LEFTY AWARD NOMINATIONS: Left Coast Crime 2019

Left Coast Crime announced the nominees for the Lefty Awards. The Lefty awards will be voted on at the convention and presented at a banquet on Saturday, March 30, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, during Left Coast Crime. Congrats to all!

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel. The nominees are:

• Ellen Byron, Mardi Gras Murder (Crooked Lane Books)
• Kellye Garrett, Hollywood Ending (Midnight Ink)
• Timothy Hallinan, Nighttown (Soho Crime)
• Leslie Karst, Death al Fresco (Crooked Lane Books)
• Cynthia Kuhn, The Spirit in Question (Henery Press)
• Catriona McPherson, Scot Free (Midnight Ink)

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1960. The nominees are:

• Rhys Bowen, Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (Berkeley Prime Crime)
• David Corbett, The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday (Black Opal Books)
• Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad (Bantam Books)
• Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill (Soho Crime)
• Ann Parker, A Dying Note (Poisoned Pen Press)
• Iona Whishaw, It Begins in Betrayal (Touchwood Editions)

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel. The nominees are:

• Tracy Clark, Broken Places (Kensington Books)
• A.J. Devlin, Cobra Clutch (NeWest Press)
• A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window (William Morrow)
• Dianne Freeman, A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Kensington Books)
• Aimee Hix, What Doesn’t Kill You (Midnight Ink)
•  Keenan Powell, Deadly Solution (Level Best Books)
• J.G. Toews, Give Out Creek (Mosaic Press)

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories). The nominees are:

• Lou Berney, November Road (William Morrow)
• Matt Coyle, Wrong Light (Oceanview Publishing)
• Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Minotaur Books)
• Lori Rader-Day, Under a Dark Sky (William Morrow Paperbacks)
• Terry Shames, A Reckoning in the Back Country (Seventh Street Books)
• James W. Ziskin, A Stone’s Throw (Seventh Street Books)