The Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Awards are fan awards chosen by registered members of the Left Coast Crime conventions since 1996. A ballot listing the official nominees is given to each registrant when they check in at the convention, and final voting takes place during the event, which this year takes place in Denver Colorado from March 13-16. 2025. The winners will be revealed at the Lefty Awards Banquet on Saturday, March 15th.
Lefty Nominees for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
A Very Woodsy Murder by Ellen Byron (Kensington Books)
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)
Cirque du Slay by Rob Osler, (Crooked Lane Books)
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, (Pamela Dorman Books / Viking)
Lefty Nominees for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bill Gottfried Memorial) for books covering events before 1970
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 Books)
The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King, (Bantam Books)
Death of a Flying Nightingale by Laura Jensen Walker, (Level Best Books / Historia)
Lefty Nominees for Best Debut Mystery Novel
Blue Ridge by Peter Malone Elliott, (Level Best Books)
Obey All Laws by Cindy Goyette, (Level Best Books)
The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee, (CamCat Books)
Ghosts of Waikiki by Jennifer K. Morita, (Crooked Lane Books)
You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen, (Dutton)
Lefty Nominees for Best Mystery Novel
Home Fires by Claire Booth, (Severn House)
Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy, (Zando, Gillian Flynn Books)
Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart, (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Molten Death by Leslie Karst, (Severn House)
Served Cold by James L’Etoile, (Level Best Books)
California Bear by Duane Swierczynski, (Mulholland Books)
Congratulations to this year's finalists:
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