About the awards

ITV3's perfect crime

The glittering, star-studded Crime Thriller Awards are the culmination of a momentous Crime Thriller Awards Season on ITV3.

Take a look at the other Crime Thriller Awards categories below:

• The CWA Gold Dagger for the best Crime Novel of the year.
 
• The CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger – for first books by previously unpublished writers, awarded in memory of CWA founder John Creasey.

• The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – for the year’s best thriller.

• ITV3 Bestsellers Dagger sponsored by Specsavers – voted for by ITV3 viewers

• The Hall of Fame – honouring the achievements of the genre’s greatest exponents, past and present.

• The Film Dagger – for the best big-screen crime thriller story.

• The TV Dagger – for the best small-screen crime thriller drama.

• The International TV Dagger – for the best TV crime thriller drama from around the world.

• The Best Actress Dagger – for the female star of a crime thriller drama.

• The Best Actor Dagger - for the male star of a crime thriller drama.