Friday, July 19, 2019

2019 KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARD FINALISTS


Action Adventure
Baron Birtcher Fistful of Rain
Linda Sands Precious Cargo
Robert Slayton Running to Graceland
Mary Ting ISAN
Jill Wallace War Serenade

Cozy
Traci Andrighetti Campari Crimson
L.A. Chandler The Gold Pawn
Phyllis Gobbell Treachery in Tuscany
Morgan James Quiet Fury
Jill Orr The Bad Break

Juvenile/Y.A.
Allison McMahan Scream & Scream Again
Julianne Lynch Beneath the Lighthouse
Ted Neill Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
Lynn Slaughter It Should Have Been You
Alexandrea Weis Death by the River

Mystery
Delphine Boswell Unholy Secret
Larry Enmon The Burial Place
Allan Eskens The Shadows We Hide
Mike Faricy Star Struck
Alexia Gordon Killing in C Sharp
Bradley Harper A Knife in the Fog
Roger Johns River of Secrets
Ann Parker A Dying Note
Keenan Powell Deadly Solution
Cindy Sample Dying for a Deal

Non-Fiction
Leslie Klinger Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s
Ted Neill Two Years of Wonder
Ted NeillFinding St. Lo: A Memoir of War & Family
Adam Plantinga Police Craft
Gretchen Rose Dancing with the Devil

Procedural
Bruce Robert Coffin Beyond the Truth
James Doherty An Obscure Grave
Amanda Feyerbend Girls of Summer
Margaret Mizushima Burning Ridge: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery
Saralyn Richard Murder in the One Percent

Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror
Dana Chamblee Carpenter Book of the Just
Elizabeth Isaacs The Scythian Trials
Julianne Lynch Beneath the Lighthouse
Morgan Smith The Shades of Winter
Maggie Toussaint Confound It

Short Stories
Carmen Amato The Artist
Marianne Donley Untethered: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of the Paranormal
Rhonda Gilliland Cooked to Death III: Hell for the Holidays
Leslie Klinger For the Sake of the Game
Jane Suen Alterations Trilogy

Suspense
Mary Coley Chrysalis: A Race to Death
Rea Frey Not Her Daughter
D.E. Funk Silent Rage
Debra K. Gaskill Toxic Fitz
A.H. Gilbert For Sissy
P.D. HaltWhen Death Imitates Art
Tikiri Herath Abducted
Katherine Johnson Grit & Granite
Kelly Oliver Jackal
Lori Roberts Where the Sweetgrass Grows

Thriller
R.G. Belsky Yesterday's News
Timothy S. JohnstonThe War Beneath
Thomas Kelso Fractured
Michael Niemann Illegal Holdings
T.J. O'Conner The Consultant
Rick Outzen City of Grudges
Eliot Parker A Knife's Edge
Charley Pearson Scourge
Rick Pullen Naked Truth
Dana J. Summers The Dark and the Dead

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The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award began as a way to recognize Killer Nashville attendees and has since grown worldwide into an industry-coveted prize. The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award continues to have NO ENTRY FEE for conference attendees. Since 2008, the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards have recognized the best stories from the previous year told through various media utilizing the elements of mystery, thriller, and/or suspense. Judges are professional writers, book reviewers, librarians, academics, and—in specialized cases—specific industry peers. Focus is on quality, not popularity.

1 comment:

JIM DOHERTY said...

Thanks for posting this, Janet!

JIM