BV Lawson
Falls Church
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Played to Death, Requiem for Innocence, Dies Irae, Elegy in Scarlet, The Suicide Sonata, Deadly Dance, Melody of Murder, Fatal Fugue, Steal Away, Hide Away, Burn Away
The Scott Drayco Mystery Series, Beverly Laborde & Adam Dutton Mystery Series
Amateur Sleuth, Detective, Locked Room Mystery, Noir, Police Procedural, Private Investigator, Romantic Suspense, Short Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Traditional
Best Private Eye Stories 2025, Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology, Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Antholog, Most Dangerous Games , Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy: Thirteen Tales of Murder, Mystery, and Master Detection
False Shadows: Eight Scott Drayco Short Mystery Tales
BV Lawson’s short stories have appeared in dozens of publications, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, won the Dillydoun Flash Fiction Prize, the Short Mystery Fiction Society Derringer, Noir Nation Golden Fedora, and Gemini Magazine Awards, and BV was also a contributor to the Anthony Award-winning Blood on the Bayou. She’s also been longlisted for the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition and Fish Short Story Prize; shortlisted for the To Hull and Back contest, Flash 500 Quarterly contest, and the Anthology Magazine Short Story Award; and chosen as a finalist for the Pulpfictional Flash Contest and Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards. BV’s Scott Drayco novels have been named Best Mystery in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, selected as a Featured Library Journal Pick, and been finalists for the Shamus, Silver Falchion, Daphne, Kindle, and Foreword Book Reviews Awards.