Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Readers' Choice Award

Covert Ops / Traci Abramson

From an Unknown Sender / Traci Abramson & Sian Bessey

Unseen / Traci Abramson 

Worlds Collide / Traci Abramson 

A New Game / A.M. Adair

Murder in the Choir Loft / Michael Adam 

Cinderwild / Coranna Adams

Second Term / J.M. Adams 

Bones & Bloodlines / Laurie Alberswerth

In the Key of Dead: A Miami Music Mystery / Zaida Alfaro

Don’t Close Your Eyes / Mary Alford

Big F@!king Deal / Lawrence Allan

Mouse in the Box / Lewis Allan 

Sly Fox Hollow / Brett Allen 

Whiskey Secrets / Joy Allyson 

The Street Between the Pines / J.J. Alo 

Revenge at the Galliano Club / Carmen Amato 

Brush: A Novel / Penn Anderson 

Three Strides Out: A Horse Show Novel of Suspense / V.S. Anderson 

Fraidy Hole / Staci Andrea 

Blind Mice Bite: A Matt Loose Mystery / Elle Andrews Patt 

Wraith: An Andrea Kelley Mystery / Elle Andrews Patt 

Lit - Ascent / Mark Anthony 

Extreme Vetting: A Thriller / Roxana Arama 

A Tryst in Paris, A Time Travel Romance / Anne Armistead 

Harvest of a Down / Vladislav Avditskiy 

Under the Cocoon Moon / Kathleen Bailey 

Gamble of Hearts / Virginia Barlow 

Parallel Secrets / ML Barrs

Heir to Murder / Tony Bassett 

Rise to Rebellion / Julie Bates 

Living Secrets: A Thriller / S.F. Baumgartner 

Dumpster Dying / Michelle Bennington 

A Welcome Reunion / Lucinda Berry 

Reckoning / Baron Birtcher 

The Horoscope Writer / Ash Bishop 

The Price of Rebellion / Michael Bland 

Poster Girl: A Jane Benjamin Novel / Shelley Blanton-Stroud 

Monstera / EL Block 

4:3:2:1:00 - Countdown to Death Day / Lee Bongiorni 

The File / Gary Born 

Edge of Reality / D.M. Bourgeois 

Time Agents: Complications / Jodi Bowersox 

Personal Demons / L.R. Braden 

The Resurrectionists / Stephanie M. Braun 

Once Upon A Crime / Alan Brenham 

When Things Fall Apart / Alan Brenham 

Every Silent Thing / Alan Brenham 

The Vulture Fund / Jeff Buick 

Checkout Time / John Bukowski 

Sea of Red / James Bultema 

Greenwich Mean Time / Reed Bunzel 

Indigo Road / Reed Bunzel 

Deep Fake Double Down / Debbie Burke 

Watermelon Tattoo / Tony Burnett 

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: Ten Steps from Baker Street / Thomas Burns

#TagMe for Murder / Sarah E. Burr 

Over My Dead Blog / Sarah E. Burr 

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

The Girl from Wudang / PJ Caldas 

The Angel of Thunder Rock / Russell Camp 

The Pilgrim - Part I / A. Keith Carreiro 

The Last Beekeeper / Julie Carrick Dalton 

Monster on the Loose / Richard Carrico 

A Traitor’s Confession / Palmer Carroll 

Angel Falls / Kathryn Casey 

Ghosting My Friend / Chris Chan 

Nessie’s Nemesis / Chris Chan 

What the Monkey Saw / Lynn Chandler Willis 

A Skeleton in Bone Creek / Baer Charlton 

Artifacts of An Ex / Jennifer Chen 

Play the Fool / Lina Chern 

Hunterland / Dana Claire 

Malice Aforethought: A True Story of the Shocking Double Crime That Horrified Nineteenth-Century New England / Avree Clark 

Iced / Lee Clark 

Kaleidoscope of Secrets / Sandy Clements 

Ultimate Trust / Susan Cochran 

Murder at Ferry Creek / G.A. Cockerham 

Motive for Murder / Ray Collins 

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord / Celeste Connally

Monstrilio / Gerardo Sámano Córdova

King Me / J.A. Crawford 

One Night / Georgina Cross 

In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child / Kim Cross 

Came A Creature / David Dalessandro 

South Toward Horn / Wes Dannreuther 

Muddled Matrimonial Murder / Kim Davis 

Cobalt: Rise and Fall of the Great Reset / Travis Davis 

Beautiful Death / John Deal 

Holiday Spirit / John DeGuire 

Ash Like Vengeance (The Revere Trilogy #2) / J.L. Delavega 

Undercover Lies / Donna Del Oro

Cross Roads / Tracey Devlyn 

Lacey’s Star / Kay DiBianca 

Hunting the Truth / Kathleen Donnelly 

Scorched Grace / Margot Douaihy

No Time to Breathe / Lori Duffy Foster 

The Paleontologist / Luke Dumas 

Murder at the Royal Albert / Gerald Elias 

A Wealth of Deception / Trish Esden 

Siphon / Ley Esses 

A Crown of Ash & Silver / B.C. FaJohn 

Puppy Love / Mike Faricy 

The Collector / Mike Faricy 

Multo / Cindy Fazzi 

The Black Hole Pastrami / Jeffrey Feingold 

There is No Death in Finding Nemo / Jeffrey Feingold 

Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys / D.M.S. Fick 

Murder at the Summit: A Blake Sisters Travel Mystery / Carter Fielding 

Father Figure / Dan B. Fierce 

Girl on Trial / Kathleen Fine 

The Last Thing Claire Wanted / Karin Fitz Sanford 

Ghosted / Helen Foster 

Murder in the Cemetery / Shirley B. Garrett

The Enigma Code (Jade Weekes Book 2) / Judith Gains 

Rain Falling on Embers / Liana Gardner 

Love Lost Adventure: The Lie / Roseann Gargiulo 

Hunting Fitz / Debra Gaskill

The Nest / Hal Glatzer

Ralph & Murray / Rick Glaze 

Notorious in Nashville / Phyllis Gobbell 

Into the Fog / Michelle Godard-Richer

The Followers / Bradeigh Godfrey 

Nemesis Rising / Adam Golob 

Where Echoes Die / Courtney Gould

Hidden: The Unsolved Mystery of Sarah Mumford / Michelle Graff 

Black Cordite, White Snow / Nate Granzow 

Downsized or Dead / S.E. Greco 

This Side of Dark / Caren Hahn 

The Broken Sister / Leigh M. Hall 

The Desperation of Marla Adams / Patrick Hanford

Where Darkness Blooms / Andrea Hannah 

The Confession of Hemingway Jones / Kathleen Hannon 

Dunleavy / Mark Hannon 

Reflections in a Dragon’s Eye / Bradley Harper MD

Death Pulls the Strings / Elle Hartford 

Downpour / Christopher Hawkins 

The Things That Stay True / Peter Hayes 

Sons and Brothers / Kim Hays 

Paper Walls / Glass Houses / Richard Helms 

Vicar Brekonridge / Richard Helms 

Inescapable, A Novel / WB Henley 

Murder in the Bluegrass / Sasscer Hill 

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

Mirov / David Hoke 

Vessels of Wrath / Thomas Holland 

Their Angel’s Cry / Shannon Hollinger 

Cupcakes and Cauldrons / Polly Holmes 

Summer People / Sara Hosey 

The Salt Cutter / CJ Howell 

Cherokee Rose / James Humphrey 

Deputy #714 Is Down / Christine Husom 

The Smoking Gun In Music City / Gerry Hyder 

A Counterfeit of Death - Murial Robertson 3 / Sarah Ickes 

Beneath the Bones / Candace Irving 

Invisible Wounds / Candace Irving 

Naked Came the Detective / Glendall Jackson 

The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary / K.B. Jackson 

Secrets Don’t Sink / Kate B. Jackson 

The Woodkin / Alexander James 

Karma Comes in Red, A Beyond Mystery / Morgan James 

BeatNikki’s Cafe / Renee James 

Broker of Lies / Steven James 

Hard Rain / Samantha Jayne Allen 

Mourning Bay / Kay Jennings 

Crash Site / A.C. Jett

Moonglow Road / CJ Johnson 

Bladestay / Jackie Johnson 

The Moonshine Messiah / Russell Johnson 

Missing Clarissa / Ripley Jones 

The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller / Stu Jones 

Here, Where Death Delights / Mary Jumbelic 

The Greedy Three / Karen Katchur 

Pups, Pumpkins and Murder / Syrl Kazlo 

Deadly Tides / Mary Keliikoa 

Man-Killer / Lawrence Kelter 

Ten Stories That Worried My Mother / Winona Kent 

The Salty Iguana / Bill King 

Fact & Fiction / Justin M. Kiska 

Murder on the Books / Christine Knapp 

Bloodbank / Chris Knopf 

Create Destruction Phase: I / Ryan Kovacs 

A Place of Vengeance / David Lafferty 

Shocked by Champagne / Lucy Lakestone

The Black Spanish Flower / Ernest Lancaster 

Stolen Diary / Kathryn Lane 

Blood Influence - Apostasy / I.C. Lawrance 

Hitman’s Girl / Lynessa Layne 

Point Blank / Lynessa Layne 

Cynthia the Enforcer / Jane Lee 

A Woman’s Vengeance / Jane B. Lee

Above it All / Heather Leigh 

The Table by the Window / Paul Leon 

Face of Greed / James L’Etoile 

The Symbolist / Kathleen Lopez 

A Killer App, An HOA Mystery / Linda Lovely 

The Darkness Surrounds Us / Gail Lukasik 

Cultured / DP Lyle 

Death Takes A Fall: A Cotswold Crimes Mystery / Sharon Lynn 

Hanging The Devil / Tim Maleeny 

Lest She Forget / Lisa Malice 

Relentless / Michael Maloof 

Dauntless Transgressions: New Jersey / Dex Marick 

The School of Homer / Alexander Marriott

Farmerville Episode 1: Till Those Cows Comes Home / Marty Martin 

The Fog Ladies: Date with Death / Susan McCormick 

Final Cut / Marjorie McCown 

The Murder of Madison Garcia / Marcy McCreary 

These Still Black Waters / Christina McDonald 

The Forget-Me-Knot / Richard F. McGonegal 

Splinter / Paul McHugh 

The Unexpected Hostage / Allison McKenzie 

Pieces of Me / Kate McLaughlin 

Red Flags: A Novel / Rebecca McQueen 

Blues City Clues / Carolyn McSparren 

Do You Believe in Magic? / Jim Melvin 

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

Paradise is Deadly - Gripping Tales from Florida’s Gulf Coast / Teresa Michael 

The Empty Kayak / Jode Millman 

Perspectives / Matthew Minson 

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

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

A Tall Dark Trouble / Vanessa Montalban 

When You Read This I’ll Be Gone / Anne Moose 

Hook, Line, and Sinker: The Seventh Guppy Anthology / Emily Murphy 

Peril in the Pool House - A Chesapeake Bay Mystery / Judy L. Murray 

An Itch for Danger / Christa Nardi 

The Dead Certain Doubt: An Ed Earl Burch Novel / Jim Nesbitt

Pathside Predator/ Christine Noyes 

The Brisling Code / J.L. Oakley 

The Hemingway Deception / TJ O’Connor 

Arsenic At Ascot, A Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Mystery / Kelly Oliver 

Claw Heart Mountain / David Oppegaard 

The Wayward Target / Susan Ouellette 

Cruel Lessons / Randy Overbeck 

Hollywood / Howard Owen 

Murder You Wrote: An Interactive Mystery / L.J.M. Owen 

Alphas and Auras: A Sonny and Breanne Mystery #5 / James Paavola 

A Seed for Murder / Owen Parr

When the House Burns Down / Priscilla Paton 

Citizen Orlov / Jonathan Payne 

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

Self-publishing: The Ins & Outs of Going Indie / Judy Penz Sheluk 

In Her Sights / Linda Petrilli Duncan 

A Mother’s Torment / Xavier Poe Kane 

Broken Hearts & Other Horrors / Xavier Poe Kane

Awaken the Dawn / Ellis K. Popa 

Sting of Lies / Carol Potenza 

Pierce the Darkness / Nannette Potter 

Implied Consent / Keenan Powell 

The Sorrowful Girl / Keenan Powell 

Dead Men Don’t Retire (A Spirit of the Law Mystery) / Lolli Powell 

Phantom / Helen Power

First Casualty / A.W. Powers 

Ashes to Ashes / Mindy Quigley 

Backstabbed on Broadway / Carolyn Quinn

Ghost Tamer / Meredith R. Lyons 

Breaking Apart / Mary Rae 

Rising Ashes: A Tried & True Novel / Charli Rahe 

Up Jumped the Devil - A Crescent City NOLA Mystery / Martha Reed 

Flip or Flop, Murder House / Lynda Rees

Fresh Starts, Dirty Money / Lynda Rees 

Saint Bloodbath / Frederick Reynolds 

FounderLand / Michael Richards

Dead West / Linda L. Richards 

Murder in Fourth Position / Lori Robbins 

Sing a Song of Murder / Lori Roberts 

Negative Reaction / Lori Roberts Herbst 

You Shouldn’t Have Come Here / Jeneva Rose 

KYD’S GAME / Marc Rosenberg 

Playing Dead / Peggy Rothschild 

Coded to Kill / Marschall Runge 

The Trap / Catherine Ryan Howard 

The Muck / John Ryland 

Float the Boat / Mark S. Ehrlich 

A Blanket of Steel / Timothy S. Johnston 

The Rule of Thirds / Jeannee Sacken 

Dying for a Decoration / Cindy Sample 

The Last Drop of Hemlock / Katherine Schellman 

Immortality: A Love Story / Dana Schwartz 

Beverly Bonnefinche is Dead / Kristen Seeley 

Fishing, Festivities & Fatalities / Mary Seifert 

Shadow State / Frank Sennett 

The Dollmaker / Morgan Shamy 

A Change in Destiny, Dark Choices / Janet K. Shawgo 

Model Suspect / TK Sheffield 

Finally Free: A Surrender to Authenticity / Seth Showalter 

The Centre / Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 

Murderous Means / Lida Sideris 

The Ocean Above Me / Kevin Sites 

The Family Tree / William Skeehan 

Never Doubt Nadine / Roger Skrypczak 

Missed Cue / Lynn Slaughter 

The Art of Misdirection / Jessica Sly 

The Warmaker: A Black Spear Novel / Benjamin Spada 

Snap Decision / Holly Spofford 

A Deadly Game / Laraine Stephens 

We’re All Lying / Marie Still 

With A Twist A Murder on the Rocks Mystery / Cathi Stoler 

A Cop’s Son: One G-Man’s Fight Against Jihad, Global Fraud and the Cartels / Kenneth Strange 

Shadow Sanction / Steve Stratton 

Last Minute Guest / Drew Strickland 

Secrets in the Squalor / Drew Strickland 

Vendetta in the Valley / Drew Strickland

In$ured to the Hilt (A John Smith Mystery) / Charlotte Stuart 

Raven’s Grave / Charlotte Stuart 

Darwin’s Dilemma / Don Stuart 

Vanished on the Vaudeville Circuit / Carolyn Summer Quinn 

Danje / Gitte Tamar 

The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions / Art Taylor 

Hounds of Gaia / Sean Tirman 

The Legacy / C.L. Tolbert 

Splintered Loyalty / Mark Troy 

Between Night and Fog / Mike Tucker 

Over the Top Secret / Alexa Tuttle 

Always the Almost / Edward Underhill 

The Cold Winter / Chris Underwood

Liar’s Dice / Gabriel Valjan 

Assassins Are Us / Kimberly Van Sickle 

Girl Among Crows / Brendon Vayo 

Saving Myles / Carl Vonderau 

The Courtesan’s Secret / Nina Wachsman 

What Remains / Wendy Walker 

Believe: 13 Hauntings / Elizabeth Wathen 

Artificial Wisdom / Thomas Weaver 

Bayou Chase / JD Webb 

Bad Traffic / Patrick Weill 

Stateless / Elizabeth Wein 

Lethal Blues / Randy Weir 

Divine Retribution / Randy Weir 

River of Wrath (St. Benedict #2) / Alexandrea Weis 

Suddenly Deadly / Virginia Welker 

Titanium Web / LM Whitaker 

The Corpse Bloom / Bryan Wiggins 

This is the Way the World Ends / Jen Wilde

Keep Your Doors Locked / Becki Willis 

Weight of the Badge / Becki Willis 

Aussied to Death / C.B. Wilson 

A Crafty Collage of Crime / Lois Winston 

Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake / Michael Witwer 

Prom Queen / Laura Wolfe 

The In-Laws / Laura Wolfe 

The Offer / D.L. Wood 

The Immortal Detective / D.B. Woodling 

Blood Relations / Joyce Woollcott 

People to Follow / Olivia Worley 

Talisman Gifts of the Shavtal / Toni Yap 

The Body in the News / Gay Yellen 

The Shapes of Wrath / Melissa Yi 

Obsession / Multiple Authors 

We Could be Heroes / Multiple Authors