Gold Dagger
# Gold Dagger

Il Gold Dagger Award è un premio letterario assegnato annualmente dalla Crime Writers' Association (Associazione degli Scrittori di Romanzi Gialli), per il miglior romanzo giallo dell'anno.

Nel corso degli anni ha cambiato più volte denominazione. Per i primi cinque anni, è stato conosciuto come Crossed Red Herring Award. Dal 1995 al 2002, sponsorizzato dalla Macallan, è stato chiamato Macallan Gold Dagger. A partire dal 2006, con la nuova sponsorizzazione della Banca Duncan Lawrie, è stato ufficialmente rinominato in Duncan Lawrie Dagger ed è diventato, con un premio di £20.000, il premio più importante in termini monetari della letteratura gialla. Dal 2009 è ritornata la vecchia denominazione Gold Dagger.

Dal 1969 al 2005 è stato assegnato anche un secondo premio, il Silver Dagger Award.

## Vincitori

### Anni 1955-1959

**1955**

* Crossed Red Herring Award: Winston Graham, The Little Walls

**1956**

* Crossed Red Herring Award: Edward Grierson, Il secondo uomo (The Second Man)

**1957**

* Crossed Red Herring Award: Julian Symons, Un quadrato di seta nera (The Colour of Murder)

**1958**

* Crossed Red Herring Award: Margot Bennett, Qualcuno del passato (Someone from the Past)

**1959**

* Crossed Red Herring Award: Eric Ambler, Armi ai ribelli (Passage of Arms)

### Anni 1960-1969

**1960**

* Gold Dagger: Lionel Davidson, Avventura a Praga (The Night of Wenceslas)

**1961**

* Gold Dagger: Mary Kelly, The Spoilt Kill

**1962**

* Gold Dagger: Joan Fleming, When I Grow Rich

**1963**

* Gold Dagger: John le Carré, La spia che venne dal freddo (The Spy Who Came in From the Cold)

**1964**

* Gold Dagger: H. R. F. Keating, The Perfect Murder

**1965**

* Gold Dagger: Ross Macdonald, Il vespaio (The Far Side of the Dollar)

**1966**

* Gold Dagger: Lionel Davidson, La luce di Sion (A Long Way to Shiloh)

**1967**

* Gold Dagger: Emma Lathen, Il delitto venne amando (Murder Against the Grain)

**1968**

* Gold Dagger: Peter Dickinson, Skin Deep

**1969**

* Gold Dagger: Peter Dickinson, A Pride of Heroes
* Silver Dagger: Francis Clifford, Another Way of Dying

### Anni 1970-1979

**1970**

* Gold Dagger: Joan Fleming, Young Man I Think You're Dying
* Silver Dagger: Anthony Price, The Labyrinth Makers

**1971**

* Gold Dagger: James McClure, Porcellino a vapore (The Steam Pig)
* Silver Dagger: P. D. James, Scuola per infermiere (Shroud for A Nightingale)

**1972**

* Gold Dagger: Eric Ambler, Il levantino (The Levanter)
* Silver Dagger: Victor Canning, Intrigo di famiglia (The Rainbird Pattern)

**1973**

* Gold Dagger: Robert Littell, L'inutile gioco (The Defection of A.J. Lewinter)
* Silver Dagger: Gwendoline Butler, A Coffin for Pandora

**1974**

* Gold Dagger: Anthony Price, Other Paths to Glory
* Silver Dagger: Francis Clifford, Sulla pelle di lui (The Grosvenor Square Goodbye)

**1975**

* Gold Dagger: Nicholas Meyer, La soluzione sette per cento (The Seven per cent Solution)
* Silver Dagger: P. D. James, La torre nera (The Black Tower)

**1976**

* Gold Dagger: Ruth Rendell, Paura di uccidere (A Demon in My View)
* Silver Dagger: James McClure, Rogue Eagle

**1977**

* Gold Dagger: John le Carré, L'onorevole scolaro (The Honourable Schoolboy)
* Silver Dagger: William McIlvanney, Laidlaw - Indagine a Glasgow (Laidlaw)

**1978**

* Gold Dagger: Lionel Davidson, The Chelsea Murders
* Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey, La statua di cera (Waxwork)

**1979**

* Gold Dagger: Dick Francis, Criniere al vento (Whip Hand)
* Silver Dagger: Colin Dexter, Delitti nella cattedrale (Service of All the Dead)

### Anni 1980-1989

**1980**

* Gold Dagger: H. R. F. Keating, The Murder of the Maharaja
* Silver Dagger: Ellis Peters, Il cappuccio del monaco (Monk's Hood)

**1981**

* Gold Dagger: Martin Cruz Smith, Gorky Park (Gorky Park)
* Silver Dagger: Colin Dexter, I morti di Jericho (The Dead of Jericho)

**1982**

* Gold Dagger: Peter Lovesey, Il falso ispettore (The False Inspector Dew)
* Silver Dagger: S. T. Haymon, Omicidio rituale (Ritual Murder)

**1983**

* Gold Dagger: John Hutton, Accidental Crimes
* Silver Dagger: William McIlvanney, Le carte di Tony Veitch (The Papers of Tony Veitch)

**1984**

* Gold Dagger: B. M. Gill, Il dodicesimo giurato (The Twelfth Juror)
* Silver Dagger: Ruth Rendell, L'albero delle mani (The Tree of Hands)

**1985**

* Gold Dagger: Paula Gosling, Monkey Puzzle
* Silver Dagger: Dorothy Simpson, Last Seen Alive
   * Andrew Taylor, Our Father's Lies
   * Jill Paton Walsh, A Piece of Justice

**1986**

* Gold Dagger: Ruth Rendell, Carne viva (Live Flesh)
* Silver Dagger: P. D. James, Un gusto per la morte (A Taste for Death)

**1987**

* Gold Dagger: Barbara Vine, La casa della lunga estate (A Fatal Inversion)
* Silver Dagger: Scott Turow, Presunto innocente (Presumed Innocent)
   * Liza Cody, Sotto contratto (Under Contract)

**1988**

* Gold Dagger: Michael Dibdin, Nido di topi (Ratking)
* Silver Dagger: Sara Paretsky, In fondo alla palude (Blood Shot)

**1989**

* Gold Dagger: Colin Dexter, Questione di metodo (The Wench is Dead)
* Silver Dagger: Desmond Lowden, The Shadow Run

### Anni 1990-1999

**1990**

* Gold Dagger: Reginald Hill, Ossa e silenzio (Bones and Silence)
* Silver Dagger: Mike Philips, The Late Candidate
   * John Harvey, Ladri a Nottingham (Rough Treatment)

**1991**

* Gold Dagger: Barbara Vine, Il tappeto di Re Salomone (King Solomon's Carpet)
* Silver Dagger: Frances Fyfield, Sonno profondo (Deep Sleep)
   * Janet Neele, Death of a Partner
   * Michael Dibdin, Turpi inganni (Dirty Tricks)

**1992**

* Gold Dagger: Colin Dexter, La strada nel bosco (The Way Through the Woods)
* Silver Dagger: Liza Cody, Bucket Nut

**1993**

* Gold Dagger: Patricia Cornwell, Insolito e crudele (Cruel and Unusual)
* Silver Dagger: Sarah Dunant, Fatlands
   * Robert Richardson, The Hand of Strange Children
   * Janet Neele, Death Among the Dons

**1994**

* Gold Dagger: Minette Walters, Il segreto di Cedar House (The Scold's Bridle)
* Silver Dagger: Peter Høeg, Il senso di Smilla per la neve (Froken Smillas fornemmelse for sne)
   * Val McDermid, Crack Down
   * Sara Paretsky, Una luce in fondo all'abisso (Tunnel Vision)

**1995**

* Gold Dagger: Val McDermid, Il canto delle sirene (The Mermaids Singing)
* Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey, La chiamata (The Summons)
   * Elizabeth Ironside, A Very private Enterprise
   * Minette Walters, La stanza al buio (The Dark Room)

**1996**

* Gold Dagger: Ben Elton, Popcorn (Popcorn)
* Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey, Il signore dell'enigma (Bloodhounds)
   * Jessica Mann, A Private enquiry

**1997**

* Gold Dagger: Ian Rankin, Morte grezza (Black and Blue)
* Silver Dagger: Janet Evanovich, Tre e sei morto (Three to Get Deadly)
   * Frank Lean, The Reluctant Investigator

**1998**

* Gold Dagger: James Lee Burke, Sunset Limited (Sunset Limited)
* Silver Dagger: Nicholas Blincoe, Tacchi alti (Manchester Slingback)
   * Michael Dibdin, Vendetta d'annata (A Long Finish)
   * Geoffrey Archer, Fire Hawk
   * Reginald Hill, La collina di Beulah (On Beulah Height)
   * George Pelecanos, King Suckerman (King Suckerman)

**1999**

* Gold Dagger: Robert Wilson, Una piccola morte a Lisbona (A Small Death in Lisbon)
* Silver Dagger: Adrian Mathews, Vienna Blood
   * Val McDermid, L'esecuzione (A Place of Execution)
   * Ian Rankin, Anime morte (Dead Souls)
   * Michael Connelly, Il ragno (Angels Flight)
   * Denise Danks, Phreak
   * Frances Fyfield, Staring at the Light

### Anni 2000-2009

**2000**

* Gold Dagger: Jonathan Lethem, Brooklyn senza madre (Motherless Brooklyn)
* Silver Dagger: Donna Leon, Friends In High Places
   * James Lee Burke, Il mio nome è Mae Robicheaux (Purple Cane Road)
   * Elliot Pattison, Il mantra del reato (The Skull Mantra)
   * Lucy Wadham, Lost
   * Martin Cruz Smith, Havana (Havana Bay)

**2001**

* Gold Dagger: Henning Mankell, La falsa pista (Sidetracked)
* Silver Dagger: Giles Blunt, Quaranta modi per dire dolore (Forty Words for Sorrow)
   * Stephen Booth, Dancing with the Virgins
   * Denise Danks, Baby Love
   * George Pelecanos, Strade di sangue (Right as Rain)
   * Scott Phillips, Natale a luci rosse (The Ice Harvest)

**2002**

* Gold Dagger: José Carlos Somoza, La caverna delle idee (The Athenian Murders)
* Silver Dagger: James Crumley, La terra della menzogna (The Final Country)
   * Mark Billingham, Il persuasore (Scaredy Cat)
   * James Lee Burke, La ballata di Jolie Blon (Jolie Blon's Bounce)
   * Michael Connelly, La città delle ossa (City of Bones)
   * Minette Walters, Acid Row

**2003**

* Gold Dagger: Minette Walters, Caccia alla volpe (Fox Evil)
* Silver Dagger: Morag Joss, Half Broken Things
   * Boris Akunin, La regina d'inverno (Azazel)
   * Robert Littell, The Company
   * Carlo Lucarelli, Almost Blue
   * Robert Wilson, L'uomo di Siviglia (The Blind Man of Seville)

**2004**

* Gold Dagger: Sara Paretsky, Blacklist
* Silver Dagger: John Harvey, Sangue del mio sangue (Flesh and Blood)
   * Mo Hayder, Le notti di Tokyo (Tokyo)
   * Val McDermid, The Torment of Others
   * James W. Nichol, Midnight Cab
   * Laura Wilson, The Lover

**2005**

* Gold Dagger: Arnaldur Indriðason, La signora in verde (Silence of the Grave)
* Silver Dagger: Barbara Nadel, Deadly Web
   * Karin Fossum, Amatissima Poona (Elskede Poona)
   * Friedrich Glauser, Il regno di Matto (In Matto's Realm)
   * Carl Hiaasen, Una donna di troppo (Skinny Dip)
   * Fred Vargas, L'uomo a rovescio (L'homme à l'envers)

**2006**

* Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Ann Cleeves, La maledizione del corvo nero (Raven Black)
   * Simon Beckett, La chimica della morte (The Chemistry of Death)
   * Thomas H. Cook, Foglie rosse (Red Leaves)
   * Frances Fyfield, Safer Than Houses
   * Bill James, Wolves of Memory
   * Laura Wilson, A Thousand Lies

**2007**

* Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Peter Temple, La carità uccide (The Broken Shore)
   * Giles Blunt, The Fields of Grief
   * James Lee Burke, Prima che l'uragano arrivi (Pegasus Descending)
   * Gillian Flynn, Sulla pelle (Sharp Objects)
   * Craig Russell, Il moralista (Brother Grimm)
   * C. J. Sansom, Il segreto della Torre di Londra (Sovereign)

**2008**

* Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Frances Fyfield, Blood from Stone
   * James Lee Burke, L'urlo del vento (The Tin Roof Blowdown)
   * Colin Cotterill, Intrigo a Oriente (Coroner's Lunch)
   * Steve Hamilton, Night Work
   * Laura Lippman, I morti lo sanno (What the Dead Know)
   * R. N. Morris, A Vengeful Longing

**2009**

* Gold Dagger: William Brodrick, A Whispered Name
   * Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?
   * Mark Billingham, In the Dark
   * Lawrence Block, Hit and Run
   * M. R. Hall, La coroner (The Coroner)
   * Gene Kerrigan, Dark Times in the City

### Anni 2010-2019

**2010**

* Gold Dagger: Belinda Bauer, Blacklands (Blacklands)
   * S. J. Bolton, Raccolto di sangue (Blood Harvest)
   * Karen Campbell, Shadowplay
   * George Pelecanos, La strada di casa (The Way Home)

**2011**

* Gold Dagger: Tom Franklin, L'avvoltoio (Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter)
   * Steve Hamilton, Combinazione mortale (The Lock Artist)
   * A. D. Miller, L'amante russa (Snowdrops)
   * Denise Mina, The End of the Wasp Season

**2012**

* Gold Dagger: Gene Kerrigan, The Rage
   * N. J. Cooper, Vengeance in Mind
   * M. R. Hall, The Flight
   * Chris Womersley, Bereft

**2013**

* Gold Dagger: Mick Herron, In bocca al lupo (Dead Lions)
   * Belinda Bauer, Rubbernecker
   * Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls
   * Becky Masterman, La luce che muore (Rage Against the Dying)

**2014**

* Gold Dagger: Wiley Cash, This Dark Road to Mercy
   * Paula Daly, L'amica pericolosa (Keep Your Friends Close)
   * Paul Mendelson, The First Rule of Survival
   * Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In

**2015**

* Gold Dagger: Michael Robotham, Life or Death
   * Belinda Bauer, The Shut Eye
   * James Carlos Blake, The Rules of Wolfe
   * Robert Galbraith, Il baco da seta (The Silkworm)
   * Sam Hawken, Missing
   * Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes (Mr. Mercedes)
   * Attica Locke, Pleasantville

**2016**

* Gold Dagger: Bill Beverly, Dodgers
   * Christopher Brookmyre, Black Widow
   * Mick Herron, Real Tigers
   * Denise Mina, Blood Salt Water

**2017**

* Gold Dagger: Jane Harper, Chi è senza peccato (The Dry)
   * Belinda Bauer, The Beautiful Dead
   * Ray Celestin, Dead Man's Blues
   * Mick Herron, Spook Street
   * Derek B. Miller, La ragazza in verde (The Girl in Green)
   * Abir Mukherjee, L'uomo di Calcutta (A Rising Man)

**2018**

* Gold Dagger: Steve Cavanagh, The Liar
   * Mick Herron, London Rules
   * Dennis Lehane, Ogni nostra caduta (Since We Fell)
   * Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird
   * Abir Mukherjee, Un male necessario (A Necessary Evil)
   * Emma Viskic, Resurrection Bay

**2019**

* Gold Dagger: M. W. Craven, The Puppet Show
   * Claire Askew, All the Hidden Truths
   * Christobel Kent, What We Did
   * Donna Leon, Unto Us a Son is Given
   * Derek B. Miller, American by Day
   * Benjamin Wood, A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better

### Anni 2020-2029

**2020**

* Gold Dagger: Michael Robotham, Brava ragazza, cattiva ragazza (Good Girl, Bad Girl)
   * Claire Askew, What You Pay For
   * Lou Berney, November Road (November Road)
   * John Fairfax, Forced Confessions
   * Mick Herron, Joe Country
   * Abir Mukherjee, Death in the East

**2021**

* Gold Dagger: Chris Whitaker, I confini del cielo (We Begin at the End)
   * Thomas Mullen, Midnight Atlanta
   * Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders
   * Robert Galbraith, Sangue inquieto (Troubled Blood)
   * Nicci French, Tabitha Hardy si difende da sola (House of Correction)
   * Ben Creed, City of Ghosts
   * S. A. Cosby, Deserto d’asfalto (Blacktop Wasteland)

**2022**

* Gold Dagger: Ray Celestin, Sunset Swing
   * Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name
   * S. A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
   * John Hart, The Unwilling
   * Abir Mukherjee, The Shadows of Men
   * William Shaw, The Trawlerman

**2023**

* Gold Dagger: George Dawes Green, The Kingdoms of Savannah
   * Vaseem Khan, The Lost Man of Bombay
   * Simon Mason, A Killing in November
   * Anna Mazzola, The Clockwork Girl
   * W.C. Ryan, The Winter Guest
   * Simon Van der Velde, The Silent Brother
