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Dan Fesperman


USA flag (b.1955)

Dan Fesperman is a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and worked in its Berlin bureau during the years of civil war in former Yugoslavia, as well as in Afghanistan during the recent conflict. His first novel, Lie in the Dark, won the CWA John Creasey Award for best first crime novel in 1998.
 

Awards: Barry (2019), CWA (2003)  see all

Genres: Mystery, Thriller
 
New and upcoming books
July 2025

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Pariah
 
Series
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Claire Saylor
   Safe Houses (2018)
   The Cover Wife (2021)
   Winter Work (2022)
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Novels
   The Warlord's Son (2004)
   The Prisoner of Guantanamo (2006)
   The Amateur Spy (2007)
   The Arms Maker of Berlin (2009)
   Layover in Dubai (2010)
   The Double Game (2012)
   Unmanned (2014)
   The Letter Writer (2016)
   Pariah (2025)
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Books containing stories by Dan Fesperman
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Stop the World (2020)
Snapshots from a Pandemic
edited by
Taffy Cannon, Kate Flora, Lise McClendon and Gary Phillips

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Awards
2019 Barry Award for Best Thriller : Safe Houses
2003 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger : The Small Boat of Great Sorrows
1999 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger : Lie in the Dark

Award nominations
2023 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee) : Winter Work
2019 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : Safe Houses
2007 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Prisoner of Guantanamo
2004 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : The Warlord's Son
2004 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Small Boat of Great Sorrows
2000 Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Lie in the Dark


Dan Fesperman recommends
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The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia (2024)
Juliet Grames
"A beautiful novel, filled with riches, not the least of which are its evocative setting in the Calabrian hills, and its cast of vivid characters, large and small, who will stay with you long after you've turned the final page."
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Bay of Thieves (2024)
Megan Davis
"Spinning as relentlessly as a roulette wheel, Bay of Thieves is a vivid and an entertaining immersion into the deliciously corrupted excess of the Cote d'Azur, where even the best of intentions can fatally run aground."
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Death Notice (2018)
(Death Notice, book 1)
Zhou Haohui
"A splendid hall of mirrors that lures you headlong down its twisting passageways with a bounty of literary trap doors, hidden stairways, and hairpin turns. You’ll emerge breathless and eager for more."

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