NIEA 2016 Award Finalists

Here's a new award I've not mentioned before. These are Indie awards, and there  is an entrance fee required, but I thought I'd post this list since Killer Nashville Noir: Cold-Blooded, edited by Clay Stafford is a finalist in the Anthology category. Killer Nashville is a great collection of short stories by the likes of Jeffery Deaver, Anne Perry, Donald Bain, Robert Dugoni and others. Not sure about any of the other books on this Award Finalist list, but you can make your own decisions.


NIEA (National Indie Excellence Awards) Finalists in mystery-related fields. See the entire list here.

Anthology: 
Killer Nashville Noir: Cold-Blooded, Clay Stafford, Editor, Diversion Books

Crime Fiction
Missing Mona: A Tommy Cuda Mystery Joe Klingler Cartosi LLC www.joeklingler.com
Banished Threads Kaylin McFarren CreateSpace www.kaylinmcfarren.com
Perception of Power Bruce Thomason BATJAK Publishing www.brucethomason.com
Costa Rican Reprise William Valentine Shutterplank Publishing LLC www.williamvalentine-author.info
Harry's World A. B. Patterson www.abpatterson.com.au

Legal Thriller 
Black and White Volume I of the Lincoln County Law Trilogy Jerri Blair CreateSpace

Medical Thriller 
Plagued, With Guilt Michael Jason Brandt Casus Belli Books (Independent) www.casusbellibooks.com

Mystery
Winterlight Jason Garrett Dream Big Productions, LLC www.authorjasongarrett.com
Bait and Switch, a Jessica Minton Mystery Sharon Healey-Yang Touchpoint Press www.sharonhealyyang.com
The Open Window Murder: A Jonas Lauer Mystery Jesse A. Hester Createspace
The Piltdown Picasso Robin Richards Matador www.robinrichardsauthor.co.uk
Devil's Cove Stephen G. Yanoff AuthorHouse www.stephengyanoff.com

Political Thriller
American Dictator: Changing of the Guard Rick Ainsworth VRAPublishing www.rickainsworthauthor.com
Forced Reaction Steve Allen CreateSpace
RATS Joe Klingler Cartosi LLC www.joeklingler.com
Epstein's Pancake Bjarne Rostaing St. Marks Press www.bjarnerostaing.com

Suspense 
The Eyes of Others Mikael Carlson Warrington Publishing www.mikaelcarlson.com
The After House Michael Phillip Cash CreateSpace www.michaelphillipcash.com
Witches Protection Program Michael Phillip Cash CreateSpace www.michaelphillipcash.com
Necessary Vengeance Clipper LaMotte Lamborn House Press www.clipperlamotte.com
The Lost Concerto Helaine Mario Oceanview Publishing www.halainemario.com
The NightShade Forensic Files: Under Dark Skies A.J. Scudiere Griffyn Ink www.readajs.com

Thriller 
The Eighth Day Joseph John Obsidian Dawn www.josephjohnfiction.com
The Magician D.A. Pupa Wingspan Press www.dapupa.com
Lottery: Book I Kimberly Shursen CreateSpace www.kimberlyshursen.com

True Crime 
CurbCheck Reload Zach Fortier SteeleShark Press
Better Dead Than Divorced Lukas Konandreas M.D. Hard Work Publications www.betterdeadthandivorced.com