Congrats to the Lefty Award finalists!
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel. The nominees are:
- Ellen Byron, Cajun Kiss of Death (Crooked Lane Books)
- Jennifer Chow, Mimi Lee Cracks the Code (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Minotaur Books)
- Cynthia Kuhn, How To Book a Murder (Crooked Lane Books)
- Raquel V. Reyes, Mango, Mambo, and Murder (Crooked Lane Books)
- Wendall Thomas, Fogged Off (Beyond the Page Books)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (for books set before 1970). The nominees are:
- Susanna Calkins, The Cry of the Hangman (Severn House)
- John Copenhaver, The Savage Kind (Pegasus Crime)
- Naomi Hirahara, Clark and Division (Soho Crime)
- Sujata Massey, The Bombay Prince (Soho Crime)
- Catriona McPherson, The Mirror Dance (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway (William Morrow)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel. The nominees are:
- Alexandra Andrews, Who Is Maud Dixon (Little, Brown and Company)
- Marco Carocari, Blackout (Level Best Books)
- Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl (Atria Books)
- Mia P. Manansala, Arsenic and Adobo (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Wanda M. Morris, All Her Little Secrets (William Morrow)
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories). The nominees are:
- Tracy Clark, Runner (Kensington Books)
- S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears (Flatiron Press)
- Matt Coyle, Last Redemption (Oceanview Publishing)
- William Kent Krueger, Lightning Strike (Atria Books)
- P.J. Vernon, Bath Haus (Doubleday)
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