Killer Nashville and the 2024 Silver Falchion Awards


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The 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award winners were announced at the Killer Nashville Awards Dinner August 23. This was my fourth or fifth Killer Nashville, and as always, I had a great time.

The opportunity to meet and talk with other writers is a great source of encouragement and instruction for any writer.  Clay Stafford, the founder of Killer Nashville, does such a bang-up job of interviewing the guests of honor that you feel like you’ve known them for years. If you ask me, Killer Nashville is a resource that any writer ought to explore.

The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards seeks to discover and honor the best books of the previous year that incorporate the elements of mystery, thriller, suspense, action, and romance. For nonfiction, the award goes to books applicable to writers in general.

The awards are chosen by a team of selected judges. Click here for a list of finalists. The winners of the 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award winners are:

Best Book of 2023

Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons

Best Action Adventure

Hanging the Devil by Tim Maleeny

Best Comedy

A Crafty Collage of Crime by Lois Winston

Best Cozy

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

Best Historical

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

Best Investigator

Vessels of Wrath by Thomas Holland

Best Juvenile/YA

When Echoes Die by Courtney Gould

Best Literary

Brush: A Novel by Penn Anderson

Best Mainstream/Commercial

Prom Queen by Laura Wolfe

Best Mystery

Indigo Road by Reed Bunzel

Best Nonfiction

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

Best Sci-Fi /Fantasy

The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller by Stu Jones

Best Short Story Collection/Anthology

Paper Walls/Glass House by Richard Helms

Best Southern Gothic

Inescapable, A Novel by WB Henley

Best Supernatural

Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons

Best Suspense

The Rule of Thirds by Jeannee  Sacken

Best Thriller

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

Best Western

Reckoning by Baron Birtcher

 

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