Organizers of this year’s Left Coast Crime convention in Denver, Colorado—the 35th such annual gathering—today announced the nominees for the 2025 Lefty Awards, in four categories. The contenders were selected by convention registrants.
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel:
• A Very Woodsy Murder, by Ellen Byron (Kensington)
• Ill-Fated Fortune, by Jennifer J. Chow (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
• Bronco Buster, by A.J. Devlin (NeWest Press)
• Scotzilla, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
• Cirque du Slay, by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane)
• We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman)
The Bill Gottfried Memorial Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (for books set prior to 1970):
• Hall of Mirrors, by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Crime)
• A Killing on the Hill, by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)
• An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder, by Dianne
Freeman (Kensington)
• The Lantern’s Dance, by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
• Death of a Flying Nightingale, by Laura Jensen Walker
(Level Best/Historia)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel:
• Blue Ridge, by Peter Malone Elliott (Level Best)
• Obey All Laws, by Cindy Goyette (Level Best)
• The Mechanics of Memory, by Audrey Lee (CamCat)
• Ghosts of Waikiki, by Jennifer K. Morita (Crooked Lane)
• You Know What You Did, by K.T. Nguyen (Dutton)
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories):
• Home Fires, by Claire Booth (Severn House)
• Blessed Water, by Margot Douaihy (Zando/Gillian Flynn)
• Assassins Anonymous, by Rob Hart (Putnam)
• Molten Death, by Leslie Karst (Severn House)
• Served Cold, by James L’Etoile (Level Best)
• California Bear, by Duane Swierczynski (Mulholland)
The nominees will be voted on during the convention (March 13-16) and the winners presented with their prizes during a banquet on Saturday, March 15, at the Westin Denver Downtown.
Monday, January 13, 2025
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