| Alice B Award for Sustained Achievement |
2008 |
"body of work" |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| Anthony Award for Best Novel (USA) |
1995 |
Crack Down |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2001 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original (USA) |
1999 |
A Little Death |
Laura Wilson |
shortlisted |
|
| Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (USA) |
2000 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| |
2004 |
The Distant Echo |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| |
2005 |
Tokyo |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2005 |
First Drop |
Zoë Sharp |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2007 |
Pig Island |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2009 |
Ritual |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| Barry Award for Best Mystery Short Story (USA) |
2003 |
Rogue’s Gallery |
Robert Barnard |
winner |
|
| Best Book of 2008 by Publisher’s Weekly |
2008 |
The Ritual |
Mo Hayder |
winner |
|
| Bouchercon XIX for Best Short Story |
1987 |
Breakfast Television |
Robert Barnard |
winner |
|
| British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year |
2008 |
The Grave Tattoo |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| Carnegie Gold Medal |
1937 |
The Family From One End Street |
Eve Garnett |
winner |
|
| Cheshire Prize for Literature |
2012 |
Udumbara in Lytham St Anne’s |
Sarah Hilary |
winner |
|
| Crime Reader's Assosciation 'Dagger in the Library Award' |
2012 |
"body of work" |
Belinda Bauer |
longlisted |
|
| CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger |
2003 |
"body of work" |
Robert Barnard |
winner |
|
| |
2010 |
"body of work" |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| CWA Dagger in the Library |
2008 |
"body of work" |
Chris Simms |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2010 |
"body of work" |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2010 |
"body of work" |
Chris Simms |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2011 |
"body of work" |
Mo Hayder |
winner |
|
| |
2012 |
"body of work" |
Belinda Bauer |
shortlisted |
|
| CWA Debut Dagger |
2000 |
Demon of the Air |
Simon Levack |
winner |
|
| |
2008 |
Western Fringes |
Amer Anwar |
winner |
|
| |
2008 |
Absolution |
Caro Ramsay |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2011 |
What Hidden Lies |
Michele Rowe |
winner |
|
| CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger |
1999 |
A Little Death |
Laura Wilson |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2004 |
The Lover |
Laura Wilson |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2008 |
Stratton’s War |
Laura Wilson |
winner |
|
| |
2009 |
An Empty Death |
Laura Wilson |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2012 |
A Willing Victim |
Laura Wilson |
shortlisted |
|
| CWA Gold Dagger |
2012 |
Vengeance in Mind
|
N.J. Cooper |
longlisted |
|
| CWA Gold Dagger (Duncan Lawrie) |
2006 |
A Thousand Lies |
Laura Wilson |
shortlisted |
|
| CWA Gold Dagger (Macallan) |
1994 |
The Scold’s Bridle |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| |
1994 |
Crack Down |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
1995 |
The Mermaids Singing |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| |
1995 |
The Dark Room |
Minette Walters |
shortlisted |
|
| |
1999 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2001 |
Acid Row |
Minette Walters |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2003 |
Fox Evil |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| |
2004 |
The Lover |
Laura Wilson |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2004 |
Tokyo |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2004 |
The Torment of Others |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2004 |
The Torment of Others |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| CWA Gold Dagger ITV3 Specsavers Crime Award for Best Actress |
2009 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
Juliet Stephenson |
| CWA Gold Dagger ITV3 Specsavers Crime Award for Best Crime Novel |
2010 |
Blacklands |
Belinda Bauer |
winner |
|
| CWA Gold Dagger ITV3 Specsavers Crime Award International Crime Writer Hall of Fame |
2009 |
"body of work" |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| CWA John Creasey Dagger (Best Debut Crime Novel) |
1985 |
The Latimer Mercy |
Robert Richardson |
winner |
|
| |
1992 |
The Ice House |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| |
2005 |
Running Hot |
Dreda Say Mitchell |
winner |
|
| CWA Short Story Dagger (Macallan) |
1994 |
The Writing On the Wall and Other Stories |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2006 |
Sin of Scarlet |
Robert Barnard |
winner |
|
| |
2008 |
Provenance |
Robert Barnard |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2009 |
Served Cold |
Zoë Sharp |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2009 |
Mother’s Milk |
Chris Simms |
shortlisted |
|
| CWA Steel Dagger (Ian Fleming) |
2004 |
Tokyo |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2003 |
Nightspinners |
Lucretia Grindle |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2006 |
The Mercy Seat |
Martyn Waites |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2006 |
Pig Island |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2008 |
The Ritual |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2010 |
Gone |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| Dilys Award (USA) |
2001 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Critical Work) (USA) |
2000 |
A Suitable Job for a Woman |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Novel) (USA) |
1960 |
The Hours Before Dawn |
Celia Fremlin |
winner |
|
| |
1993 |
The Sculptress |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| |
1999 |
A Likeness in Stone |
Julia Wallis Martin |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2001 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2012 |
Gone |
Mo Hayder |
winner |
|
| Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Screenplay) (USA) |
2010 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
Patrick Harbinson |
| Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Paperback Original) (USA) |
2011 |
Ten Little Herrings |
L.C. Tyler |
nominated |
|
| Elle Magazine Crime Fiction Prize (France) |
2001 |
Acid Row |
Minette Walters |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2004 |
Tokyo |
Mo Hayder |
winner |
|
| Ellery Queen Readers’ Award for Best Story (USA) |
1987 |
The Woman in the Wardrobe |
Robert Barnard |
winner |
|
| GLBTQ Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame |
2004 |
"body of work" |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Golden Handcuffs award from British Libraries |
1994 |
"body of work" |
Robert Barnard |
winner |
|
| Grand Prix des Romans d’Adventure (France) |
1998 |
Star Struck |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Great Scot Awards |
2012 |
body of work |
Val McDermid |
nominated |
|
| International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award |
2010 |
After River |
Donna Milner |
longlisted |
|
| Lambda Literary Award for Fiction |
2001 |
Booked for Murder |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| Lichfield Prize |
1999 |
Big Fibs Little Fibs |
Joanne Simms |
shortlisted |
|
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/ Thrillers |
2001 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| |
2009 |
A Darker Domain |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| Macavity Award (Best Novel) (USA) |
1994 |
The Sculptress |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| |
2001 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Mail on Sunday Novel Competition |
1999 |
Big Fibs Little Fibs |
Joanne Simms |
winner |
|
| Man Asian Literary Prize |
2013 |
Garden of Evening Mists |
Tan Twan Eng
|
Shortlisted |
|
| Man Booker Prize |
2007 |
Gift of Rain |
Tan Twan Eng |
longlisted |
|
| |
2012 |
Garden of Evening Mists |
Tan Twan Eng |
Shortlisted |
|
| MPH - Alliance Short Story Competition |
2009 |
Some Things Will Remain |
Tan Twan Eng |
winner |
|
| Mystery and Thriller Book Club People’s Choice Award |
2004 |
The Torment of Others |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| Nero Wolfe Award |
1992 |
A Scandal in Belgravia |
Robert Barnard |
winner |
|
| New York Times Notable Book of the Year Award |
2000 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Ngaio Marsh Award |
2010 |
Containment |
Vanda Symon |
shortilsted
|
|
| |
2011 |
Blood Men |
Paul Cleave |
winner |
|
| |
2012 |
Bound
|
Vanda Symon |
finalist |
|
| |
2012 |
Collecting Cooper
|
Paul Cleave |
finalist |
|
| Pelle Rosencrantz Prize (Denmark) |
2000 |
The Shape of Snakes |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| PG Wodehouse Prize |
1989 |
In the Red |
Mark Tavener |
nominated |
|
| Portico Prize |
2006 |
The Grave Tattoo |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| |
2012 |
The Retribution |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| Prix du Polar Européen du Pont (France) |
2005 |
The Lover |
Laura Wilson |
winner |
|
| Prix SNCF du Polar Européen du Pont (France) |
2005 |
Tokyo |
Mo Hayder |
winner |
|
| Quick Reads Learners’ Favourite Award |
2006 |
Chickenfeed |
Minette Walters |
winner |
|
| Richard and Judy Book Club Picks |
2013 |
After the Fall
|
Charity Norman |
Selected |
|
| |
2012 |
Tideline |
Penny Hancock
|
Selected |
|
| Scotland Magazine Icon of Scotland |
2004 |
"body of work" |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Sherlock Award for Best Crime Novel |
2004 |
The Distant Echo |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club |
2013 |
Rubbernecker |
Belinda Bauer |
|
|
|
|
2012 |
Tideline |
Penny Hancock |
|
|
| Spoken Word Publishing Association Awards (Best Crime Novel) |
2004 |
The Distant Echo |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Stonewall Writer of the Year |
2008 |
Beneath The Bleeding |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| Svenska Deckarakademiens Prize (Sweden) |
2001 |
A Place of Execution |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the year |
2005 |
Disordered Minds |
Minette Walters |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2005 |
The Distant Echo |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2006 |
The Torment of Others |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| |
2009 |
Ritual |
Mo Hayder |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2009 |
Beneath The Bleeding |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2009 |
Savage Moon |
Chris Simms |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2013 |
Finders Keepers |
Belinda Bauer |
longlisted |
|
| WH Smith People's Choice Award for Travel Writing |
2004 |
Its Not About the Tapas |
Polly Evans |
shortlisted |
|
| WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award |
1998 |
The Wire in the Blood |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2001 |
Killing the Shadows |
Val McDermid |
shortlisted |
|
| |
2002 |
The Treatment |
Mo Hayder |
winner |
|
| World Gold Medal for Drama at the New York Television Festival |
2006 |
The Wire in the Blood |
Val McDermid |
winner |
|
| World One-Day Novel Cup |
1994 |
The Resurrection of the Body |
Maggie Hamand |
winner |
|