2023 Paint by Numbers Challenge

[Carolien]

The goal of this challenge is to find a logical connection between a number from 1-23 and a book you have read about between January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023 and list it below.

Example:
1 - Ghana Must Go Debut book by author
2 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Second in series
3 - Zululand Snow Three friends
4 - The Bromance Book Club Four words in the title

You may use books you read for other challenges. Any format is acceptable - paper, audio and ebooks.

Total books to be read is 23. You may not use the same book twice.

Please remember that only books with 120 pages or more counts.

You can keep track of your challenge in this thread.

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[Monique]

1: Girl in Disguise Kate Warne was the first female Pinkerton agent
2: Going Underground Two words in the title
3: The Lost Apothecary 3 main characters
4:The Henna Artist Book has 4 parts
5: Murder on Black Swan Lane Five words in the Title
18: The Last Necromancer the Main Character is 18 in the book

[Carolien]

1 - Diary of a Provincial Lady (First in series)
2 - The Man Who Died Twice (Second in series)
3 - Murder on the Minnesota (Third in series)
4 - Adoring Stacey (Fourth in series)
5 - Sankofa - Kofi has 5 children and there are 5 dissidents killed on his instructions.
6 - Joe Country (Sixth in series)
7 - Donkerdrif (Seventh in series)
8 - The Sand Child (Eight daughters)
9 - Parable of the Sower (9 members of the community survive to the farm)
10 - Ten Star Clues (title)
11 - A Change of Circumstance (11th in series)
12 - Verdict of Twelve (title)
13 - An Oxford Tragedy (13 suspects at dinner)
14- Wild Strawberries (14 chapters)
15 - A Blunt Instrument (15 chapters)
16 - No Wind of Blame (16 chapters)
17 - The Marriage Merger (17 chapters)
18 - Days in the Caucasus (author born on 18 December)
19 - Number of people who die in A Visit from the Devil
20 - Around the World in Eighty Days - Phileas Fogg arrives back in England on 20 December
21- The Lonely Girl - 21 chapters
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23 - The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion died on 23 December 2021

[Nadine]

1 - The Gifts Liz Hyder debut adult novel
2 - Hysteria - L.J. Ross (Alexander Gregory# 2)
3 - The Way of All Flesh - an unlikely trio come together to solve 3 deaths
4 - Your Deepest Fear- David Jackson (Nathan Cody #4)
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6 - The Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin: An Accidental Alchemist Mystery book 6 in the series
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11 - No More Lies Tom Douglas #11
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13 - 13 Secrets - Michelle Harrison / 13 Curses
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15 -The Last Remains Book 15 in the series
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19 - Belladonna Main character is 19 years old
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[Diane]

1 - First Novel - See Them Run [D.I. Clare Mackay #1] by Marion Todd
2 - Number of children Liz Knight has - The Body in the March [DCI Craig Gillard #1] by Nick Louth
3 - Sisters - The Queen's Rival by Brandy Purdy
4 - 4th Generation Malaysian author - The Night Tiger by Yangzse Choo
5 - Children - The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
6 - Nuclear disasters - Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima by Serhii Plokhy
7 - People in sub - Fathomless by Greig Beck [Cate Granger #1]
8 - Age of Fiona Lawson's son in Our House by Louise Candlish
9 - Nine - age at time of fire - On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life by John O'Leary
10 - Years author worked before becoming a writer - The Lost Colony [The Long Winter #3] by A.G. Riddle
11 - Years since Jude saw Liam - Nicci French - The Favour
12 - Age of kidnapped child in The Flood by Kristina Ohlsson, Marlaine Delargy [translator] - Frederika Bergman and Alex Recht #6
13 - Chloe and Amy's age in Suspects by Lesley Pearce
14- years in prison - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas translated by Robin Buss
15 - John Wayne Cleaver's age - Wells, Dan - I Am Not A Serial Killer [John Cleaver # 1]
16 - Ruby's age in The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
17 - Age of Tyler - Tyler - Long Shadows [Amos Decker #7] by David Baldaccci
18 - The age Tova's son was when he died - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
19 - Rose's age in The Bletchley Women by Patricia Adrian
20 - Hana's age - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
21- Slam titles won by Carrie Soto - Carrie Soto is back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
22 - Kaden's age in Biohack {Shadow Operatives # 1 } by J.D. Lasica
23 - Xaden's age in Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros