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
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