The "Lefty" lists are out! The annual Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Awards are chosen by registered members of each Left Coast Crime convention, this year to be held in April in Bellevue, Washington. During the first two weeks of January, nominations for awards to be presented at the annual convention are made by people registered for that convention and also the one immediately prior. Final voting takes place during the event, and winners are presented at the Awards Celebration, which will take place Saturday, April 13, at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue. (To be eligible, titles must have been published for the first time in the United States or Canada during the calendar year preceding the convention.) Congrats to all the nominees!
Lefty Nominees for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
- Jennifer J. Chow, Hot Pot Murder (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Great Gimmelmans (Level Best Books)
- Leslie Karst, A Sense for Murder (Severn House)
- Catriona McPherson, Hop Scot (Severn House)
- Cindy Sample, Dying for a Decoration (Cindy Sample Books)
- Wendall Thomas, Cheap Trills (Beyond the Page Books)
Lefty Nominees for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bill Gotttfried Memorial)
- Cara Black, Night Flight to Paris (Soho Crime)
- Bruce Borgos, The Bitter Past (Minotaur Books)
- Susanna Calkins, Death Among the Ruins (Severn House)
- Dianne Freeman, A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Kensington)
- Cheryl A. Head, Time’s Undoing (Dutton)
- Naomi Hirahara, Evergreen (Soho Crime )
Lefty Nominees for Best Debut Mystery Novel
- Lina Chern, Play the Fool (Bantam)
- Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books)
- Josh Pachter, Dutch Threat (Genius Book Publishing)
- Ana Reyes, The House in the Pines (Dutton)
- Nina Simon, Mother-Daughter Murder Night (William Morrow)
Lefty Nominees for Best Mystery Novel
- Tracy Clark, Hide (Thomas & Mercer)
- S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed (Flatiron Books)
- Matt Coyle, Odyssey’s End (Oceanview Publishing)
- Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows (Mulholland Books)
- James L’Etoile, Face of Greed (Oceanview Publishing)
- Gigi Pandian, The Raven Thief (Minotaur Books)
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