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Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Awards

2024 Nominees
Bellevue, Washington

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  °  Hot Pot Murder by Jennifer J. Chow
  °  The Great Gimmelmans by Lee Matthew Goldberg
  °  A Sense for Murder by Leslie Karst
  °  Hop Scot by Catriona McPherson
  °  Dying for a Decoration by Cindy Sample
  °  Cheap Trills by Wendall Thomas

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bill Gottfried Memorial, covering events before 1970)
  °  Night Flight to Paris by Cara Black
  °  The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos [review]
  °  Death Among the Ruins by Susanna Calkins
  °  A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder by Dianne Freeman
  °  Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
  °  Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara [review]

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  °  Play the Fool by Lina Chern
  °  Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy [review]
  °  Dutch Threat by Josh Pachter
  °  The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
  °  Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon [review]

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  °  Hide by Tracy Clark [review]
  °  All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby [review]
  °  Odyssey’s End by Matt Coyle
  °  Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper [review]
  °  Face of Greed by James L’Etoile
  °  The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian [review]

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2023
Tucson, Arizona

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron
  °  Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow
  °  Five Moves of Doom by A.J. Devlin
  °  A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren
  °  Scot in a Trap by Catriona McPherson

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bill Gottfried Memorial, covering events before 1970)
  * Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris [review]
  °  A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder by Dianne Freeman
  °  In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson [review]
  °  Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden [review]
  °  The Secret in the Wall by Ann Parker
  °  Framed in Fire by Iona Whishaw

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  * Shutter by Ramona Emerson [review]
  °  Jackal by Erin E. Adams [review]
  °  Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor [review]
  °  Other People’s Secrets by Meredith Hambrock
  °  The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra [review]
  °  Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler [review]
  °  The Verifiers by Jane Pek [review]

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  * Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett [review]
  °  Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King
  °  Dead Drop by James L’Etoile
  °  Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian [review]
  °  A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
  °  Secret Identity by Alex Segura [review]

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2022
Albuquerque, New Mexico

2022 Lefty Award
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes
  °  Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron
  °  Mimi Lee Cracks the Code by Jennifer Chow
  °  Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano [review]
  °  How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn
  °  Fogged Off by Wendall Thomas

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bill Gottfried Memorial, covering events before 1970)
  * Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
  °  The Cry of the Hangman by Susanna Calkins
  °  The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver
  °  The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
  °  The Mirror Dance by Catriona McPherson
  °  Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day [review]

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  * All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris [review]
  °  Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews [review]
  °  Blackout by Marco Carocari [review]
  °  The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris [review]
  °  Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala [review]

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  * Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger [review]
  °  Runner by Tracy Clark [review]
  °  Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby [review]
  °  Last Redemption by Matt Coyle
  °  Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon

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2021
The Unconvention

2021 Lefty Awards
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron
  °  Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow
  °  Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
  °  The Study of Secrets by Cynthia Kuhn
  °  The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing by J. Michael Orenduff
  °  Skin Deep by Sung J. Woo [review]

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bruce Alexander Memorial, covering events before 1970)
  * The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson
  °  The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins
  °  A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman
  °  Riviera Gold by Laurie R. King
  °  Mortal Music by Ann Parker
  °  Turn to Stone by James W. Ziskin

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  * Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden [review]
  °  Murder Goes to Market by Daisy Bateman [review]
  °  Derailed by Mary Keliikoa
  °  Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer [review]
  °  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman [review]
  °  The Lady Upstairs by Halley Sutton

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  * All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
  °  What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark [review]
  °  Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby [review]
  °  Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle
  °  And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall [review]

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2020
San Diego, California

2020 Lefty Award
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * Scot & Soda by Catriona McPherson
  °  Fatal Cajun Festival by Ellen Byron
  °  Murder from Scratch by Leslie Karst
  °  The Subject of Malice by Cynthia Kuhn
  °  Drowned Under by Wendall Thomas [review]

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bruce Alexander Memorial, covering events before 1970)
  * The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey [review]
  °  Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins
  °  The Pearl Dagger by L.A. Chandlar
  °  A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman
  °  The Body in Griffith Park by Jennifer Kincheloe

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  * Lost Tomorrows by Matt Coyle
  °  Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha [review]
  °  Borrowed Time by Tracy Clark
  °  They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
  °  Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke [review]

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  * Murderabilia by Carl Vonderau
  °  The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge [review]
  °  Miracle Creek by Angie Kim [review]
  °  One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski [review]
  °  Three-Fifths by John Vercher [review]

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2019
Vancouver, British Columbia

2019 Lefty Award
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * Scot Free by Catriona McPherson [review]
  °  Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
  °  Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett
  °  Nighttown by Timothy Hallinan [review]
  °  Death al Fresco by Leslie Karst
  °  The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bruce Alexander Memorial, covering events before 1960)
  * The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey [review]
  °  Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen [review]
  °  The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday by David Corbett
  °  Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King [review]
  °  A Dying Note by Ann Parker
  °  It Begins in Betrayal by Iona Whishaw

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  * A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman [review]
  °  Broken Places by Tracy Clark [review]
  °  Cobra Clutch by A.J. Devlin [review]
  °  The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn [review]
  °  What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix [review]
  °  Deadly Solution by Keenan Powell
  °  Give Out Creek by J.G. Toews

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  * November Road by Lou Berney [review]
  °  Wrong Light by Matt Coyle
  °  Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
  °  Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day [review]
  °  A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames
  °  A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin

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2018
Reno, Nevada

2018 Lefty Awards
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * A Cajun Christmas Killing by Ellen Byron
  °  Gone Gull by Donna Andrews
  °  Dying on the Vine by Marla Cooper
  °  The Art of Vanishing by Cynthia Kuhn
  °  Dying for a Diamond by Cindy Sample

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bruce Alexander Memorial, covering events before 1960)
  * In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
  °  The Woman in the Camphor Trunk by Jennifer Kincheloe
  °  Dangerous To Know by Renee Patrick
  °  The Proud Sinner by Priscilla Royal
  °  Season of Blood by Jeri Westerson

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  * Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett [review]
  °  A Short Time to Die by Susan Alice Bickford [review]
  °  Lost Luggage by Wendall Thomas [review]
  °  A Head in Cambodia by Nancy Tingley [review]
  °  Protocolby Kathleen Valenti [review]

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  * Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger
  °  Blood Truth by Matt Coyle [review]
  °  Glass Houses by Louise Penny
  °  An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock by Terry Shames
  °  Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin [review]


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2017
Honolulu, Hawaii

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * Body on the Bayou by Ellen Byron
  °  Die Like an Eagle by Donna Andrews
  °  Fields Where They Lay by Timothy Hallinan [review]
  °  The CEO Came DOA by Heather Haven
  °  Floodgate by Johnny Shaw
  °  A Disguise To Die For by Diane Vallere

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bruce Alexander Memorial, covering events before 1960)
  * The Reek of Red Herrings by Catriona McPherson
  °  Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen
  °  A Death Along the River Fleet by Susanna Calkins
  °  The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King
  °  What Gold Buys by Ann Parker

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  * A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
  °  Dark Fissures by Matt Coyle [review]
  °  Michelangelo’s Ghost by Gigi Pandian
  °  The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake by Terry Shames
  °  Heart of Stone by James W. Ziskin [review]

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  * Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon [review]
  °  Cleaning Up Finn by Sarah M. Chen
  °  Terror in Taffeta by Marla Cooper
  °  Decanting a Murder by Nadine Nettmann [review]
  °  Design for Dying by Renee Patrick [review]

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2016
Phoenix, Arizona

Best Humorous Mystery
  * Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews
  °  Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron [review]
  °  February Fever by Jess Lourey
  °  Dying for a Donut by Cindy Sample
  °  Crushed Velvet by Diane Vallere

Best Historical Mystery
(Bruce Alexander Memorial, covering events before 1960)
  * Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen
  °  The Masque of a Murderer by Susanna Calkins [review]
  °  The Chocolate Kiss-Off by Heather Haven
  °  The Secret Life of Anna Blanc by Jennifer Kincheloe [review]
  °  Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King [review]
  °  Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante by Susan Elia MacNeal

Best LCC Regional Mystery
(Mountain Time Zone and west to Hawaii)
  * The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian [review]
  °  The Crossing by Michael Connelly [review]
  °  Night Tremors by Matt Coyle [review]
  °  The Promise by Robert Crais
  °  Young Americans by Josh Stallings

Best World Mystery
(set anywhere outside the LCC Region)
  * The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
  °  The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney [review]
  °  Dragon Day by Lisa Brackmann
  °  The Killing Kind by Chris Holm [review]
  °  Stone Cold Dead by James W. Ziskin [review]

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2015
Portland, Oregon

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Herbie’s Game by Timothy Hallinan
  °  The Good, the Bad, and the Emus by Donna Andrews [review]
  °  January Thaw by Jess Lourey
  °  Dying for a Dude by Cindy Sample
  °  Suede to Rest by Diane Vallere

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1960)
  * A Deadly Measure of Brimstone by Catriona McPherson
  °  Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen [review]
  °  From the Charred Remains by Susanna Calkins [review]
  °  City of Ghosts by Kelli Stanley
  °  Cup of Blood by Jeri Westerson

The Rose
(best mystery set in the LCC region)
  * Pirate Vishnu by Gigi Pandian
  °  One Kick by Chelsea Cain [review]
  °  Glass Houses by Terri Nolan
  °  Deadly Bonds by L.J. Sellers
  °  Plaster City by Johnny Shaw

The Rosebud
(best debut mystery)
  * The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens [review]
  °  Kilmoon by Lisa Alber
  °  Ice Shear by M.P. Cooley [review]
  °  The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day [review]
  °  Mistress of Fortune by Holly West

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2014
Monterey, California

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * The Good Cop by Brad Parks [review]
  °  The Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews [review]
  °  The Fame Thief by Timothy Hallinan [review]
  °  The Last Word by Lisa Lutz
  °  Dying for a Daiquiri by Cindy Sample [review]

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(best historical mystery, covering events before 1960)
  * Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses by Catriona McPherson
  °  Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
  °  His Majesty’s Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
  °  Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
  °  Covenant with Hell by Priscilla Royal
  °  Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear

The Squid
(best mystery set within the United States)
  * Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger [review]
  °  W Is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
  °  Purgatory Key by Darrell James
  °  The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan [review]
  °  A Killing at Cotton Hill by Terry Shames [review]

The Calamari
(best mystery set anywhere else in the world)
  * How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny [review]
  °  Murder Below Montparnasse by Cara Black
  °  Hour of the Rat by Lisa Brackmann [review]
  °  As She Left It by Catriona McPherson [review]
  °  Mykonos After Midnight by Jeffrey Siger

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2013
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks [review]
  °  Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder by Mike Befeler
  °  Swift Run by Laura DiSilverio
  °  December Dread by Jess Lourey [review]
  °  Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
  °  Fit to Be Dead by Nancy G. West

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1960)
  * Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder by Catriona McPherson [review]
  °  The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen [review]
  °  A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell [review]
  °  Live by Night by Dennis Lehane [review]
  °  Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear [review]

Rocky Award
(mystery novel set in the LCC geographical region)
  * As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson [review]
  °  Buffalo Bill’s Dead Now by Margaret Coel
  °  Hush Money by Chuck Greaves [review]
  °  Wicked Eddies by Beth Groundwater
  °  Sonora Crossing by Darrell James

Watson Award
(mystery novel with best sidekick)
  * Bruja Brouhaha by Rochelle Staab
  °  In a Witch’s Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell
  °  Taken by Robert Crais
  °  Fun House by Chris Grabenstein
  °  When the Past Haunts You by L.C. Hayden

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2012
Sacramento, California

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews
  °  Getting Old Can Kill You by Rita Lakin
  °  October Fest by Jess Lourey [review]
  °  Magical Alienation by Kris Neri [review]
  °  Dying for a Dance by Cindy Sample
  °  The Albuquerque Turkey by John Vorhaus [review]

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(for best historical mystery, covering events before 1960)
  * Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker [review]
  °  Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen
  °  A Game of Lies by Rebecca Cantrell [review]
  °  A Killing Season by Priscilla Royal
  °  Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson
  °  A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear [review]

Golden Nugget Award
(for best mystery set in California)
  * City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley [review]
  °  Disturbance by Jan Burke
  °  The Drop by Michael Connelly
  °  Bit Player by Janet Dawson [review]
  °  V Is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton [review]

Eureka! Award
(for best first mystery)
  * Nazareth Child by Darrell James [review]
  °  The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper by Sally Carpenter
  °  Dead Man’s Switch by Tammy Kaehler
  °  Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab

2012 Awards
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2011
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein by J. Michael Orenduff [review]
  °  Stork Raving Mad by Donna Andrews [review]
  °  Swift Justice by Laura DiSilverio [review]
  °  Old Dogs by Donna Moore [review]
  °  Revenge for Old Times’ Sake by Kris Neri

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1950)
  * The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear [review]
  °  A Night of Long Knives by Rebecca Cantrell [review]
  °  Murder for Greenhorns by Robert Kresge
  °  City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley [review]
  °  The Demon’s Parchment by Jeri Westerson [review]

Hillerman Sky Award
(mystery that best captures the landscape of the Southwest)
  * The Spider’s Web by Margaret Coel
  °  Wild Penance by Sandi Ault [review]
  °  The Bone Fire by Christine Barber [review]
  °  Snare by Deborah J Ledford

Watson Award
(mystery novel with best sidekick)
  * Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson [review]
  °  Wild Penance by Sandi Ault [review]
  °  Dead Lift by Rachel Brady
  °  Rolling Thunder by Chris Grabenstein [review]
  °  To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn [review]

Left Coast Crime Awards

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2010
Los Angeles, California

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Getting Old Is a Disaster by Rita Lakin
  °  Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews [review]
  °  Living with Your Kids Is Murder by Mike Befeler
  °  Strangle a Loaf of Italian Bread by Denise Dietz
  °  High Crimes on the Magical Plane by Kris Neri

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1950)
  * A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell [review]
  °  Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander
  °  In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen
  °  Freedom’s Flight by Gary Phillips
  °  Serpent in the Thorns by Jeri Westerson [review]

The Panik
(in honor of the late Paul Anik, Chairman of Left Coast Crime 2010,
for the best Los Angeles Noir )
  * Death Was in the Picture by Linda Richards
  °  Cemetery Road by Gar Anthony Haywood
  °  Trust No One by Gregg Hurwitz
  °  Boulevard by Stephen Jay Schwartz

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2009
Waikoloa, Hawaii

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Greasing the Piñata by Tim Maleeny
  °  Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews
  °  It Happened One Knife by Jeffrey Cohen
  °  Thugs & Kisses by Sue Ann Jaffarian
  °  Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill by N.M. Kelby [review]
  °  Getting Old Is To Die For by Rita Lakin

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1950)
  * Nox Dormienda, A Long Night for Sleeping by Kelli Stanley [review]
  °  A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander
  °  A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
  °  Tell Me, Pretty Maiden by Rhys Bowen [review]
  °  Touchstone by Laurie King [review]

Hawaii Five-O
(law enforcement, police procedural)
  * Mahu Fire by Neil S. Plakcy
  °  Angels Fall by Baron Birtcher
  °  The Angel of Knowlton Park by Kate Flora
  °  The Black Path by Åsa Larsson
  °  Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet
  °  Fractured by Karin Slaughter

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2008
Denver, Colorado

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Murder with Reservations by Elaine Viets
  °  The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews
  °  Stuff To Die For by Don Bruns
  °  Some Like It Hot-Buttered by Jeffrey Cohen [review]
  °  Knee High by the Fourth of July by Jess Lourey

Rocky Award
(mystery novel set in the LCC geographical region)
  * The Girl with Braided Hair by Margaret Coel
  °  Free Fire by C.J. Box
  °  Lost Dog by Bill Cameron
  °  Stealing the Dragon by Tim Maleeny
  °  False Fortune by Twist Phelan

Arty Award
(best cover art)
  * Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
  °  Queenpin by Megan Abbott
  °  Isabella Moon by Laura Benedict
  °  Silent Counsel by Ken Isaacson
  °  Stealing the Dragon by Tim Maleeny

Arty Covers

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2007
Seattle, Washington

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Go to Helena Handbasket by Donna Moore
  °  No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews
  °  Monkey Man by Steve Brewer
  °  47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook
  °  Murder Unleashed by Elaine Viets

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2006
Bristol, UK

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Cast Adrift by Peter Guttridge
  °  Cue the Easter Bunny by Liz Evans
  °  The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
  °  Highway 61 Resurfaced by Bill Fitzhugh
  °  Fags and Lager by Charlie Williams

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1950)
  * Spectres in the Smoke by Tony Broadbent
  °  Night’s Child by Maureen Jennings
  °  Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear

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2005
El Paso, Texas

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * We’ll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews (tie)
  * Blue Blood by Susan McBride (tie) [review]
  °  Carnage on the Committee by Ruth Dudley Edwards
  °  Holy Guacamole by Nancy Fairbanks
  °  Perfect Sax by Jerrilyn Farmer

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1950)
  * The Witch in the Well by Sharan Newman
  °  Five for Silver by Mary Reed & Eric Mayer
  °  Tyrant of the Mind by Priscilla Royal
  °  Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson
  °  Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear

Calavera Award
(mystery novel set in the LCC geographical region)
  * Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich
  °  Snap Shot by Meg Chittenden
  °  Shadow Play by David Cole
  °  What Others Know by L.C. Hayden
  °  Family Claims by Twist Phelan

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2004
Monterey, California

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Mumbo Gumbo by Jerrilyn Farmer
  °  Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
  °  Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets [review]

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
(historical mystery, covering events before 1950)
  * For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen
  °  Silver Lies by Ann Parker
  °  Four for a Boy by Mary Reed & Eric Mayer

Otter Award
(mystery novel set in the LCC geographical region)
  * More Than You Know by Meg Chittenden
  °  Dragonfly Bones by David Cole
  °  Murder Pans Out by Emily Toll

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2003
Pasadena, California

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * The Hearse Case Scenario by Tim Cockey (tie)
  * Pipsqueak by Brian M. Wiprud (tie)
  °  Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
  °  This Pen for Hire by Laura Levine
  °  The Rival Queens by Fidelis Morgan
  °  Buck Fever by Ben Rehder

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2002
Portland, Oregon

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer (tie)
  * Fender Benders by Bill Fitzhugh (tie)
  °  Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews
  °  Murder Can Upset Your Mother by Selma Eichler
  °  Long Time No See by Susan Isaacs

2001
Anchorage, Alaska
No Award Given


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2000
Tucson, Arizona

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
  °  Big Trouble by Dave Barry
  °  High Five by Janet Evanovich
  °  Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer
  °  Murder Shoots the Bull by Anne George

1999
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Four to Score by Janet Evanovich

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1998
San Diego, California

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
  °  Dead Men Don’t Dance by Margaret Chittenden
  °  Scam by Parnell Hall
  •  I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better by Sarah Shankman
  °  The Death and Life of Bobby Z by Don Winslow

1997
Seattle, Washington
No Award Given


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1996
Boulder, Colorado

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery
  * The Fat Innkeeper by Alan Russell
  °  God Bless John Wayne by Kinky Friedman
  °  Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? by G.M. Ford [review]
  °  Movie by Parnell Hall
  °  Miracles in Maggody by Joan Hess
  °  If I’d Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharan McCrumb

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