Congratulations to the nominees for the 2025 Lefty Awards. Interested in reading the books nominated? Check out the Webstore for copies. https://store.poisonedpen.com/
The Lefty Awards will be voted on at Left Coast Crime 2025 and presented at a banquet on Saturday, March 15, at the Westin Denver Downtown. Congratulations to all!
Lefty Nominees for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
- Ellen Byron, A Very Woodsy Murder (Kensington Books)
- Jennifer J. Chow, Ill-Fated Fortune (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
- A.J. Devlin, Bronco Buster (NeWest Press)
- Catriona McPherson, Scotzilla (Severn House)
- Rob Osler, Cirque du Slay (Crooked Lane Books)
- Richard Osman, We Solve Murders (Pamela Dorman Books / Viking)
Lefty Nominees for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(Bill Gottfried Memorial) for books covering events before 1970
- John Copenhaver, Hall of Mirrors (Pegasus Crime)
- Robert Dugoni, A Killing on the Hill (Thomas & Mercer)
- Dianne Freeman, An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder (Kensington Books)
- Laurie R. King, The Lantern’s Dance (Bantam Books)
- Laura Jensen Walker, Death of a Flying Nightingale (Level Best Books / Historia)
Lefty Nominees for Best Debut Mystery Novel
- Peter Malone Elliott, Blue Ridge (Level Best Books)
- Cindy Goyette, Obey All Laws (Level Best Books)
- Audrey Lee, The Mechanics of Memory (CamCat Books)
- Jennifer K. Morita, Ghosts of Waikiki (Crooked Lane Books)
- K.T. Nguyen, You Know What You Did (Dutton)
Lefty Nominees for Best Mystery Novel
(not in other categories)
- Claire Booth, Home Fires (Severn House)
- Margot Douaihy, Blessed Water (Zando, Gillian Flynn Books)
- Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
- Leslie Karst, Molten Death (Severn House)
- James L’Etoile, Served Cold (Level Best Books)
- Duane Swierczynski, California Bear (Mulholland Books)