Decisions in Denver

Last evening, during the 35th annual Left Coast Crime convention in Denver, Colorado, this year’s Lefty Award winners were announced.

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel:
Cirque du Slay, by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane)

Also nominated: 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); and 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)

Also nominated: 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); and Death of a Flying Nightingale, by Laura Jensen Walker (Level Best/Historia)

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel:
Ghosts of Waikiki, by Jennifer K. Morita (Crooked Lane)

Also nominated: Blue Ridge, by Peter Malone Elliott (Level Best); Obey All Laws, by Cindy Goyette (Level Best); The Mechanics of Memory, by Audrey Lee (CamCat); and You Know What You Did, by K.T. Nguyen (Dutton)

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories):
Served Cold, by James L’Etoile (Level Best)

Also nominated: 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); and California Bear, by Duane Swierczynski (Mulholland)

Congratulations to all of the nominees!