2014
Left Coast Crime Awards
Calamari Crime is delighted to announce the nominees for the 2014 Left Coast Crime Awards. A ballot listing the official nominees will be given to each registrant when they check in at the convention. The 2014 Left Coast Crime Awards will presented at the Awards Banquet on Saturday, March 22nd. (Press Release)
Award
winners in red below.
The Lefty: Best humorous mystery novel
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Donna Andrews, The Hen of the Baskervilles (Minotaur Books) |
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Timothy Hallinan, The Fame Thief (Soho Crime) |
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Lisa Lutz, The Last Word (Simon & Schuster) |
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Brad Parks, The Good Cop (Minotaur Books) |
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Cindy Sample, Dying for a Daiquiri (Cindy Sample Books) |
The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award: Best historical mystery novel covering events before 1960
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Rhys Bowen, Heirs and Graces (Berkley Prime Crime) |
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Susan Elia MacNeal, His Majesty’s Hope (Bantam) |
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Catriona McPherson, Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses (Minotaur Books) |
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David Morrell, Murder as a Fine Art (Mulholland Books) |
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Priscilla Royal, Covenant with Hell (Poisoned Pen Press) |
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Jacqueline Winspear, Leaving Everything Most Loved (HarperCollins) |
The Squid: Best mystery set within the United States
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Sue Grafton, W Is for Wasted (Putnam, Marian Wood Books) |
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Darrell James, Purgatory Key (Midnight Ink) |
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William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace (Atria Books) |
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Hank Phillippi Ryan, The Wrong Girl (Forge) |
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Terry Shames, A Killing at Cotton Hill (Seventh Street Books) |
The Calamari: Best mystery set anywhere else in the world
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Cara Black, Murder Below Montparnasse (Soho Crime) |
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Lisa Brackmann, Hour of the Rat (Soho Crime) |
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Catriona McPherson, As She Left It (Midnight Ink) |
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Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In (Minotaur Books) |
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Jeffrey Siger, Mykonos After Midnight (Poisoned Pen Press) |
Questions? Email Awards Co-Chairs Lucinda
Surber & Stan Ulrich for more information. |
