Congratulations are in order for Jeri Westerson. THE DEMON’S PARCHMENT (reviews | buy), her third medieval noir featuring Crispin Guest, has just been nominated for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, to be handed out at Left Coast Crime’s The Big Chile in Santa Fe in March.

Making this doubly exciting is the fact that Jeri’s a finalist for the second year in a row — the last Crispin Guest, SERPENT IN THE THORNS (out now in paperback!) was also nominated.