The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012

On Thursday 18th October 2012 the fifth successive awards were filmed at the Grosvenor Hotel in Park Lane, London. These awards will be televised on ITV3 on Tuesday 23rd October at 9pm GMT.

The 'Daggers' which for years have been given to the best in crime fiction have now been extended to take in the best of crime fiction on the television. Now there are awards for Best Actor, Actress plus 'Daggers' for Best TV and International TV shows. A list of the winners is below but I was especially pleased, as a judge for the John Creasey/New Blood Dagger, for the award to be given to this year's recipient, Wiley Cash. It was a great evening and I hope you enjoy the awards ceremony as much as I did!

The CWA Gold Dagger – ‘The Rage’ by Gene Kerrigan

John Creasey New Blood Dagger – ‘A Land More Kind Than Home’ by Wiley Cash

The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – ‘A Foreign Country’ by Charles Cumming

The Specsavers Best Seller Dagger 2012 – Kathy Reichs

The Film Dagger – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

The TV Dagger – Sherlock (Series 2)

The International TV Dagger – The Bridge

Best Actor Dagger – Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)

Best Actress Dagger – Claire Danes (Homeland)

Best Supporting Actress Dagger – Kelly MacDonald (Boardwalk Empire)

Best Supporting Actor Dagger – Martin Freeman (Sherlock)

Hall of Fame:

Ann Cleeves

Anthony Horowitz

Stuart MacBride

Jo Nesbo

Kathy Reichs


Crimesquad.com's Chris Simmons with the John Creasey New Blood CWA Dagger Winner, Wiley Cash


Chris Simmons with the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Winner, Charles Cumming


Chris Simmons and Ayo Onatade with Mr. Holmes himself, Benedict Cumberbatch


Chris Simmons with the Specsavers Best Seller Dagger Winner, Kathy Reichs

Other events:

• The Fake’s Progress: The Journey of Edgar Laplante

• Jørn Lier Horst: Why Do We Read Crime?

• Fact or Fiction? by Saul David

• The Dark Ladies of Crime by Christopher Fowler

• James Jackson - Treason

• Killer Women - Killer Weekend

• The New Novel featuring Lisbeth Salander

• Competition!!

• Remembering the Battle of Passchendaele.

• Celia Fremlin - The Hours Before Dawn

• Wonder Woman - The Renaissance

• The Sinking Admiral

• Koethi Zan

• An Appreciation of Patricia Highsmith.

• On being Irish by Sheila Bugler

• A Dark-Adapted Eye: 30th Anniversary Ed.

• In Memory: William McIlvanney by Michael J. Malone

• Daphne du Maurier

• Wonder Woman and her Greek heritage.

• Cover Reveal for new Dreda Say Mitchell.

• The Golden Age of Murder

• The Return of Earth 2

• The Many Faces of Josephine Tey

• Crime Fiction in Graphic Novels

• A Man Called Mitchell

• COMPETITION - Ten Years of Crimesquad.com

• 75 Years of The Batman

• P.D. James - A Tribute

• Hark! Hark! The Dog does bark!

• The final Ariana Franklin novel, 'Winter Siege'

• Susan Hill - Q&A with the author.

• DREDA SAY MITCHELL - 'VENDETTA' - COVER REVEAL

• Ruth Rendell - A Celebration of her Novels

• Crime Fiction and the Great War

• The Renaissance of Domestic Suspense

• DRAGNET

• 50th Anniversary of 'From Doon With Death'

• Michael Malone and Bashir Saoudi

• Celia Fremlin (1914 – 2009) An Appreciation

• Poirot - The End of an Era

• Silver Anniversary for Dr Hannibal Lecter!

• Miss Marple Novels - The Folio Society

• Lee Child - A Quick Interview

• James Herbert

• 50th Anniversary of P.D. James' 'Cover Her Face'.

• Deon Meyer talks to Michael J. Malone

• 50 Years of James Bond

• A Murderous Weekend at 'Bloody Scotland'

• William McIlvanney at Bloody Scotland

• Batman - The Great Detective?

• Morse Creator, Colin Dexter Honoured at Harrogate.

• Michael J. Malone signs Crime Debut 'Blood Tears'

• CrimeFest 2012 - Debut Author Panel (26-05-12)

• P. D. James Event at Foyles, London.

• CWA links to ITV3 Crime and Thriller Awards

• ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards

• Dick Francis Silks Launch

• CRIMESQUAD Sponsors Local Library Event

• Harrogate 2008 - Stef Penney Wins Top Award

• MIRA Launch

• CWA Daggers 2008

• Chris does the Moonwalk

• 2007 Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award

• Jane Huxley Launch Event

• An Evening with Christopher Fowler