Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Readers' Choice Award

Darkness Behind The Mountain / Amir A. Sada

Disconnect / Traci Hunter Abramson

Hometown Vendetta / Traci Hunter Abramson

Royal Duty / Traci Hunter Abramson

When Fashion Turns Deadly / Traci Hunter Abramson

Origin Story / A.M. Adair

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish / Anna Akbari

Almost Surely Dead / Amina Akhtar

e-llegal connections / C.V. Alba

Flashes of Insight / Lynda Allen

Rhapsody in Black: An Elena del Carral Mystery / Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

Warm Nights in Cold Shelter / Carmen Amato

The Case of the Beguiling Brooch / Terry Ambrose

Mona Lisa’s Daughter / Belle Ammi

In Too Deep / William Anderson

Ghosts in the Glades / Staci Andrea

Not What She Seems / Yasmin Angoe

INSIDE OUTSIDE / Faye Arcand

Escape From Donetsk / Bob Asher

Beeswax Bewitchment / S.E. Babin

When the Carnival Came / Kathleen Bailey

Rich Justice / Robert Bailey

Raised By A Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father / April Balascio

Eye of the Beholder / Emma Bamford

Empowered by the Dream: A Journey of Resilience / Gladys A Barrio

CRADLE / Chris Bauer

Forgotten Secret: A Psychological Suspense Thriller / S.F. Baumgartner

Hidden Secrets / S.F. Baumgartner

Tangled Secrets: A Suspense Thriller / S.F. Baumgartner

The Mover / Samantha Beal

The Paris Mistress / Mally Becker

Run / Matthew Becker

Broadcast Blues / R.G. Belsky

If You Tell a Lie / Lucinda Berry

Beyond the Cemetery Gate: The Secret Keeper's Daughter / Valerie Biel

Knife River / Baron Birtcher

No Man's Land / A.R. Black

The Princess Shoppe / Kerry Blaisdell

Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story / Keren Blankfeld

Stolen Voices: Missing and Murdered in Big Horn County / Bonnie Bley

Adrift in Skinny Water / Chad Boles

Homecoming Queen: A Small Town Political Thriller / Chad Boudreaux

The Pryce of Ambition / Kari Bovée

Time Agents: Deceptions / Jodi Bowersox

Tales of the Incorrigible: A Song of Wood and Meat / Kevin Bowersox

Forever Boy / Michael J. Bowler

Breaking Silence / Alan Brenham

Jericho Burning / T.G. Brown

Reap the Wind / Joel Burcat

Shooters!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery / Thomas A. Burns Jr.

To Keep Our Honor Clean: A 3M Detective Agency Novel / Thomas A. Burns Jr.

Bayou Venom / J.J. Cagney

Mistakes, Misstatements, Lies and Other Miscommunication Tactics / Norman Cairns

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed / Maureen Callahan

Traitor Among Us / Charles Carfagno Jr.

Beneath the Poet's House / Christa Carmen

The Veteran / Dustin Carter

Lawyers, Dogs, and Money / Tracy Carter

Heavy Weight of Choices Carried / T.H. Casperson

The Burying Point: A Ray Hanley Crime Thriller / Derik Cavignano

Tabula Rasa / Paul L. Centeno

She Ruined Our Lives / Chris Chan

Some of My Best Friends are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers / Chris Chan

The Autistic Sleuth: Screen Portrayals of Detectives on the Spectrum in Sherlock Holmes Adaptations, The Millennium Trilogy, The Bridge, Death Note, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Other Productions / Chris Chan

Imprinted / Elizabeth Charles

Swiped / L.M. Chilton

Ocean's Godori / Elaine Cho

Edge of Edisto / C Hope Clark

Lake Murray Money / C. Hope Clark

Forbidden Relicks (Matthew Paine Mystery #6) / Lee Clark

The General’s Gold / Bruce Robert Coffin

Setup / Ray Collins

Rescuing Ryder / Cassie Colton

The Killer Chorus / Jack Conlan

Everybody is a Liar / Liv Constantine

The Next Mrs. Parrish / Liv Constantine

Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir / Carla Conti

Crossroads of Empire / Michael Cooper

Murder Between Neighbors / Michelle Corbier

Assume Nothing / Joshua Corin

Busybodies Collection / Elle Cosimano, Kelley Garrett, Nita Prose, Emma Rosenblum, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Alicia Thompson

Darkness, Darkness / T. B. Crattie

Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles / Elizabeth Crowens

The Body Brokers / Brian Cuban

Negative Girl / Libby Cudmore

The Old Cranberry Ladies Garden Club / Bill Cusano

Enemies Domestic / John DeDakis

Saving The Fool / Donna Del Oro

Undercover in Silicon Valley / Donna Del Oro

Bronco Buster / A.J. Devlin

Weapons of Choice / Sonja Dewing

Drop Dead Sisters / Amelia Diane Coombs

Final Transaction / Diane Dickinson

Don't Turn Around / Harry Dolan

Killer Secrets / Kathleen Donnelly

Blessed Water: A Sister Holiday Mystery / Margot Douaihy

The Poison Dart / Geri Dreiling

A Killing on the Hill / Robert Dugoni

Beyond Reasonable Doubt / Robert Dugoni

Murder Richly Deserved / Roxanne Dunn

Four Pieces of Evidence / Pamela Ebel

Never Tell collection / Kjersti Egerdahl, Ed. (Authors: Liv Constantine, Loreth Anne White, Andrea Bartz, Rachel Howzell Hall, Ivy Pochoda, Caroline Kepnes)

Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman Who Inspired Him / Chris Enss & Howard Kazanjian

Desperate Measures / Ley Esses

Walking the Cat: An International Fashion Spy Thriller (A Louise Moscow Novel Book 4) / Lorraine Evanoff

House Guests / Mike Faricy

The Good Neighbor / Mike Faricy

Dead Girl / Kerrie Faye

Murder and Chianti / Carter Fielding

The Slate / Matthew FitzSimmons

The Dredge / Brendan Flaherty

An American Tragedy / Dan Flanigan

The Price of a Future / Jackie Ross Flaum

Those That Did Not Die / Penny Fletcher

Death of a Codebreaker / Max Folsom

Misconception / Denise Forsythe

Ghost Bones / Helen Foster

The Mystery of Mystic Mountain / Janet Fox

Bone Pendant Girls / Terry S. Friedman

The Canopy Keepers / Veronica G. Henry

Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable / Sarah Gerard

Get Gribnitz / Howard Gimple

Hard Headed Woman / Howard Gimple

Shakespeare's Table / Howard Gimple

Where Love Means Nothing / Howard Gimple

Not Born of Woman / Teel James Glenn

Ashes Never Lie / Lee Goldberg

Dream Town / Lee Goldberg

The First Murder / Carol Goodman Kaufman

Obey All Laws / Cindy Goyette

Women and Children First / Alina Grabowski

DEATH IN THE ORCHARD: A Trudy Genova Mystery / MK Graff

Death Valley Duel / Scott Graham

Trigger Guard / Chris Grall

On the Mad River / Lucrecia Guerrero

The Improbable Meet-Cute / Jasmine Guillory, Abby Jimenez, Christina Lauren, Ashley Posten, Sally Thorne, Sariah Wilson

Scared Sheetless in Birmingham / Beth Hamer Miles

Under the Sand / Susan Hanafee

The Cottage / N.D. Haupt

The Things That Cannot Be Forgotten / Peter W. J. Hayes

A FONDNESS FOR TRUTH / Kim Hays

22 Rue Montparnasse / Richard Helms

Holy City / Richard Helms

Four Shots in the Night / Henry Hemming

The Forever Game / Jeffrey James Higgins

The Broken Blood / Dwight Holing

An Act of Murder / Polly Holmes

A Place for Good and Evil / Stacey Horan

City of Innocent Monsters / Stacey Horan

Broken -Book 5 in the Resurrected Heart Series / Shannon Hrimnak

The Red Room / Brandon Hughes

The Rose Reaper / Jennifer Hunter

Gus and the Missing Boy / Troy Hunter

The Caveman Conspiracy: An Arrowhead Thriller / Bret Hurst

All the Missing Girls / Linda Hurtado Bond

A Fifth Of The Story / Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes

Last Dog Out / Candace Irving

The Sasquatch of Harriman Lake / K.B. Jackson

Until Depths Do Us Part / K.B. Jackson

Reluctant Queen / Tony Jaehrling

Alpacas and Alibis / Ramey James

Rift / Steven James

Research Can Be Murder / Caryl Janis

Cold Rock Island / Kay Jennings

Never Have I Ever / Harker Jones

The Wedding Party / L. R. Jones

Redemption / Alex K Thompson

Pocket Full of Teeth / Aimee Hardy

The Spy Who Vanished / Alma Katsu

Find Your Way to My Grave / Chris Keefer

Don't Ask, Don't Follow / Mary Keliikoa

Murder By Symbols: A Detective Colton Baker Thriller / E.M. Kelly

A Monstrous Escape / Teter Keyes

Call Me Carmela: A Dot Meyerhoff mystery / Ellen Kirschman

Black & White / Justin M. Kiska

DAY / Patrick Kitson

NIGHT / Patrick Kitson

Stealing Time / Tilia Klebenov Jacobs

Scorpio / Marko Kloos

A Clean Kill / Steven Konkoly

The Lies You Wrote / Brianna Labuskes

The Truth You Told / Brianna Labuskes

Caught on Camera / Kara Lacey

One Life for Another / Greg Laird

Why Oh Rye? / Lucy Lakestone

Murder in Monte Carlo / Kathryn Lane

Rage in The Wilderness / Kathryn Lane

The Mechanics of Memory / Audrey Lee

The Far Side of the Desert / Joanne Leedom-Ackerman

Crimson Cobblestones / Marie Lestrange

Invisible Woman / Katia Lief

A Pawn's Game / Julie Lomax

Malediction / Julie Lomax

The Street King / Michael Ludden

At First I Was Afraid / Marty Ludlum

Seeds of Leadership / Will Lukang

A Friend in the Dark / Samantha M. Bailey

Lethal Doses: The Story Behind the Godfather of Fentanyl / John Madinger

Unremembered / Christine Mager Wevik

A Forgotten Kill / Isabella Maldonado

Tiger Claw / Michael Allan Mallory

The Kingdom of Hatch / J.B. Manning

Deadly Choice / S. Lee Manning

Kickback / Ana Manwaring

Master Version 1.1 / Antanas Marcelionis

Legacy of Lies / Ed Marohn

The Alone Time / Elle Marr

Farmerville Episode 10: A Legacy of Killing / Marty Martin

The Jig Is Up / Lisa Q. Mathews

The Orphan / Sylvia Maultash Warsh

Whisper in the Dark / Dianne McCartney

Deeds of Darkness / William Burton McCormick

Star Struck / Marjorie McCown

House of Fire & Magic / Sherrilyn Mcqueen

A World of Hurt / Mindy Mejia

Attack of the Food Zombies / Dennis Meredith

Hot Cars and Homicide / S.C. Merritt

The Deceiving Look / Victor Methos

The Silent Watcher / Victor Methos

Immorality Act / Berend Mets

Murder with a Terrace View / Teresa Michael

Hidden Rooms / Kate Michaelson

The Building That Wasn't / Abigail Miles

Overture to Murder: A Julia Kogan Opera Mystery / Erica Miner

6-Lane Highway / Sean Mitchell

Gathering Mist: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery / Margaret Mizushima

The Quantum Veil / Brian Montross

Letter 26 / Jacob Moon

"Rogues & Patriots: A Nick Crane Thriller

/ Patrick H. Moore"

Quantum Consequence... Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 5 / Mike Murphey

Last Girl Missing / K.L. Murphy

Sarita / Natalie Musgrave Dossett

Evil Ignored / Kara Myers

Still the Sun / Charlie N. Holmberg

Jealousy, Jitterbug & Murder / Christa Nardi

Shattered / D.M. O'Neal

Poison in Piccadilly / Kelly Oliver

Vengeance of the Vanished Ones, Book One / Lee Orlich Bertram

Elizabeth Sails / Kristin Owens

The Delusion / T.O. Paine

Fatal Intrusion / Megha Parekh

Double-Crossed / Eliot Parker

The Family Jewels / Kim Patterson

Larceny & Last Chances: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense / Judy Penz Sheluk, ed. (Authors: Christina Boufis, John Bukowski, Brenda Chapman, Susan Daly, Wil A. Emerson, Tracy Falenwolfe, Kate Fellowes, Molly Wills Fraser, Gina X. Grant, Karen Grose, Wendy Harrison, Julie Hastrup, Larry M. Keeton, Charlie Kondek, Edward Lodi, Bethany Maines, Gregory Meece, Cate Moyle, Judy Penz Sheluk, KM Rockwood, Kevin R. Tipple, Robert Weibezahl)

The Nowhere Girls / Dana Perry

Snowed / Twist Phelan

Dark Town / Palmer Pickering

The Ascent / Adam Plantinga

The Enemy Within / Greg Player

Dawn to Dusk / Ellis K. Popa

There's No Cure for Impossible / Carolyn Summer Quinn

To Bloom Like A Tulip / Carolyn Summer Quinn

Breaking News / Mary Rae & Wanda Venters

Dervla Alarms the Nanas / D.R. Ransdell

A Chain of Pearls / Raemi A. Ray

Clues & Chills: New England Stories of Mystery & Murder / Janet Raye Stevens

19 Criminals / Larissa Reinhart

The Last One at the Wedding / Jason Rekulak

Payoff / J.J. Renek

Seen & Unseen / J.J. Renek

Beyond the Flames / Gregory Lee Renz

Murder Outside the Box / Saralyn Richard

Through Any Window / Deb Richardson-Moore

The North Line / Matt Riordan

Study Guide for Murder / Lori Robbins

I Will Try / R.G. Roberts

Basil / K Rose

Under the Palms / Kaira Rouda

Lake County / Lori Roy

It's Beginning to Look a Llama Like Christmas / Cathy Rueter

Lethal Impulse / Steve Rush

Not Yours to Keep / Zelly Ruskin

The Debt Collector / Steven Max Russo

Cold Snap / Lindy Ryan

The Monarchs / Mark Sabbas

I Know She Was There / Jennifer Sadera

The Crimson Run / Yasmeen Salama

The Rostrum / W. T. Sanders

Mexicanos Hustle / J Benjamin Sanders, Jr

Running on Empty / Karin Fitz Sanford

Bearly Evident / Lois Schmitt

Star Brother / Maxine Rose Schur

People Will Talk / Kieran Scott

Pranks, Payback & Poison / Mary Seifert

7 DAYS A Dee Rommel Mystery / Jule Selbo

Between Lies and Revenge / Hannah Sharpe

Model Ghost / TK Sheffield

Model Wave / TK Sheffield

Kentucky Blood (Book I of the Kentucky Blood Series) / Ashley Thomas Sheikh

Heroic Measures / Joel Shulkin, MD

War Stories and Fairy Tales / Paul Sinor

The Ravenwood Conspiracy / Michael Siverling

The Cohort / Nathaniel Sizemore

The Forgotten Son / B.J. Sloan

Blindspot / Maggie Smith

If I Lose Her / Brianne Sommerville

Lies and Deception / Laraine Stephens

You're Safe Here / Leslie Stephens

My Darlings / Marie Still

Out Of Time: A Nick Donahue Adventure / Cathi Stoler

A Warrior's Path / Steve Stratton

Two Women Walk into a Bar / Cheryl Strayed

Insurance to Die For (A John Smith Mystery) / Charlotte Stuart

The Dead Fed Said / Conetta Taylor

You Shouldn't Be Here / Lauren Thoman

Lost to Dune Road / Kara Thomas

The Last Party / A. R. Torre

Scorched: Burn Me Once... / Cam Torrens

What Once Was Promised / Louis Trubiano

Fowl Play / Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

The Cold Winter: Battle on the Ohio River / Chris A. Underwood

The Courtesan’s Pirate / Nina Wachsman

A Fruitcake By Any Other Name / Tania Wahl

The Book of Spirits / Joss Walker

Hazardous Lies / Stephen Wallace

One Perfect Couple / Ruth Ware

Deeper Than the Dead / Debra Webb

Killed By Death / Matthew Weber

Murder By A Hundred Cuts / R. Weir

What Goes Around / Michael Wendroff

Skinwalkers: Book 2 of the VOLK Series / Darin Werkmeister

Ghost Appeal / Louisa West

Mai Tai Malice / Tanya Westlake

No Going Back / Susan Wheeler

Framed for Murder / Marla White

The Edison Enigma / Thomas White

The Journal of the Center for Applied Hopelessness / Wilson Whitlow, Ed. (Authors: H. Mills Block, Samantha L. Bowden, Scott X. Keener, Mira I. Orlando)

Restore the Night / Calia Wilde

The Personal Assistant / Becki Willis

Wheeling and Dealing / Becki Willis

Sorry, Knot Sorry / Lois Winston

Holy City / Henry Wise

The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age / Michael Wolraich

The Choice / D.L. Wood

Deadly Odds 7.0 / Allen Wyler

The Red Rock Killer / Melissa Yi

Righteous Allegiance / George Yuhasz

The Age-Old Crime of Murder / Mark Zeid