2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists


Clay Stafford, the founder of the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference, announced the 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists. The 2024 Silver Falchion Awards celebrate the best books of 2023. The winners will be announced from the 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists at the Killer Nashville Awards Dinner on the final night of the conference. According to their website, “Our goal is to see this diverse range of books find their way into everyone’s library as we read the works of old friends and discover new ones.” The Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference is August 22-25, 2024.

The goal of Opening a Mystery is very similar, to introduce our readers to new authors and genres in mystery fiction. Stay tune for when they announce the winners. Now, here are the finalists.

 

2024 Silver Falchion Award Finalists

Best Action Adventure

A New Game by A.M. Adair

Siphon by Ley Esses

A Blanket of Steel by Timothy S. Johnson

Hanging the Devil by Tim Malceny

Splinter by Paul McHugh

The Warmaker: A Black Spear Novel by Benjamin Spada

Best Comedy

Downsized or Dead by S.E. Greco

Shocked by Champagne by Lucy Lakestone

Cultured by DP Lyle

Citizen Orlov by Jonathan Payne

Model Suspect by TK Sheffield

A Crafty Collage of Crime by Lois Winston

Best Cozy

Under the Cocoon Moon by Kathleen Bailey

Dumpster Dying by Michelle Bennington

Puppy Love by Mike Faricy

Naked Came the Detective by Glendall Jackson

Karma Comes in Red, A Beyond Mystery by Morgan James

Trust the Terrier: A Coral Shores Veterinary Mystery by DL Mitchell

Best Historical

Revenge at the Galliano Club by Carmen Amato

Red Flags: A Novel by Rebecca McQueen

Arsenic at Ascot, A Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Mystery by Kelly Oliver

The Sorrowful Girl by Keenan Powell

The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katherine Schellman

A Courtesan’s Secret by Nina Wachsman

Best Investigator (Includes Procedural, Serious P.I., Detective, and Noir)

When Things Fall Apart by Alan Brenham

Reflections in a Dragon’s Eye by Bradley Harper, MD

Vessels of Wrath by Thomas Holland

These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald

Standing Dead: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima

Splintered Loyalty by Mark Troy

Best Juvenile/Y.A.

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould

The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary by K.B.Jackson

A Place of Vengeance by David Lafferty

A Tall Dark Trouble by Vanessa Montalban

Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

Stateless by Elizabeth Wein

Best Literary

Brush: A Novel by Penn Anderson

The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton

Multo By Cindy Fazzi

Nemesis Rising by Adam Golob

The Salt Cutter by CJ Howell

Best Mainstream/Commercial

Stolen Diary by Kathryn Lane

Beverly Bonnefinche is Dead by Kristen Seeley

Prom Queen by Laura Wolfe

Best Mystery

Mouse in the Box by Lewis Allan

Indigo Road by Reed Bunzel

Beautiful Death by John Deal

Secrets Don’t Sink by Kate B. Jackson

BeatNiki’s Café by Renee James

The Empty Kayak by Jode Millman

Best Nonfiction

Forget It, Jake, It’s Schenectady: The True Story Behind ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ by David Bushman

Monster on the Loose by Richard Carrico

Here, Where Death Delights by Mary Jumbelic

The Climate Pandemic: How Climate Disruption Threatens Human Survival by Dennis Meredith

Saint Bloodbath by Frederick Reynolds

Finding YOUR Path to Publication: A Step-by-Step Guide by Judy Penz Sheluk

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Pilgrim-Part 1 by A. Keith Carreiro

The Confession of Hemingway Jones by Kathleen Hannon

Interface: Book One: Connection by R.K. Hillhouse

The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller by Stu Jones

Do You Believe In Magic by Jim Melvin

Darwin’s Dilemma by Don Stuart

Anthology (Awarded to Individual Author or Collection Editor)

The Black Hole Pastrami by Jeffrey Feingold

There Is No Death In Finding Nemo by Jeffrey Feingold

Paper Walls/Glass Houses by Richard Helms

Blues City Clues by Carolyn McSparren

Obsession by Multiple Authors

Hook, Line, And Sinker: The Seventh Guppy Anthology by Emily Murphy

Best Southern Gothic

Inescapable, A Novel by WB Henley

Best Supernatural

Monstera by EL Block

Personal Demons by L.R. Braden

The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas

Downpour by Christopher Hawkins

A Mother’s Torment by Xavier Poe Kane

Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons

Best Suspense

Don’t Close Your Eyes by Mary Alford

Deep Fake Double Down by Debbie Burke

Deadly Ties by Mary Keliikoa

Perspectives by Matthew Minson

Dead West by Linda L. Richards

The Rules of Thirds by Jeannee Sacken

Best Thriller

Checkout Time by John Bukowski

The Followers by Bradeigh Godfrey

The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

Implied Consent by Keenan Powell

Breaking Apart by Wanda Venters, MD and Mary Rae, MD

Kyd’s Game by Marc Rosenberg

Best Western

Reckoning by Baron Birtcher

Bladestay by Jackie Johnson

Sting of Lies by Carol Potenza

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