Daggers Drawn Author:Maxim Jakubowski (Editor) NINETEEN CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CRIME FICTION — The first retrospective of the CWA’s Dagger Award winners, brings together some of the greatest names in crime fiction to deliver a cutthroat collection of serial killers, grizzled detectives, drug dealers and master forgers. — Observe as a Senior Cu... more »rator at the Tate Gallery constructs the perfect crime in Ian Rankin’s “Herbert in Motion”. Watch an unlikely romance sour into a deadly obsession in Stella Duffy’s “Martha Grace”. Face parents who discover their child has committed the unthinkable in Denise Mina’s “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit”. And in Jeffery Deaver’s “The Weekender” an intense hostage situation hits its peak in the most unlikely conclusion.
Keep your secrets close, and your daggers drawn.
Featuring: Peter O' Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent), Julian Rathbone, Larry Beinhart, Ian Rankin, Jerry Sykes, Stella Duffy, Jeffery Deaver, Peter Lovesey, Cath Staincliffe, Margaret Murphy, John Harvey, Richard Lange, L. C. Tyler, Denise Mina, Danutah Reah and Lauren Henderson.
Introduction / Maxim Jakubowski --
Swiftwing 98 / Peter O'Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent) --
Some sunny day / Julian Rathbone --
Funny story / Larry Beinhart --
Herbert in motion / Ian Rankin --
Roots / Jerry Sykes --
Martha Grace / Stella Duffy --
The weekender / Jeffery Deaver --
Needle match / Peter Lovesey --
The bookbinder's apprentice / Martin Edwards --
Homework / Phil Lovesey --
Laptop / Cath Staincliffe --
The message / Margaret Murphy --
Fedora / John Harvey --
Apocrypha / Richard Lange --
On the anatomization of an unknown man / Frans Mier --
The trials of Margaret / L.C. Tyler --
Nemo me impune lacessit / Denise Mina --
The dummies' guide to serial killing / Danuta Reah --