THE BRITISH CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION   DAGGER AWARDS

MACALLAN Gold Daggers

1997 Black And Blue (Orion) Ian Rankin
1996 Popcorn Ben Elton
1995 The Mermaids Singing Val McDermid
1994 The Scold's Bridle Minette Walters
1993 Cruel and Unusual Patricia Cornwell
1992 The Way Through the Woods Colin Dexter
1991 King Soloman's Carpet Barbara Vine
1990 Bones and Silence Reginald Hill
1989 The Wench is Dead Colin Dexter 
1988 Ratking Michael Dibdin
1987 A Fatal Inversion Barbara Vine
1986 Live Flesh Ruth Rendell
1985 Monkey Puzzle Paula Gosling
1984 The Twelfth Juror B.M.Gill
1983 Accidental Crimes John Hutton
1982 The False Inspector Dew Peter Lovesey
1981 Gorky Park Martin Cruz Smith
1980 The Murder of the Maharajah H.R.F.Keating
1979 Whip Hand Dick Francis
1978 The Chelsea Murders Lionel Davidson
1977 The Honourable Schoolboy John le Carre
1976 A Demon in my View Ruth Rendell
1975 The Seven per cent solution Nicholas Meyer
1974 Other Paths to Glory Anthony Price
1973 The Defection of A.J.Lewinter Robert Littell
1972 The Levanter Eric Ambler
1971 The Steam Pig James McClure
1970 Young Man I Think You're Dying Joan Fleming
1969 A Pride of Heroes Peter Dickinson
1968 Skin Deep (Glass-sided Ants Nest) Peter Dickinson
1967 Murder Against the Grain Emma Lathen
1966 A Long Way to Shiloh Lionel Davidson
1965 The Far Side of the Dollar Ross Macdonald
1964 The Perfect Murder H.R.F.Keating
1963 The Spy Who Came In From The Cold John le Carre
1962 When I Grow Rich Joan Fleming
1961 The Spoilt Kill Mary Kelly
1960 The Night of Wenceslas Lionel Davidson
1959 Passage of Arms Eric Ambler
1958 Someone from the Past Margot Bennett
1957 The Colour of Murder Julian Symons
1956 The Second Man Edward Grierson
1955 The Little Walls Winston Graham
Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
1997 The Jigsaw Man (Bantam) Paul Britton
1996 The Gunpowder Plot Antonia Fraser
1995 Dead Not Buried Martin Beales
1994 Criminal Shadows David Canter
1993 Murder in the Heart Alexandra Artley
1992 The Reckoning by Charles Nicholl
1991 Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair John Bossy
1990 The Passing of Starr Faithfull Jonathan Goodman
1989 A Gathering of Saints Robert Lindsay
1988 The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln Bernard Wasserstein
1987 Perfect Murder Bernard Taylor/Stephen Knight
1986 Evil Angels John Bryson
1985 Killing for Company Brian Masters
1984 In God's Name David Yallop
1983 Double Dealer Peter Watson
1982 Earth to Earth John Cornwell
1981 Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number Jacobo Timerman
1980 Conspiracy Anthony Summers
1979 Rachman Shirley Green
1978 The Capture of the Black Panters Audrey Williamson

Cartier Diamond Daggers
1998 Ed McBain
1997 Colin Dexter
1996   H.R.F.Keating
1995   Reginald Hill
1994   Michael Gilbert
1993   Ellis Peters
1992   Leslie Charteris
1991   Ruth Rendell
1990   Julian Symons
1989   Dick Francis
1988   John le Carre
1987   P D James
1986   Eric Ambler

Last Laugh Daggers (formerly The Punch Award) 
1993 Two For The Dough Janet Evanovich
1995 Sunburn Laurence Shame
1994 The Villian of the Earth Simon Shaw
1993 The Mamur Zapt and The Spoils of Egypt Michael Pearce
1992 Native Tongue Carl Hiaasen
1991 Angels in Arms Mike Ripley
1990 Killer Cinderella Simon Shaw
1989 Angel Touch Mike Ripley
1988 Death in a Distant Land Nancy Livingston

Short Story Daggers
1997 On the Psychiatrist's Couch, in WHYDUNNIT, The 1997 CWA Anthology (Severn House) Reginald Hill
1996 Herbert in Motion Ian Rankin
1995 Funny Story Larry Beinhart

 

Dagger in the Library New award (used to be Golden Handcuffs) for an author who has given particular pleasure to library users

1996   Marian Babson
1995   Lindsey Davis
1994   Robert Barnard

 

Rusty Dagger New award for book voted as Best  Crime Novel of the 1930's

The Nine Tailors  Dorothy L. Sayers

Thanks to Stuart Marshall for supplying many of the titles)
Thanks also to Anders Hammarqvist for filling in many of the missing details. 

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