CWA John Creasey First Novel Dagger, every year

Also on the shortlist

• Coram House Bailey Seybolt

  
  Coram House by Bailey Seybolt
• Holy City Henry Wise

  
  Holy City by Henry Wise
• The Lost Detective Elspeth Latimer
  The Lost Detective by Elspeth Latimer
• The Peak Sam Guthrie
  The Peak by Sam Guthrie
• The Vanishing Place Zoë Rankin
  The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin

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• A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder Gay Marris
  A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder by Gay Marris
• Deadly Animals Marie Tierney
  Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
• Knife River Justine Champine
  Knife River by Justine Champine
• Miss Austen Investigates Jessica Bull
  Miss Austen Investigates by Jessica Bull
• Three Burials Anders Lustgarten
  Three Burials by Anders Lustgarten

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• The Maiden Kate Foster

  
  The Maiden by Kate Foster
• Go Seek Michelle Teahan
  Go Seek by Michelle Teahan
• The Golden Gate Amy Chua
  The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
• The Tumbling Girl Bridget Walsh
  The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh
• West Heart Kill Dan McDorman
  West Heart Kill by Dan McDorman

Also on the shortlist

• Outback Patricia Wolf

  
  Outback by Patricia Wolf
• Breaking Amanda Cassidy
  Breaking by Amanda Cassidy
• London in Black Jack Lutz
  London in Black by Jack Lutz
• No Country for Girls Emma Styles
  No Country for Girls by Emma Styles
• The Local Joey Hartstone
  The Local by Joey Hartstone

Also on the shortlist

• How to Kidnap the Rich Rahul Raina
  How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina
• Repentance Eloísa Díaz
  Repentance by Eloísa Díaz
• The Mash House Alan Gillespie
  The Mash House by Alan Gillespie
• Waking the Tiger Mark Wightman
  Waking the Tiger by Mark Wightman
• Welcome to Cooper Tariq Ashkanani
  Welcome to Cooper by Tariq Ashkanani
• Where Ravens Roost Karin Nordin
  Where Ravens Roost by Karin Nordin

Also on the shortlist

• City of Ghosts Ben Creed
  City of Ghosts by Ben Creed
• Fortune Favours the Dead Stephen Spotswood
  Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
• The Bone Jar S. W. Kane
  The Bone Jar by S. W. Kane
• Three-Fifths John Vercher
  Three-Fifths by John Vercher

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• Little White Lies Philippa East
  Little White Lies by Philippa East
• My Lovely Wife Samantha Downing
  My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
• The Wreckage Robin Morgan-Bentley
  The Wreckage by Robin Morgan-Bentley
• Your House Will Pay Steph Cha
  Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

Also on the shortlist

• The Boy at the Door Alex Dahl

  
  The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl
• All the Hidden Truths Claire Askew
  All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew
• Blood & Sugar Laura Shepherd-Robinson
  Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
• Overkill Vanda Symon
  Overkill by Vanda Symon
• Turn a Blind Eye Vicky Newham
  Turn a Blind Eye by Vicky Newham

Also on the shortlist

• East of Hounslow Khurrum Rahman
  East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman
• Girl in Snow Danya Kukafka
  Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka
• Gravesend William Boyle
  Gravesend by William Boyle
• I.Q. Joe Ide
  I.Q. by Joe Ide
• Resurrection Bay Emma Viskic
  Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic

Also on the shortlist

• Distress Signals Catherine Ryan Howard
  Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard
• Good Me, Bad Me Ali Land
  Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
• Ragdoll Daniel Cole
  Ragdoll by Daniel Cole
• Sirens Joseph Knox
  Sirens by Joseph Knox
• The Pictures Guy Bolton
  The Pictures by Guy Bolton

Also on the shortlist

• Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh

  
  Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
• Fever City Tim Baker
  Fever City by Tim Baker
• Freedom’s Child Jax Miller
  Freedom’s Child by Jax Miller
• The Good Liar Nicholas Searle
  The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle

Also on the shortlist

• Everything I Never Told You Celste Ng
  Everything I Never Told You by Celste Ng
• The Abrupt Physics of Dying Paul E. Hardisty
  The Abrupt Physics of Dying by Paul E. Hardisty
• The Girl in the Red Coat Kate Hamer
  The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer