Left Coast Crime 2024 will be presenting four Lefty Awards at our 34th annual convention, to be held this April in Bellevue, Washington

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel

Jennifer J. Chow, HOT POT MURDER (Berkley Prime Crime)
Lee Matthew Goldberg, THE GREAT GIMMELMANS (Level Best Books)
Leslie Karst, A SENSE FOR MURDER (Severn House)
Catriona McPherson, HOP SCOT (Severn House)
Cindy Sample, DYING FOR A DECORATION (Cindy Sample Books)
Wendall Thomas, CHEAP TRILLS (Beyond the Page Books)

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel for books set before 1970 (The Bill Gottfried Memorial)

Cara Black, NIGHT FLIGHT TO PARIS (Soho Crime)
Bruce Borgos, THE BITTER PAST (Minotaur Books)
Susanna Calkins, DEATH AMONG THE RUINS (Severn House)
Dianne Freeman, A NEWLYWED’S GUIDE TO FORTUNE AND MURDER (Kensington)
Cheryl A. Head, TIME’S UNDOING (Dutton)
Naomi Hirahara, EVERGREEN (Soho Crime)

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel

Lina Chern, PLAY THE FOOL (Bantam)
Margot Douaihy, SCORCHED GRACE (Gillian Flynn Books)
Josh Pachter, DUTCH THREAT (Genius Book Publishing)
Ana Reyes, THE HOUSE IN THE PINES (Dutton)
Nina Simon, MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT (William Morrow)

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories)

Tracy Clark, HIDE (Thomas & Mercer)
S.A. Cosby, ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (Flatiron Books)
Matt Coyle, ODYSSEY’S END (Oceanview Publishing)
Jordan Harper, EVERYBODY KNOWS (Mulholland Books)
James L’Etoile, FACE OF GREED (Oceanview Publishing)
Gigi Pandian, THE RAVEN THIEF (Minotaur Books)