The winners will be announced at the Left Coast Crime Convention in Denver, Colorado (March 13-16, 2025).

Best Mystery Novel

HOME FIRES, Claire Booth
BLESSED WATER, Margot Douaihy
ASSASSINS ANONYMOUS, Rob Hart
MOLTEN DEATH, Leslie Karst
SERVED COLD, James L’Etoile
CALIFORNIA BEAR, Duane Swierczynski

Best Debut Mystery Novel

BLUE RIDGE, Peter Malone Elliott
OBEY ALL LAWS, Cindy Goyette
THE MECHANICS OF MEMORY, Audrey Lee
GHOSTS OF WAIKIKI, Jennifer K. Morita
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, K. T. Nguyen

Best Humorous Mystery Novel

A VERY WOODSY MURDER, Ellen Byron
ILL-FATED FORTUNE, Jennifer J. Chow
BRONCO BUSTER, A. J. Devlin
SCOTZILLA, Catriona McPherson
CIRQUE DU SLAY, Rob Osler
WE SOLVE MURDERS, Richard Osman

The Bill Gottfried Memorial Best Historical Mystery Novel

HALL OF MIRRORS, John Copenhaver
A KILLING ON THE HILL, Robert Dugoni
AN ART LOVER’S GUIDE TO PARIS AND MURDER, Dianne Freeman
THE LANTERN’S DANCE, Laurie R. King
DEATH OF A FLYING NIGHTINGALE, Laura Jensen Walker