Annal:2000 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award for Historical Crime Novel
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Results of the Dagger Award in the year 2000. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award for Historical Crime Novel
- Mystery/Suspense books
- Mystery/Suspense authors.
Absent Friends: A Nell Bray Mystery
- 2000 Historical Dagger winner
- Score: 10.5
December 1918. The vote has been won at long last, the Great War is over and suffragette Nell Bray is standing for election. Everything seems to be falling into place for the dedicated activist. Yet, with a month to go to the first general election, Nell is still without party backing, writing desperately to friends and contacts to drum up support for her cause. Further, the former Conservative candidate has been blown up by a firework while celebrating the Armistice, his widow is certain that he’s sending her messages about his killer through a haunted piano,…
