2024 Killer Nashville Readers' Choice Ballot

Killer Nashville wants to know your favorite authors and their works!

Authors, publicists, and publishers have submitted their favorites.

Our Killer Nashville judges are busy looking at their choices for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards.

But we want to know what the readers think. Tell us here!

Awards will be presented at the 2024 Killer Nashville Awards on August 24, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Visit https://www.killernashville.com/ for more information.

Please vote for up to 10 of your favorite books.

(Please note, you can only submit one ballot per user.)
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Checkboxes 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 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 Avditskly 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 Garder 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 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 Brekonridges / 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 / Glendale 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 Stickland 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 Theif and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions / Art Taylor Beautiful in Death / Caroline 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
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See you at the 2024 Killer Nashville Awards Show on August 24, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.

2024 Killer Nashville Readers' Choice Ballot

2024 Killer Nashville Readers' Choice Ballot

Please vote for up to 10 of your favorite books.

Thank you for voting!