Edgy, twisted and disturbing, the first Crime Writers' Association
Daggers Award retrospective anthology featuring 19 visceral and
thrilling stories.
Featuring bestselling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John
Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey and more.
NINETEEN CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE
BEST IN CRIME FICTION
The first retrospective of the CWA's Dagger Award winners, brings
together some of the greatest names in crime fiction to deliver a
cutthroat collection of serial killers, grizzled detectives, drug
dealers and master forgers.
Observe as a Senior Curator at the Tate Gallery constructs the perfect
crime in Ian Rankin's "Herbert in Motion". Watch an unlikely romance
sour into a deadly obsession in Stella Duffy's "Martha Grace". Face
parents who discover their child has committed the unthinkable in Denise
Mina's "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit". And in Jeffery Deaver's "The
Weekender" an intense hostage situation hits its peak in the most
unlikely conclusion.
Keep your secrets close, and your daggers drawn.
Featuring: Peter O' Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent), Julian
Rathbone, Larry Beinhart, Ian Rankin, Jerry Sykes, Stella Duffy, Jeffery
Deaver, Peter Lovesey, Cath Staincliffe, Margaret Murphy, John Harvey,
Richard Lange, L. C. Tyler, Denise Mina, Danutah Reah and Lauren
Henderson.