Left Coast Crime 2024 announced the Lefty Awards finalists on January 15.

Members of the Left Coast Crime convention picked the nominees and will vote on the winners, which will be revealed at the awards ceremony in Seattle, WA on April 13.

Best Humorous Mystery Novel

• Jennifer J. Chow, Hot Pot Murder (Berkley Prime Crime)
• Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Great Gimmelmans (Level Best Books)
• Leslie Karst, A Sense for Murder (Severn House)
• Catriona McPherson, Hop Scot (Severn House)
• Cindy Sample, Dying for a Decoration (Cindy Sample Books)
• Wendall Thomas, Cheap Trills (‎Beyond the Page Books)

Best Historical Mystery Novel for books set before 1970 (The Bill Gottfried Memorial)

• Cara Black, Night Flight to Paris (Soho Crime)
• Bruce Borgos, The Bitter Past (Minotaur Books)
• Susanna Calkins, Death Among the Ruins (Severn House)
• Dianne Freeman, A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Kensington)
• Cheryl A. Head, Time’s Undoing (Dutton)
• Naomi Hirahara, Evergreen (Soho Crime)

Best Debut Mystery Novel

•  Lina Chern, Play the Fool (Bantam)
• Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books)
• Josh Pachter, Dutch Threat (Genius Book Publishing)
• Ana Reyes, The House in the Pines (Dutton)
• Nina Simon, Mother-Daughter Murder Night (William Morrow)

Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories)

• Tracy Clark, Hide (Thomas & Mercer)
• S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed (Flatiron Books)
• Matt Coyle, Odyssey’s End (Oceanview Publishing)
• Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows (Mulholland Books)
• James L’Etoile, Face of Greed (Oceanview Publishing)
• Gigi Pandian, The Raven Thief (Minotaur Books)