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The CWA Dagger Longlists were announced over the weekend. The most important one to me is the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger, formerly the International Dagger for which I was a judge many years ago.  The longlist is below and you can check out my list of eligible titles here. Shortlists will be announced at CrimeFest on 10 May. Longlist: Javier Castillo - The Snow Girl tr. Isabelle Scott (Spain, M, Penguin) Juan Gomez-Jurado - Red Queen tr. Nick Caistor (Spain, M, Macmillan) Arnaldur Indridason - The Girl by the Bridge tr. Ph ..read more

The CWA Dagger longlists were announced this weekend so I thought I'd better, rather belatedly, put together the list of eligibles for the Crime Fiction in Translation (formerly the International) Dagger 2024. I'll post the Longlist separately. So here are 70 translated crime novels published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, that I know about. Please let me know if I've missed any. In the list below I've also included the country of birth and gender of the author(s) plus the translator's name and the publisher. Stats: The breakdown by gender is 34 Male and 33 Female and 3 sets o ..read more

Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in February 2024 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US or Australian date). 70 titles this month. If I've missed anything or got the date wrong, do please leave a comment.  Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known. Allen, Hania - The Maze #6 DS Dania Gorska Allingham, Merryn - The Library Murders #8 Flora Steele, Sussex, 1955 Alsterdal, Tove - Deep Harbour tr. Al ..read more

Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in January 2024 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US or Australian date). 110 titles this month. If I've missed anything or got the date wrong, do please leave a comment.  Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known. Alexander, Magda - The Case of the Stray Stickpin #2 Kitty Worthington Cozy Capers Armstrong, Jess - The Curse of Penryth Hall Bailey, Jaye - The Kill ..read more

Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in December 2023 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US or Australian date). 66 titles this month. If I've missed anything or got the date wrong, do please leave a comment.  Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known. Adler, Dominic - Red Labyrinth Alexander, Magda - A Murder at Brighton #8 Kitty Worthington Ashley, Jennifer - Mrs. Holloway's Christmas Pudding (eboo ..read more

Now arriving on [the blog] platform 1, the heavily delayed November Arrivals. Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in November 2023 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US or Australian date). 109 titles this month. If I've missed anything or got the date wrong, do please leave a comment.  Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known. Ace, Cathy - The Corpse with the Opal Fingers #13 Welsh-Canadian Profes ..read more

Over on the Petrona Award website we've been marking 'Ten Years of the Petrona' and revisiting the first ten winners. What a fantastic set of books and a great present for the crime fan in your life - ranging from dark humour to historical, police procedural to private eye, psychological thriller to semi-amateur investigators, there's something for everyone. Why not check out the classic reviews and new articles on the Petrona website. Liza Marklund for LAST WILL, translated by Neil Smith LINDA, AS IN THE LINDA MURDER by Leif G.W. Persson, translated by Neil Smith  THE SILENCE OF TH ..read more

  Winner of 2023 Petrona Award announced The winner of the 2023 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year is:  FEMICIDE by Pascal Engman, translated from the Swedish by Michael Gallagher and published by Legend Press. Pascal Engman will receive a trophy, and both the author and translator will receive a cash prize. The judges’ statement on FEMICIDE: This year’s Petrona Award winner is a page-turning, absorbing and uncomfortable Swedish thriller. FEMICIDE tells of a young woman, Emilie, who is found murdered in her Stockholm apartment in the same week that her ..read more

With many apologies but due to unforeseen circumstances the winner of the Petrona Award 2023 will now be announced on 12 October 2023, rather than 5 October 2023 ..read more