CWA Dagger Award Winners Announced
（ＣＷＡ賞受賞作発表）
The Crime Writers’ Association of Britain (CWA) announced the winners for the 2025 Dagger Awards. as follows:
Gold Dagger: BOOK OF SECRETS, by Anna Mazzola (Orion)
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: DARK RIDE, by Lou Barney (Hemlock
Press/HarperCollins)
John Creasey New Blood Dagger: ALL US SINNERS, by Katy Massey (Little,Brown/Sphere)
Historical Dagger: THE BETRAYAL OF THOMAS TRUE, A.J. West (Orenda Books)
Translation Dagger: THE NIGHT OF BABY YAGA, by Akira Otani (Faber & Faber), tr by Sam Bett
Non-Fiction Dagger: THE PEEPSHOW, by Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury Circus)
Short Story Dagger: “A Date of Yarmouth Pier,” by J.C. Bernthal (in MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES; Flame Tree Collections)
Whodunnit Dagger: THE CASE OF THE SINGER AND THE SHOWGIRL, by Lisa Hall (Hera Hera)
Twisted Dagger: NIGHTWATCHING, by Tracy Sierra (Viking)
Library Dagger: Richard Osman
Publishers’ Dagger: Orenda Books
Emerging Author Dagger: ASHLAND, by Joe Eurell
Diamond Dagger Recipient: Mick Herron
Red Herring Award Recipient: Janet Laurence, for her serive to the CWA and its activities
The winners were announced at the award ceremony at the CWA Gala dinner on July 03 in London.