Annal:1993 Dagger Award for Crime Novel
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Results of the Dagger Award in the year 1993. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Cruel and Unusual: A Dr. Kay Scarpetta Mystery
- 1993 Gold Dagger
- Score: 10.43
When convicted killer RonnieJoe Waddell is executed in Virginia’s electric chair, he becomes what shouldbe a routine postmortem case for Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.But after Waddell’s execution, the murders continue, as everyone connectedto him begins to die—including a member of Scarpetta’s staff.
Then, when crucial records disappear from her files, Scarpetta comes underfire for incompetence. Caught in a web of political intrigue, betrayed bythose she trusted, Scarpetta must fight to free herself from murderous insinuations—and threats to her…
Fatlands: A Hannah Wolfe Crime Novel
- 1993 Silver Dagger
- Score: 8.43
In Fatlands, private investigator Hannah Wolfe, who’s independent though not invincible, idealistic but definitely not naive, has taken on one of the less glamorous jobs in the security world—chaperoning teenage rebel Mattie Shepherd around London. But Mattie’s father is paying Hannah lots of money—more than the job is worth, it seems. Or perhaps not. The girl’s father is on the Animal Liberation Front’s hit list. But why? When violence explodes, tearing the family apart, this is what Hannah must discover. Her obsession with the truth nearly kills her,…
