Daggers Drawn

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Daggers Drawn

By: Maxim Jakubowski - editor

Narrated by: Maxwell Caulfield, Gabrielle de Cuir, Justine Eyre, Alex Hyde-White, John Lee, Juliet Mills, Kate Orsini, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki

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The first Crime Writers’ Association Daggers Award retrospective, featuring 19 award-winning stories from best-selling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey, and many more!

Maxim Jakubowski has edited all the great names in crime fiction, and stories from his anthologies have won the CWA Dagger six times. Now he has collected 19 Dagger Award-winning stories in one volume, making it the first retrospective deep dive into the CWA’s archive of Dagger Award winners. Edgy, twisted, and disturbing, Daggers Drawn is visceral and thrilling collection showcasing the very best modern crime fiction has to offer.

Contributors include Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, John Harvey, Denise Mina, Julian Rathbone, Martin Edwards, Peter Lovesey, Lauren Henderson, Stella Duffy, Peter O’Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent), Danuta Reah, Cath Staincliffe, Margaret Murphy, L.C. Tyler, Phil Lovesey, Larry Beinhart, Richard Lange, and Jerry Sykes.

Maxim Jakubowski - editorMaxwell CaulfieldGabrielle de CuirJustine EyreAlex Hyde-WhiteJohn LeeJuliet MillsKate OrsiniJohn RubinsteinStefan RudnickiBlackstone Publishing

Anthologies

Anthologies & Short Stories

Crime Fiction

Fiction

Mystery

Traditional Detectives

Detective

Crime

Exciting

Short Story