Handing Out Dagger and Thriller Awards

Thanks to our on-the-spot correspondent, Ali Karim, we can now announce the winners of three prestigious commendations given out tonight by the British Crime Writers’ Association, along with the recipients of this year’s Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards. These prizes were dispensed during a glitzy ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. Without any further ado, the winners are ...

The CWA Gold Dagger: The Rage, by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)

Also nominated: Vengeance in Mind, by N.J. Cooper (Simon & Schuster); The Flight, by M.R. Hall (Mantle); and Bereft, by Chris Womersley (Quercus)

The CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: A Land More Kind than Home, by Wiley Cash (Bantam)

Also nominated: Heart-Shaped Bruise, by Tanya Byrne (Headline); Good People, by Ewart Hutton (Blue Door); and What Dies in Summer, by Tom Wright (Canongate)

The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: A Foreign Country, by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)

Also nominated: Dare Me, by Megan Abbott (Picador); The Fear Index, by Robert Harris (Hutchinson); and Reamde, by Neal Stephenson (Atlantic Books)

The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger (public vote): Kathy Reichs

Also nominated: Ann Cleeves, Anthony Horowitz, Stuart MacBride,
and Jo Nesbø

The Film Dagger: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)

Also nominated: Drive (Icon); The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.); The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sony); and The Guard (Optimum)

The TV Dagger: Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

Also nominated: Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1); Line of Duty (BBC/BBC2); Wallander (Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird/BBC1); and Whitechapel: Series 3 (Carnival/ITV1)

The International TV Dagger: The Bridge (Danmarks Radio,
Sveriges Television/BBC4)

Also nominated: Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 (HBO/Sky Atlantic); Dexter: Season 6 (Showtime Networks, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions/FX); Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4); and The Killing II: Forbrydelsen (Arrow Films/BBC4)

The Best Actress Dagger: Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)

Also nominated: Brenda Blethyn for Vera (ITV Studios/ITV1); Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing II (Arrow Films/BBC4); Sofia Helin for The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4); and Maxine Peake for Silk (BBC/BBC1)

The Best Actor Dagger: Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

Also nominated: Kenneth Branagh for Wallander (Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird/BBC1); Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic); Damien Lewis for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4); and Dominic West for Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger: Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)

Also nominated: Frances Barber for Silk (BBC/BBC1); 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); and Una Stubbs for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger: Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

Also nominated: 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 and Whitechapel (Silk: BBC/BBC1; Whitechapel: Carnival/ITV1); and Laurence Fox for Lewis (ITV Studios/ITV1)

Best Detective Duo (public vote): Lewis, DI Robbie Lewis and
DS James Hathaway

Also nominated: DCI Banks, with DCI Alan Banks and DS Annie Cabbot; Above Suspicion, with DC Anna Travis and DCS James Langton; Scott and Bailey, with DC Jane Scott and DC Rachel Bailey; Whitechapel, with DI Joseph Chandler and DS Ray Miles; and Vera, with DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth

Anybody in the UK who was not on hand for this evening’s star-studded gala (which means most people), but would still like to see the show, can watch a video recap on ITV3 on October 23.