CWA shortlists

On Friday 24th August the shortlists for this year’s Crime Writers Awards were announced.

These titles will be featured on ITV3 in a six week season of crime and drama programming, including Crime Connections, a specially commissioned documentary series, starting on Friday 7th September. The winner will be revealed at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, taking place in a glittering ceremony at Grosvenor House, London, on 18^th October 2012, and televised on ITV3 on the 23^rd October.

The Shortlists for Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards are as follows:

The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored by Constable & Robinson

• The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/II6Ne)
• Bereft by Chris Womersley (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/wI7oh)
• Vengeance in Mind by N.J. Cooper (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/m9LJC)
• The Flight by M.R. Hall

The John Creasey New Blood Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books

• Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash
• Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/28QCL)
• What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/Uydcg)
• Good People by Ewart Hutton

The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications

• Dare Me by Megan Abbott (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/FGau8)
• Reamde by Neal Stephenson (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/2sQK6)
• A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/lDEss)
• The Fear Index by Robert Harris (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/xRnIm)

The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger

• Birthdays for the Dead by Stuart MacBride
• The Bat by Jo Nesbo
• The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/4BnkA)
• Flash and Bones by Kathy Reich’s (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/w2jGO)
• House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/gaepa)

The Film Dagger

• DRIVE (based on the book by James Sallis : http://goo.gl/eJv0S)
• The Dark Knight Rises (based on the characters created by Bob Kane : http://goo.gl/4hGdl)
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (based on the book by Stieg Larsson : http://goo.gl/n6hjZ)
• The Guard
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (based on the book by John Le Carré : http://goo.gl/ZT8zu)

The TV Dagger

• Appropriate Adult
• Line of Duty
• Sherlock: Series 2 (based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle : http://goo.gl/gyo43)
• Wallander (based on the books by Henning Mankell : http://goo.gl/bRRON)
• Whitechapel: Series 3 

The International TV Dagger

• Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 
• Dexter: Season 6 (see books by Jeff Lindsay : http://goo.gl/ZKi7h)
• Homeland
• The Bridge
• The Killing Ii: Forbrydelsen

The Best Actress Dagger

• Brenda Blethyn for Vera
• Claire Danes for Homeland
• Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing II
• Sofia Helin for The Bridge
• Maxine Peake for Silk

The Best Actor Dagger

• Kenneth Branagh for Wallander
• Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire
• Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock
• Damien Lewis for Homeland
• Dominic West for Appropriate Adult

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger

• Frances Barber for Silk
• Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire
• Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife
• Sarah Smart for Wallander
• Una Stubbs for Sherlock

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger

• Alun Armstrong for Garrow’s Law
• Alan Cumming for The Good Wife
• Phil Davis for Silk & Whitechapel
• Laurence Fox for Lewis
• Martin Freeman for Sherlock