Annal:1982 Dagger Award for Crime Novel
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Results of the Dagger Award in the year 1982. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1982 Gold Dagger
- Score: 10.32
The year is 1921. A passionate affair between a romantic woman and her dentist has led to his wife’s murder. The lovers take flight aboard the Mauretania and the dentist takes the name of Inspector Dew, the detective who arrested the notorious Dr. Crippen. But, in a disquieting twist, when a murder occurs aboard ship the captain invites “Inspector Dew” to nvestigate. This may be Lovesey’s most ingeniously plotted mystery for which he was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger.
