Lefty Awards 2019

I am trying to catch up with the mystery and thriller book awards.  I like sharing them because you find some great new books to read.  

The Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Awards are fan awards chosen by registered members of the Left Coast Crime convention. Nominations for awards to be presented at each annual convention are made by people registered for that convention and also the immediately prior convention. A ballot listing the official nominees is given to each registrant when they check in at the convention, and final voting takes place at the convention. The ballots are tabulated and that year’s Lefty Awards are presented at the Awards Celebration.

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  * Scot Free by Catriona McPherson (winner)
  ° Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
  ° Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett
  ° Nighttown by Timothy Hallinan 
  ° 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 (winner)
  ° Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
  ° The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday by David Corbett
  ° Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King 
  ° 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 (winner) ~~ I will be reviewing shortly on blog
  ° Broken Places by Tracy Clark 
  ° Cobra Clutch by A.J. Devlin 
  ° The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 
  ° What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix 
  ° Deadly Solution by Keenan Powell
  ° Give Out Creek by J.G. Toews

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

I hope these give you some new prospects to keep you stocked in mysteries.