OVERALL WINNERS – SILVER FALCHION AWARD
2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Best Book of 2021
Girl Missing / Kate Gable
The Reunion / Kiersten Modglin
2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award 1st Runner Up
A Slow Fire Burning / Paula Hawkins
The Next Wife / Kaira Rouda
2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award 2nd Runner Up
An Ambush of Widows / Jeff Abbott
Suitable for Framing / Lori Roberts Herbst
OVERALL WINNERS – CLAYMORE AWARD
2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award
Shaking / Jeffrey James Higgins
2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award 1st Runner Up
A Chain of Pearls / Raemi Wood
2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award 2nd Runner Up
Big Fat F@!k Up / Lawrence Allan
CATEGORY WINNERS
Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
For Best Book of 2021
Best Action Adventure
Killers!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery / Thomas A. Burns, Jr.
The Pilate Scroll / M.B. Lewis
Best Comedy
Saving La Familia / Donna Del Oro
Best Cozy
Suitable for Framing / Lori Roberts Herbst
Murder in the Master – A Chesapeake Bay Mystery / Judy L Murray
Best Historical
After Alice Fell / Kim Taylor Blakemore
Best Investigator
Girl Missing / Kate Gable
10 Days: A Dee Rommel Mystery / Jule Selbo
Best Juvenile / YA
Leisha’s Song / Lynn Slaughter
Best Mystery
An Ambush of Widows / Jeff Abbot
Bye, Buy Baby / Becki Willis
Best Nonfiction
The Home for Friendless Children / C.L. Olsen
Best Sci-fi / Fantasy
Tomb of the Queen / Joss Walker
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology
House of Crows / Lisa Unger
Best Southern Gothic
A Curse of Silver and Blood / Kimberly A Banks
Best Supernatural
Our Trespasses / Michael Cordell
Best Suspense
The Reunion / Kiersten Modglin
The Next Wife / Kaira Rouda
Best Thriller
Point Option / Ian O’Connor
Fallen Star: The Divine Devils Book 2 / R Weir
Killer Nashville Claymore Award
For Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages
Best Action Adventure
Song of the Starlings / TM Clark
Best Comedy
Big Fat F@!K Up / Lawrence Allan
Best Cozy
A Chain of Pearls / Raemi Wood
Best Historical
The Surrealist Circle / Nina Wachsman
Best Investigator
The Bleeding / Chris Berg & Paul James Smith
Best Juvenile / YA
Powerless / Jacqueline Pretty
Best Mystery
Shaking / Jeffrey James Higgins
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy
The Sleepers / Sydney Raeburn-Power
Best Southern Gothic
Under the Meadow / William Parolini
Best Supernatural
My Sister’s Shadow / M.S. Bryson
Best Suspense
The Windy City Stalker / Kat Shehata
Best Thriller
The General’s Briefcase / Ray Collins
Additional Categories
2022 Killer Nashville Best Book By Attending Author
Black Label / James L’Etoile
2022 Killer Nashville Readers’ Choice Award
Girl Missing / Kate Gable
2022 Killer Nashville Builder Award
Dan Royse