CWA DAGGERS EPISODE 2: THE GOLD DAGGER
Paul Burke chats to the shortlisted authors for the CWA Gold Dagger -
Best Crime Novel Of The Year 2022
This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The broadest definition of the crime novel applies. Eligible books include thrillers, mysteries, police procedurals, psychological suspense novels and spy fiction.
The Shortlist
Vaseem Khan The Bombay Hodder&Stoughton
Anna Mazzola The Clockwork Girl Orion
Simon Mason The Broken Afernoon Quercus
Simon Van der Velde The Silent Brother Northodox
George Dawes Green The Kingdoms of Savannah Headline
W Ryan The Winter Guest Bonnier
The winner of the Gold Dagger will be announced on 6th July
and covered in the next episode of this series, now avaiable.
Links:
The CWA
The Daggers
#CWADAGGERS
Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023.
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