Spring Challenge 2022 - All Aboard the Crime Group Express

[Janine]

Finished my 1st

Link 3: Read another book by a Female Author
Carriage 3: An A-List for Death by Pamela Hart 4*

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 6: Read a book by another female author
Carriage 6 Seashells and Murder by H.Y. Hanna
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 7: Read another book with sand on the cover
Carriage 7 Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Link 3 - book by an Aussie author.

I had hoped to enjoy The Lullaby Man by Aussie author Anni Taylor more than the first in the series. It's set in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, a beautiful place. The author has lots of fans, so this might be just me.
3★ My review

[Janine]

Finished
Link 4: Read another book by an Australian Author
Carriage 4: Stranger in the Woods by Anni Taylor 3*

[Jackmeister]

I’m a bit late on this one, but it sounds like fun, so I’m in!

Spring Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Crime Group Express 🚂
Duration: 1/9/22 -30/11/22
Level: Medium
9/9

Engine - CRIME GROUP EXPRESS
Link 1: Read a book from the genre of crime, mystery, thriller or suspense
Carriage 1: Stillwatch by Mary Higgins Clark - 4⭐️ - 13/9/22

Link 2: Read a book by another female author
Carriage 2: Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb - 5⭐️ - 7/9/22

Link 3: Read a book from the same series
Carriage 3: Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb - 4⭐️ - 26/9/22

Link 4: Read a book from author also using 2 first initials
Carriage 4: Victim of a Delusional Mind by K.J. North - 3⭐️ - 27/9/22

Link 5: Read a book from author with same first initial
Carriage 5: The Judas Murders by Ken Oder - 4⭐️ - 30/10/22

Link 6: Read a book that also has the word Judas in the title
Carriage 6: The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker - 3⭐️ - 1/10/22

Link 7: Read a book from author with same first name
Carriage 7: The Dead Room by Robert Ellis - 4⭐️ - 17/9/22

Link 8: Read a book by another male author
Carriage 8: Deadly Stillwater by Roger Stelljes - 4⭐️ - 25/10/22

Link 9: Read a book that also starts with D
Carriage 9: Deep Shadow by Nick Sullivan - 4⭐️ - 16/10/22

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Welcome Jackie, Phrynne will link you up when she's next online :)

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

🚂🚂🚂 Welcome to the challenge Jackie:)🚂🚂🚂

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 9: Read another 4 word title
Carriage 9 Death in the Stacks by Jenn McKinlay
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Plan made. All I've got to do now is read them!

Engine - CRIME GROUP EXPRESS
Link 1: Read a book from the group's chosen genres
Carriage 1: The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland

Link 2: Read another book by a male author.
Carriage 2: The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr

Link 3: Read another book published in 2022
Carriage 3: Hidden Pieces by Mary Keliikoa

Link 4: Read another book by a female author
Carriage 4: Duplicity by Shawn Wilson

Link 5: Read another book by an American author
Carriage 5: A Fearsome Moonlight Black by David Putnam

Link 6: Read another book with a clour in the title
Carriage 6: A Flash of Green by John D. MacDonald

Link 7: Read another book originally published in the 60s
Carriage 7: Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson

Link 8: Read another book with a number in the title
Carriage 8: Two Much! by Donald E. Westlake

Link 9: Read another book with a two word title
Carriage 9: Wayward Son by Steve Goble

Link 10: Read another book with a family word in the title
Carriage 10: The Strange Death of Father Candy by Les Roberts

Link 11: Read another first in series book
Carriage 11: Kickback by Garry Disher

Link 12: Read another book set in Australia
Carriage 12: The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou

Progress - 0/12

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Nice work Col. Shall I leave you linked to message 24 or change to this one?

[[deleted user]]

Phrynne wrote: "Nice work Col. Shall I leave you linked to message 24 or change to this one?"

Phrynne, thanks. Whatever is easier for you. I did amend the original message to reflect my intended reading.

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

I will leave it as is then Col. Happy reading:)

[[deleted user]]

Phrynne wrote: "I will leave it as is then Col. Happy reading:)"

Cheers, maybe 20% into The Night Whistler - so far so good!

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

That was a great book Col!!

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 10: Read another book published in November
Carriage 10 The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Brenda wrote: "That was a great book Col!!"

Good to hear, Brenda

[Janine]

Finished Link 1: Read a book where the Author's Initials fit into CRIME GROUP EXPRESS

Carriage 1: Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham 4*

[Janine]

Finished Link 2: Read another book with a 3 word title

Carriage 2: When We Fall by Aoife Clifford 4*

[Jackmeister]

Finished my first 2.

Link 1: Read a book from the genre of crime, mystery, thriller or suspense
Carriage 1: Stillwatch by Mary Higgins Clark - 4⭐️ - 13/9/22

Link 2: Read a book by another female author
Carriage 2: Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb - 5⭐️ - 7/9/22

[Janine]

Finished Link 5: Read another book set in the UK
Carriage 5: Evans Above by Rhys Bowen 3*

[Janine]

Finished Link 8: Read another book beginning with 'G'

Carriage 8: Gathering Storms by Kerry McGinnis 3*

[Janine]

Finished Link 6: Read another book featuring a Police Officer
Carriage 6: Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen 4*

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 11: Read another book where the author's surname starts with H
Carriage 11: Town in a Sweet Pickle by B.B. Haywood
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 12: Read another cozy mystery that includes recipes
Carriage 12: Broken Bone China by Laura Childs
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 2: Read a book by another male author
Carriage 2: Until Death byJames L. Thane
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 3: Read another book with DEATH in the title
Carriage 3: Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link 4: Read another book with more than 10 books in the series
Carriage 4: Dead Memories by Angela Marsons
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

You're flying through them Anastasia!!

[Anastasia]

Brenda wrote: "You're flying through them Anastasia!!"
Reading marathon this W/E

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

They always help don't they!!

[Anastasia]

Finished
Link8: Read another historical cozy mystery
Carriage 8 The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jackmeister]

Finished another 2

Link 3: Read a book from the same series
Carriage 3: Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb - 4⭐️ - 26/9/22

Link 7: Read a book from author with same first name
Carriage 7: The Dead Room by Robert Ellis - 4⭐️ - 17/9/22

[Janine]

Finished my 9th

Link 10: Read another book by a Male Author
Carriage 10: City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman 4*

[Rhondda]

I finished reading book #8 lat night
🚂Link 4: Read another book with a ship on the cover
✅Carriage 4: A Certain Darkness by Anna Lee Huber 27/09/22 4★

[Trish]

Hi Phrynne, is it too late to join in? It would be my first challenge as late to finding this group 🤞

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Trish wrote: "Hi Phrynne, is it too late to join in? It would be my first challenge as late to finding this group 🤞"

Never too late Trish! You can use books you have read since 1st September plus the ones you plan to read before 30th November

[Catsalive]

Done. I read a lot of mysteries this month so I've finished too soon. I think I'll have another crack at it.

🚂 Spring Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Crime Group Express 🚂
Duration: 1/9/22 -30/11/22
Level: Hard
Progress: 12/12

Engine - CRIME GROUP EXPRESS
Link 1: Read a book from the Crime Group genres.
Carriage 1: Wake by Shelley Burr 3/9 4★

Link 2: Read another female author
Carriage 2: A Royal Murder by Sandra Winter-Dewhirst 4/9 3.5★

Link 3: Read another Aussie author
Carriage 3: Death Of A Swagman by Arthur W. Upfield 7/9 3★

Link 4: Read another set in Australia
Carriage 4: Spinifex by John Grant 8/9 4★

Link 5: Read another male author
Carriage 5: A Time to Die by Tom Wood 10/9 3.5★

Link 6: Read another UK author
Carriage 6: Just Make Believe by Maggie Robinson 11/9 3.5★

Link 7: Read another set in UK
Carriage 7: In the Midst of Life by Roger Silverwood 16/9 3.5★

Link 8: Read another 1st in series
Carriage 8: Bad Debts by Peter Temple 22/9 4.5★

Link 9: Read another title starting with B
Carriage 9: The Body in the Belfry by Katherine Hall Page 23/9 3★

Link 10: Read another cosy
Carriage 10: Death, Lies and Apple Pies by Valerie S. Malmont 25/9 2.5★

Link 11: Read another US author
Carriage 11: No Place for Secrets by Sherry Lewis 27/9 4★

Link 12: Read another author whose first name starts with S
Carriage 12: Put Out the Light by Sara Woods 28/9 3★

[Catsalive]

🚂 Spring Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Crime Group Express 🚂
Duration: 1/9/22 -30/11/22
Level: Hard
Progress: 12/12

Engine - CRIME GROUP EXPRESS
Link 1: Read a book from the Crime Group genres.
Carriage 1: Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon 1/10 4★

Link 2: Read another USA author
Carriage 2: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 1/10 4★

Link 3: Read another female author
Carriage 3: Fatal Isles by Maria Adolfsson 8/10 4★

Link 4: Read another 1st in series
Carriage 4: Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton 11/10 4★

Link 5: Read another with a window on the cover
Carriage 5: Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James 16/10 3.5★

Link 6: Read another cosy
Carriage 6: The Body in the Birches by Katherine Hall Page 29/10 3.5★

Link 7: Read another set in USA
Carriage 7: Takes One To Know One by Susan Isaacs 18/10 1★

Link 8: Read another female MC
Carriage 8: Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood 30/10 5★

Link 9: Read another by the same author
Carriage 9: Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 31/10 5★

Link 10: Read another Australian author
Carriage 10: Conviction by Frank Chalmers 9/11 5★

Link 11: Read another with a male MC
Carriage 11: November
Night School by Lee Child 8/11 3.5★

Link 12: Read another European author
Carriage 12: Yeats Is Dead! by Joseph O'Connor 26/10 1.5★

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Kylie! I will link your second list as well.

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Great job Kylie!! Enjoy your second round :)

[Trish]

Phrynne wrote: "Trish wrote: "Hi Phrynne, is it too late to join in? It would be my first challenge as late to finding this group 🤞"

Never too late Trish! You can use books you have read since 1st September plus ..."

Thank you Phrynne, I will come back with my titles.

[Trish]

Love a long train ride!

Spring Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Crime Group Express 🚂
Duration: 1/9/22 -30/11/22
Level: Hard
12/12 AA 7/7

Engine - CRIME GROUP EXPRESS
Link 1: Read a book from the genre of crime, mystery, thriller or suspense.
✔Carriage 1: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell....3.5* 08/10/22

Link 2: Read another book with blue cover.
Everything You Told Me by Lucy Dawson....3* 01/11/22

Link 3: Read another book with a figure on the cover.
✔Carriage 3: The Drover's Wife by Leah Purcell AA....4* 11/09/22

Link 4: Read another book set in the Snowy Mountains
✔Carriage 4: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson AA....4* 17/09/22

✔Link 5: Read another book by another Aussie male author
Carriage 5: Peace by Garry Disher AA....4.5* 22/10/22

Link 6: Read another book with a one word title.
✔Carriage 6: Daintree by Annie Seaton AA....3.5 07/09/22

Link 7: Read another book by another Aussie female author.
✔Carriage 7: Someone Else's Child by Kylie Orr AA....4* 20/09/22

Link 8: Read another book with a three word title.
✔Carriage 8: Our Dark Secret by Jenny Quintana....3* 17/10/22

Link 9: Read another book with the title starting with O.
✔Carriage 9: One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell....3* 05/10/22

Link 10: Read another book by a British female writer.
✔Carriage 10: Disclaimer by Renée Knight....3.5* 19/11/22

Link 11: Read another book by an author whose first name starts with R.
✔Carriage 11: The Good Mother by Rae Cairns AA....4* 19/11/22

Link 12: Read another book where the main character is a mother trying to save her child.
✔Carriage 12: Unsheltered by Clare Moleta AA....2.5* 13/11/22 a dystopian suspense novel that unfortunately didn't work for me.

[Rhondda]

Completed reading books 9 and 10 for 2 more carriages
🚂Carriage 8: The Brisbane Line by J.P. Powell (WWII – Australia) 4★
🚂Carriage 9: The Corpses at Waterloo: Book 4 in the Mayfair 100 Series by Lynn Brittney (1915 London) 4★

[PattyMacDotComma]

Read a book by a male author
Carriage 2
The Carnival is Over by Aussie author Greg Woodland is an excellent rural crime novel set in a small inland town where people are creating their own opportunities and getting away with it.
4.5★ My review of The Carnival is Over

[Anastasia]

Finished Link 1:Read a crime book
Carriage 1: The Case of the Substitute Face by Erle Stanley Gardner
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Janine]

Finished Link 7: Read another book with a medical slant
Carriage 7: Gone to Ground by Bronwyn Hall 5*

[Jonquil]

Spring Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Crime Group Express
9/1 - 11/30
Level: Hard

12/12 DONE

Engine - CRIME GROUP EXPRESS
Link 1: crime, mystery, thriller or suspense - Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries
Carriage 1: Pecan Pies and Dead Guys Angie Fox 9/1

Link 2: Female protagonist also uses paranormal senses to investigate
Carriage 2: Nightwalker Allyson James 9/1

Link 3: Prolific female author
Carriage 3: Embroidering Shrouds Priscilla Masters 9/1

Link 4: MC is also a government-employed first responder
Carriage 4: Hotshot Hero Under Fire Lisa Childs 9/2

Link 5: both plots rely heavily on events and relationships from small town history
Carriage 5: No Parm No Foul Linda Reilly 9/2

Link 6: both MCs earn a living preparing food from recipes they created
Carriage 6: Expiration Date Devon Delaney 9/2

Link 7: a 2nd cozy author with an alliterative name
Carriage 7: In Too Steep Kate Kingsbury 9/3

Link 8: Also set in a coastal town (Key West Food Critic Mystery #12)
Carriage 8:A Dish to Die For Lucy Burdette 9/3

Link 9: MC also writes newspaper articles about eateries
Carriage 9: Death of an Ice Cream Scooper Lee Hollis 9/5

Link 10: also written under a pen name
Carriage 10: Castle Deadly, Castle Deep Veronica Bond 9/6

Link 11: title also starts with c
Carriage 11: Closing in on the Cowboy Carla Cassidy 9/9

Link 12: cover also shows lone person with sky in background
Carriage 12: The Secret of Studborne Abbey Emmanuelle de Maupassant 9/9

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Great work Jonquil!!

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Jonquil:)