2004 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger winner
Jeffery Deaver - Garden of Beasts - Hodder & Stoughton
'Cat and mouse chase through Berlin in the run up to the 1936 Olympics. Evocative of the period, unrelenting pace with a tension that never lets up. This is a new departure for Deaver which keeps his trademark twists. A real page-turner.'
Shortlist
Jeffery Deaver - Garden of Beasts - Hodder & Stoughton
Dan Fesperman - The Warlord's Son - Bantam (Transworld)
Joseph Finder - Paranoia - Orion
Mo Hayder - Tokyo - Bantam (Transworld)
Stephen Leather - Hard Landing - Hodder & Stoughton
Adrian McKinty - Dead I well may be - Serpent's Tail
Daniel Silva - The Confessor - Penguin