The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards
We are running a promotion around the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2011.
The shortlists were announced on 19 August:
CWA Gold Dagger Award 2011
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (Pan)
- Snowdrops by A.D Miller (Atlantic Books)
- The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina (Orion)
- The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Orion)
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2011 Award
- Before I Go To Sleep by S.J Watson (Doubleday)
- Cold Rain by Craig Smith (Myrmidon)
- The Good Son by Michael Gruber (Corvus)
- The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Orion)
- The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2011 Award
- Before I Go To Sleep by S.J Watson (Doubleday)
- Kiss Me Quick by Danny Miller (Robinson)
- The Dead Woman of Juárez by Sam Hawken (Serpent's Tail)
- The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald (Bloomsbury)
- The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly (Hodder)
The longlists for each of the three categories were announced on Friday 22 July. You can also see the full list with ISBNs and read the press release.
The 2011 season documentary series, THE A to Z OF CRIME, commenced on Thursday 1 September at 9.00pm on ITV3.
In the lead-up to the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2011, the public will get the chance to vote for the ITV3 People's Bestseller Dagger online at www.itv.com/crimethrillerawards. The winner will be presented with their award at the awards ceremony on 7 October.
The nominated authors for the ITV3 PEOPLE'S BESTSELLER DAGGER 2011 are:
- David Baldacci - The Sixth Man (Macmillan)
- Lee Child - Worth Dying For (Bantam)
- Mark Billingham - Good As Dead (Little, Brown)
- Peter James - Dead Man's Grip (Macmillan)
- Peter Robinson - Before the Poison (Hodder)
The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2010
In 2010, we ran a Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards promotion. Please click here to see a full list of the shortlists and the finalists.
The winners of The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2010 were:
CWA GOLD DAGGER 2010 (BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR)
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer (Corgi)
CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2010 (BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR)
A Loyal Spy by Simon Conway (Hodder & Stoughton)
CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER 2010 (BEST NEW AUTHOR OF THE YEAR)
Acts of Violence by Ryan David Jahn (Pan Macmillan)
The winner of the People's Detective, which honoured the most popular fictional detective of all time, and was the only award voted for by ITV3 viewers, was revealed as Foyle.