SleuthSayers: Bright Bay Babbles

SleuthSayers: Bright Bay Babbles: Last time I promised (or threatened, if you prefer) to provide my favorite quotations from Left Coast Crime, held in February in San Franci...

SleuthSayers: Back to the Bay

SleuthSayers: Back to the Bay: Getting Historical with  Aubrey Hamilton, Diana R. Chambers, Karen Odden, S.J. Rozan  I spent the last week in San Francisco, eating Rice-a-...

Lesa's Book Critiques: Lefty Award Winners

 Lesa's Book Critiques: Lefty Award Winners

The Rap Sheet: Only Winners Left

 The Rap Sheet: Only Winners Left

The Rap Sheet: It’s Now Time to Judge the Leftys

 The Rap Sheet: It’s Now Time to Judge the Leftys

Mystery Fanfare: 2026 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award Nominations

Mystery Fanfare: 2026 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award Nominations: Left Coast Crime 2026 will be presenting four Lefty Awards at our 36th annual convention, to be held this February in San Francisco: Humo...

Mystery Fanfare: LEFT COAST CRIME 2026: San Francisco Schemin'

Mystery Fanfare: LEFT COAST CRIME 2026: San Francisco Schemin': Can't wait for Left Coast Crime 2026: San Francisco Schemin' . Be sure and sign up and reserve your room at the hotel. This is goin...

Lesa's Book Critiques: Lefty Awards

 Lesa's Book Critiques: Lefty Awards

The Rap Sheet: Decisions in Denver

 The Rap Sheet: Decisions in Denver

Mystery Fanfare: THE LEFTY AWARD NOMINEES: 2025 Left Coast Crime

Mystery Fanfare: THE LEFTY AWARD NOMINEES: 2025 Left Coast Crime: The Lefty Awards will be voted on at Left Coast Crime 2025 and presented at a banquet on Saturday, March 15, at the Westin Denver Downtown....

In Reference To Murder: Mystery Melange 11/15/2024

 In Reference To Murder: Mystery Melange 11/15/2024

The Rap Sheet: Bullet Points: Alarming Week Edition

 The Rap Sheet: Bullet Points: Alarming Week Edition

SleuthSayers: Said in Seattle

SleuthSayers: Said in Seattle: Two weeks ago I reported on How I Spent My Mystery Writer Vacation at Left Coast Crime in Seattle.  Below you will find some of the words o...

SleuthSayers: Seen in Seattle

SleuthSayers: Seen in Seattle:   I just spent a long  weekend in Bellevue, WA for Left Coast Crime: Seattle Shakedown, and I had a great time. More than 500 mystery write...

Lesa's Book Critiques: 2024 LEFTY AWARD WINNERS

 Lesa's Book Critiques: 2024 LEFTY AWARD WINNERS

In Reference To Murder: Mystery Melange 4/11/2024

 In Reference To Murder: Mystery Melange 4/11/2024

In Reference To Murder: Mystery Melange 1/4/2024

 In Reference To Murder: Mystery Melange 1/4/2024

Mystery Fanfare: LEFTY AWARD WINNERS 2023: LEFT COAST CRIME

Mystery Fanfare: LEFTY AWARD WINNERS 2023: LEFT COAST CRIME:   Lefty Award Winners: Left Coast Crime 2023 The Lefty Awards were announced last night at the Left Coast Crime Convention in Tucson, Arizo...

SleuthSayers: The Tribe Gathers in Albuquerque by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: The Tribe Gathers in Albuquerque:   The last big event for the mystery community before Covid was Left Coast Crime 2020 in San Diego.  It was shut down on the first day. The...

Lesa's Book Critiques: 2022 LEFT COAST CRIME “LEFTY” AWARD NOMINEES

 Lesa's Book Critiques: 2022 LEFT COAST CRIME “LEFTY” AWARD NOMINEES