Nominees for the 2013 Lefty Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2013 Lefty Awards have been anounced by the organizers of Left Coast Crime. Attendees to this year's conference in Colorado Springs (March 21st through 24th, 2013) will vote for the winners, which will be announced at a banquet on Saturday night.

The nominees are …

The Lefty (best humorous mystery):
• Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder by Mike Befeler (Five Star)
• Swift Run by Laura DiSilverio (Minotaur Books)
• December Dread by Jess Lourey (Midnight Ink)
• Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)
• The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks (Minotaur Books)
• Fit To Be Dead by Nancy Glass West (Southwest Publications)

The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award:
• The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen (Berkley Prime Crime)
• A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell (Forge Books)
• Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow)
• Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder by Catrona McPherson (Minotaur Books)
• Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (HarperCollins)

The Rocky (best mystery set Left Coast Crime geographical region):
• Buffalo Bill's Dead Now by Margaret Coel (Berkley Prime Crime)
• Hush Money by Chuck Greaves (Minotaur Books)
• Wicked Eddies by Beth Groundwater (Midnight Ink)
• Sonora Crossing by Darrell James (Midnight Ink)
• As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson (Viking)

The Watson (best sidekick in a mystery)
• In a Witch's Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell (Obsidian)
• Taken by Robert Crais (Putnam)
• Fun House by Chris Grabenstein (Pegasus)
• When the Past Haunts You by L. C. Hayden (CreateSpace)
• Brouja Brouhaha by Rochelle Staab (Berkley Prime Crime)

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare for alerting us to this list.)