2007 Dashiell Hammett Award

On October 14, 2007, the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers (NAIBA) announced the winner of their annual Hammett Prize for work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing.  THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO by Dan Fesperman (Knopf) was selected by a group of three distinguished judges among five finalists, which were nominated from among the hundreds of crime novels published in 2006.  These nominees included GHOST DANCER: A Thriller by John Case (Ballantine), DARK COMPANION BY Jim Nisbet (Dennis McMillan), THE CRIMES OF JORDAN WISE: A Novel by Bill Pronzini (Walker), and FOUR KINDS OF RAIN by Robert Ward (St. Martin's).

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