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The CWA's August 📖 Read of the Month 📖 is ‘Death of a Ghostwriter' by Gaynor Torrance! @gaytorauthor. Read more about it here: buff.ly/gEolBHi
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THE CWA 🖋 Author of the Month 🖋 for August is Renita D'Silva! Renita writes psychological thrillers and historical sagas set on West India Dock Road. Read more here: buff.ly/KfobJ6e
01.08.2025 07:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From 8-10 August, join a glittering host of crime writing stars, including Anna Mazzola, Diamond Dagger winner Mick Herron, Ruth Ware, Louise Welsh, Val McDermid, and more, for a weekend of criminal fun at St. Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend! Tickets and information here:
01.08.2025 07:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Hannah Brennan buff.ly/HuI9LPR with ‘No Safe Place’!
31.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Available on 29 August! 'Then There Were More', an anthology featuring some of the best writing from CWA authors! Edited by Martin Edwards. Order here: buff.ly/iauQB3j
29.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister, and 'The Couple Next Door', 'The Other Boy' is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller with shocking twists that will keep you turning pages late into the night. Buy it here: buff.ly/7Nb6pzz?
28.07.2025 08:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On Saturday, 26 July, it's a book signing and author talk with Alexander Marriott for the launch of 'Murder with a Glass of Malvasia'! The event will take place at 2342 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, USA.
25.07.2025 08:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister, and 'The Couple Next Door', 'The Other Boy' is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller with shocking twists that will keep you turning pages late into the night. Buy it at: buff.ly/7Nb6pzz
23.07.2025 08:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Crime Readers, want to get all the latest genre news straight to your inbox each month? Subscribe to The CWA Readers' News! And while you're there, check out all of our other reader goodies! buff.ly/pFA9kWl
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📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Maxim Jakubowski with ‘Cruising the Coast of Nostalgia’!
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Look what's coming this month from CWA writers, including Hannah Brennan, Jared Cade, Diane M. Dickson, Helena Dixon, Renita D'Silva, and more! #newrelease #mystery #thriller
23.07.2025 06:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Miranda Rijks buff.ly/tNqbz6R with ‘You Can Trust Me’!
20.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Annabel Kantaria buff.ly/Xb1l15t with ‘You Lied First’!
17.07.2025 07:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Louise Marley buff.ly/GQelnNt with ‘Murder at Castle Vyne’!
15.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Donna Morfett buff.ly/JRtdH3l with ‘Masquerade of Murder’!
11.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Alison Layland buff.ly/cBQX0bo with ‘After The Clearances’!
10.07.2025 11:02 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Writing a crime novel? Would you like some professional feedback? For a limited time, CWA's Criminal Critiques is offering its mini-critique of up to 4,500 words at a special discount! Longer critiques also available.
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📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Katherine Garbera buff.ly/Tv4BzEE with ‘In Too Deep’!
10.07.2025 08:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Louise Mangos @Louisemangos with ‘The Girl in the Doorway’!
10.07.2025 07:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Don't miss the Book Fest at Leigh Library, TODAY!!! 5 June 2025, from 6.30-8.00pm! #ncrm #pickupapageturner #nationalcrimereadingmonth
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📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Alex Makepeace aka buff.ly/8jnADnU with ‘Canaries’!
04.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners! 🏆🍾 And our thanks to all the independent judges and panel chairs for the hard work they put into the Daggers throughout the year. Without them, none of this could happen.
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Details of all the winners and Daggers lists will be on our website soon at thecwa.co.uk.
You can listen to the official podcasts at buff.ly/oVk4EWl, and watch a video summary of the winners on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/htp2l6n
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And the KAA Gold Dagger 2025 WINNER is…
ANNA MAZZOLA, for ‘The Book of Secrets’
(Orion)
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At last we reach tonight’s final award: the coveted KAA GOLD DAGGER, given to the best crime or thriller novel of the year. This Dagger is sponsored by Kevin Anderson & Associates.
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Here’s this year’s KAA Gold Dagger shortlist:
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And the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2025 WINNER is…
LOU BERNEY, for ‘Dark Ride’
(Hemlock Press)
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Here’s this year’s Ian Fleming Steel Dagger shortlist:
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Time for @THEIANFLEMING STEEL DAGGER. Fleming said a good thriller had one essential criterion: ‘One simply has to turn the pages’. This award is for thrillers set in any period, e.g. spy fiction, noir thrillers, and action-adventure stories.
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And the ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger 2025 WINNER is…
KATY MASSEY, for ‘All Us Sinners’
(Sphere)
