Winter Challenge 2020 - Hide and Seek

[Janine]

I have finished 3 for this challenge

Kate - (In Author's Name) The Last Sister by Kendra Elliot 3*

Will - (In Title) Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain 4*

Peter - (in Title) Desperate Creed by Alex Kava 4*

[Anastasia]

Finished 9.Harry (character) Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anastasia]

Finished 7.David (authors name) Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Janine]

Finished my 4th

Joe (character) - Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham 4*

[Anastasia]

Finished 6.Daniel (name in title) Murder In Thrall by Anne Cleeland
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Janine]

Finished my 5th

James (Author's Name)
The Jester by James Patterson 3*

[Trevor]

Fnished my second book In Darkness Visible by Tony Jones - 4★, this was a really good political thriller.

[Anastasia]

Finished 15.Ruth (name in title) Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Trevor]

Finished my forth book for the challenge, the really well written and enjoyable Preservation by Jock Serong - 4★

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

My review for Split Second by Alex Kava

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Janine]

Finished my 6th

Jack (Author's Name)
Chosen To Die by Lisa Jackson 3*

[Anastasia]

Finished 5.Will (name in title) Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bea]

Oh, my. I haven't even started on this game. Although I planned for it, I might just let it go until later and focus on other things...like finishing up old games. My reading has really slowed during this pandemic.

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Read Bye Bye Baby by Fiona McIntosh which has Jack as the main character.

I only gave it 3 out of 5. My review

[Janine]

Finished my 7th

Ruth (In Author's Name)
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf 3*

[Janine]

Finished my 8th

Jane (character)
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 3*

[Anastasia]

Finished 4.Jack (character) Fair Warning by Michael Connelly #3 Jack McEvoy series
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

#2 Michael

Interesting new series opener... ex-cop PI in Chicago, a tad quirky. 4/5

Trouble in Mind by Michael Wiley

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://col2910.blogspot.com/2020/07/...

[Trevor]

Finished my sixth book for the challenge The Drowning by J.P. Smith - 4★

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Just read my 4th. Michael (the author obviously). When She Was Good by Michael Robotham

Robotham is always a cut above. 5 out of 5 review here

[Anastasia]

Finished 10.Joe ( in authors name) Blood Test by Jonathan Kellerman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Janine]

Finished my 9th

Amy (in Author's name)
Sleep with the Lights On by Maggie Shayne 3*

[PattyMacDotComma]

Third one. EVE in the title, Revelation, #4 in one of my favourite historical mystery series, by C.J. Sansom. Loved it!

5★ Link to my Revelation review

[Catherine]

Just checking - can a character called Mick substitute for Michael in the challenge?

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Catherine wrote: "Just checking - can a character called Mick substitute for Michael in the challenge?"

Going on Phrynne's guideline here You are allowed other versions of the same names ( e.g. Joe could be Joey or Joseph) I'd say yes Catherine, but I'll leave it for her to confirm :)

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

You certainly can do that Catherine:)

[Janine]

Finished #10

Daniel (Author's Name)
Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva 3*

[Anastasia]

Finished 13.Peter (in title) The Clutter Corpse by Simon Brett
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anastasia]

Finished 11.Helen (in authors name) Over the Edge by Jonathan Kellerman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Janine]

Finished #11

Helen (In Title and Author's Name)
Murder at Enderley Hall by Helena Dixon 3*

[Janine]

Finished #12

Michael (Author's Name)
Fair Warning by Michael Connelly 4*

[Janine]

Finished 13/15

Eve (In Title)
Evil Games by Angela Marsons 4*

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Finished the challenge (easy level) with my 5th book being The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver

Bit of a disappointing series. 3 out of 5 review here

[[deleted user]]

#3/15 David
A bit of 70s Brit grit crime. 4/5

The Squeeze by David Craig

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://col2910.blogspot.com/2020/07/...

[Janine]

14/15

David (Character)
Revenge by James Patterson 4*

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Lee wrote: "Finished the challenge (easy level) with my 5th book being The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver

Bit of a disappointing series. 3 out of 5 review here

[bookcover:The Goo..."

Well done Lee!

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Lee:)

[PattyMacDotComma]

RUTH How could I resist Ruth? She's a favourite character of mine and other fans of Louise Penny's Canadian Inspector (now Commander) Armand Gamache series. I was delighted to visit Three Pines again in A Great Reckoning.
4.5★ Link to my Great Reckoning review

[PattyMacDotComma]

KATE is Rowland Sinclair's sister-in-law and is a main character in A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill. It's my favourite so far in this delightful Aussie historical mystery series and my last in this challenge!
5★ Link to my Murder Unmentioned review

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Well done Patty :)

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Good work Patty!

[Trevor]

Challenge finished.

Winter Challenge - Hide & Seek
Duration: 1st June to 31st August 2020
Level: Hard
10/10

1) Eve (in title) - In Darkness Visible by Tony Jones - 4★
2) Harry (character Harry Palmer) - The Ipcress File by Len Deighton - 4★
3) Helen (in author's name) - Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell - 4★
4) Jack (character Jack Went) - The Nowhere Child by Christian White - 4★
5) James (author's name) - Unnatural Causes by P.D. James - 3★
6) Joe (character Joey Proctor) - The Drowning by J.P. Smith - 4★
7) Kate (in title) - Paris in the Dark by Robert Olen Butler - 4★
8) Michael (character Mick Goodenough) - The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland - 4★
9) Peter (in title) - Preservation by Jock Serong - 4★
10) Ruth (in title) - The Human Factor by Graham Greene - 5★



Some good reads and one great read, The Human Factor by Graham Greene.

Thanks to the moderators for a thoroughly enjoyable challenge.

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Great job Trevor! Awhile to wait until the next!

[Trevor]

Brenda wrote: "Great job Trevor! Awhile to wait until the next!"

Thanks Brenda, will give me time to get through some of my TBR pile.

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Trevor!

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Trevor wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Great job Trevor! Awhile to wait until the next!"

Thanks Brenda, will give me time to get through some of my TBR pile."

That's a good idea!

[[deleted user]]

Amy #4/15

Cosy and quirky southern mystery, not especially exciting. 3/5

Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://col2910.blogspot.com/2020/07/...

[Anastasia]

Finished 12.Eve (character) Connections in Death by J.D. Robb Eve Dallas
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

All done :)

Winter Challenge - Hide & Seek
Duration: 1st June to 31st August 2020
Level: All of them!!
15/15

Choose books where you can find their names either
* spelled out in the title or in the author's name e.g. Long roAd to MercY
* or the author's name e.g. Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
* or a character in the book e.g. Truth and Lies(DI Amy Wine)

Searching for: Michael, Kate, Amy, Jack, Will, Daniel, David, Jane, Harry, Joe, Helen, Eve, Peter, James, and Ruth

#1 Peter - in the title A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison 4★s 5/6/20
#2 Daniel - in the author's name Belinda Bauer - Exit 5★s 24/6/20
#3 Joe - in the author's name Jeffrey B. Burton - The Finders 5★s 19/6/20
#4 Michael - author's name Michael Robotham - When She Was Good 5★s 21/7/20
#5 James - in the author's name J.M. Dalgliesh - One Lost Soul 5★s 7/6/20
#6 Eve - character Eve Dallas Golden in Death by J.D. Robb 5★s 31/7/20
#7 Will - in the author's name Anna Willett - Savage Bay Nightmare 5★s 7/6/20
#8 Helen - in the title The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland 5★s 23/7/20
#9 Ruth - in the title Murder on the Oxford Canal by Faith Martin 3★s 6/6/20
#10 Jane - in the author's name Jill Paterson - Deadly Investment 4★s 25/6/20
#11 Kate - in the title Breakfast at Bronzefield by Sophie Campbell 3★s 17/6/20
#12 Jack - character Jack McEvoy Fair Warning by Michael Connelly 5★s 3/6/20
#13 Amy - in the author's name (also a character) Peter May - Lockdown 5★s 14/6/20
#14 David - character Beware the Past by Joy Ellis 5★s 17/6/20
#15 Harry - in the title Murder at the Playhouse by Helena Dixon 5★s 18/6/20

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Very well done!!!