Gold Dagger Award

UK-based award that celebrates the best crime novel of the year.

Discover the selection of winning titles we have in our collection.

2022		Sunset Swing by Ray Celestin
2021		We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
2020		Good Girl Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
2018		The Liar by Steve Cavanagh
2017		The Dry by Jane Harper
2015		Life or Death by Michael Robotham
2014		This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
2013		Dead Lions by Mick Herron
2011		Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
2010		Blacklands by Belinda Bauer
2008		Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield
2007		The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
2006		Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
2005		Silence Of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason
2001		Sidetracked by Henning Mankell
1997		Black & Blue by Ian Rankin
1996		Popcorn by Ben Elton
1995		The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
1994		The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters
1976		A Demon In My View by Ruth Rendell
1963		The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John Le Carre
1961		The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly
1960		The Night Of Wenceslas by Davidson Lionel