2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards

2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards. Winners were announced at Killer Nashville.

Thanks, Clay Stafford, for all you do!

Best Action Adventure 

The Pilate Scroll / M.B. Lewis 

Best Attendee Action Adventure 

Killers!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery / Thomas A. Burns, Jr. 

Best Comedy

Big Fat F@K Up/Lawrence Allan

Best Cozy

Suitable for Framing / Lori Roberts Herbst 

Best Attendee Cozy 

Murder in the Master – A Chesapeake Bay Mystery / Judy L Murray 

Best Historical 

After Alice Fell / Kim Taylor Blakemore 

Best Investigator 

Girl Missing / Kate Gable 

 

Best Attendee Investigator 

10 Days: A Dee Rommel Mystery / Jule Selbo 

Best Juvenile / YA 

Leisha’s Song / Lynn Slaughter 

Best Attendee Juvenile / YA 

Leisha’s Song / Lynn Slaughter 

Best Mystery 

An Ambush of Widows / Jeff Abbot 

Best Attending Mystery 

Bluff/ John De Dakis

Best Nonfiction  

The Home for Friendless Children / C.L. Olsen 

Best Sci-fi / Fantasy 

Tomb of the Queen / Joss Walker 

Best Short Story Collection / Anthology 

House of Crows / Lisa Unger 

Best Southern Gothic 

A Curse of Silver and Blood / Kimberly A Banks 

 

Best Attendee Southern Gothic

A Curse of Silver and Blood / Kimberly A Banks 

Best Supernatural 

Our Trespasses / Michael Cordell 

Best Suspense 

The Reunion / Kiersten Modglin 

Best Attendee Suspense  

The Next Wife / Kaira Rouda 

Best Thriller 

The General's Briefcase/ Ray Collins

Best Attendee Thriller 

Fallen Star: The Divine Devils Book 2 / R Weir

SILVER FALCHION AWARD WINNERS: Killer Nashville

The 2021 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Winners were announced last night at the Killer Nashville Awards Dinner.

BEST ACTION ADVENTURE The Crow’s Nest / Richard Meredith 

BEST COMEDY Con Me Once / J. L. Delozier 

BEST COZY Rose by Any Other Name / Becki Willis 

BEST HISTORICAL The Lost Wisdom of the Magi / Susie Helme 

BEST INVESTIGATOR Within Plain Sight / Bruce Robert Coffin 

BEST JUVENILE / Y.A. Irish Town / Matthew John Meagher 

BEST MYSTERY Code Gray / Benny Sims 

BEST NONFICTION Words Whispered in Water / Sandy Rosenthal 

BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY Odyssey Tale / Cody Schlegel 

BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION Couch Detective Book 2 / James Glass 

BEST SUPERNATURAL Borrowed Memories / Christine Mager Wevik 

BEST SUSPENSE Ring of Conspiracy / J. Robert Kinney 

BEST THRILLER The Divine Devils / R. Weir

Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalists

Killer Nashville, the premier forum for all genres incorporating mystery, thriller, and suspense announced the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion finalists. The winners will be announced at the Killer Nashville Awards dinner at the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference on Saturday, August 26, in Nashville.

2016 Silver Falchion Awards Finalists

Killer Nashville (August 18-21// Nashville, Tennessee) announced the 2016 Silver Falchion Awards Finalists. Although there are 20 categories of finalists, here are two of interest to Mystery Readers. For the full list, go HERE. Winners will be announced at the Saturday, August 20, Banquet.

Best Mystery / Crime
R.G. Belsky, Shooting for the Stars
Kris Calvin, One Murder More
Kay Kendall, Rainy Day Women
BV Lawson, Dies Irae
Melinda Leigh, Minutes to Kill (A Scarlet Falls Novel)
D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key
Michael Ransom, The Ripper Gene
Linda Sands, 3 Women Walk into a Bar
K.C. Tansley, The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts
Jan Thomas & Grant Jerkins, Done in One

Best Thriller
R.G. Belsky, Shooting for the Stars
Baron R. Birtcher, Hard Latitudes
Thomas Davidson, Past is Present
Bevan Frank, The Mind of God
Debra K. Gaskill, Call Fitz
Jerry Hatchett, Unallocated Space
Melinda Leigh, Minutes to Kill (A Scarlet Falls Novel)
Michael Ransom, The Ripper Gene
M.A. Richards, Choice of Enemies
Jan Thomas & Grant Jerkins, Done in One
John Vance, Death by Mournful Numbers