CWA New Blood Dagger

Winners

• 1973 – Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me
• 1974 – Roger L. Simon, The Big Fix
• 1975 – Sara George, Acid Drop
• 1976 – Patrick Alexander, Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal
• 1977 – Jonathan Gash, The Judas Pair
• 1978 – Paula Gosling, A Running Duck
• 1979 – David Serafin, Saturday of Glory
• 1980 – Liza Cody, Dupe
• 1981 – James Leigh, The Ludi Victory
• 1982 – Eric Wright, The Night the Gods Smiled'
• 1983 – Carol Clemeau, The Ariadne Clue
• 1984 – Elizabeth Ironside, A Very Private Enterprise
• 1985 – Robert Richards, The Latimer Mercy
• 1986 – Neville Steed, Tinplate
• 1987 – Denis Kilcommons, Dark Apostle
• 1988 – Janet Neel, Death's Bright Angel
• 1989 – Annette Roome, A Real Shot in the Arm
• 1990 – Patricia Cornwell, Postmortem
• 1991 – Walter Mosley, Devil in a Blue Dress
• 1992 – Minette Walters, The Ice House
• 1993 – no award
• 1994 – Doug J. Swanson, Big Town
• 1995 – Janet Evanovich, One for the Money; Laurie R. King, A Grave Talent
• 1996 – no award
• 1997 – Paul Johnston, Body Politic
• 1998 – Denise Mina, Garnethill
• 1999 – Dan Fesperman, Lie in the Dark
• 2000 – Boston Teran, God Is a Bullet
• 2001 – Susanna Jones, The Earthquake Bird
• 2002 – Louise Welsh, The Cutting Room
• 2003 – William Landay, Mission Flats
• 2004 – Mark Mills, Amagansett
• 2005 – Dreda Say Mitchell, Running Hot
• 2006 – Louise Penny, Still Life
• 2007 – Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects
• 2008 – Matt Rees, The Bethlehem Murders
• 2009 – Johan Theorin, Echoes from the Dead
• 2010 – Ryan David Jahn, Acts of Violence
• 2011 – S. J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep
• 2012 – Wiley Cash, A Land More Kind than Home
• 2013 – Derek B. Miller, Norwegian by Night
• 2014 – Ray Celestin, The Axeman's Jazz
• 2015 – Smith Henderson, Fourth of July
• 2016 – Bill Beverly, Dodgers
• 2017 – Chris Whitaker, Tall Oaks
• 2018 – Melissa Scrivner Love, Lola
• 2019 – Chris Hammer, Scrublands''