Some Lefty Love and Derringer Delights

Congratulations to the Lefty Award Winners announced at the recent Left Coast Crime conference in Vancouver:

• Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel: Catriona McPherson, Scot Free
• Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial): Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill
• Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel: Dianne Freeman, A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder
• Lefty for Best Mystery Novel: Lou Berney, November Road

For all the finalists, click on over to the official "Whale of a Crime" conference website.

The Short Mystery Fiction Society released the list of this year's finalists for the Derringer Awards in the categories of Flash Fiction, Short Story, Long Story, and Novelette:

• Flash Stories
  
  Listen Up Peter DiChellis
  Don't Text and Drive Robert Petyo
  The Bicycle Thief James Blakey
  A Misunderstanding Travis Richardson
  Sonny the Wonder Beast Nick Kolakowski
  
  
• Short Stories
  
  The Crucial Game Janice Law
  Dying in Dokesville Alan Orloff
  The Cabin in the Woods Sylvia Maultash Warsh
  The Belle Hope Peter DiChellis
  If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder Josh Pachter
  
  
• Long Stories
  
  With My Eyes Leslie Budewitz
  The Case of the Missing Pot Roast Barb Goffman
  Mercy Find Me Diana Deverell
  The Vanishing Volume Janet Raye Stevens
  Till Murder Do Us Part Barb Goffman
  
  
• Novelettes
  
  Three-Star Sushi Barry Lancet
  The Cambodian Curse Gigi Pandian
  Oil Down Brian Silverman
  The Adventure of the Manhunting Marshal Jim Doherty
  I’ve Got To Get Me a Gun Vincent Zandri