Left Coast Crime 2018, “Crime on the
Comstock,” will be giving out four Lefty awards at the
28th annual LCC convention, to be held in Reno in March: humorous,
historical, debut, and best. The awards will be voted on at the convention
and presented at a banquet on Saturday 24th March 2018 at the
Nugget Casino Resort in Reno/Sparks, Nevada. The award nominees have
been selected by this and last years’ convention registrants. The
nomination period has just concluded, and LCC is delighted to announce the
Lefty nominees for books published in 2017:
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel.
The
nominees are:
Gone Gull by Donna
Andrews (Minotaur Books)
A Cajun Christmas Killing by
Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books)
Dying on the Vine by Marla Cooper (Minotaur Books)
The Art of Vanishing by Cynthia Kuhn (Henery Press)
Dying for a Diamond by Cindy
Sample (Cindy Sample Books)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery
Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1960.
The
nominees are:
In Farleigh Field by Rhys
Bowen (Lake Union Publishing)
The Woman in the Camphor Trunk by Jennifer Kincheloe (Seventh Street
Books)
Dangerous To Know by Renee
Patrick (Forge)
The Proud Sinner by Priscilla
Royal (Poisoned Pen Press)
Season of Blood by Jeri
Westerson (Severn House Publishers)
Lefty for Best
Debut Mystery Novel.
The
nominees are:
A Short Time To Die by Susan
Alice Bickford (Kensington)
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye
Garrett (Midnight Ink)
Lost Luggage by Wendall Thomas (Poisoned Pen Press)
A Head in Cambodia by Nancy Tingley (Swallow
Press)
Protocol by Kathleen Valenti
(Henery Press)
Lefty for
Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories).
The nominees
are:
Blood Truth by Matt Coyle (Oceanview
Publishing)
Sulfur Springs by William
Kent Krueger (Atria Books)
Glass Houses by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock
by Terry Shames (Seventh Street Books)
Cast the First Stone by James W.
Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)
The Left Coast Crime Convention is an annual event sponsored by mystery
fans, both readers and authors. Usually held in the western half of
North America, LCC’s intent is to host an event where readers, authors,
critics, librarians, publishers, and other fans can gather in convivial
surroundings to pursue their mutual interests. Lefty Awards have
been given since 1996.
