Crime Thriller Award Winners Announced
Published on 25th October 2013
Last night saw the winners announced in the various TV, film and book categories of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013. The Awards grew out of a new TV series about crime writing on ITV3 called the Crime Thriller Club which was first aired in September. The Awards were presented in conjunction with the Crime Writers' Association (CWA).
The winners of the 2013 Awards are as follows:
CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for the Best Crime Novel of the Year: 'Dead Lions' by Mick Herron (Soho Press) (sorry, title not yet in stock)
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for the Best First Book by previously unpublished writer: 'Norwegian by Night' by Derek B. Miller (Faber and Faber)
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the Best Thriller of the Year: 'Ghostman' by Roger Hobbs (Transworld)
The Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read: 'The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter' by Malcolm MacKay (Pan)
The Film Dagger: Skyfall
The TV Dagger: Broadchurch
The International TV Dagger: The Killing, Season 3
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger: Andrew Buchan for Broadchurch
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger: Amelia Bullmore for Scott & Bailey (sorry, not in stock)
The Best Actor Dagger: David Tennant for Broadchurch
The Best Actress Dagger: Olivia Colman for Broadchurch