2022 LEFTY AWARD NOMINEES
（レフティ賞候補作発表）
Left Coast Crime has announced the nominees for the 2022 Lefty Awards for books published in 2021 as follows:
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel: (6)
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)※東京創元社より翻訳刊行予定
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) (6)
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: (5)
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) (5)
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)
Despite of the pandemic, the April 2022 Left Coast Crime convention has been scheduled to be an in-person event. The Lefty Awards will be announced and presented on Saturday, April 09 at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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