2005 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger winner
Henry Porter - Brandenburg - Orion
'Set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989, Brandenburg takes the reader into the wilderness of mirrors that was Cold War international espionage. A complex, intelligent thriller by a skilful writer at the top of his game.'
Shortlist
GM Ford - A Blind Eye - Pan Macmillan
Simon Kernick - A Good Day to Die - Bantam (Transworld)
Adrian Matthews - The Apothecary's House - Pan Macmillan
Kate Mosse - Labyrinth - Orion
Henry Porter - Brandenburg - Orion
Joel Ross - Double Cross Blind - Hodder & Stoughton
Daniel Silva - A Death in Vienna - Penguin