# 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

#### 2024

* Gold Dagger: Una Mannion, Tell Me What I Am
** Maz Evans, Over My Dead Body
** Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
** Dennis Lehane, Piccoli atti di misericordia (Small Mercies)
** Nilanjana Roy, Black River
** Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers