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The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Subcategory of Crime Writers' Association (UK)
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  • This daggar and the 2000 pound prize money are awarded for the best adventure/thriller in the vein of James Bond.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2021

winner y separately published work icon When She Was Good Michael Robotham , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2020 19122314 2020 single work novel thriller

'He thinks the truth will set her free. She knows it will kill them. A heart-stopping psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling author of THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS and THE OTHER WIFE

'She has secrets. Six years ago, Evie Cormac was found hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a brutal murder. But nobody has ever discovered her real name or where she came from, because everybody who tries ends up dead.

'He needs answers. Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven believes the truth will set Evie free. Ignoring her warnings, he begins to dig into her past, only to disturb a hornet's nest of corrupt and powerful people, who have been waiting to find Evie - the final witness they have been searching for. Unbeknownst to him, Cyrus is leading them straight to Evie. The truth will not set her free. It will get them killed. ' 

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