Although Left Coast Crime can’t be celebrated in person, there are some fine books nominated for the Left Award. Including our own Erica Ruth Neubauer for Murder at the Mena House!
LEFTY for BEST HUMOROUS MYSTERY NOVEL:
- Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Bryon
- Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J Chow
- Squeeze Me by Carl Hiassen
- The Study of Secrets by Cynthia Kuhn
- The Pot Thief Who Studies the Woman at Otowi Crossing by J. Michael Orenduff
- Skin Deep by Sung J. Woo
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bruce Alexander Memorial, covering events before 1970)
- The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins
- A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman
- Rivera Gold by Laurie R. King
- The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson
- Mortal Music by Ann Parker
- Turn to Stone by James W. Ziskin
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
- Murder Goes to Market by Daisy Batemen
- Derailed by Mary Keliikoa
- Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer
- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- The Lady Upstair by Halley Sutton
- Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Left for the Best Mystery Novel
- What You Do’t See by Tracy Clark
- Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
- Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle
- And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall
- All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
