Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The Lefties Lead the Way

The 2018 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award nominations were announced this weekend:

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel. The nominees are:
• Donna Andrews, Gone Gull 
• Ellen Byron, A Cajun Christmas Killing
• Marla Cooper, Dying on the Vine 
• Cynthia Kuhn, The Art of Vanishing
• Cindy Sample, Dying for a Diamond 

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1960. The nominees are:
• Rhys Bowen, In Farleigh Field 
• Jennifer Kincheloe, The Woman in the Camphor Trunk 
• Renee Patrick, Dangerous To Know
• Priscilla Royal, The Proud Sinner 
• Jeri Westerson, Season of Blood 

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel. The nominees are:
• Susan Alice Bickford, A Short Time To Die
• Kellye Garrett, Hollywood Homicide
• Wendall Thomas, Lost Luggage 
• Nancy Tingley, A Head in Cambodia 
• Kathleen Valenti, Protocol 

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories). The nominees are:
• Matt Coyle, Blood Truth 
• William Kent Krueger, Sulfur Springs
• Louise Penny, Glass Houses 
• Terry Shames, An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock
• James W. Ziskin, Cast the First Stone

The winners will be announced at the 28th annual Left Coast Crime Convention in Reno, Nevada, March 22–25, with this year's Guests of Honor, Naomi Hirahara and William Kent Krueger. (HT to Mystery Fanfare)

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