Daggers Drawn

Daggers Drawn is an edgy, twisted, and disturbing anthology, presenting the first Crime Writers’ Association Daggers Award retrospective. It features 19 visceral and thrilling stories from bestselling authors such as Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey, and more.

Nineteen CWA Dagger Award-winning short stories come together in this collection, showcasing the best of the best in crime fiction. This first retrospective of the CWA’s Dagger Award winners unites some of the greatest names in crime fiction to deliver a cutthroat collection filled with serial killers, grizzled detectives, drug dealers, and master forgers.

Witness a Senior Curator at the Tate Gallery crafting the perfect crime in Ian Rankin’s "Herbert in Motion". Experience an unlikely romance turning into a deadly obsession in Stella Duffy’s "Martha Grace". Confront parents who make a chilling discovery about their child in Denise Mina’s "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit". And endure the tension of an intense hostage situation reaching an unpredictable climax in Jeffery Deaver’s "The Weekender".

Keep your secrets close, and your daggers drawn.

Contributing authors include: Peter O' Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent), Julian Rathbone, Larry Beinhart, Ian Rankin, Jerry Sykes, Stella Duffy, Jeffery Deaver, Peter Lovesey, Cath Staincliffe, Margaret Murphy, John Harvey, Richard Lange, L. C. Tyler, Denise Mina, Danutah Reah, and Lauren Henderson.