2025 LEFTY AWARD NOMINEES
Left Coast Crime 2025 has announced the nominees for its 2025 Lefty Awards as follows:

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel: (6)
A Very Woodsy Murder, by Ellen Byron (Kensington)
Ill-Fated Fortune, by Jennifer J. Chow (St. MartinŐs 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)

Bill Gottfried Memorial Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (books set before 1970): (5)
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: (5)
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): (6)
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 winners will be announced during an awards banquet on Saturday, March 15 during Left Coast Crime Convention to be held in Denver, Colorado from March 13 thru 16.

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