The 2021 Left Coast Crime convention, postponed till 2022, still announced the winners of this year’s Lefties today.

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel

• Ellen Byron, Murder in the Bayou Boneyard (Crooked Lane Books)

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel

(Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1970

• Catriona McPherson, The Turning Tide (Quercus)

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel

• David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts (Ecco)

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel

• Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Minotaur Books)