The 2019 Lefty Awards were presented this evening, Saturday, March 30, 2019, at the Awards Banquet of Left Coast Crime, meeting in Vancouver, B.C.
There were awards in four categories. In the list below, the winner is at the top of each category, with the runners-up listed beneath the winner.
Best Humorous Mystery
- ***Scot Free, by Catriona McPherson***
- Mardi Gras Murder, by Ellen Byron
- Hollywood Ending, by Kellye Garrett
- Nighttown, by Timothy Hallinan
- Death al Fresco, by Leslie Karst
- The Spirit in Question, by Cynthia Kuhn
Best Historical Mystery (Prior to 1960)
---The Bruce Alexander Memorial---
- ***The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey***
- Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding, by Rhys Bowen
- The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday, by David Corbett
- Island of the Mad, by Laurie R. King
- A Dying Note, by Ann Parker
- It Begins in Betrayal, by Iona Whishaw
Best Debut Mystery
- ***A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder, by Dianne Freeman***
- Broken Places, by Tracy Clark
- Cobra Clutch, by A.J. Devlin
- The Woman in the Window, by A.J. Finn
- What Doesn't Kill You, by Aimee Hix
- Deadly Solutions, by Keenan Powell
- Give Out Creek, by Judy Toews
Best Mystery (Not in Other Categories)
- ***November Road, by Lou Berney***
- Wrong Light, by Matt Coyle
- Kingdom of the Blind, by Louise Penny
- Under a Dark Sky, by Lori Rader-Day
- A Reckoning in the Back Country, by Terry Shames
- A Stone's Throw, by James W. Ziskin
Congratulations to all of the winners and the runners-up.
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