Left Coast Crime gives out various award nominations

which are as follows:

The LEFTY is for the best humorous mystery novel published in 2004.

Blue Blood, by Susan McBride (Avon)

Carnage on the Committee, by Ruth Dudley Edwards (Poisoned Pen Press)

Holy Guacamole, by Nancy Fairbanks (Berkley Prime Crime)

Perfect Sax, by Jerrilyn Farmer (Morrow)

We’ll Always Have Parrots, by Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s Minotaur)

The BRUCE ALEXANDER HISTORY MYSTERY AWARD is for the best historical mystery (set anywhere and in any time period up to the end of World War II) published in 2004.

Birds of a Feather, by Jacqueline Winspear (soho Press)

Five for Silver, by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer (Poisoned Pen Press)

Murder on Marble Row, by Victoria Thompson (Berkley Prime Crime)

Tyrant of the Mind, by Priscilla Royal (Poisoned Pen Press)

The Witch in the Well, by Sharan Newman (Forge)

The CALAVERA, like the Otter in 2004, is for the best mystery set in the geographic area covered by Left Coast Crime and published in 2004.

Family Claims, by Twist Phelan (Poisoned Pen Press)

Grave Endings, by Rochelle Krich (Ballantine)

Shadow Play, by David Cole (Avon)

Snap Shot, by Meg Chittenden (Berkley)

What Others Know, by L.C. Hayden (Top Publications)

Congratulations to all the nominees, and the winners will be announced in an awards ceremony at LCC on Saturday, February 26 in El Paso, Texas.