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The Duncan Lawrie Dagger
Subcategory of Crime Writers' Association (UK)
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Notes

  • 'This award for the year's best crime novel written in English is named for its sponsor, Duncan Lawrie Private Bank. It was introduced in 2006 and replaces the gold and silver daggers. The prize consists of an ornamental dagger and 20,000 pounds...'

    Source: The Crime Writers Association website, http://www.thecwa.co.uk/
    Sighted 13/06/2007

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2007

winner y separately published work icon The Broken Shore Peter Temple , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2005 Z1207328 2005 single work novel crime (taught in 9 units)

'Joe Cashin was different once. He moved easily then; was surer and less thoughtful. But there are consequences when you've come so close to dying. For Cashin, they included a posting away from the world of Homicide to the quiet place on the coast where he grew up. Now all he has to do is play the country cop and walk the dogs. And sometimes think about how he was before.

'Then prominent local Charles Bourgoyne is bashed and left for dead. Everything seems to point to three boys from the nearby Aboriginal community; everyone seems to want it to. But Cashin is unconvinced. And as tragedy unfolds relentlessly into tragedy, he finds himself holding onto something that might be better let go.'
Source: Publisher's website (Sighted 22/8/11)
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Works About this Award

The Broken Shore Wins Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 87 no. 2 2007; (p. 5)
Aussie Title Takes UK Crime Prize Deborah Hope , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 July 2007; (p. 5)
Crime Pays as Temple Slays Competition to Seize $50,000 Dagger Julia May , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 7 July 2007; (p. 5) The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 July 2007; (p. 25)
Australian Writer Wins Crime Prize 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 July 2007; (p. 9) Peter Temple has become the first Australian author to win the world's top prize for crime writing for his novel The Broken Shore.
Betting on Victorian Dark Horse Well Versed in Dark Deeds Jason Steger , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 30 June 2007; (p. 9)
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