Annal:1992 John Creasey Memorial New Blood Dagger for a Debuting Author

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Results of the Dagger Award in the year 1992. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:

The Ice House

Minette Walters

With this stunning debut—a marvelous marriage of classic convention and contemporary sophistication—Minette Walters sets a new standard of excellence for the mystery novel.

The three women living in seclusion at an elegant Hampshire country house have long been fodder for village gossip…even whispers of a witches’ coven. So when a faceless corpse of uncertain vintage is found in the Streech Grange ice house, Chief Inspector Walsh can’t wait to make a case of it.

Lady of the manor Phoebe Maybury, still haunted by Walsh’s relentless investigation of her…

 
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