We are delighted to announce that Richard Jay Parker is on the shortlist for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award, for his debut thriller Stop Me.  The award celebrates first crime novels by previously unpublished authors and the winner will be announced on August 9th 2010.

The other shortlisted books are as follows:

Acts of Violence, by Ryan David Jahn (Pan)
Cut Short, by Leigh Russell (No Exit Press)
Martyr, by Rory Clements (John Murray)
Random, by Craig Robertson (Simon & Schuster)
Rupture, by Simon Lelic (Picador)
The Holy Thief, by William Ryan (Mantle )
The Pull of the Moon, by Diane Janes (Robinson)

For more information about the New Blood Dagger Awards and the books on the shortlist click here.