The annual Left Coast Crime Conference has provided authors, readers, reviewers, librarians, and publishers, a great place to gather and share their love of mysteries since 1991. The Lefty Awards are chosen by attendees at the conference from titles (either paper or ebook format) that were published for the first time the previous year in the United States or Canada.
The nominees and winners are listed below in alphabetical order by author, with winners indicated in red.
Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Ellen Byron – Mardi Gras Murder
Kellye Garrett – Hollywood Ending
Timothy Hallinan – Nighttown
Leslie Karst – Death al Fresco
Cynthia Kuhn – The Spirit in Question
*Catriona McPherson – Scot Free
Best Historical Mystery Novel (events before 1960)
Rhys Bowen – Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding
David Corbett – The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday
Laurie R. King – Island of the Mad
*Sujata Massey – The Widows of Malabar Hill
Ann Parker – A Dying Note
Iona Whishaw – It Begins in Betrayal
Best Debut Mystery Novel
Tracy Clark – Broken Places
A.J. Devlin – Cobra Clutch
A.J. Finn – The Woman in the Window
*Dianne Freeman – A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder
Aimee Hix – What Doesn’t Kill You
Keenan Powell – Deadly Solution
J.G. Toews – Give Out Creek
Best Mystery Novel
*Lou Berney – November Road
Matt Coyle – Wrong Light
Louise Penny – Kingdom of the Blind
Lori Rader-Day – Under a Dark Sky
Terry Shames – A Reckoning in the Back Country
James W. Ziskin – A Stone’s Throw
Congratulations to all! 🙂
