If you really have to get shot, Belfast is one of the best places to do it. After twenty years of the Troubles, and after thousands of assassination attempts and punishment shootings, Belfast has trained many of the best gunshot-trauma surgeons in the world.
― Adrian McKinty
In 2005 the UK Crime Writers Association trawled through their Gold Dagger Awards and selected the Dagger of Daggers or “the best of the best” of crime fiction.
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Crime Writers Association — Dagger of Daggers
| Novel | Author | Published |
|---|---|---|
| The Mermaids Singing | Val McDermid | 1995 |
| Bones and Silence | Reginald Hill | 1990 |
| A Fatal Inversion (Review) | Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) | 1987 |
| The False Inspector Dew (Review) | Peter Lovesey | 1982 |
| Gorky Park (Review) | Martin Cruz Smith | 1981 |
| Other Paths to Glory (Review) | Anthony Price | 1974 |
| The Spy Who Came In From the Cold — Winner | John le Carré | 1963 |
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