Left Coast Crime has released the 2019 Lefty Award nominations, and The Spirit in Question (Lila Maclean Academic Mystery #3) has been nominated in the “Best Humorous Mystery” category! So honored–thank you to everyone who voted!
Congratulations to all of the nominees!
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel:
- Ellen Byron, Mardi Gras Murder (Crooked Lane Books)
- Kellye Garrett, Hollywood Ending (Midnight Ink)
- Timothy Hallinan, Nighttown (Soho Crime)
- Leslie Karst, Death al Fresco (Crooked Lane Books)
- Cynthia Kuhn, The Spirit in Question (Henery Press)
- Catriona McPherson, Scot Free (Midnight Ink)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial):
- Rhys Bowen, Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (Berkeley Prime Crime)
- David Corbett, The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday (Black Opal Books)
- Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad (Bantam Books)
- Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill (Soho Crime)
- Ann Parker, A Dying Note (Poisoned Pen Press)
- Iona Whishaw, It Begins in Betrayal (Touchwood Editions)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel:
- Tracy Clark, Broken Places (Kensington Books)
- A.J. Devlin, Cobra Clutch (NeWest Press)
- A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window (William Morrow)
- Dianne Freeman, A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Kensington Books)
- Aimee Hix, What Doesn’t Kill You (Midnight Ink)
- Keenan Powell, Deadly Solution (Level Best Books)
- J.G. Toews, Give Out Creek (Mosaic Press)
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel:
- Lou Berney, November Road (William Morrow)
- Matt Coyle, Wrong Light (Oceanview Publishing)
- Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Minotaur Books)
- Lori Rader-Day, Under a Dark Sky (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- Terry Shames, A Reckoning in the Back Country (Seventh Street Books)
- James W. Ziskin, A Stone’s Throw (Seventh Street Books)
Cynthia Kuhn 