Summer Challenge 2022-3 - All Aboard the Bullet Train

[Lorraine]

Brenda wrote: "Great work Lorraine!"

Thanks 😊

[Jane]

Finished my train with :
12. The High Commissioner by Jon Cleary 4*

The first in the Scobie Malone series, and although a little dated now (1960s) it was one of the better ones.
Bring on the Autumn challenge (got my season's in the right order this time!).

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Hard
12/12 Completed @ 12-FEB-2023

1. Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien 21-JAN-2023 3*
2. The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver 09-DEC-2022 4*
3. Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson 11-DEC-2022 4*
4. Dark Justice by Catherine Lee 20-DEC-2022 4*
5.Escape by James Patterson 06-DEC-2022 3*
6.Exiles by Jane Harper 01-JAN-2023 5*
7. Shattered by James Patterson 08-JAN-2023 4*
8. Desert Heat by J.A. Jance 09-JAN-2023 5*
9. Taking the Titanic by James Patterson 14-JAN-2023 2*
10. Conviction by Frank Chalmers 17-DEC-2022 3*
11. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 10-DEC-2022 5**
12. The High Commissioner by Jon Cleary 12-FEB-2023 4*

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Lol!! Well done Jane!

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Jane:)

[Catsalive]

Finished

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Hard
12/12

1. Wild Dogs by Michael Trant 1/12 4.5★
2. The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan 26/12 4★
3. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie 30/12 4.5★
4. The Nail Knot by John Galligan 2/12 2.5★
5. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 4/2 5★
6. A Death at the Hotel Mondrian by Anja de Jager 21/12 3.5★
7. No Mardi Gras for the Dead by D.J. Donaldson 31/1 3★
8. Dead in Devon by Stephanie Austin 29/12 4.5★
9. N or M? by Agatha Christie 21/1 4★
10. Murder Cuts the Mustard by Jessica Ellicott 28/12 4.5★
11. Death on Demand by Paul Thomas 6/12 4★
12. Death at the Belvedere by Sue Williams 13/1 3.5★

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Kylie!

[Catsalive]

Well, it is now that I've fixed #5 🤔

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Catsalive wrote: "Well, it is now that I've fixed #5 🤔"

👍🏻

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Great job Kylie!

[Kerri_M]

All finished with a couple of weeks to spare, thanks Mods for organising this challenge
Aussie Crime Lovers - All Aboard the Bullet Train Summer 2023 - 9 carriages = 9/9 books


✅ 1. No Plan B - Lee Child - 17/01/2023 - ★★★★
✅ 2. The Bullet That Missed - Richard Osman - 27/12/2022 - ★★★★
✅ 3. Dark September - Inger Wolf - 9/12/2022 - ★★★
✅ 4. Rubbernecker - Belinda Bauer - 1/01/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ 5. Rotten To The Core - T.E. Kinsey - 13/01/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ 6. Exit - Belinda Bauer - 7/01/2023 - ★★★★
✅ 7. The Consequences of Fear - Jacqueline Winspear - 3/12/2022 - ★★★★
✅ 8. Relentless - Mark Greaney - 13/02/2023 - ★★★★
✅ 9. A Song of Comfortable Chairs - Alexander McCall Smith - 6/01/2023 - ★★★★

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Kerri

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Great work Kerri!

[Jackmeister]

I need to change one of my books, I’ve had it on hold at the library since late November and I’m still waiting and I’m running out of time. 😬
I chose Racing the Light by Robert Crais, I’m swapping it for Wipeout! by Chip Hughes, it also ends in T, so it fits in.

➡️

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

That's the way Jacky:)

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

I've finished :)

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Hard
12/12

#1. A Winter Grave by Peter May 4★s 12/1/23
#2. Exiles by Jane Harper 5★s 18/12/22
#3. The Sweet Smell of Murder by Cindy Bell 4★s 14/12/22
#4. The Red Book by James Patterson 4★s 15/2/23
#5. Kisscut by Karin Slaughter 4★s 12/2/23
#6. The Dying Light by Joy Ellis 5★s 6/12/22
#7. The Wife List by J.A. Schneider 5★s 16/2/23
#8. The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert 3★s 6/1/23
#9. No Plan B by Lee Child 5★s 21/12/22
#10. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter 4★s 12/1/23
#11. Death by a Cornish Cove by Fliss Chester 3★s 7/2/23
#12. Encore in Death by J.D. Robb 5★s 4/2/23

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Brenda:)

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Thanks Phrynne.

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Finished:)

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Hard
12/12

1. Snapshot by Garry Disher 4 stars 9/12/22
2. The Dying Season by Rachel Amphlett 4 stars 15/2/23
3.No Less The Devil by Stuart MacBride 5 stars 8/1/23
4. The Long Shadow by Anne Buist 3 stars 27/1/23
5. W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton 4 stars 20/1/23
6. Death by Arts and Crafts by Alexis Morgan 4 stars 16/12/22
7. Snuffed Out by Valona Jones 4 stars 5/1/23
8. Truth or Dare by M.J. Arlidge 5 stars 12/1/23
9. Exiles by Jane Harper 4 stars 10/1/23
10. A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren 3 stars 3/12/22
11. Rough Time in Nuala by Harriet Steel 4 tars 7/2/23
12. Aunt Bessie Likes by Diana Xarissa 4 stars 7/2/23

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Well done Phrynne!!

[Mari]

‘You have arrived at your destination.’
Thanks for another fun challenge - looking forward to the autumn challenge.

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Hard
12/12
Completed 18th February.

🚝 1. The Vicarage Murder by Joyce Cato 31/12 ★★★★
🚝 2. A Racing Murder by Frances Evesham 08/12 ★★★☆
🚝 3. The Retreat by Sarah Pearse 22/12 ★★★★
🚝 4. The Tomb of the Chatelaine by Karen Baugh Menuhin 02/01 ★★★★★
🚝 5. Exiles by Jane Harper 08/12 ★★★★★
🚝 6. A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear 30/01 ★★★★
🚝 7. Night Train to Paris by Fliss Chester 20/01 ★★★☆
🚝 8. Second Sight by Aoife Clifford 02/02 ★★★★☆
🚝 9. Taking The Fifth by J.A. Jance 29/12 ★★★☆
🚝 10. Home Before Night by J.P. Pomare 18/02 ★★★★
🚝 11. The Killing Room by Christobel Kent 05/12 ★★★☆
🚝 12. The Marsh Queen by Virginia Hartman 16/01 ★★★☆

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Mari.

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Good work Mari!

[PattyMacDotComma]

All done! I finished with the engine and a favourite Aussie author, Michael Robotham. Bleed for Me is the fourth in his clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin series. It could easily be read as a stand-alone because he fills in the back stories so well but manages not to spoil them if you go back and read them later (as I have done).
5★ My review of Bleed for Me

✔ 1. Bleed for Me by AA Michael Robotham 2023-02-15 5★
✔ 2. E The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni 2023-01-29 3.5~4★
✔ 3. L Lamentation by C.J. Sansom 2023-01-05 4.5~5★
✔ 4. N Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller 2023-01-17 5★
✔ 5. T The Wife and the Widow by AA Christian White 2022-12-28 4.5~5★
✔ 6. W When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris 2023-01-27 5★

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Well done Patty!!

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Great work Patty:)

[Carolyn]

My train has reached its destination!🚄

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Hard
12/12 books

✔ 1. Ashes in the Snow by Oriana Ramunno (read 29 Jan) 4.5★
✔ 2. A Winter Grave by Peter May (read 3 Jan) 5★
✔ 3. East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman (read 18 Dec) 5★
✔ 4. We Knew All Along by Mina Hardy (read 3 Dec) 3.5★
✔ 5. The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks (read 31 Jan) 4★
✔ 6. Evil in Emerald by A.M. Stuart (read 26 Dec) 4★
✔ 7. A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths (read 7 Feb) 4★
✔ 8. The Loch by Fran Dorricott (read 2 Feb) 3.5★
✔ 9. Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni (read 19 Feb) 4.5★
✔ 10. Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay (read 16 Feb) 4.5★
✔ 11. The Resort by Sarah Goodwin (read 3 Dec) 3.5★
✔ 12. The Awkward Squad by Sophie Hénaff (read 23 Jan) 4★

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Well done Carolyn :) Hope it reaches it's destination on Saturday ;)

[Carolyn]

Brenda wrote: "Well done Carolyn :) Hope it reaches it's destination on Saturday ;)"

So do I Brenda! 🤞

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Yay for Saturday!
Well done Carolyn:)

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Really looking forward to it!!

[Jackmeister]

Challenge complete! 🥳

Last reads were 1 and 6

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Easy

1 - Wipeout! by Chip Hughes - 3⭐️ - 23/2/23
2 - Treasure of Khan byClive Cussler - 5⭐️ - 24/1/23
3 - Night Sisters by John Pritchard - 4⭐️ - 18/12/22
4 - Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb - 4⭐️ - 4/1/23
5 - Headland by Ged Gillmore - 4⭐️ - 26/1/23
6 - Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5⭐️ - 3/2/23

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Jacky!

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Great job Jackie :)

[Sarah]

All done! Gosh, I found this one really difficult - I only read one title specifically for this challenge, so it was a matter of shoehorning in my other reads where they'd fit! Thanks Phrynne for a very inventive challenge.

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 12/1/22 -2/28/23
Level: Easy+
Progress: 7/7

1. A Cornish Recipe for Murder by Fiona Leitch (11/2) 4.5*
2. Retribution by Sarah Barrie AA (28/1) 4*
3. No Less The Devil by Stuart MacBride (24/2) 3.5*
4. The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain (29/12) 5*
5. The Trees by Percival Everett (27/12) 5*
6. Still Life by Louise Penny (31/1) 5*
7. Exiles by Jane Harper AA (14/1) 4.5*

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

You still did very well Sarah!!! Well done.

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Great job Sarah!

[Jenny]

Finished

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Easy
6/6


Carriage 1. -- One for Sorrow by Helen Sarah Fields -- 5★ -- 16/12/2022
Carriage 2. -- Whisper in the Night by D.K. Hood -- 5★ --16/01/2023
Carriage 3. -- Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James -- 5★ -- 21/12/2022
Carriage 4. -- The Safe Place by Alex Scarrow -- 5★ -- 21/12/2022
Carriage 5. -- Evil Games by Angela Marsons -- 5★ -- 20/01/2023
Carriage 6. -- A Silent Truth by Rachel Amphlett -- 5★ -- 25/02/2023

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Jenny!

[Jenny]

Thank You, Phrynne.

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Well done Jenny!

[Jenny]

Thank you, Brenda!

[Catherine]

7 Carriages.

Murder in the Cookbook Nook by Ellery Adams.
4* 7/1/23
Killer Cupid by Laurien Berenson. 4* 1/2/23
Daggers at the Country Fair: A BRAND NEW cozy murder mystery from Catherine Coles for 2022 4* 19/1/23
Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries by Martin Edwards. 4* 7/12/22
The Stationmaster's Farewell by Edward Marston. 4* 4/2/23
Livid by Patricia Cornwell. 4* 17/1/23
Dashing Through the Snowbirds by Donna Andrews. 4* 5/12/22

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Well done Catherine

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Good job Catherine :)

[Snake]

Finished!
All 60 carriages arrived at their destination. 🚉
Actual Duration: 02/01/23 - 27/02/23

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, so there's always an ongoing challenge) I seem to need (a lot) more time for my A-Z bullet train.
Now, on to the Autumn Challenge!


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 14 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 7 books
⭐⭐⭐ - 8 books
⭐⭐ - 17 books
⭐ - 14 books


Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: Hard

✅(17/01/23) 12/12

🚅1. Seventeen: Last Man Standing by John Brownlow 02/01/2023 ⭐⭐
🚅2. Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates 05/01/2023 ⭐⭐
🚅3. Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie 03/01/2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅4. Sundial by Catriona Ward 05/01/2023 ⭐⭐⭐
🚅5. The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan 15/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐
🚅6. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 04/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅7. The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly 16/01/23 ⭐⭐
🚅8. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 06/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅9. Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian 10/01/23 ⭐⭐
🚅10. The Godfather by Mario Puzo 14/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅11. Reptile Memoirs by Silje O. Ulstein 17/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅12. Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea 08/01/23 ⭐⭐





This is addictive!
✅(27/02/23) Japanese Mysteries 10/12

🚅13. Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino 25/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅14. The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura 29/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅15. Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda 07/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅16. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada 15/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅17. The Silent Dead by Tetsuya Honda 23/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅18. A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino 25/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅19. Out by Natsuo Kirino 24/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅20. The Tattoo Murder by Akimitsu Takagi 22/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅21. The Ruined Map by Kōbō Abe 22/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅22. Puppet Master, vol.1 by Miyuki Miyabe 27/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅23. Real World by Natsuo Kirino 24/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅24. The Dark Maidens by Rikako Akiyoshi 27/02/23 ⭐⭐




✅(17/02/23) 12/12

🚅25. Sacred by Dennis Lehane 17/02/23 ⭐
🚅26. Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane 16/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐
🚅27. A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane 19/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐
🚅28. Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson 25/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅29. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 26/01/23 ⭐⭐
🚅30. You Must Remember This by Kat Rosenfield 26/01/23 ⭐⭐
🚅31. The Searcher by Tana French 28/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐
🚅32. The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne 28/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐
🚅33. You're Family Now by Jack 28/01/23 ⭐
🚅34. We Knew All Along by Mina Hardy 28/01/23 ⭐
🚅35. The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones 28/01/23 ⭐
🚅36. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz 31/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐




✅(09/02/23) 12/12

🚅37. Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith 01/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐
🚅38. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty 04/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅39. Little Red House by Liv Andersson 05/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅40. Every Little Breath by Keri Beevis 05/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅41. The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser 06/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅42. The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey 07/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅43. Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson 08/02/23 ⭐
🚅44. The Killing Game by Kate Bold 08/02/23 ⭐
🚅45. Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker 08/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅46. Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay 09/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅47. You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon 09/02/23 ⭐
🚅48. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 09/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐





✅(17/02/23) 12/12

🚅49. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 10/02/23 ⭐
🚅50. Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay 10/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅51. Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 16/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅52. The Social Climber by Amanda Pellegrino 11/02/23 ⭐⭐
🚅53. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney 12/02/23 ⭐
🚅54. Sheerwater by Leah Swann 12/02/23 ⭐
🚅55. The Reddening by Adam Nevill 12/02/23 ⭐
🚅56. The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas 12/02/23 ⭐
🚅57. The Distant Dead by Heather Young 15/02/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅58. The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge 16/02/23 ⭐
🚅59. Don't Let in the Cold by Keely Parrack 17/02/23 ⭐
🚅60. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino 17/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐




Here's an idea for another challenge: combine the bullet train with the a-z challenge and get the A-Z bullet train .

A-B: Agatha Webb by Anna Katharine Green
B-C:
C-D:
D-E: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
E-F:
F-G:
G-H:
H-I:
I-J:
J-K:
K-L: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah
L-M:
M-N: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
N-O:
O-P:
P-Q:
Q-R: The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Sax Rohmer
🚅R-S: Reptile Memoirs by Silje O. Ulstein 17/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚅S-T: Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino 25/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
T-U:
U-V:
V-W:
W-X:
X-Y:
Y-Z:

[Phrynne, Mystery lover!]

Amazing work Snake!
And I like your suggestion - I will file that away in new ideas for 2024

[Snake]

Thanks, Phrynne!
Can't wait to find out what fun ideas you have in store for us. Bet there're loads on that list.

[Trish]

Congratulations to all who have finished your journeys!
My Summer Bullet Train got derailed at the 3rd carriage so will settle on a MEDIUM journey 😊

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Train
Duration: 1/12/22 -28/2/23
Level: HARD 11/12

✔1. Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell....3.5* 11/01/23
✔2. Life or Death by Michael Robotham AA....4.5* 27/02/23
3. Home Truths by Tina Seskis....DERAILED
✔4. The Scandal by Nicola Marsh AA....3.5* 11/02/23
✔5. The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor AA....4* 21/02/23
✔6. Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller....4* 23/01/23
✔7. The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie AA....4* 20/12/22
✔8. Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna....4* 10/12/22
✔9. Now You See Her by Heidi Perks....3.5* 27/01/23
✔10. Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva....3* 04/01/23
✔11. Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor AA....4* 17/01/23
✔12. The Night Dragon by Matthew Condon AA....3* 16/01/23

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Snake wrote: " Finished!
All 60 carriages arrived at their destination. 🚉
Actual Duration: 02/01/23 - 27/02/23

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, so there's always an ongoing challenge) I seem to need (a ..."

Brilliant work Snake! Average of 20 books per month! Congrats!

[Brenda, Suspense lover!]

Trish wrote: "Congratulations to all who have finished your journeys!
My Summer Bullet Train got derailed at the 3rd carriage so will settle on a MEDIUM journey 😊

Summer Challenge 2022 All Aboard the Bullet Tra..."

Well done Trish!