The CWA Dagger Awards 2008
SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

Here is the shortlist for the CWA / Duncan Lawrie Daggers 2008, which were announced at a reception at the British Library on 3rd June. The winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner, to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in London's Park Lane on Thursday 10th July. More details are on the individual dagger pages — follow the links in the text or those in the left margin.
An innovation this year is the Daggers forum where, in the run-up to the Awards Dinner, you can discuss the books shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2008

James Lee Burke The Tin Roof Blowdown Orion
Colin Cotterill Coroner's Lunch Quercus
Frances Fyfield Blood From Stone Sphere (Little, Brown)
Steve Hamilton Night Work Orion
Laura Lippman What the Dead Know Orion
RN Morris A Vengeful Longing Faber & Faber

For complete information go to the CWA Daggers website.