Deon Meyer longlisted for 2016 Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger Award

Alert! Deon Meyer has been longlisted for a prestigious Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger Award for his latest novel, Icarus.

This award is for crime novels – “defined by the broadest definition including thrillers, suspense novels and spy fiction” – not originally written in English.

To be eligible, the book must have been translated into English for UK publication during the judging period.

Meyer was shortlisted for the award in 2015 for Cobra, losing out ultimately to Camille by Pierre Lemaitre. Leif GW Persson, also on the shortlist in 2015, is back in the running this year as well.

Other awards given out by the CWA include The Goldsboro Gold Dagger, The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, The John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, as well as awards for non-fiction, short stories, debuts, historical fiction and The Dagger in the Library, for a body of work.

• More information: Crime Writers’ Association

 
2016 CWA International Dagger longlist

• The Truth and Other Lies by Sascha Arango, translated by Imogen Taylor (Simon & Schuster)
• The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne (MacLehose Press)
• Icarus by Deon Meyer, translated by K L Seegers (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Sword of Justice by Leif GW Persson, translated by Neil Smith (Doubleday)
• The Murderer in Ruins by Cay Rademacher, translated by Peter Millar (Arcadia)
• The Father by Anton Svensson, translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel (Sphere)
• The Voices Beyond by Johan Theorin, translated by Marlaine Delargy (Transworld)
• Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davis (Quercus)

 
Book details

• Icarus by Deon Meyer
  EAN: 9781473614390
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• Ikarus by Deon Meyer
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  EAN: 9780798169776
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• The Truth and Other Lies by Sascha Arango
  EAN: 9781471139727
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• The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre
  EAN: 9780857053251
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• The Sword of Justice by Leif GW Persson
  EAN: 9780857522610
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• The Murderer in Ruins by Cay Rademacher
  EAN: 9781910050484
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• The Father by Anton Svensson
  EAN: 9780751557817
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• The Voices Beyond by Johan Theorin
  EAN: 9780552777254
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• Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama
  EAN: 9781848665262
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