2024 LEFTY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
(レフティ賞候補作発表)

Left Coast Crime 2024 has announced the nominees for its 2024 Lefty Awards as follows:

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel: (6)
Jennifer J. Chow, Hot Pot Murder (Berkley Prime Crime)
Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Great Gimmelmans (Level Best Books)
Leslie Karst, A Sense for Murder (Severn House)
Catriona McPherson, Hop Scot (Severn House)
Cindy Sample, Dying for a Decoration (Cindy Sample Books)
Wendall Thomas, Cheap Trills (Beyond the Page Books)

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel for books set before 1970: (The Bill Gottfried Memorial): (6)
Cara Black, Night Flight to Paris (Soho Crime)
Bruce Borgos, The Bitter Past (Minotaur Books)
Susanna Calkins, Death Among the Ruins (Severn House)
Dianne Freeman, A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Kensington)
Cheryl A. Head, Time’s Undoing (Dutton)
Naomi Hirahara, Evergreen (Soho Crime)

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel: (5)
Lina Chern, Play the Fool (Bantam)
Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books)
Josh Pachter, Dutch Threat (Genius Book Publishing)
Ana Reyes, The House in the Pines (Dutton)
Nina Simon, Mother-Daughter Murder Night (William Morrow)

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories): (6)
Tracy Clark, Hide (Thomas & Mercer)
S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed (Flatiron Books)※ハーパーコリンズジャパンより翻訳刊行予定
Matt Coyle, Odyssey’s End (Oceanview Publishing)
Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows (Mulholland Books)
James L’Etoile, Face of Greed (Oceanview Publishing)
Gigi Pandian, The Raven Thief (Minotaur Books)

The winners will be announced during an awards banquet on Saturday, April 13 during Left Coast Crime Convention to be held in Bellevue, Washington from April 11 thru 14.
(受賞作の発表は4月13日)