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Crime Writers' Association - 2008


The Crime Writers' Association has promoted crime novels and thriller writers for over fifty years. And their annual awards - the Daggers - are a great pointer to the best crime writing of the year. In 2008, the headline prize - the Duncan Lawrie Dagger - went to Frances Fyfield for Blood From Stone.
Last year the Duncan Lawrie Dagger went to Peter Temple for The Broken Shore

2008 Duncan Lawrie Dagger - Crime Novel of the Year


Blood from Stone
by: Frances Fyfield

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by: Frances Fyfield

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Hardcover - 336 pages
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Shortlist - Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2008


The Tin Roof Blowdown
by James Lee Burke

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Coroner's Lunch
by Colin Cotterill

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What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman

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A Vengeful Longing

by R.N. Morris

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Night Work

by Steve Hamilton

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Winner - 2008 Duncan Lawrie International Dagger


Duncan Lawrie International Dagger is awarded for the best translated crime novel of the year.


Lorraine Connection
by: Dominique Manotti

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by: Dominique Manotti

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Paperback - 208 pages
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2008 Duncan Lawrie International Dagger - shortlist


The Patience of the Spider
by Andrea Camilleri

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson

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A Deal with the Devil
by Martin Suter

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This Night's Foul Work
by Fred Vargas

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Winner - 2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger


Child 44
by: Tom Rob Smith

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by: Tom Rob Smith

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Hardcover - 480 pages
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2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger - shortlist


Highly Commended by the judges
The Echelon Vendetta
by David Stone

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Ritual
by Mo Hayder

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I See You
by Gregg Hurwitz

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Shatter
by Michael Robotham

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Winner - 2008 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger


The Bethlehem Murders: A Novel (Omar Yussef Mystery Series)
by: Matt Rees

by: Matt Rees

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Paperback - 272 pages
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2008 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger - shortlist



The Night of the Mi'raj
by Zoe Ferraris

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Die With Me
by Elena Forbes

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Absolution
by Caro Ramsay

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Child 44
by Tom Rob Smith

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Winner - 2008 Cartier Diamond Dagger

The Cartier Diamond Dagger is awarded in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in the genre of crime writing.
This year the Diamond Dagger was awarded to Sue Grafton

T Is for Trespass
by: Sue Grafton

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by: Sue Grafton

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Hardcover - 352 pages
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  July 10, 2008: "Blood from Stone" by Frances Fyfield won the crime novel of the year, The Duncan Lawrie Dagger. more »

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