The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association for best thriller of the year. The award is sponsored by the estate of Ian Fleming.
It is given to a title that fits the broadest definition of the thriller novel; these can be set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction and/or action/ adventure stories. Ian Fleming said there was one essential criterion for a good thriller – that “one simply has to turn the pages”; this is one of the main characteristics that the judges will be looking for.
2014
Winner: Karin Slaughter, "Cop Town"
Peter Swanson, "The Kind Worth Killing"
Malcolm Mackay, "The Night the Rich Men Burned"
Patrick Hoffman, "The White Van"
Mick Herron, "Nobody Walks"
Paula Hawkins, "The Girl on the Train"
Sam Hawken, "Missing"
2013
Winner: Roger Hobbs, Ghostman
Stuart Neville, Ratlines
Mark Oldfield, The Sentinel
Robert Wilson, Capitial Punishment
2012
Winner: Charles Cumming, A Foreign Country
Megan Abbott, Dare Me
Robert Harris, The Fear Index
Neal Stephenson, Reamde
2011
Winner: Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist
Michael Gruber, The Good Son
Craig Smith, Cold Rain
S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep
2010
Winner: Simon Conway, A Loyal Spy
Scott Turow, Innocent
Henry Porter, The Dying Light
Don Winslow, The Gentlemen’s Hour
Lee Child, 61 Hours
Mo Hayder, Gone
Mike Herron, Slow Horses
2009
Winner: John Hart, The Last Child
Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict
Gillian Flynn, Dark Places
Charlie Newton, Calumet City
Daniel Silva, Moscow Rules
Olen Steinhauer, The Tourist
Andrew Williams, The Interrogator
2008
Winner: Tom Rob Smith, Child 44
Mo Hayder, Ritual
Gregg Hurwitz, I See You
Michael Robotham, Shatter
David Stone, The Echelon Vendetta
2007
Winner: Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects
Alex Berenson, The Faithful Spy
Harlan Coben, The Woods
R. J. Ellory, City of Lies
Michael Marshall, The Intruders
Michael Robotham, The Night Ferry
Karin Slaughter, Triptych
2006
Winner: Nick Stone, Mr Clarinet
Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer
Jo-Ann Goodwin, Sweet Gum
Mo Hayder, Pig Island
Daniel Silva, The English Assassin
Martyn Waites, The Mercy Seat
David Wolstencroft, Contact Zero
2005
Winner: Henry Porter, Brandenburg
G. M. Ford, A Blind Eye
Simon Kernick, A Good Day to Die
Adrian Matthews, The Apothecary's House
Kate Mosse, Labyrinth
Joel Ross, Double Cross Blind
Daniel Silva, A Death in Vienna
2004
Winner: Jeffery Deaver, Garden of Beasts
Dan Fesperman, The Warlord's Son
Joseph Finder, Paranoia
Mo Hayder, Tokyo
Stephen Leather, Hard Landing
Adrian McKinty, Dead I Well May Be
Daniel Silva, The Confessor
2003
Winner: Dan Fesperman, The Small Boat of Great Sorrows
Lee Child, Persuader
R. J. Ellory, Candlemoth
Lucretia Grindle, The Nightspinners
Robert Littell, The Company
Henry Porter, Empire State
Gerald Seymour, Traitor's Kiss
2002
Winner: John Creed, The Sirius Crossing
Tom Bradby, The Master of Rain
Lee Child, Without Fail
Robert Crais, Hostage
Leif Davidsen, Lime's Photograph
CC Humphreys, The French Executioner
Stephen Leather, Tango One
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