The shortlist for the 2021 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards was announced this morning, Thursday 20 May.
Robert Galbraith’s Troubled Blood, the fifth book in the Cormoran Strike series, is in the running for two awards. The Gold Dagger, which recognises the best crime fiction book of the year that was first published in the UK. Also nominated in this category are City of Ghosts by Ben Creed and The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths.
The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, which recognises the book which best meets Ian Fleming’s essential criteria for a good thriller: ‘one simply has to turn the pages’. This is the second award that Troubled Blood is shortlisted for, competing against titles such as The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard and One by One by Ruth Ware. The winners will be announced at an online awards ceremony on 1st July at 7.30 p.m.
