Lefty Awards

Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Awards

2024 Nominees
Bellevue, Washington

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
*	Cheap Trills by Wendall Thomas
°	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

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bill Gottfried Memorial, covering events before 1970)
*	Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara [review]
°	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 [review]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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]

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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

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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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