peter Dickinson
Joan Fleming
H. R. F. Keating
Michael Robotham

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The following individuals received two or more Gold Dagger nominations:

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| Mick Herron

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| James Lee Burke

Ruth Rendellincluding two nominations for Barbara Vine novels
rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" | 4

| Eric Ambler

Belinda Bauer
Colin Dexter
Frances Fyfield
Peter Lovesey
Val McDermid
Abir Mukherjee
Minette Walters
rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 3

| John le Carré

Michael Dibdin
P. D. James
Sara Paretsky
George Pelecanos
rowspan=35 style="text-align:center" | 2

| Claire Askew

Margot Bennett
Mark Billingham
Francis Clifford
Liza Cody
Michael Connelly
S. A. Cosby
Denise Danks
Lionel Davidson
Peter Dickinson
Joan Fleming
Dick Francis
Robert Galbraith
M. R. Hall
Steve Hamilton
Reginald Hill
H. R. F. Keating
Emma Lathen
Donna Leon
Gavin Lyall
Ross Macdonald
Ngaio Marsh
James H. McClure
William McIlvanney
Derek B. Miller
Denise Mina
Janet Neel
Anthony Price
Ian Rankin
Michael Robotham
Martin Cruz Smith
Julian Symons
Colin Watson
Laura Wilson
Robert Wilson

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=Silver Dagger=

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The following individuals received two or more Silver Dagger awards:

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| Peter Lovesey

| 4

P. D. James

| 3

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| Colin Dexter

| 4

Francis Clifford

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William McIlvanney

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=Gold and Silver Daggers wins=

The following individuals received both Gold and Silver Dagger awards:

Records

  • Ngaio Marsh was the first writer to receive more than one nomination.
  • Ross Macdonald was the first writer to receive two consecutive nominations
  • Peter Dickinson is the first writer to receive two Gold Daggers. He and Ruth Rendell are the only ones to win in this category two years in a row.
  • Joan Fleming is the first female to win two awards.
  • Anthony Price is the first writer to win both the Gold and Silver Daggers.
  • P.D. James and Peter Lovesey win a record three Silver Daggers. James also won the most Silver Daggers as the author who never won a Gold Dagger.
  • Colin Dexter is the only writer to win both two Silver and two Gold Daggers.
  • Ruth Rendell has won the Gold Dagger a record four times. She is also the only one to win the award under different names.
  • Mick Herron have the most nominations with 6.
  • Mick Herron has the most consecutive nominations (3).
  • Abir Mukherjee has the most nominations without a win (4).

References

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External links

  • [https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/winners-archive/?awardsyear=0&dagger=gold&accolade=winner&s= The Gold Dagger at Crime Writers' Association official webpage]

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