Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards WINNERS 2012 – includes CWA Gold, Steel and John Creasey (New Blood) Daggers

The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012 – which include the CWA’s Gold, Steel and John Creasey (New Blood) Daggers were announced in London tonight.  Congratulations to the winners:

WRITING DAGGERS

The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored by Constable & Robinson

• The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker) WINNER
• Vengeance in Mind by N.J. Cooper (Simon and Schuster)
• The Flight by M.R. Hall (Mantle)
• Bereft by Chris Womersley (Quercus)

The CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books

• Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam) WINNER
• Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne (Headline)
• 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

• A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins) WINNER
• Dare Me by Megan Abbott (Picador)
• The Fear Index by Robert Harris (Hutchinson)
• Reamde by Neal Stephenson (Atlantic Books)

The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger (Public Vote)

• Kathy Reichs WINNER
• Ann Cleeves
• Anthony Horowitz
• Stuart MacBride
• Jo Nesbo

Inducted to the Hall of Fame: all five shortlisted authors for the Specsavers Bestseller Dagger

TV/FILM DAGGERS

The Film Dagger

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal) WINNER
• DRIVE (Icon)
• The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros)
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sony)
• The Guard (Optimum)

The TV Dagger

• Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1) WINNER
• Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1)
• Line of Duty (BBC/BBC2)
• Wallander (Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird/BBC1)
• Whitechapel: Series 3 (Carnival/ITV1)

The International TV Dagger

• The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4) WINNER
• Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
• Dexter: Season 6 (Showtime Networks, JohnGoldwyn Productions, TheColleton Company, ClydePhillips Productions/FX)
• Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)
• 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) WINNER
• 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)
• Maxine Peake for Silk (BBC/BBC1)

The Best Actor Dagger

• Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1) WINNER
• 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)
• Dominic West for Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios/ITV1

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger

• Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic) WINNER
• 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)
• Una Stubbs for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger

• Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1) WINNER
• 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)

 ‘Best Detective Duo’ by Public Vote

• Lewis – DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway WINNER
• DCI Banks – DCI Alan Banks & DS Annie Cabbot
• Above Suspicion – DC Anna Travis & DCS James Langton
• Scott and Bailey- DC Jane Scott & DC Rachel Bailey
• Whitechapel – DI Joseph Chandler & DS Ray Miles
• Vera – DCI Vera Stanhope & DS Joe Ashworth