Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2010 finalists announced

The finalists for the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2010, held in partnership with the Crime Writers' Association, Cactus TV, and ITV3 have been announced as a retail campaign is rolled out including posters and stickered books, and trailers on ITV1 and ITV3. The winners will be announced on 8 October at a ceremony broadcast on ITV3 on 12 October. The finalists:

CWA GOLD DAGGER 2010

Blacklands Belinda Bauer (Corgi/Transworld)
Blood Harvest S J Bolton (Bantam Press/Transworld)
Shadowplay Karen Campbell (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Way Home George Pelecanos (Orion)

CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2010, SPONSORED BY IAN FLEMING PUBLICATIONS LTD

A Loyal Spy Simon Conway (Hodder & Stoughton)
Innocent Scott Turow (Mantle)
The Dying Light Henry Porter (Orion)
The Gentlemen's Hour Don Winslow (Heinemann/Random House)

CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER 2010

Acts of Violence Ryan David Jahn (Macmillan New Writing)
Rupture Simon Lelic (Picador)
The Holy Thief William Ryan (Mantle)
The Pull of the Moon Diane Janes (Constable & Robinson)