Books of Paradise

Left Coast Crime in Hawaii has produced not only some great fun and plenty of scattered blog posts, but--as of today--a small variety of award winners. Mystery Scene’s Kate Stine reported earlier on the dispensation of commendations. Here are the recipients:

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award: Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping, by Kelli Stanley (Five Star)

Also nominated: Touchstone, by Laurie R. King (Bantam); Tell Me Pretty Maiden, by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin’s Press); A Royal Pain, by Rhys Bowen (Berkeley Prime Crime); and A Fatal Waltz, by Tasha Alexander (HarperCollins)

Hawaii Five-O Award (for law-enforcement/police procedurals): Mahu Fire, by Neil S. Plakcy (Alyson Books)

Also nominated: Angel Falls, by Baron Birtcher (Iota); Fractured, by Karin Slaughter (Delacorte Press); The Black Path, by Åsa Larsson (Delta); The Angel of Knowlton Park, by Kate Flora (Five Star); and Death of a Cozy Writer, by G.M. Malliet (Midnight Ink)

Lefty Award (for humorous mysteries): Greasing the Piñata, by Tim Maleeny (Poisoned Pen Press)

Also nominated: Thugs and Kisses, by Sue Ann Jaffarian (Midnight Ink); Six Geese A-Slaying, by Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s Minotaur); Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill, by N.M. Kelby (Shaye Areheart/Random House); Getting Old Is to Die For, by Rita Lakin (Bantam Dell); and It Happened One Knife, by Jeffrey Cohen (Berkeley Prime Crime)

Congratulations to everyone who picked up an award--and heck, to everyone else attending Left Coast Crime this year, people who had the good sense to get out of the cold, see some sun for a change, and maybe guzzle their body weight in tropical libations.

UPDATE: The results of this year’s competition for the Dilys Award, given out by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Associations, were announced at Left Coast Crime as well. The winner is Trigger City, by Sean Chercover (Morrow). Also nominated for the Dilys: The Victoria Vanishes, by Christopher Fowler (Bantam); Silent in the Sanctuary, by Deanna Raybourn (Mira); Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central); and The Dawn Patrol, by Don Winslow (Knopf).