Tuesday, July 5, 2022

2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists


2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists. Winners will be announced in August at Killer Nashville.

2022 Best Action Adventure Finalists 

Murder at Buckskin Joe / J.v.L. Bell 
Killers!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery / Thomas A. Burns, Jr. 
Castoffs of the Gods / Sonja Dewing 
The Cornmarket Conspiracy / Sharon Hoisager 
Fatal Depth / Timothy S. Johnston 
Beneath a Wrathful Sun / M. Elliot Lamb 
The Pilate Scroll / M.B. Lewis 
Came A Horseman / Paul McHugh 
Alaskan Christmas Escape / Juno Rushdan 
The Last of Her / Brent Spencer 2022 

Best Attendee Action Adventure Finalists 

Killers!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery / Thomas A. Burns, Jr. 
Castoffs of the Gods / Sonja Dewing 
The Cornmarket Conspiracy / Sharon Hoisager 

2022 Best Comedy Finalists 

Jove Brand Is Near Death / J. A. Crawford 
Is That Your Final Answer? / Philip Gibbons 
Sherlock’s Secretary / Chris Chan 
Throwing Shade / Deborah Wilde Bloodlines & Fencelines / DLS Evatt 
How To Murder a Marriage: The Ex-Whisperer Files #1 / Gabrielle St. George 
Saving La Familia / Donna Del Oro 
Valpolicella Violet / Traci Andrighetti 
Who, Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite / Charlotte Stuart 

2022 Best Cozy Finalists 

Where the Light Shines Through / Kathleen Bailey 
Dead on My Feet / Patricia Broderick 
An Embarrassment of Itches / M.K. Dean 
Time After Tyme / Kay DiBianca 
The Evening’s Amethyst / M. K. Graff 
Suitable for Framing / Lori Roberts Herbst 
The Unkindness of Ravens / M.E. Hilliard 
Muffins & Magic / Polly Holmes 
Death By Chance / Abigail Keam 
The Fog Ladies: In the Soup / Susan McCormick 
Gone Missin’ / Peggy O’Neal Peden 
Death at the Salon / Louise Rose-Innes 
Murder Worth a Thousand Words / Becki Willis 
Stitch, Bake, Die! / Lois Winston 2022 

Best Attendee Cozy Finalists 

In Search Of Sierra / Brenda Donelan 
Suitable for Framing / Lori Roberts Herbst 
Murder in the Master – A Chesapeake Bay Mystery / Judy L Murray 
Playing Possum / Lois Schmitt 
Shrimply Dead / Maggie Toussaint 
Fixation & Fraud / Cathy Tully 
Stitch, Bake, Die! / Lois Winston 

2022 Best Historical Finalists 

Heirs of Falcon Point / Traci Abramson 
Cry of the Innocent / Julie Bates 
The Turncoat’s Widow / Mally Becker 
After Alice Fell / Kim Taylor Blakemore 
The Artist Colony / Joanna FitzPatrick 
No One Must Know / Susan Frances 
Murder Under A New Moon / Abigail Keam 
The Promise of Deception / Jessica Sly 
Zebra: Friends by Fate. Enemies by Destiny / Jill Wallace 

2022 Best Investigator Finalists 

All That Fall / Kris Calvin 
The Blessed Bones / Kathryn Casey
Girl Missing / Kate Gable 
Be Mine Forever / D.K. Hood 
In the Name Of / Candace Irving 
Now & Then / Justin M. Kiska 
The Lost Dragon Murder / Michael Allan Mallory 
The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon / Marcy McCreary 
Striking Range: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery / Margaret Mizushima 
Hide in Place / Emilya Naymark 
At First Light / Barbara Nickless 
The Labyrinth / Owen Parr 
The Winter Girls / Roger Stelljes 

2022 Best Attendee Investigator Finalists 

All That Fall / Kris Calvin 
10 Days: A Dee Rommel Mystery / Jule Selbo 

2022 Best Juvenile / YA Finalists 

A Shadow on the Snow / JPC Allen 
Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 3) / Elizabeth Bunce 
What Lies Beneath / Marissa Doyle 
Rules of Falling / Leslie Tall Manning 
A Stranger From the Storm / William Burton McCormick 
Wonder Rush / Dan McKeon 
Silence Speaks: A Sonny and Breanne Mystery #4 / James Paavola 
Leisha’s Song / Lynn Slaughter 

2022 Best Attendee Juvenile / YA Finalists 

Leisha’s Song / Lynn Slaughter 
2022 Best Mystery Finalists 
An Ambush of Widows / Jeff Abbot 
Red Rabbit On The Run / Jodi Bowersox Bluff / John DeDakis 
A Killer’s Daughter / Jenna Kernan 
When Silence Screams / Mark Edward Langley 
The Dark Remains / William McIlvanney & Ian Rankin 
Spirit: An Andrea Kelley Mystery (The Archivist Book 2) / Elle Andrews Patt 
The Archivist / Rex Pickett 
The Scorpion’s Tail / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 
Grave Reservations / Cherie Priest 
The Ruthless / David Putnam 
Hunted in the Holler / Drew Strickland 
Death and Consequences, An Eastern Shore Mystery / Cheril Thomas 
The First Day of Spring / Nancy Tucker 
Bye, Buy Baby / Becki Willis 2022 

Best Attending Mystery Finalists 

The Taker / Robin Acton 
Beyond The Headlines / R.G. Belsky 
The Art of Betrayal / Connie Berry 
Prefer Death (A Matthew Paine Mystery) / Lee Clark Mainely Money / Matt Cost Bluff / John DeDakis 
Killer With Black Blood / J L Hill 
Scarlet at Crystal River / Randy Overbeck 
Murder off Route 82 / Jane Suen 
Death and Consequences, An Eastern Shore Mystery / Cheril Thomas 
Bye, Buy Baby / Becki Willis 
The Sacrifice of Lester Yates / Robin Yocum 

2022 Best Nonfiction Finalists 

Self Help Sucks. The Anti Self Help Guide to Inner Peace and Contentment / Tony Blankenship 
Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter / Chris Chan 
Chasing bin Laden: My Hunt for the World’s Most Notorious Terrorist / Barbara Janik 
The Home for Friendless Children / C.L. Olsen 
Defending a Serial Killer: The Right to Counsel / Jim Potts 

2022 Best Sci-fi / Fantasy Finalists 
Journey to the Past / Esteban Corio 
Schrodinger’s Cat / Ronald Crittenden 
Hall of Skulls / Jamie Eubanks The Last Beekeeper / Jared Gulian 
House of Bastiion / K.L. Kolarich 
Beryl Blue, Time Cop / Janet Raye Stevens 
Tomb of the Queen / Joss Walker 
Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos / Wilson Whitlow 
Missing on Orbital 4: A Jake Hemlock Adventure / Cory Wilcox 

2022 Best Short Story Collection / Anthology Finalists 

Lies Along the Mississippi / Carolyn McSparren 
House of Crows / Lisa Unger 

2022 Best Southern Gothic Finalists 

A Curse of Silver and Blood / Kimberly A Banks 
 
2022 Best Attendee Southern Gothic Finalists 

A Curse of Silver and Blood / Kimberly A Banks 

2022 Best Supernatural Finalists 

You Can’t Candle the Truth / Sarah E. Burr 
Whisper Down the Lane / Clay McLeod Chapman 
Our Trespasses / Michael Cordell 
Dead & Buried / T.K. Eldridge 
Swashbucklers / Dan Hanks 
Rovers / Richard Lange Annihilation / Kaylin McFarren 
The Ghosts of Thorwald Place / Helen Power 
A Moment After Dark / Janet Raye Stevens 
Tidepool / Nicole Willson 

2022 Best Suspense Finalists 

In Harm’s Way / Traci Abramson 
Redemption / Traci Abramson 
Nanny Needed / Georgina Cross 
Waiting for the Night Song / Julie Carrick Dalton 
Hostile Intent / Lynette Eason 
Furious: Sailing into Terror / Jeffrey James Higgins 
Rattlesnake Road / Amanda McKinney 
Redemption Road / Amanda McKinney 
The Reunion / Kiersten Modglin 
Cottonmouth: A Jessica James Mystery / Kelly Oliver 
Woman in Shadow / Carrie Stuart Parks 
Her Ocean Grave / Dana Perry 
The Next Wife / Kaira Rouda 
What Comes After / JoAnne Tompkins 
Beneath the Marigolds / Emily C. Whitson 

2022 Best Attendee Suspense Finalists 

Nanny Needed / Georgina Cross 
Hostile Intent / Lynette Eason 
Snow Kiss Cookies To Die For / Wendy Kendall 
DCYE Dangerous Games / Lynessa Layne 
Fear the Night / Dianne McCartney 
Rattlesnake Road / Amanda McKinney 
The Reunion / Kiersten Modglin 
Cottonmouth: A Jessica James Mystery / Kelly Oliver 
Her Ocean Grave / Dana Perry 
Locust Time: A Novel of Suspense / Dale T. Phillips 
A Savage Joy Luis E Rosas 
The Next Wife / Kaira Rouda 

2022 Best Thriller Finalists 

Her Name is Knight / Yasmin Angoe 
The Ambulance Chaser / Brian Cuban 
The Chaos Kind / Barry Eisler 
Devil’s Ledger / Lorraine Evanoff 
A Slow Fire Burning / Paula Hawkins 
Furious: Sailing into Terror / Jeffrey James Higgins 
56 Days / Catherine Ryan Howard 
Blink of an Eye / Iris Johansen 
The Missing Piece / John Lescroart 
Stone the Dead Crows / Carrie Magillen 
The Family Tree / Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry 
Point Option / Ian O’Connor 
The Kingdoms / Natahsa Pulley 
The Siren / Katherine St. John 
Impostor Syndrome / Kathy Wang 2022 

Best Attendee Thriller Finalists 

The Ambulance Chaser / Brian Cuban 
The Counsel of the Cunning / Steven Harms 
Angel the Assassin / Jane B Lee 
Black Label / James L’Etoile 
Nerve Attack / S. Lee Manning 
Divided States / Rick Treon 
Fallen Star: The Divine Devils Book 2 / R Weir Back To Top

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excited to be a finalist! Congratulations to all ~

Traci Hunter Abramson said...

Congrats to all the finalists! I'm so excited to be among them. Also, I just wanted to recognize my co-authors on Heirs of Falcon Point (Historical category): Sian Ann Bessey, Paige Edwards, and A.L. Sowards.

Joanna FitzPatrick said...

Hi Tracy,
Happy to share the podium with you as one of the Historical Fiction finalists with my historical mystery: The Artist Colony
I'll have to check out your novel.
Are you going to the Award Ceremony? Sounds like fun.
all my best, Joanna FitzPatrick