The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - PART I

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome LittleRed, Martha & Renee!

[❀Tea❀]

In :)

Duration: Open ended
Level: Lead Homicide Detective

: 0/50

Amateur Sleuth
1.
2.

Aristocratic Detective
1.
2.

Caper
1.
2.

Cozy Mystery
1.
2.

Culinary Mystery
1.
2.

Double Act
1.
2.

FBI/CIA/ATF
1.
2.

Forensic Specialist
1.
2.

Futuristic
1.
2.

Historical Mystery
1.
2.

Legal
1.
2.

Medical
1.
2.

Missing Person Mystery
1.
2.

Noir
1.
2.

Romantic Suspense
1.
2.

Rooting for the Bad Guy
1.
2.

Paranormal Mystery
1.
2.

Police Procedural
1.
2.

Private Eye
1.
2.

Professional Sleuth
1.
2.

Proprietor Mysteries
1.
2.

Sci-Fi
1.
2.

Scotland Yard
1.
2.

Thriller
1.
2.

Technothriller
1.
2.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Tea!

[Wanda]

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge~

Duration: Open-Ended
Beginning Date: 11/1/2020
Completion Date:?

Part 1 and Part II
SHERLOCK - 100 books total from Part I and Part II!

38/100

Action & Adventure – AKA Testosterone-Drenched Tales

Amateur Sleuth
1. Blue Blood: A Debutante Dropout Mystery by Susan McBride-11/2/20-👓👓👓👓

Aristocratic Detective
1. The Woman in the Water-Charles Finch-4/11/21-🕵🏽‍♀️🕵🏽‍♀️🕵🏽‍♀️🕵🏽‍♀️🕵🏽‍♀️
2. The Mischief of the Mistletoe-Lauren Willig-8/14/21-🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒

Blackmailed
1. A Burnable Book-Bruce Holsinger-8/22/01-🔥🔥🔥🔥

Caper
1. Wicked for Hire-8/2321-⚡⚡⚡

Cozy Mystery
1. Cupid's Curse-Kathi Daley-6/22/21-🏹🏹🏹🏹
2.

Culinary Mystery
1. A Pinch of Sea Salt and a Dash of Murder-Phoebe T. Eggli-6/28-🍞🍞🍞


Double Act
1. A Traitor to Memory-Elizabeth George-8/2/21-🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
2. A Zen for Murder-Leighann Dobbs-8/3/21-🦀🦀🦀

FBI/CIA/ATF(British Intelligence
1. No Graves As Yet-Anne Perry-4/7/21-🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺
2. Operation Tropical Affair-Kimberli A. Bindschatel-9/5/21-🐒🐒🐒🐒

Forensic Specialist

Futuristic

Historical Mystery
1. Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler-11/4/20-🎎🎎🎎🎎🎎
2. Black Arrow-I.J. Parker-8/5/21-🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹
3. The Good Knight-Sarah Woodbury-8/13/21-🐴🐴🐴🐴

Legal
1. Death Turns a Trick-Julie Smith-12/1/20-⚖⚖⚖⚖

Medical

Missing Person Mystery

Noir

Romantic Suspense

Rooting for the Bad Guy

Paranormal Mystery
1. A Charming Crime-Tonya Kappes-11/11/20-🧹🧹🧹
2. Other Worlds-Barbara Michaels-8/27/21-👻👻👻👻

Police Procedural
1. Malice in Maggody-Joan Hess-6/6/21-🤠🤠🤠
2. The Hollows-Jess Montgomery-8/1/21-💜💜💜💜💜
3. The Girl Beneath the Sea-Andrew Mayne-9/3/21-🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊

Private Eye

Professional Sleuth

Proprietor Mysteries
1. Marvels, Mochas, and Murder-Christine Zane Thomas-5/24-🔺🔺🔺

Sci-Fi

Scotland Yard

Thriller
1.
The Kaiser's Web-Steve Berry-3/10/21-🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆
2. The Bookworm-Mitch Silver-9/8/21-🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

Technothriller


Chick-lit Mysteries
1. Fortune and Glory-Janet Evanovich-12/2/20-*****
MC=Stephanie Plum

Classic Whodunit

Cold Case or Hard Case Crimes

Computer Hacking or Business/Corporate
1. A View to Die For-Richard Houston-9/5/21-🐶🐶🐶🐶

Crafters/Hobbyist

Ecclesiastical Mystery/Religious Protagonist (Priest, Nun, Rabbi, Reverend, Shaker, etc.)
MC is a Nun
1. Shroud for the Archbishop-Peter Tremayne-1/3/21-➕➕➕➕
2. The Novice's Tale-Margaret Frazer-8/30/21-⛪⛪⛪⛪

Fantasy/Urban Fantasy
1. The Sorcerer's Appendix-P.J. Brackston-4/28/21-🕴🏻🕴🏻🕴🏻🕴🏻🕴🏻


Famous People

Female Detective

Furry Sleuth or Pet Owner Mysteries
1. Murder, She Barked-Krista Davis-12/16/20-🐶🐶🐶🐶

Holiday Mysteries
Trick or Treat Murder-Leslie Meier-4/4/21-🎃🎃🎃🎃

Horror/Splatterpunk
1. Mexican Gothic-Silvia Moreno-Garcia-3/23/21-🔺🔺🔺🔺

“Howdunit” or “Howcatchem" or Inverted

“I Never Knew You at All”/Masquerade

Locked Room/Puzzle

Magical Realism
1. by Laurie Faria Stolarz-11/18/20-💀💀💀💀

Miscellaneous or Mixed Bag

Pastische
Serial Killer
1. Violets Are Blue-James Patterson-2/4/21-***

Setting - Exotic Local
1. The Mangrove Coast-Randy Wayne White-3/18/21-🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

Setting - Isolated Local
Setting - Southern U.S.-North Carolina
1. Long Upon the Land-Margaret Maron-12/5/20-*****
2. Kentucky-The Devil Amongst the Lawyers-Sharyn McCrumb-8/23/21-📰📰📰📰📰

Setting - Third World

Setting - Quaint English Village
1. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows-Alan Bradley-4/9/21-*****

Soft-boiled

Spy/Espionage

Steampunk

Theft (art, jewelry, etc.)
1. Devonshire Scream-Laura Childs-4/4/21-☕☕☕☕

True Crime

Young Adult
1. A Red Herring Without Mustard-Alan Bradley-3/14/21-🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺
2. Something Wicked This Way Comes-Ray Bradbury-9/1/21-⚡⚡⚡

[Linda C]

Completed !! see msg 15 and 16

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge
1/1/21-1/31/22
LHD/SHERLOCK
0/100

SUB-GENRES OF MYSTERY (1)
SUB-GENRES OF MYSTERY (2)

[Renee]

Would Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C. J. Archer count as an amateur sleuth?

[Suzanne]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - PART I
Duration: 1/1/2022 - Til Done!

Progress: 0 out of 50
Levels:
(view spoiler)[Grifter - 5 books
Gumshoe- 6-10 books
Hard-boiled P.I. - 11-20 books
Crime Scene Investigator - 21-30 books (do more than one of your favs)
Lead Homicide Detective - Double the number for each category! (Yes, 50 books in all for LHD!) (hide spoiler)]

~The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge~

Sub-genre: Mystery

List inspired by the blogspot Murder by 4. We’ve added several of our own and used a few GoodReads’ definitions.

Rules: Pick a level, and read books that fall under these twenty-five (25) Mystery sub-genres listed below.

There is sure to be some overlap; you may use different books from the same series in more than one category. For example, The Gaslight Mystery Series featuring Sarah Brandt, the widowed midwife, and Frank Malloy, the widower police detective, would fall under both “Double Act” and “Historical Mystery.” So, if you’re enjoying the series, you could use #1-Murder on Astor Place for “Double Act” and #2-Murder on St. Mark's Place for “Historical Mystery.”

[Suzanne]

Amateur Sleuth:

Aristocratic Detective:

Caper:

Cozy Mystery:

Culinary Mystery:

Double Act:

FBI/CIA/ATC:

Forensic Specialist:

Futuristic:

Historical Mystery:

Legal:
The Guardians January 31, 2020

Medical:

Missing Person Mystery:

Noir:

Romantic Suspense:

Rooting for the Bad Guy:

Paranormal Mystery:

Police Procedural:

Private Eye:

Professional Sleuth:

Proprietor Mysteries:

Sci-Fi:

Scotland Yard:

Thriller:

Technothriller:

[Suzanne]

Reserved

[Martha]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome LittleRed, Martha & Renee!"

I cannot find my post that said I was restarting both these challenges in 2019. Since you posted a welcome message in Dec 2019 I’m going to make that my start date.

[Patty]

Mystery Mayhem and Murder Challenge 2024
Start Date: 01/01/2024
Goal: Lead Homicide Detective 50+
Progress: 19/50

Amateur Sleuth:
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner

Aristocratic Detective:

Caper:
Sex, Lies & Serious Money by Stuart Woods

Cozy Mystery:
A Vintage Death by Mary Ellen Hughes

Culinary Mystery:

Double Act:

FBI/CIA/ATF:
Command and Control by Marc Cameron

Forensic Specialist:

Futuristic:
Dissolution by Nicholas Binge

Historical Mystery:
The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Legal:
Never Say Die by James Patterson
The Broker by John Grisham

Medical:

Missing Person Mystery:
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger

Noir:

Romantic Suspense:

Rooting for the Bad Guy:

Paranormal Mystery:
Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

Police Procedural:

Private Eye:

Professional Sleuth:

Proprietor Mysteries:

Sci-Fi:
Down World by Rebecca Phelps
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Scotland Yard:

Thriller:
One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
Lone Wolf by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz

Technothriller:
Baby X by Kira Peikoff

[Catsalive]

Completed

Mystery, Mayhem & Murder I
26 Feb, 2024 - Open-ended
25/25

✔Amateur Sleuth: The Red Carnelian by Phyllis A. Whitney 8/3 2.5★

✔Aristocratic Detective: Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill 15/3 4★

✔Caper: Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allan 1/3 2★

✔Cozy Mystery: Away with the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood 3/4 5★

✔Culinary Mystery: Murder on the Menu by Miranda Bliss 9/3 1.5★

✔Double Act: Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 6/3 4★

✔FBI/CIA/ATF: The Secret by Lee Child,Andrew Child 25/3 2.5★

✔Forensic Specialist: Maidens of the Cave by Lloyd Devereux Richards 24/9/24 2★

✔Futuristic: Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb 9/4 3.5★

✔Historical Mystery: The Devil On Horseback by Victoria Holt 7/3 2.5★

✔Legal: Glenrock by Lee Christine 11/9 4★

✔Medical: The 5th Horseman by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 23/7 2★

✔Missing Person Mystery: What is Left Over, After by Natasha Lester 3/4 2.5★

✔Noir: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★

✔Romantic Suspense: Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb 28/2 3.5★

✔Rooting for the Bad Guy: Hades by Candice Fox 26/3 4★

✔Paranormal Mystery: The House of Sorrowing Stars by Beth Cartwright 7/4 2.5★

✔Police Procedural: Wild Card by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★

✔Private Eye: Written in Dead Wax by Andrew Cartmel 17/4 3.5★

✔Professional Sleuth: I'm a Fool to Kill You by Robert J. Randisi 28/3 1.5★

✔Proprietor Mysteries: Murder is a Piece of Cake by Elaine Viets 10/4 3★

✔Sci-Fi: Purity in Death by J.D. Robb 27/2 4★

✔Scotland Yard: Towards Zero by Agatha Christie 30/4 4★ - Supt. Battle

✔Thriller: Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge 26/4 4★

✔Technothriller: Temple by Matthew Reilly 2/5 4★

[Meghana]

2024 Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge
=========================================
Duration: 01/01/24 - 12/31/25
Level: Crime Scene Investigator

38/50

✔✔ 1. Amateur Sleuth -
Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun 1/11/24 3.5★
How it fits: Da-on tries to figure out the truth about her sister’s murder after 17 years. The case had gone cold due to the suspects having strong alibis and no substantial evidence
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai 2/28/24 3.5★
How it fits: Bodie finds that the wrong person was convicted by the police years earlier as she investigates her former roommate’s murder.

✔ 2. Aristocratic Detective:
A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 1/22/25
How it fits: The detective is Lady Emily Hardcastle, one of the British Gentry.

✔✔ 3. Caper:
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams 5/14/24 2★
How it fits: The whole murder scenario happens due to misunderstanding of the English language by a robot new to Earth
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson 7/20/24 4★
How it fits: The protagonist keeps making the whole murder scenario humorous

✔✔ 4. Cozy Mystery:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3/12/24 4.5★
How it fits: A dog is killed and Christopher investigates it.
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 7/8/24 4.5★
How it fits: 4 Septuagenarians investigate the murder of a journalist that happened 10 years ago

✔✔ 5. Culinary Mystery:
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell 1/8/24 3★
How it fits: Murder of a celebrity chef happens during a reality baking contest.
Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson 7/12/24
How it fits: Goldy Bear is a caterer who is accused of murdering her ex father-in-law and she decides to solve the murder herself

✔✔ 6. Double Act:
The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock 2/12/24 3.5★
How it fits: Homicide Detective and Journalist team up to solve a murder
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
How it fits: Chet, the dog and Bernie, his owner, investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl

✔ 7. FBI/CIA/ATF:
Reliquary by Douglas Preston 6/17/24 4★
The MC is Aloysius Pendergast who is an FBI agent investigating the murders

8. Forensic Specialist:

9. Futuristic:

✔✔ 10. Historical Mystery:
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 7/10/24 5★
How it fits: The mystery is set in 1930s
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 7/23/24
How it fits: The mystery is set in 1937

✔ 11. Legal:
The Last Billable Hour by Susan Wolfe 1/19/25
How it fits: The mystery is set in a legal from with one of the rookie lawyers becoming the partner to the detective to figure out the murderer.

12. Medical:

✔✔ 13. Missing Person Mystery:
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 3/8/24 3.5★
How it fits: Ellie Mack, daughter of Laurel Mack goes missing when she was 15 years old.
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica 6/13/24 3★
How it fits: Jack Hayes goes missing for 5 days before they discover his body in the woods

✔ 14. Noir:
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 1/16/25
How it fits: Ayoola in cold blood murders her boyfriends and alleges that they were abusive to her

✔✔ 15. Romantic Suspense:
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross 4★
How it fits: Jack and Adaira turn enemies-to-lovers while searching for the missing girls on the island of Cadence.
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 04/21/25 2.5★
How it fits: Meddeline and Nathan try to rekindle their love while trying to find a thief and hide an accidental murder

✔ 16. Rooting for the Bad Guy:
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo 2/19/25
How it fits: The main character Scarlett kills men who are rapists, sexual assaulters etc. While she is a serial killer, we are rooting for her as she helps out women in situations where they are not believed or able to get out of on their own.

✔✔ 17. Paranormal Mystery:
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas 10/13/24 3.5★
How it fits: The hacienda is haunted by the ghost of the previous Dona Solorzano and the new one keeps having scary episodes at night
Case 36 by Mason Sabre 5/3/25 1★
How it fits: Cade is a werewolf investigating issues related to shifters

✔✔ 18. Police Procedural:
Fear in the Sunlight by Nicola Upson 6/11/24 1★
How it fits: Archie Penrose, Chief inspector is investigating the murders
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean 2/13/25
How it fits: Detective Chelsey Calhoun investigates the murdered and missing girls

✔✔ 19. Private Eye:
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 2/6/24 4★
How it fits: Hercule Poirot is a private investigator hired by the British Government.
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 6/29/24 3★
How it fits: Precious Ramotswe is a private detective who sets up her shop in Gaborone to help people with problems.

✔✔ 20. Professional Sleuth:
Relic by Douglas Preston 5/16/24 4★
How it fits: Margo is a New York museum employee who helps the police and FBI solve the mystery of the ‘Beast of the Museum’ and makes sure the museum is not shutdown
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown 6/28/24 3★
How it fits: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon helps to uncover Masonic secrets and Peter Solomon’s kidnapper to make sure certain secrets don’t come out

✔✔ 21. Proprietor Mysteries:
Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien 3/11/24 2★
How it fits: Series: Lana runs the Ho Lee Noodle Shop with her parents.
Death on the Night of Lost Lizards by Julia Buckley 1/11/25
How it fits: How it fits: Hana Keller runs a tea house with her boyfriend.

✔✔ 22. Sci-Fi:
Extinction by Douglas Preston 2/15/25
How it fits: Colorado detectives try to figure out the murder of the billionaire’s son and daughter-in-law in a luxury resort that has die-extincted woolly mammoths and Neanderthals
Ascension by Nicholas Binge 5/28/25
How it fits: An enormous snow-covered mountain has appeared in the Pacific Ocean. No one knows when exactly it showed up and a scientist of mysterious phenomena, is contacted by a shadowy organization to help investigate.

✔✔ 23. Scotland Yard:
Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead 7/6/24 4★
How it fits: The deaths are investigated by Scotland Yard detective George Flint along with a magician consultant.
The Yard by Alex Grecian 7/15/24
How it fits: Walter Day, one of the Scotland Yard detectives is tasked with solving the murder of a detective who is part of the Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad

✔✔ 24. Thriller:
The Engagement Party by Darby Kane 3/11/24 3★
How it fits: Fast paced action thriller
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 5/26/24 3★
How it fits: Fast paced action thriller

✔ 25. Technothriller:
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton 10/27/24
How it fits: Satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to collect organisms and dust for study. One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing site, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.

[Martha]

Murder Mystery Squad Challenge I
Started on Dec 4, 2019
Doing this concurrently with Part II
Finished Aug 13, 2025
Lead Homicide Detective – 50 books – 2 from each category

Amateur Sleuth:
4:50 from Paddington Dec 9, 2022
The Moving Finger May 26, 2023

Aristocratic Detective:
The Nine Tailors Nov 2, 2023
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club April 15, 2025

Caper:
Going Rogue Oct 18, 2023
Fearless Fourteen Nov 4, 2023

Cozy Mystery:
Ghost in Trouble Sep 17, 2022
Ghost Gone Wild Oct 5, 2022

Culinary Mystery:
Blueberry Muffin Murder Jan 4, 2024
Strawberry Shortcake Murder Jan 20, 2024

Double Act:
The Secret Adversary April 16, 2024
Death on Demand May 5, 2023

FBI/CIA/ATC:
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax Jan 10, 2023
Murder at the FBI Jan 29, 2024

Forensic Specialist:
Hiding the Past Nov 17, 2020
The Lost Ancestor Feb 14, 2021

Futuristic:
Naked in Death March 23, 2024
Glory in Death Aug 24, 2024

Historical Mystery:
Cathedral of Bones Sep 19, 2023
Breach of Faith Aug 29, 2024

Legal:
The Guardians Jan 31, 2020
The Firm Sep 8, 2024

Medical:
A Plague on Both Your Houses July 17, 2025
An Unholy Alliance July 19, 2025

Missing Person Mystery:
Whose Body? July 23, 2022
The Lost Child Aug 3, 2025

Noir:
The Long Goodbye Nov 27, 2024
The Maltese Falcon July 21, 2025

Romantic Suspense:
Twisted Twenty-Six Oct 15, 2023
Takedown Twenty Oct 18, 2023

Rooting for the Bad Guy:
The Hot Rock March 16, 2024
Bank Shot May 12, 2024

Paranormal Mystery:
Ghost at Work Aug 29, 2022
Ghost in Trouble Sep 17, 2022

Police Procedural:
The Murder Room Sept 24, 2024
A Trick of the Light Sep 4, 2024

Private Eye:
The Long Goodbye Nov 27, 2024
The Big Sleep July 7, 2025

Professional Sleuth:
The Escape Artist April 10, 2022
The Lightning Rod Oct 30, 2024

Proprietor Mysteries:
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder March 29, 2023
Fudge Cupcake Murder April 7, 2024

Sci-Fi:
Lost in Time Oct 4, 2024
Murder on the Intergalactic Railway: A Ritchie and Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mystery July 5, 2025

Scotland Yard:
A Certain Justice March 22, 2023
The Secret of Chimneys April 2, 2023

Thriller:
The Day of the Jackal Dec 27, 2024
Origin July 2, 2025

Technothriller:
Timeline Sep 2, 2020
Digital Fortress Dec 20, 2023

[Helen]

M, M, M #1

Starting 7-7-24

CSI= 21-30 books

One or more in each category to total 200 in both = "Sherlock plus Watson!!"

93 books total
from 26 different subtypes out of 26

(1) Aristocratic Detective
(A) Strong Poison Dorothy L. Sayers 10-8-24 (Lord Peter Wimsey series #6) (Her bio says she wrote about the aristocratic amateur sleuth.)

(3) Caper
(T, A) A Highland Christmas M.C. Beaton 8-16-24 (Hamish puts on a caper against his supervisor, with stolen goods)
(A) Jameela Green Ruins Everything Zarqa Nawaz 9-28-24 (Funny adventure in the Middle East with killings)
(T,A) Missing You Meg Cabot 8-27-25 (She has fun catching the porn guy)

(2) Cozy
(C) Santa Paws on Christmas Island Kris Edwards 1-10-25 (Beach vandalism, missing dogs--fantasy section)
(A) Puzzle in Patchwork Roberta Updegraff 1-10-25 (Theft of heirlooms from church group)

(3) Culinary
(A) Dying for a Donut Cindy Sample 1-1-25 (Bakery w. recipes)
(T,A) A Measure of Murder Leslie Karst 5-8-25 (Cook is amateur detective, with recipes)
(C, T) Pie Sarah Weeks 5-15-25 (bakery vandalized, pie recipes)

(3) Double Act
(A) Lean Mean Thirteen Janet Evanovich 7-31-24 (Stephanie Plum #13) (Stephanie with Ranger's help)
(A) Killing Floor Lee Child 2-27-25 (Ex-military man plus local woman in police)
(T,A) Dashing Through the Snow Mary Higgins Clark 4-6-25 (Regan Riley & Alvirah Meehan solve the crime.)

(4) FBI/CIA/ATF
(A) Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA Amaryllis Fox 12-7-24 (CIA agent nonfiction)
(A) End Game David Baldacci
4-24-25 (CIA + FBI)
(A) Three More Jack Reacher Novellas: Too Much Time, Small Wars, Not a Drill and Bonus Jack Reacher Stories Lee Child 4-27-25 (Retired MP)
(A) No Middle Name Lee Child 5-2-25 (ex-military MP + FBI)

(3) Forensic Specialist
(A) Trails of Evidence: How Forensic Science Works Elizabeth A. Murray 8-17-24 (nonfiction by forensic anthropologist--tells about cases)
++ Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals Elizabeth A. Murray 1-5-25 (Crimes from her viewpoint as forensic specialist.)
(T,A) Fatal Cure Robin Cook 8-1-25 (Forensic specialist solves the murders.)

(3) Futuristic
(T,A) The Troop Nick Cutter 10-18-24 (genetically altered worms take over)
(A) The Healer Antti Tuomainen 1-13-25 (futuristic, missing person, amateur)
(A) State of Fear Michael Crichton 5-2-25 (altering the weather)

(5) Missing Person
(A) The Last Best Hope Ed McBain 9-13-24 (murders & armed robbery, all in search of missing person)
(A) The Vanishing of Class 3B Jackie Kabler 9-21-24 (Class disappears with teachers)
(A) The Night Awakens: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology Mary Higgins Clark 11-26-24 (missing child goes to find teacher)
(A, T) Snowbound Blake Crouch 6-17-25 (Human trafficking)
(A) Unspoken Mari Jungstedt 7-22-25 (Teen missing for a week)

(4) Noir
(A) Dregs by Jørn Lier Horst 8-13-24 (Nordic Noir)
(A) Copenhagen Noir Bo Tao Michaëlis 9-29-24 (Copenhagen gritty noir)
(A) Great Detective Radio Shows Topics Entertainment 6-9-25 (Six CD noir tales with ones like Sam Spade & Ellery Queen)
(A) The Dogs of Riga Henning Mankell 8-27-25 (Nordic Noir)

(2) Romantic Suspense
(T, A) Hot Stuff Janet Evanovich 8-13-24 (Non-graphic romance plus mystery)
(T,A) Tracking Stolen Treasures Lisa Phillips 4-21-25 (non-graphic romance plus mystery-adventure)

(4) Root for Bad Guy
(T, A) How to Kill Men and Get Away with It Katy Brent 9-14-24 (Draws on frustration with men in society who sexually abuse women in various ways.)
(A) The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 Otto Penzler 9-24-24 (Seven stories about rooting for, or forgiving, the bad guy)
(A) The Disposables David Putnam 10-18-24 (The bad guy is saving kids' lives via kidnapping)
(A) Stealing America: What My Experience with Criminal Gangs Taught Me about Obama, Hillary, and the Democratic Party Dinesh D'Souza 1-27-25 (placement in criminal halfway house with felons.)


(3) Paranormal
(C) The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter Aaron Reynolds ( IDP of RD #1) 7-20-24
(C) Everybunny Loves Magic Aaron Reynolds (IDPof RD #3) 7-21-24
(C, T, A) The Ferryland Visitor: A mysterious tale Charis Cotter 7-29-24 (true story-ghost appearance in Canada)

(6) Police Procedural
(A) The Ruthless David Putnam 9-20-24 (Bruno Johnson #8)
(A) Roseanna Maj Sjöwall 1-20-25
(T,A) More Mystery Cats: Feline Felonies Cynthia Manson 3-5-25 (Mystery Cats #2)
(A) High Profile Robert B. Parker 5-5-25 (Police Chief)
(A) Faceless Killers Henning Mankell 7-17-25 (Police chief)
(A) The Dead of Summer by Mari Jungstedt Mari Jungstedt 8-7-25 (Police investigative unit)

(4) Proprieter
(T, A) The Silence of the Flans Laura Bradford 1-9-25 (A murder threatens her Emergency Bakery enterprise)
(T,A) The Rabbit Factor Antti Tuomainen 2-8-25 (Adventure park owner with criminal element)
(A) The Litigators John Grisham
2-13-25 (arson attempt in legal office)
(T,A) Airframe Michael Crichton 5-2-25 (airline business internal examiner)

(6) Sci-Fi
(T, A) The X-Files: Fight the Future Chris Carter 8-18-24 (aliens taking over Earth)
(T,A) Project Hail Mary Andy Weir 12-7-24 (astronaut conquers aliens hurting suns)
(A) The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell 5-15-25 (torture, killings)
(A) Run Blake Crouch 5-30-25
(mass killings for sci-fi reason)
(T,A) When the Wind Blows James Patterson 6-13-25 (Sci-fi situation searched by FBI.)
(T) What We Buried Kate A. Boorman 7-28-25 (time loops)

(2) Scotland Yard
(A) The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 Lee Child 10-27-24 ("The Home Office Baby" story--works with Scotland Yard)
(A) Death in Ecstasy Ngaio Marsh 11-22-24 (Scotland Yard detective with his underlings)

(4) Thriller
(A) The Heartless David Putnam 9-9-24 (Bruno Johnson #7) (Bruno's daughter threatened, twice)
(A) Chill Factor Sandra Brown 11-5-24 (Stuck in cabin with asthma & possible killer)
(A) The Teacher Freida McFadden 11-13-24 (getting caught in sexual affairs plus murder)
(A) Three Jack Reacher Novellas: Deep Down, Second Son, High Heat, and Jack Reacher's Rules Lee Child 3-18-25 (dangerous situations--Son of Sam et al)


(1) Techno-Thriller
(A) Threat Vector Tom Clancy 10-7-24 (International cybercrime-- attack on US infrastructure & military)

(5) Nonfiction about Mystery/Suspense Genre
(A) Multimind: A New Way of Looking at Human Behavior Robert Ornstein 12-11-24 (discussion of murderer with DID)
(A) The Secrets of Great Mystery and Suspense Fiction David Schmid 1-5-25 (Historical & thematic overview)
(A) The Agency: a history of the CIA Hugh Wilford 5-5-25 (Historical overview)
(A) Falling Into the Fire: A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis Christine Montross 6-16-25 (Psychiatrist about mothers who kill their babies
++ How the World Works (Real Story Noam Chomsky 6-29-25 (Why governments hurt their citizens & people worldwide)

[Heather]

Duration: You set the pace. (1 year)

Levels:
Grifter - 5 books**8/23/24
Gumshoe- 6-10 books**10/24/24
Hard-boiled P.I. - 11-20 books
Crime Scene Investigator - 21-30 books (do more than one of your favs)
Lead Homicide Detective - Double the number for each category!
(Yes, 50 books in all for LHD!)
Started:7/1/24
Completed:

Books read: 31/50


📌Amateur Sleuth:
1. The Mary Shelley Club-8/23/24
2. Living Dead in Dallas-10/28/24



📌Aristocratic Detective:
1. Veiled in Moonlight-10/24/24
2.



📌Caper:
1. Smokin' Seventeen-2/1/25
2.



📌Cozy Mystery:
1. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice-11/11/24
2.



📌Culinary Mystery:
1.
2.

📌Double Act:
1. The Night Island-7/1/24
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone-11/11/24



📌FBI/CIA/ATF:
1.Deadly Escape-12/20/24
2. Catalyst-3/25/25



📌Forensic Specialist:
1.
2.

📌Futuristic:
1. Holiday in Death-9/29/24
2.



📌Historical Mystery:
1. The Unquiet Past-9/15/24
2.



📌Legal:
1. 10 Rules for the Perfect Murder-1/2/25
2.



📌Medical:
1.
2.

📌Missing Person Mystery:
1. Deadly Harvest-8/1/24
2. Club Dead-11/4/24



📌Noir:
1.Conspiracy in Death-11/25/24
2.



📌Romantic Suspense:
1. Concrete Evidence-1/27/25
2. Night Owl-3/11/25



📌Rooting for the Bad Guy:
1. Mafia Boss-4/18/25
2.



📌Paranormal Mystery:
1. Dead Until Dark-10/11/24
2. Glass Houses-11/9/24



📌Police Procedural:
1. As Good As Dead-2/17/25
2.



📌Private Eye:
1. Marked for Murder-3/29/25
2.



📌Professional Sleuth:
1. Deadly Gift-9/5/24
2.



📌Proprietor Mysteries:
1. One of Us Is Dead-12/27/24
2. Cold Snap-3/7/25



📌Sci-Fi:
1.Incriminating Evidence-3/23/25
2. Jurassic Park-4/20/25



📌Scotland Yard:
1.
2.

📌Thriller:
1. The Other Mrs.-7/25/24
2. Five Total Strangers-8/19/24



📌Technothriller:
1. Body of Evidence-2/23/25
2.Withholding Evidence-3/9/25