Sunday, January 31, 2010

2010 LEFTY NOMINEES


Dateline: Los Angeles, CA

Left Coast Crime announced the nominees for awards given on March 11-14 at the Left Coast Crime Convention at the Omni Hotel.

Lefty Award for Most Humorous Mystery

Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews
Living with Your Kids Is Murder by Mike Befeler
Strangle a Loaf of Italian Bread by Denise Dietz
Getting Old Is a Disaster by Rita Lakin
High Crimes on the Magical Plane by Kris Neri


Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award

(historical mystery, covering events before 1950)

Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander
In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen
A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell
Freedom’s Flight by Gary Phillips
Serpent in the Thorns by Jeri Westerson


The Panik

Given in honor of the late Paul Anik, Chairman of Left Coast Crime 2010,
for the best Los Angeles Noir book published in 2009.

Cemetery Road by Gar Anthony Haywood
Trust No One by Gregg Hurwitz
Death Was in the Picture by Linda Richards
Boulevard by Stephen Jay Schwartz


Good luck to all excellent entries.

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