Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2008 winner announced

Following the annual Steel Dagger Awards Dinner, which took place on Thursday 10th July, the 2008 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award winner has been announced.

The dagger and £2000 prize money are awarded for the best adventure/thriller novel in the vein of James Bond.

Tom Rob Smith - Child 44 (published by Simon & Schuster)

“This powerful debut evokes the double unthink disorientation and paranoia of the Stalinist era, while never losing sight of the more intimate story. Location and period take it a notch above the usual serial killer narrative".

Uniquely for this award, the judges have Highly Commended David Stone for The Echelon Vendetta (Penguin).

Click here for a full list of nominees.

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