The Specsavers Crime
Thriller Awards Shortlists 2012 has been announced. The winners of 12 Awards will be announced at The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards on
Thursday 18 October at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
The awards include –
The CWA Gold Dagger for the Best Crime Novel
of the Year,
The CWA Steel Dagger
for the Best Thriller of the Year,
The CWA John Creasey
(New Blood) Dagger for the Best New Crime Writer of the Year,
The Specsavers
Bestseller Dagger and Film and TV-based Daggers.
The
CWA Gold Dagger (sponsored by Constable and Robinson)
Vengeance in Mind by N.J. Cooper (Simon and
Schuster)
The Flight by M.R. Hall (Mantle)
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)
Bereft by Chris Womersley (Quercus)
The CWA John Creasey (New
Blood) Dagger (sponsored by Goldsboro Books)
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne (Headline)
Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)
Good People by Ewart Hutton (Blue Door)
What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright (Canongate)
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel
Dagger – sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications
Dare Me by Megan Abbott (Picador)
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
The Fear Index by Robert Harris (Hutchinson)
Reamde by Neal Stephenson (Atlantic
Books)
The Specsavers Awards are as follows -
The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger which is by public
vote.
This
award honours the success of authors throughout their careers, and is chosen by
the reading public. Readers can
register their vote for their favourite bestselling author online here. The
winner will be presented with the Bestseller Dagger at the awards ceremony on
the 18 October, after all the votes are counted on 12 October. The nominees are –
Specsavers TV and Film Daggers:
The Film
Dagger
Drive (Icon)
The
Dark Knight Rises (Warner
Bros)
The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sony)
The
Guard (Optimum)
Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)
The TV
Dagger
Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1)
Line
of Duty (BBC/BBC2)
Sherlock:
Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
Wallander (Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird/BBC1)
Whitechapel:
Series 3 (Carnival/ITV1)
The
International TV Dagger
Boardwalk
Empire: Season 2 (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Dexter:
Season 6 (Showtime Networks,
John Goldwyn Productions, TheColleton Company, ClydePhillips Productions/FX)
Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions,
Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)
The
Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges
Television/BBC4)
The
Killing II: Forbrydelsen (Arrow
Films/BBC4)
The Best
Actress Dagger
Brenda
Blethyn for Vera (ITV Studios/ITV1)
Claire
Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions,
Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox
21/Channel 4)
Sofie
Gråbøl for The Killing II (Arrow Films/BBC4)
Sofia
Helin for The Bridge (Danmarks Radio,
Sveriges Television/BBC4)
Maxine
Peake for Silk (BBC/BBC1)
The Best
Actor Dagger
Kenneth
Branagh for Wallander (Left Bank
Pictures,Yellow Bird/BBC1)
Steve
Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Benedict
Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
Damien
Lewis for Homeland (Teakwood Lane
Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group,
Fox 21/Channel 4)
Dominic
West for Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1
The Best
Supporting Actress Dagger
Frances
Barber for Silk (BBC/BBC1)
Kelly
Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky
Atlantic)
Archie
Panjabi for The Good Wife (Scott Free
Productions, King Size Productions, Small Wishes, CBS Productions/More 4)
Sarah
Smart for Wallander (Left Bank Pictures,
Yellow Bird/BBC1)
Una
Stubbs for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best
Supporting Actor Dagger
Alun
Armstrong for Garrow’s Law (Shed Media/BBC1)
Alan
Cumming for The Good Wife (Scott Free
Productions, King Size Productions, Small Wishes, CBS Productions/More 4)
Phil
Davis for Silk & Whitechapel (Silk: BBC/BBC1)(Whitechapel: Carnival/ITV1)
Laurence
Fox for Lewis (ITV Studios/ITV1)
Martin
Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood
Films/BBC1)
‘Best
Detective Duo’ by Public Vote
The
British public will also have the chance to vote for their favourite detective
duo by phone vote. The phone lines open at 12:00pm on 7 September 2012.
The
shortlist is as follows:
DCI
Banks – DCI Alan Banks & DS Annie Cabbot – Call 090 16 16 14 01
Above
Suspicion – DC Anna Travis & DCS James Langton – Call 090 16 16 14 02
Scott
and Bailey- DC Jane Scott & DC Rachel Bailey – Call 090 16 16 14 03
Lewis –
DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway – Call 090 16 16 14 04
Whitechapel
– DI Joseph Chandler & DS Ray Miles – Call 090 16 16 14 05
Vera –
DCI Vera Stanhope & DS Joe Ashworth – Call 090 16 16 14 06
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