The U.K. Crime Writer’s Association Dagger Awards have wrapped up in London, with Aussie author Michael Robotham taking home the 2020 Gold Dagger.
Robotham won for his 2019 novel Good Girl, Bad Girl, the first in a new series that takes up with forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven and a mysterious young woman with a sinister past called Evie Cormack. This marks the second Gold Dagger award for Robotham, who previously won it in 2015 for Life or Death.
Linda Stratmann, chair of the CWA, said: “The winners, and all those who were in contention for a Dagger are, as always, to be commended. One thing the pandemic and lockdown has taught us is the value and importance of books and storytelling— for escapism and comfort and for our well-being. Books have always been the conduit to other worlds and into other lives. They let us know we are not alone, so our 2020 virtual awards feel even more significant as many vulnerable people are in enforced isolation and we are all socially distancing. We’re proud to celebrate the crime genre.”
The Dagger Awards celebrate all kinds of crime writing – see the rest of the winners below!
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: Lou Berney for November Road
John Creasey (New Blood Dagger): Trevor Wood for The Man on the Street
ALCS Gold Dagger, Non-Fiction: Casey Cep for Furious Hours
Sapere Books Historical Dagger: Abir Mukherjee for Death in the East
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger: Hannelore Cayre for The Godmother, translated by Stephanie Smee
Short Story Dagger: Lauren Henderson for “#Me Too” in Invisible Blood, edited by Maxim Jakubowski
Debut Dagger: Josephine Moulds for Revolution Never Lies
Congratulations 2020 Gold Dagger winner Michael Robotham and all of the other winning authors!
Good Girl, Bad Girl
Cyrus Haven: Book 1
An unnerving psychological thriller from one of the greatest crime writers of today, Michael Robotham.
The girl with no past ... Six years ago, Evie Cormac was discovered, filthy and half-starved, hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a shocking crime. Now approaching adulthood, Evie is damaged, self-destructive and has never revealed her true identity.
The boy who survived ... Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven, a man haunted by his own past, is investigating the death of champion figure-skater Jodie Sheehan. When Cyrus is...
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