Mystery Awards presented in 2004

Note: This page includes nominees and winners for mystery awards presented in 2004. To see lists for previous years, click here. Page updated 29 December 2004.

2004 Nero Award: The Wolfe Pack presented the Nero Award at the annual Black Orchid banquet on December 4th in New York. (Winner in blue below).

Fear Itself by Walter Mosley

The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver
Fat Ollie's Book by Ed McBain
Burning Garbo by Robert Eversz
Where the Truth Lies by Rupert Holmes

2004 Dagger Awards: The Crime Writers' Association announced the winners of its 2004 Dagger Awards, most of which were presented at the CWA Dagger Awards Lunch in London on November 9, 2004. (Winners are in blue below).

CWA Mystery Thriller Book Club Gold and Silver Daggers for fiction (The winner of the Gold Dagger also receives a cash prize of £3000, of the Silver Dagger £2000.)

Gold Dagger: Blacklist by Sara Paretsky (Hamish Hamilton)
Silver Dagger: Flesh and Blood by John Harvey (Heinemann)

Tokyo by Mo Hayder (Bantam)
The Torment of Others by Val McDermid (HarperCollins)
Midnight Cab by James W. Nichol (Canongate)
The Lover by Laura Wilson (Orion)

CWA Mystery Thriller Book Club People's Choice
Reginald Hill for Good Morning, Midnight (HarperCollins)

CWA Mystery Thriller Book Club Gold Dagger for non-fiction (The winners share a cash prize of £2000.)

Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie (Hodder & Stoughton), and
The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London by Sarah Wise (Jonathan Cape)

The Swamp of Death by Rebecca Gowers (Hamish Hamilton)
The Trials of Hank Janson by Steve Holland (Telos Publishing)
Slave by Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis (Time Warner)

The CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger (For first books by previously unpublished writers. This award is sponsored by BBC Audio. The winner also receives a cash prize of £1000.)

Amagansett by Mark Mills (Fourth Estate)

The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton (Orion)
The Three Body Problem by Catherine Shaw (Allison & Busby)
The Devil's Playground by Stav Sherez (Penguin Michael Joseph)

The CWA Mystery Thriller Book Club Short Story Dagger (The winner also receives a cash prize of £1500.)

"The Weekender" by Jeffery Deaver (Twisted)

"Dancing Towards the Blade" by Mark Billingham (Men From Boys)
"Persons Reported" by Mat Coward (Green for Danger)
"The Consolation Blonde" by Val McDermid (Mysterious Pleasures)
"Douggie Doughnuts" by Don Winslow (Men From Boys)

CWA Dagger in the Library (This award is sponsored by Random House. Nominated and judged by librarians: the dagger is awarded to an author for a body of work, not one single title. The winner also receives a cash prize of £1500.)

Alexander McCall Smith

Mark Billingham
Christopher Brookmyre
Stuart Pawson
Andrew Taylor

The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (For thrillers. This award is sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. The winner also receives a cash prize of £2000.)

Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver (Hodder & Stoughton)

The Warlord's Son by Dan Fesperman (Transworld)
Paranoia by Joseph Finder (Orion) * special mention *
Tokyo by Mo Hayder (Transworld)
Hard Landing by Stephen Leather (Hodder & Stoughton)
Dead I May Well Be by Adrian McKinty (Serpent's Tail)
The Confessor by Daniel Silva (Penguin)

The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger (This award is sponsored by the estate of Ellis Peters and her publishers, Headline, and Little Brown. The winner was announced in London on October 19th. The winner also received a cash prize of £3000.)

The Damascened Blade by Barbara Cleverly (Constable & Robinson)