Congratulations to all the Left Coast Crime winners and nominees

See you in Albuquerque in 2022!

Winners are listed first each category.
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
  ✫Ellen Byron, Murder in the Bayou Boneyard (Crooked Lane Books)
  ° Jennifer J. Chow, Mimi Lee Gets a Clue (Berkley Prime Crime)
  ° Carl Hiaasen, Squeeze Me (Alfred A. Knopf)
  ° Cynthia Kuhn, The Study of Secrets (Henery Press)
  ° J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing (Aakenbaaken & Kent)
  ° Sung J. Woo, Skin Deep (Agora Books)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1970
  ✫Catriona McPherson, The Turning Tide (Quercus)
  ° Susanna Calkins, The Fate of a Flapper (Minotaur Books)
  ° Dianne Freeman, A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder (Kensington Books)
  ° Laurie R. King, Riviera Gold (Bantam Books)
  ° Ann Parker, Mortal Music (Poisoned Pen Press)
  ° James W. Ziskin, Turn to Stone (Seventh Street Books)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
  ✫David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts (Ecco)
  ° Daisy Bateman, Murder Goes to Market (Seventh Street Books)
  ° Mary Keliikoa, Derailed (Camel Press)
  ° Erica Ruth Neubauer, Murder at the Mena House (Kensington Books)
  ° Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Viking)
  ° Halley Sutton, The Lady Upstairs (Putnam)
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
  ✫Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Minotaur Books)
  ° Tracy Clark, What You Don’t See (Kensington Books)
  ° S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland (Flatiron Books)
  ° Matt Coyle, Blind Vigil (Oceanview Publishing)
  ° Rachel Howzell Hall, And Now She’s Gone (Forge)