On July 30, Clay Stafford announced the Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Award nominees. The Silver Falchion Awards are handed out at the Killer Nashville Conference to recognize and honor the Best Book published in the previous year. The books are chosen by how they incorporate the elements of mystery, thriller, and suspense.
The awards will be given out on August 21 at their Awards Dinner. You can find a link to the finalists here.
The finalists were placed in the following categories: Best Action Adventure, Best Comedy, Best historical, Best Investigator, Best Juvenile/YA, Best Mystery, Best Nonfiction, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Best Short Story Collection/Anthology, Best Supernatural, Best Suspense, and Best Thriller.
Author’s note: A falchion is a one-handed, single-edged sword similar to a machete. They were used as early as the thirteenth century.