Oversikt over Gold Dagger-vinnere

Gold Dagger-prisen ble innført i 1960 av den britiske Crime Writers´ Association får årets beste krimroman. Fra 1995 til 2002 het prisen ´The Macallan Gold Dagger` etter sin sponsor. I 2006 ble prisen offisielt omdøpt til ´The Duncan Lawrie Dagger`, etter som the Duncan Lawrie Bank ble prisens nye sponsor. Vinneren mottar nå 20 000 pund.
I flere år (1969-2005) ble det også utdelt en ´Silver Dagger` pris, som kan betegnes som en god toer eller ´runners-up` pris, men den har nå blitt sløyfet.
Ingen nordmenn har vunnet prisen – selv om Karin Fossum ble nominert til den i 2005 – men de nordiske landene har opplevd å stikke av med seieren to ganger: islandske Arnaldur Indridason vant den i 2005, og svenske Henning Mankell i 2001.

Her er bøkene som har vunnet Gold Dagger-prisen:
1960 Lionel Davidson: "The Night of Wenceslas"
1961 Mary Kelly: "The Spoilt Kill"
1962 Joan Fleming: "When I Grow Rich"
1963 John Le Carré: "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold"
1964 H.R.F. Keating: "The Perfect Murder"
1965 Ross MacDonald: "The Far Side of the Dollar"
1966 Lionel Davidson: "A Long Way to Shiloh"
1967 Emma Lathen: "Murder Against the Grain"
1968 Peter Dickinson: "Skin Deep"
1969 Peter Dickinson: "A Pride of Heroes"
1970 Joan Fleming: "Young Man, I Think You´re Dying"
1971 James McClure: "The Steam Pig"
1972 Eric Ambler: "The Levanter"
1973 Robert Littell: "The Defection of A.J. Lewinter"
1974 Anthony Price: "Other Paths to Glory"
1975 Nicholas Meyer: "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution"
1976 Ruth Rendell: "A Demon in My View"
1977 John Le Carré: "The Honourable Schoolboy"
1978 Lionel Davidson: "The Chelsea Murders"
1979 Dick Francis: "Whip Hand"
1980 H.R.F. Keating: "The Murder of the Maharajah"
1981 Martin Cruz Smith: "Gorky Park"
1982 Peter Lovesey: "The False Inspector Dew"
1983 John Hutton: "Accidental Crimes"
1984 B.M. Gill: "The Twelfth Juror"
1985 Paula Gosling: "Monkey Puzzle"
1986 Ruth Rendell: "Live Flesh"
1987 Barbara Vine: "A Fatal Inversion"
1988 Michael Dibdin: "Ratking"
1989 Colin Dexter: "The Wench is Dead"
1990 Reginald Hill: "Bones and Silence"
1991 Barbara Vine: "King Solomon´s Carpet"
1992 Colin Dexter: "The Way Through the Woods"
1993 Patricia Cornwell: "Cruel and Unusual"
1994 Minette Walters: "The Scold´s Bridle"
1995 Val McDermid: "The Mermaids Singing"
1996 Ben Elton: "Popcorn"
1997 Ian Rankin: "Black and Blue"
1998 James Lee Burke: "Sunset Limited"
1999 Robert Wilson: "A Small Death in Lisbon"
2000 Jonathan Lethem: "Motherless Brooklyn"
2001 Henning Mankell: "Sidetracked"
2002 José Carlos Samoza: "The Athenian Murders"
2003 Minette Walters: "Fox Evil"
2004 Sara Paretsky: "Blacklist"
2005 Arnaldur Indridason: "Silence of the Grave"
2006 Ann Cleeves: "Raven Black"

Her er ´Silver Dagger`-vinnerne, og de øvrige nominerte for Gold Dagger-prisen:
1969 Silver Dagger: Francis Clifford: "Another Way of Dying"
1970 Silver Dagger: Anthony Price: "The Labyrinth Makers"
1971 Silver Dagger: P.D. James: "Shroud for a Nightingale"
1972 Silver Dagger: Victor Canning: "The Rainbird Pattern"
1973 Silver Dagger: Gwendoline Butler: "A Coffin for Pandora"
1974 Silver Dagger: Francis Clifford: "The Grosvenor Square Goodbye"
1975 Silver Dagger: P.D. James: "The Black Tower"
1976 Silver Dagger: James McClure: "Rogue Eagle"
1977 Silver Dagger: William McIlvanney: "Laidlaw"
1978 Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey: "Waxwork"
1979 Silver Dagger: Colin Dexter: "Service of All the Dead"
1980 Silver Dagger: Ellis Peters: "Monk´s Hood"
1981 Silver Dagger: Colin Dexter: "The Dead of Jericho"
1982 Silver Dagger: S.T. Haymon: "Ritual Murder"
1983 Silver Dagger: William McIlvanney: "The Papers of Tony Vietch"
1984 Silver Dagger: Ruth Rendell: "The Tree of Hands"
1985 Silver Dagger: Dorothy Simpson: "Last Seen Alive".
Øvrige nominerte: Andrew Taylor: "Our Father´s Lies"
Jill Paton Walsh: "A Piece of Justice"
1986 Silver Dagger: P.D. James: "A Taste for Death"
1987 Silver Dagger: Liza Cody: "Under Contract"
1988 Silver Dagger: Sara Paretsky: "Toxic Shock"
1989 Silver Dagger: Desmond Lowden: "The Shadow Run"
1990 Silver Dagger: Mike Phillips: "The Late Candidate"
Øvrig nominert: John Harvey: "Lonely Hearts"
1991 Silver Dagger: Frances Fyfield: "Deep Sleep"
Øvrig nominerte: Janet Neele: "Death of a Partner"
Michael Dibdin: "Dirty Tricks"
1992 Silver Dagger: Liza Cody: "Bucket Nut"
1993 Silver Dagger: Sarah Dunant: "Fatlands"
Øvrige nominerte: Robert Richards: "The Hand of Strange Children"
Janet Neele: "Death Among the Dons"
1994 Silver Dagger: Peter Hoeg: "Miss Smilla´s Feeling for Snow"
Øvrige nominerte: Val McDermid: "Crack Down"
Sara Paretsky: "Tunnel Vision"
1995 Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey: "The Summons"
Øvrige nominerte: Elizabeth Ironside: "A Very Private Enterprise"
Minette Walters: "The Dark Room"
1996 Silver Dagger: Peter Lovesey: "Bloodhounds"
Øvrig nominert: Jessica Mann: "A Private Enquiry"
1997 Silver Dagger: Janet Evanovich: "Three to Get Deadly"
Øvrig nominert: Frank Lean: "The Reluctant Investigator"
1998 Silver Dagger: Nicholas Blincoe: "Manchester Slingback"
Øvrige nominerte: Michael Dibdin: "A Long Finish"
Geoffrey Archer: "Fire Hawk"
Reginald Hill: "On Beulah Height"
George Pelecanos: "King Suckerman"
1999 Silver Dagger: Adrian Mathews: "Vienna Blood"
Øvrige nominerte: Val McDermid: "A Place of Execution"
Ian Rankin: "Dead Souls"
Michael Connelly: "Angels Flight"
Denise Banks: "Phreak"
Frances Fyfield: "Staring at the Light"
2000 Silver Dagger: Donna Leon: "Friends in High Places"
Øvrige nominerte: James Lee Burke: "Purple Cane Road"
Elliot Pattison: "The Skull Mantra"
Lucy Wadham: "Lost"
Martin Cruz Smith: "Havana Boy"
2001 Silver Dagger: Giles Blunt: "Forty Words for Sorrow"
Øvrige nominerte: Stephen Booth: "Dancing with the Virgins"
Denise Banks: "Baby Love"
George Pelecanos: "Right as Rain"
Scott Phillips: "The Ice Harvest"
2002 Silver Dagger: James Crumley: "The Final Country"
Øvrige nominerte: Mark Billingham: "Scaredy Cat"
James Lee Burke: "Jolie Blon´s Bounce"
Michael Connelly: "City of Bones"
Minette Walters: "Acid Row"
2003 Silver Dagger: Morag Joss: "Half Broken Things"
Øvrige nominerte: Boris Akunin: "The Winter Queen"
Robert Littell: "The Company"
Carlo Lucarelli: "Almost Blue"
Robert Wilson: "The Blind Man of Seville"
2004 Silver Dagger: John Harvey: "Flesh and Blood"
Øvrige nominerte: Mo Hayder: "Tokyo"
Val McDermid: "The Torment of Others"
James W. Nichol: "Midnight Cab"
Laura Wilson: "The Lover"
2005 Silver Dagger: Barbara Nadel: "Deadly Web"
Øvrige nominerte: Karin Fossum: "Calling Out For You"
Friedrich Glauser: "In Matto´s Realm"
Carl Hiaasen: "Skinny Dip"
Fred Vargas: "Seeking Whom He May Devour"
2006 Ingen Silver Dagger pris utdelt.
Øvrige nominerte: Simon Beckett: "The Chemistry of Death"
Thomas H. Cook: "Red Leaves"
Frances Fyfield: "Safer Than Houses"
Bill James: "Wolves of Memory"
Laura Wilson: "A Thousand Lies"