The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award is meant to honor the Best Books of the previous calendar year. The 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards honor the Best Books of 2022.
Winners in each category will be announced at the 2023 Killer Nashville Awards Dinner on Saturday, August 19, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The complete list of all the nominated authors can be found here.
Congratulations to all the nominated authors.
2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards.
Winners were announced at Killer Nashville.
Best Action Adventure
The Pilate Scroll by M.B. Lewis
Best Attendee Action Adventure
Killers!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery by Thomas A. Burns, Jr.
Best Comedy
Big Fat F@K Up by Lawrence Allan
Best Cozy
Suitable for Framing by Lori Roberts Herbst
Best Attendee Cozy
Murder in the Master – A Chesapeake Bay Mystery by Judy L Murray
Best Historical
After Alice Fell by Kim Taylor Blakemore
Best Investigator
Girl Missing by Kate Gable
Best Attendee Investigator
10 Days: A Dee Rommel Mystery by Jule Selbo
Best Juvenile / YA
Leisha’s Song by Lynn Slaughter
Best Attendee Juvenile / YA
Leisha’s Song by Lynn Slaughter
Best Mystery
An Ambush of Widows by Jeff Abbot
Best Attending Mystery
Bluff by John De Dakis
Best Nonfiction
The Home for Friendless Children by C.L. Olsen
Best Sci-fi / Fantasy
Tomb of the Queen by Joss Walker
Best Short Story Collection / Anthology
House of Crows by Lisa Unger
Best Southern Gothic
A Curse of Silver and Blood by Kimberly A Banks
Best Attendee Southern Gothic
A Curse of Silver and Blood by Kimberly A Banks
Best Supernatural
Our Trespasses by Michael Cordel
Best Suspense
The Reunion by Kiersten Modglin
Best Attendee Suspense
The Next Wife by Kaira Rouda
Best Thriller
The General's Briefcase by Ray Collins
Best Attendee Thriller
Fallen Star: The Divine Devils Book 2 by R Weir
Hat tip: Janet Rudolph and Mystery Fanfare
The 2021 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Winners were announced at the Killer Nashville Awards Dinner.
BEST ACTION ADVENTURE
The Crow’s Nest by Richard Meredith
BEST COMEDY
Con Me Once by J. L. Delozier
BEST COZY
Rose by Any Other Name by Becki Willis
BEST HISTORICAL
The Lost Wisdom of the Magic by Susie Helme
BEST INVESTIGATOR
Within Plain Sight by Bruce Robert Coffin
BEST JUVENILE
Y.A. Irish Town by Matthew John Meagher
BEST MYSTERY
Code Gray by Benny Sims
BEST NON-FICTION
Words Whispered in Water by Andy Rosenthal
BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY
Odyssey Tale by Cody Schlegel
BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION
Couch Detective Book 2 by James Glass
BEST SUPERNATURAL
Borrowed Memories by Christine Mager Wevik
BEST SUSPENSE
Ring of Conspiracy by J. Robert Kinney
BEST THRILLER
The Divine Devils by R. Weir
