CWA Silver Dagger Winners

From 1969 to 2005 CWA awarded a Silver Award as first runner-up to its Gold Dagger award which is awarded for the best crime novel during the judging ...more

Winners

	Deadly Web (Cetin Ikmen, #7) by Barbara Nadel 3.79 avg rating — 345 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flesh & Blood (Frank Elder, #1) by John Harvey (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 1,479 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half Broken Things by Morag Joss 3.60 avg rating — 1,279 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Final Country (Milo Dragovitch #4) by James Crumley 3.88 avg rating — 531 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forty Words for Sorrow (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #1) by Giles Blunt 3.84 avg rating — 6,413 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti, #9) by Donna Leon 3.89 avg rating — 11,180 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vienna Blood: A Novel by Adrian Mathews 3.35 avg rating — 77 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manchester slingback by Nicholas Blincoe 3.31 avg rating — 58 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3) by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 154,566 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloodhounds (Peter Diamond, #4) by Peter Lovesey (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 2,074 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Summons (Peter Diamond, #3) by Peter Lovesey (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 1,819 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg 3.74 avg rating — 49,376 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fatlands (Hannah Wolfe, #2) by Sarah Dunant 3.39 avg rating — 417 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bucket Nut (Eva Wylie #1) by Liza Cody 3.85 avg rating — 155 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Sleep (Helen West, #3) by Frances Fyfield 3.35 avg rating — 166 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Late Candidate by Mike Phillips 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Run by Desmond Lowden 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1989)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Shot (V.I. Warshawski, #5) by Sara Paretsky (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 9,940 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1988)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1) by Scott Turow (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 115,953 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1987)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7) by P.D. James 4.02 avg rating — 15,738 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1986)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Seen Alive (Inspector Thanet, #5) by Dorothy Simpson 3.96 avg rating — 871 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1985)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell 3.90 avg rating — 2,692 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney 3.93 avg rating — 2,505 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ritual Murder (Benjamin Jurnet, #2) by S.T. Haymon 3.38 avg rating — 58 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1982)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5) by Colin Dexter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,232 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1981)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3) by Ellis Peters 4.08 avg rating — 12,158 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1980)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Service of All the Dead (Inspector Morse, #4) by Colin Dexter 3.97 avg rating — 4,954 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1979)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waxwork (Sergeant Cribb, #8) by Peter Lovesey (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 337 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1978)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laidlaw by William McIlvanney 3.88 avg rating — 5,203 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1977)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rogue Eagle by James McClure 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings CWA Silver Dagger (1976)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars