Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel. The nominees are:
・ Donna Andrews, Gone Gull (Minotaur Books)
・ Ellen Byron, A Cajun Christmas Killing (Crooked Lane Books)
・ Marla Cooper, Dying on the Vine (Minotaur Books)
・ Cynthia Kuhn, The Art of Vanishing (Henery Press)
・ Cindy Sample, Dying for a Diamond (Cindy Sample Books)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1960. The nominees are:
・ Rhys Bowen, In Farleigh Field (Lake Union Publishing)
・ Jennifer Kincheloe, The Woman in the Camphor Trunk (Seventh Street Books)
・ Renee Patrick, Dangerous To Know (Forge)
・ Priscilla Royal, The Proud Sinner (Poisoned Pen Press)
・ Jeri Westerson, Season of Blood (Severn House Publishers)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel. The nominees are:
・ Susan Alice Bickford, A Short Time To Die (Kensington)
・ Kellye Garrett, Hollywood Homicide (Midnight Ink)
・ Wendall Thomas, Lost Luggage (Poisoned Pen Press)
・ Nancy Tingley, A Head in Cambodia (Swallow Press)
・ Kathleen Valenti, Protocol (Henery Press)
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories). The nominees are:
・ Matt Coyle, Blood Truth (Oceanview Publishing)
・ William Kent Krueger, Sulphur Springs (Atria Books)
・ Louise Penny, Glass Houses (Minotaur Books)
・ Terry Shames, An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock (Seventh Street Books)
・ James W. Ziskin, Cast the First Stone (Seventh Street Books)
（受賞作の発表は３月24日）