Leftys Coming in the Spring

Organizers of the 2024 Left Coast Crime convention—to be held in Bellevue, Washington, from April 11 to 14—today announced the nominees for this year’s Lefty Awards. “The awards will be voted on at the convention and presented at a banquet on Saturday, April 13, at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue,” explains a press release.

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel:
• Hot Pot Murder, by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley Prime Crime)
• The Great Gimmelmans, by Lee Matthew Goldberg (Level Best)
• A Sense for Murder, by Leslie Karst (Severn House)
• Hop Scot, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
• Dying for a Decoration, by Cindy Sample (Cindy Sample)
• Cheap Trills, by Wendall Thomas (Beyond the Page)

Bill Gottfried Memorial Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (books set before 1970):
• Night Flight to Paris, by Cara Black (Soho Crime)
• The Bitter Past, by Bruce Borgos (Minotaur)
• Death Among the Ruins, by Susanna Calkins (Severn House)
• A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder, by Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
• Time’s Undoing, by Cheryl A. Head (Dutton)
• Evergreen, by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel:
• Play the Fool, by Lina Chern (Bantam)
• Scorched Grace, by Margot Douaihy (Gillian Flynn)
• Dutch Threat, by Josh Pachter (Genius)
• The House in the Pines, by Ana Reyes (Dutton)
• Mother-Daughter Murder Night, by Nina Simon (Morrow)

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories):
• Hide, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
• All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
• Odyssey’s End, by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
• Everybody Knows, by Jordan Harper (Mulholland)
• Face of Greed, by James L’Etoile (Oceanview)
• The Raven Thief, by Gigi Pandian (Minotaur)

Lefty Award nominees are chosen by convention registrants.