Daggers Drawn
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Publisher Description
Edgy, twisted and disturbing, the first Crime Writers’ Association Daggers Award retrospective anthology featuring 19 visceral and thrilling stories.
Featuring bestselling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey and more.
NINETEEN CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CRIME FICTION
The first retrospective of the CWA’s Dagger Award winners, brings together some of the greatest names in crime fiction to deliver a cutthroat collection of serial killers, grizzled detectives, drug dealers and master forgers.
Observe as a Senior Curator at the Tate Gallery constructs the perfect crime in Ian Rankin’s “Herbert in Motion”. Watch an unlikely romance sour into a deadly obsession in Stella Duffy’s “Martha Grace”. Face parents who discover their child has committed the unthinkable in Denise Mina’s “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit”. And in Jeffery Deaver’s “The Weekender” an intense hostage situation hits its peak in the most unlikely conclusion.
Keep your secrets close, and your daggers drawn.
Featuring: 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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jakubowski (Venice Noir) has gathered some of the most notable winners of the Crime Writers' Association Short Story Dagger Award for this strong anthology. The best of the 19 selections come with a sting in the tail that undermines readers' expectations, as in Danuta Reah's "The Dummies' Guide to Serial Killing," which features a would-be murderer's step-by-step plan, including his search for a memorable nickname, to launch a career as a serial killer. Phil Lovesey's "Homework" presents the unexpected impact on a high school student of learning Shakespeare through viewing Mel Gibson's movie version of Hamlet, which spawns a devious plan for revenge. His father, Peter Lovesey, also impresses, with "Needle Match," focused on a baffling murder committed before thousands of witnesses during a 1981 tennis match at Wimbledon that claims the life of a participant. Martin Edwards, himself a prolific anthologist, weighs in with the memorable "The Bookbinder's Apprentice," in which a British tourist who comes to Venice is offered the opportunity to learn a real trade, instead of desperately scratching out a living doing puppet shows and posing as a living statue of Charlie Chaplin. Fans of literate crime fiction will hope for a follow-up volume.
