CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, every year

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• A Sting in Her Tale Mark Ezra

  
  A Sting in Her Tale by Mark Ezra
• The Big Empty Robert Crais

  
  The Big Empty by Robert Crais
• The Good Father Liam McIlvanney

  
  The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney
• The Midnight King Tariq Ashkanani

  
  The Midnight King by Tariq Ashkanani
• We Are All Guilty Here Karin Slaughter

  
  We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
• Such Quiet Girls Noelle W. Ihli
  Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli

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• City in Ruins Don Winslow

  
  City in Ruins by Don Winslow
• Hunted Abir Mukherjee

  
  Hunted by Abir Mukherjee
• Blood Like Mine Stuart Neville
  Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville
• Nobody’s Hero M. W. Craven
  Nobody’s Hero by M. W. Craven
• Sanctuary Garry Disher
  Sanctuary by Garry Disher

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• All the Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby

  
  All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
• Drowning T. J. Newman
  Drowning by T. J. Newman
• Gas Light Femi Kayode
  Gas Light by Femi Kayode
• Ozark Dogs Eli Cranor
  Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor
• The Mantis Kōtarō Isaka
  The Mantis by Kōtarō Isaka

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• May God Forgive Alan Parks
  May God Forgive by Alan Parks
• Take Your Breath Away Linwood Barclay
  Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay
• The Botanist M. W. Craven
  The Botanist by M. W. Craven
• The Chase Ava Glass
  The Chase by Ava Glass
• The Ink Black Heart Robert Galbraith
  The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

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• Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby

  
  Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby
• Dream Girl Laura Lippman
  Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
• Find You First Linwood Barclay
  Find You First by Linwood Barclay
• The Devil’s Advocate Steve Cavanagh
  The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh
• The Pact Sharon Bolton
  The Pact by Sharon Bolton

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• One by One Ruth Ware
  One by One by Ruth Ware
• The Devil and the Dark Water Stuart Turton
  The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
• The Nothing Man Catherine Ryan Howard
  The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
• Troubled Blood Robert Galbraith
  Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
• We Begin at the End Chris Whitaker
  We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

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• Between Two Evils Eva Dolan
  Between Two Evils by Eva Dolan
• Cold Storage David Koepp
  Cold Storage by David Koepp
• One Way Out A. A. Dhand
  One Way Out by A. A. Dhand
• The Whisper Man Alex North
  The Whisper Man by Alex North
• This Is Gomorrah Tom Chatfield
  This Is Gomorrah by Tom Chatfield

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• Give Me Your Hand Megan Abbott

  
  Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
• Killing Eve, No Tomorrow Luke Jennings
  Killing Eve, No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings
• Lives Laid Away Stephen Mack Jones
  Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones
• Memo from Turner Tim Willocks
  Memo from Turner by Tim Willocks
• Safe Houses Dan Fesperman
  Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman

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• An Act of Silence Colette McBeth
  An Act of Silence by Colette McBeth
• If I Die Before I Wake Emily Koch
  If I Die Before I Wake by Emily Koch
• London Rules Mick Herron
  London Rules by Mick Herron
• The Chalk Man C. J. Tudor
  The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor
• The Force Don Winslow
  The Force by Don Winslow

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• Redemption Road John Hart
  Redemption Road by John Hart
• The Constant Soldier William Ryan
  The Constant Soldier by William Ryan
• The Killing Game J. S. Carol
  The Killing Game by J. S. Carol
• We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire Jules Grant
  We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire by Jules Grant
• You Will Know Me Megan Abbott
  You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

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• The English Spy Daniel Silva

  
  The English Spy by Daniel Silva
• Make Me Lee Child
  Make Me by Lee Child
• Rain Dogs Adrian McKinty
  Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
• Real Tigers Mick Herron
  Real Tigers by Mick Herron

Also on the shortlist

• The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins

  
  The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Missing Sam Hawken
  Missing by Sam Hawken
• Nobody Walks Mick Herron
  Nobody Walks by Mick Herron
• The Kind Worth Killing Peter Swanson
  The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
• The Night the Rich Men Burned Malcolm Mackay
  The Night the Rich Men Burned by Malcolm Mackay
• The White Van Patrick Hoffman
  The White Van by Patrick Hoffman