The Crime Thriller Awards is a British awards ceremony dedicated to crime thriller fiction. The inaugural event was held on 3 October 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, hosted by comedian and Jonathan Creek actor Alan Davies. It was televised on ITV3 on 6 October, produced by Cactus TV. The ceremony was preceded by seven weeks of crime-thriller-related programming on ITV3.
In 2009, the awards were merged with the Daggers, the awards presented by the Crime Writers' Association. A second "crime thriller season" was broadcast over six weeks on ITV3 before the awards were presented on 21 October. The 2009 ceremony was sponsored by the high street optician chain Specsavers.Allen, Katie (1 September 2009). "CWA and Cactus launch crime season ". The Bookseller.
The 2010 and 2011 awards ceremonies were presented by Marcus Brigstocke. Since 2012, Bradley Walsh has hosted the awards.
2008 awards Host: Alan Davies Ceremony date: 3 October 2008 Broadcast date: 6 October 2008
+ 2008 awardsRosser, Michael, (6 October 2008). "Morse author honoured at Crime Thriller Awards". Broadcast (Emap Media). Retrieved 7 October 2008. Film of the Year ITV3 Writer's Award for Classic TV Drama (public vote)The Bourne Ultimatum The Dark Knight Gone Baby Gone No Country for Old MenColin Dexter P. D. James Lynda La Plante Val McDermid Ian Rankin Ruth Rendell TV Crime Drama International TV Crime DramaCriminal Justice (BBC) Spooks (BBC) Ashes to Ashes (BBC) He Kills Coppers (ITV) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (BBC) Wire in the Blood (ITV)The Wire CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Miami Dexter Numb3rs Shark Best Actress Best ActorHermione Norris (Spooks) Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes) Amanda Redman (New Tricks) Kelly Reilly (He Kills Coppers) Jill Scott (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks) Philip Glenister (Ashes to Ashes) James Nesbitt (Midnight Man and Murphy's Law) Dominic West (The Wire) Ben Whishaw (Criminal Justice) Author of the Year International Author of the YearIan Rankin (Exit Music) Lee Child (Bad Luck and Trouble) Robert Harris (The Ghost) Peter James (Not Dead Enough)Stieg Larsson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Jeffery Deaver (The Sleeping Doll) Karin Slaughter (Skin Privilege) P. J. Tracy (Snow Blind) Breakthrough Author of the Year The International Crime Writing Hall of FameStuart MacBride (Broken Skin) Chelsea Cain (Heartsick) Michael Robotham (Shatter) Anne Zouroudi (The Messenger of Athens)Arthur Conan Doyle Agatha Christie P. D. James
2009 awards Host: Alan Davies Ceremony date: 21 October 2009 Broadcast date: 27 October 2009
+ 2009 awards Film of the Year ITV3 Writer's Award for Favourite Crime Genre Author (public vote)Gran Torino Changeling Public Enemies Quantum of Solace State of PlayHarlan Coben Martina Cole Dick Francis Nicci French Alexander McCall Smith TV Crime Drama International TV Crime DramaRed Riding (Channel 4 films) Ashes to Ashes (BBC) A Place of Execution (ITV) Spooks (BBC) Wallander (BBC)The Wire Dexter The Mentalist Wallander Best Actress Best ActorJuliet Stevenson (Place of Execution) Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes) Hermione Norris (Wire in the Blood)Dominic West (The Wire) Kenneth Branagh (Wallander) Philip Glenister (Ashes to Ashes) Tom Hardy (The Take) Paddy Considine (Red Riding) Gold Dagger Ian Fleming Steel DaggerWilliam Brodrick (A Whispered Name) Kate Atkinson (When Will There Be Good News?) Mark Billingham (In the Dark) Lawrence Block (Hit and Run) Matthew Hall (The Coroner) Gene Kerrigan (Dark Times in the City)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) John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger The International Crime Writing Hall of FameJohan Theorin (Echoes from The Dead) David Fuller (Sweetsmoke) James Green (Bad Catholics) Rod Madocks (No Way To Say Goodbye) Robert Rotenberg (Old City Hall) Dan Waddell (The Blood Detective)Colin Dexter Lynda La Plante Val McDermid Ian Rankin
2010 awards Host: Marcus Brigstocke
+ 2010 awards The CWA Gold Dagger The CWA Ian Fleming Steel DaggerBlacklands, (Belinda Bauer) Blood Harvest (S J Bolton) Shadowplay (Karen Campbell) The Way Home (George Pelecanos)A Loyal Spy (Simon Conway) The Dying Light (Henry Porter) Innocent (Scott Turow) Calumet City (Charlie Newton) The Gentlemen's Hour (Don Winslow) The CW John Creasey Memorial (New Blood) Dagger Film of the YearActs of Violence (Ryan David Jahn) Rupture (Simon Lelic) The Holy Thief (William Ryan) The Pull of the Moon (Diane Janes)Inception (Warner Bros.) District 9 (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Momentum Pictures) The TV Dagger The International TV DaggerSherlock, (BBC Wales/Hartswood Films/WGBH-TV for BBC One) Ashes to Ashes (series 3) (BBC Wales/Kudos/Monastic Productions) for BBC One) Luther (BBC Productions for BBC One) Wallander (series 2) (Left Bank Pictures/Yellow Bird/TKBC for BBC One)Wallander (series 2) (Yellow Bird for TV4) Damages (season 3) (Sony Pictures Television for The 101 Network) The Good Wife (season 1), (CBS Television Studios/Scott Free Productions for CBS) The Best Actress Dagger The Best Actor DaggerMaxine Peake for Criminal Justice Glenn Close for Damages Hermione Norris for Spooks Keeley Hawes for Ashes to Ashes and Identity Sue Johnston for Waking the DeadBenedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock Idris Elba for Luther Kenneth Branagh for Wallander Philip Glenister for Ashes to Ashes The Best Supporting Actress Dagger The Best Supporting Actor DaggerDervla Kirwan for The Silence Gina McKee for The Silence Saskia Reeves for Luther Sophie Okonedo for Criminal JusticeMatthew Macfadyen for Criminal Justice Laurence Fox for Lewis Rupert Graves for Sherlock Tom Hiddleston for Wallander The People's Detective DaggerFoyle Inspector Morse Hercule Poirot Jane Tennison Tom Barnaby Sherlock Holmes Charles Wycliffe Robert Lewis John Rebus Reginald Wexford Jack Frost
2011 awards Host: Marcus Brigstocke
+ 2011 awards The Film Dagger The People's Bestseller DaggerTrue Grit (Paramount Pictures) Brighton Rock (Optimum Releasing) Source Code (Summit Entertainment) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Zodiak Entertainment)Peter James David Baldacci Mark Billingham Lee Child Peter Robinson The TV Dagger The International TV DaggerCase Histories (Ruby Films for BBC One) The Shadow Line (Company Pictures/Eight Rooks Ltd/Baby Cow Productions/CinemaNX/Isle of Man Film for BBC Two) Vera (ITV Studios for ITV) Zen (Left Bank Pictures/Mediaset/Masterpiece/ZDF for BBC One)The Killing (Danmarks Radio for DR1) Boardwalk Empire (Leverage/Closest to the Hole Productions/Sikelia Productions/Cold Front Productions for HBO) Castle (ABC Studios/Beacon Pictures/Experimental Pictures for ABC) Dexter (Showtime Networks/John Goldwyn Productions/Colleton Company/The Clyde Phillips Productions for Showtime) Spiral (Son et Lumière for Canal+) The Best Actress Dagger The Best Actor DaggerSofie Gråbøl for The Killing Brenda Blethyn for Vera Sue Johnston for Waking the Dead Maxine Peake for Silk Kelly Reilly for Above Suspicion Olivia Williams for Case SensitiveIdris Elba for Luther Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire Jason Isaacs for Case Histories Lars Mikkelsen for The Killing Rufus Sewell for Zen The Best Supporting Actress Dagger The Best Supporting Actor DaggerAnn Eleonora Jørgensen for The Killing Amanda Abbington for Case Histories Tara Fitzgerald for Waking the Dead Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire Ruth Wilson for LutherRafe Spall for The Shadow Line Aidan Gillen for Thorne Bjarne Henriksen for The Killing John Lithgow for Dexter Soren Malling for The Killing The CW John Creasey Memorial (New Blood) Dagger The CWA Ian Fleming Steel DaggerBefore I Go to Sleep, (S. J. Watson) The Dead Women of Juarez, (Sam Hawken) Kiss Me Quick, (Danny Miller) The Dogs of Rome, (Conor Fitzgerald)The Lock Artist, (Steve Hamilton) Cold Rain, (Craig Smith) Before I Go to Sleep, (S. J. Watson) The Good Son (Michael Gruber) The CWA Gold DaggerCrooked Letter, (Tom Franklin) Snow Drops, (A. D. Miller) The End of the Wasp Season, (Denise Mina) The Lock Artist, (Steve Hamilton)
2012 awards Host: Bradley Walsh
+ 2012 awardsWilliams, Charlotte (24 August 2012). "CWA reveals shortlists for 2012 Crime Thriller Awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 7 September 2013.Jarossi, Robin (19 October 2012). "". Crime Time Preview. Retrieved 7 September 2013. The Film Dagger Best Detective Duo (public vote)Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal) Drive (Icon) The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) The Guard (Optimum) DI Robbie Lewis and DS James Hathaway – Lewis DCI Alan Banks and DS Annie Cabbot – DCI Banks DC Anna Travis and DCS James Langton – Above Suspicion DC Jane Scott and DC Rachel Bailey – Scott & Bailey DI Joseph Chandler and DS Ray Miles – Whitechapel DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth – Vera The TV Dagger The International TV DaggerSherlock (Hartswood Films for BBC One) Appropriate Adult (ITV Studios for ITV) Line of Duty (World Productions for BBC Two) Whitechapel (Carnival Films for ITV) Wallander (Left Bank Pictures/Yellow Bird for BBC One)The Bridge (Danmarks Radio/Sveriges Television) Boardwalk Empire (season 2) (HBO) Dexter (season 6) (Showtime Networks/John Goldwyn Productions/The Colleton Company/Clyde Phillips Productions) Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions/Showtime Productions/Cherry Pie Productions/Keshet Media Group/Fox 21) The Killing II (Arrow Films) The Best Actress Dagger The Best Actor DaggerClaire Danes for Homeland Brenda Blethyn for Vera Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing II Sofia Helin for The Bridge Maxine Peake for SilkBenedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock Kenneth Branagh for Wallander Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire Damian Lewis for Homeland Dominic West for Appropriate Adult The Best Supporting Actress Dagger The Best Supporting Actor DaggerKelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire Frances Barber for Silk Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife Sarah Smart for Wallander Una Stubbs for SherlockMartin Freeman for Sherlock Alun Armstrong for Garrow's Law Alan Cumming for The Good Wife Phil Davis for Silk and Whitechapel Laurence Fox for Lewis The CWA Gold Dagger The John Creasey New Blood DaggerThe Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker) Bereft by Chris Womersley (Quercus) Vengeance in Mind by N. J. Cooper (Simon and Schuster) The Flight by M. R. Hall (Mantle)A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam) Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne (Headline) What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright (Canongate) Good People by Ewart Hutton (Blue Door) The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger The Specsavers Bestseller DaggerA Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins) Dare Me by Megan Abbott (Picador) Reamde by Neal Stephenson (Atlantic Books) The Fear Index by Robert Harris (Hutchinson)Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs (Cornerstone) Birthdays for the Dead by Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins) The Bat by Jo Nesbø (Vintage) The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves (Pan) The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (Orion)
2013 awards Host: Bradley Walsh
+ 2013 awardsITV Press Centre (25 October 2013). "Winners unmasked at Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013 on ITV3". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 3 November 2013. The Film Dagger ITV3 Crime Thriller Living LegendsSkyfall (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures) Jack Reacher (Paramount Pictures) Killing Them Softly (The Weinstein Company) Looper (TriStar Pictures/FilmDistrict) Seven Psychopaths (Momentum Pictures)Martina Cole Wilbur Smith Harlan Coben Patricia Cornwell Frederick Forsyth Nicci French The TV Dagger The International TV DaggerBroadchurch (Kudos Film and Television for ITV) The Bletchley Circle (World Productions for ITV) The Fall (Artists Studio/BBC Northern Ireland for BBC Two/RTÉ One) Luther (BBC Drama Productions for BBC One)