CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger
- Belinda Bauer – Rubbernecker
- Lauren Beukes – The Shining Girls
- Mick Herron – Dead Lions *WINNER*
- Becky Masterman – Rage Against the Dying
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
- Roger Hobbs – Ghostman *WINNER*
- Stuart Neville – Ratlines
- Mark Oldfield – The Sentinel
- Robert Wilson – Capital Punishment
CWA John Creasey Dagger
- Hanna Jameson – Something You Are
- Malcolm Mackay – The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter
- Derek B. Miller – Norwegian by Night *WINNER*
- Thomas Mogford – Shadow of the Rock