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So there were so many cop and detective shows that a second challenge was a must.

Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,


1. In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs and was set in Sparta Mississippi. The show dealt with a variety of issues, including racism, police brutality, interracial relationships, hate crimes, drug trafficking, drug addiction, alcoholism, AIDS, misogyny, incest, child abuse, sexual harassment, euthanasia, anti-Semitism, political corruption, prostitution, domestic violence, mental disorders, dysfunctional families, suicide, capital punishment, poverty and drunk driving.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.

2. Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village. Barney Miller takes place almost entirely within the confines of the detectives' squad room and Captain Barney Miller's adjoining office of New York City's fictional 12th Precinct.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.

3. Homicide Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie, which served as the series finale. The show was the start of the character John Munch who went on to Law and Order SVU. Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.[
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.

4. The Rookie
The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is based on real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.

5. Castle
Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series. Richard Castle is a famous mystery novelist. Bored and suffering from writer's block, he kills off Derrick Storm, the main character in his successful book series. He is brought in by the New York Police Department for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his novels, where he meets and becomes intrigued by Detective Kate Beckett the officer assigned to the case. Castle is inspired to take Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his next book series, and uses his friendship with the mayor to pressure the police to let him shadow Beckett. .
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.

6. Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city, although the opening credits show scenes from the city of Chicago. Each episode featured intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, with others developing throughout a season.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.

7. Magnum PI
Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. He lives in the guesthouse of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin's Nest at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.

8. Spenser for Hire
Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels and starred Robert Urich. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. Other main characters was Spencer's friend Hawk and girlfriend Susan.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.

9. The Wire
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon. Set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire introduces a different institution of the city and its relationship to law enforcement in each season while retaining characters and advancing storylines from previous seasons. The five subjects are, in chronological order; the illegal drug trade, the port system, the city government and bureaucracy, education and schools, and the print news medium.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.

10, FBI
FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.

11. T J Hooker
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.

12. Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.

13. 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other teenage venues.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.

14. Hawaii Five 0
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes in the series would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,

15. Hunter
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo. It stars Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Hunter frowns about female cops but Dee Dee McCall is a hard-edged police woman whose unorthodox detective work which rivals that of Hunter's, is not a typical female police detective.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.

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message 3: by Frankie (last edited Aug 04, 2024 09:45AM) (new)

Frankie Johnson | 4272 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

15/15 Completed. Finished

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi.
Dead Sleep-Greg Iles 8/04/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a cop.
In Her Tracks-Robert Dugoni 6/10/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland
Four on the Floor: A John Tyler Thriller-Tom Fowler 6/25/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
Intimate Intuition-Audrey Carlan 6/18/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Linda Castillo-The Hidden One 7/11/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read where a book has more than one story line.
Unseen-Karin Slaughter 6/03/24

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii
Murder on the Sea-A.J. Rivers 6/09/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Boston
The Apprentice-Tess Gerritsen 6/23/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that is fifth in a series.
(Arrow's Edge MC)
Edge Of Reality-Freya Barker 6/22/4

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character who follows a parent into law enforcement.
State of Suspense-Marie Force 6/04/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character is a veteran.
Now You See Me-D.K. Hood 6/04/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a boss.
A Motive to Kill-Elle Gray 6/02/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book published in 2021
(7/06/21)
Fallen-Linda Castillo 6/05/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Jack or Steve
Hendrix-Sawyer Bennett 6/01/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character goes hunting.
It Wasn't Me-Lani Lynn Vale 7/01/24


message 4: by Ferenc (last edited Aug 28, 2024 11:21AM) (new)

Ferenc (aeneth) | 2761 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024


Goal: 15/15
Read one book for each show,


**1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa - 07/03/24 – Amara is called a witch because she believes in the traditional healing methods.

**2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York.
Memory Piece - Lisa Ko - 06/23/24

**3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
The Final Equinox - Andrew Mayne - 06/12/24 – Hendricks and David Ikeda are killed by the villain of the story.

**4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book based on a true story.
The Bullet Swallower - Elizabeth Gonzalez James - 06/19/24

**5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Infinity 8 vol.8 : Until the End - Lewis Trondheim - 06/06/24

**6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is unnamed.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Armah - 06/06/24 – The MC is only referred to as “the man”.

**7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed.
Moonlight, Murder, and Small Town Secrets - K.C. Hart - 07/05/24 – Two murders occur.

**8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson - 06/09/24 - Grandma Susan, the mother of Rachel Price

**9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
The Invisible Hotel - Yeji Y. Ham - 06/29/24 - The newspaper from the train station was still in the front pocket. It was crinkled. The audience laughed and clapped behind me. I spread it out, opened to page A9. (Kindle Locations 2126-2127)

**10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character who follows a parent into law enforcement.
Death Note, Vol. 7: Zero - Tsugumi Ohba - 07/18/24 – Light Yagami

**11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran.
Primary Target - Jack Mars - 08/07/24 – Don Morris

**12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel.
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse – The Complete Epic, Book 2 - VA - 07/09/24 – Warren Worthington III (Angel)

**13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
How to Marry a Billionaire - Elise Sax - 06/08/24 – Tiffany – “The babysitter, a teenage girl with long brown hair and a face covered in freckles…” (p. 69)

**14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover.
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 07/05/24
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

**15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who breaks the rules.
The Misfits - James Howe - 07/23/24 – Addie by not saying the Pledge of Allegiance.


message 5: by Anne (last edited Jul 19, 2024 08:32AM) (new)

Anne | 1452 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

Completed

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who has an addiction.
High Heels are Murder by Elaine Viets 6/10/2024
Cheryl has a gambling addiction.

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a cop.
The Nail Salon by Natalie Tambini 6/25/2024
Sue Fisher

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide.
Prom Mom by Laura Lippmann 7/4/2024
Both set in Baltimore, MD and has a homicide.

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character is a rookie.
Girl, Forgotten by Karen Slaughter 6/17/2024
Andrea Oliver is a first time rookie for the US Marshalls

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani 6/8/2024

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover.
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse 6/26/2024
The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1) by Sarah Pearse

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii.
Nest Egg by Josi Avari 6/4/2024

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer 6/12/2024
Robert Pearson is Liz and Nate's client.

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Heart Trouble by Kathy Hogan Trochek 6/7/2024 Callahan Garrity #5

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement.
City of Saints by Andrew Hunt 7/12/2024
Art and his brothers follow his father into law enforcement.
Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noessner 7/19/2024

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that is 15th in a series.
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovitch 7/19/2024

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a boss.
The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim 6/14/2024
Emma is the Editor in chief of the paper.

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
The Hunter by Tana French 6/30/2024
Trey is 15 years old.

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover.
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 7/12/2024
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character goes hunting.
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr 6/21/2024
Lena hunts Nazis.


message 6: by Tari (last edited Jun 20, 2024 08:30AM) (new)

Tari (thann) | 2546 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

15/15

Read one book for each show,

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Sam Steeped in Suspicion Eryn Scott 6/12/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
A Novel Murder Case Tabitha Knight 6/3/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
Charred to Handle Patti Benning 6/1/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
Body in the Bookstore Ellie Alexander 6/13/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Fire Bonfires, Backpacks, & Brawls (A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 36) by Tonya Kappes Tonya Kappes 6/2/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
An unnamed bartender at the hotel-The Stranger in the Library Eva Gates 6/4/24

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
Murder in the Masai Mara Victoria DeLuis 6/4/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
Susan-Dining and Dread Donna Clancy 6/20/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
p 103 “Kitty picked up the (news)paper and read aloud…” Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order
or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Farm Table Felonies Summer Prescott 6/7/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
Julia Landry-Framed for Murder Marla A. White 6/10/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
High and Dry Emma Ainsley 6/11/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager
or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
Not Sew Bad J.A. Whiting 6/14/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
Steve-Olive You to Death Lynn Cahoon 6/6/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
Kill or Bee Killed Jennie Marts 6/5/24


message 7: by Susan (last edited Jul 16, 2024 03:04PM) (new)

Susan (scoutmomskf) | 305 comments June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

13/15


1. In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs and was set in Sparta Mississippi. The show dealt with a variety of issues, including racism, police brutality, interracial relationships, hate crimes, drug trafficking, drug addiction, alcoholism, AIDS, misogyny, incest, child abuse, sexual harassment, euthanasia, anti-Semitism, political corruption, prostitution, domestic violence, mental disorders, dysfunctional families, suicide, capital punishment, poverty and drunk driving.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.

2. Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village. Barney Miller takes place almost entirely within the confines of the detectives' squad room and Captain Barney Miller's adjoining office of New York City's fictional 12th Precinct.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
Last Chance Investigation - Tara Taylor Quinn (HRS #2252 - Nov 2023) (cop) - June 5

3. Homicide Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie, which served as the series finale. The show was the start of the character John Munch who went on to Law and Order SVU. Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.[
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
[book:Wyoming Mountain Investigation|200133348] - Juno Rushdan (HI #2230 - Aug 2024) (homicide) - July 3

4. The Rookie
The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is based on real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
Three Cowboys and a Bride (Zebra - May 2024) - June 9

5. Castle
Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series. Richard Castle is a famous mystery novelist. Bored and suffering from writer's block, he kills off Derrick Storm, the main character in his successful book series. He is brought in by the New York Police Department for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his novels, where he meets and becomes intrigued by Detective Kate Beckett the officer assigned to the case. Castle is inspired to take Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his next book series, and uses his friendship with the mayor to pressure the police to let him shadow Beckett. .
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
15 Summers Later - RaeAnne Thayne (Canary Street Press -June 2024) (writer) - June 20


1 Last Chance Investigation (Sierra's Web Book 12) by Tara Taylor Quinn Wyoming Mountain Investigation (Cowboy State Lawmen Duty and Honor #1) by Juno Rushdan Three Cowboys and a Bride by Kate Pearce 15 Summers Later by RaeAnne Thayne

6. Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city, although the opening credits show scenes from the city of Chicago. Each episode featured intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, with others developing throughout a season.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one storyline.
The Love Shack - Lori Foster (Canary Street - June 2024) (2 storylines) - June 17

7. Magnum PI
Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. He lives in the guesthouse of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin's Nest at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
A Colton Kidnapping - Justine Davis (HRS #2283 - July 2024) (guesthouse) - June 26

8. Spenser for Hire
Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels and starred Robert Urich. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. Other main characters was Spencer's friend Hawk and girlfriend Susan.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.

9. The Wire
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon. Set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire introduces a different institution of the city and its relationship to law enforcement in each season while retaining characters and advancing storylines from previous seasons. The five subjects are, in chronological order; the illegal drug trade, the port system, the city government and bureaucracy, education and schools, and the print news medium.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
Campus Killer - R. Barri Flowers (HI #2234 - Aug 2024) (school/college) - July 8

10, FBI
FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Her Fake Boyfriend - Heatherly Bell (HSE #3055 - Aug 2024) (FBI) - Jan 16

The Love Shack by Lori Foster A Colton Kidnapping (The Coltons of Owl Creek #6) by Justine Davis 8 Campus Killer (The Lynleys of Law Enforcement, 5) by R. Barri Flowers Her Fake Boyfriend by Heatherly Bell

11. T J Hooker
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
Operation Rafe's Redemption - Justine Davis (HRS #2268 - Mar 2024) (veteran) - July 10

12. Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
Threats in the Deep - Addison Fox (HRS #2288 - Aug 2024) (boss) - July 5

13. 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other teenage venues.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
The Duke’s Mercenary - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - June 2024) - June 24

14. Hawaii Five 0
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes in the series would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
How the Wallflower Wins a Duke - Lucy Morris (HH #1811 - Aug 2024) Brook...could appreciate the beauty of her music (loc 2447) - July 10

15. Hunter
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo. It stars Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Hunter frowns about female cops but Dee Dee McCall is a hard-edged police woman whose unorthodox detective work which rivals that of Hunter's, is not a typical female police detective.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
The Kiss That Made Her Countess - Laura Martin (HH #1803 - July 2024) (breaks rules) - June 27

Operation Rafe's Redemption (Cutter's Code Book 17) by Justine Davis Threats in the Deep (New York Harbor Patrol, 3) by Addison Fox The Duke’s Mercenary (The Duke’s Guard #9) by C.H. Admirand How the Wallflower Wins a Duke (Harlequin Historical) by Lucy Morris The Kiss That Made Her Countess (A Season of Celebration Book 3) by Laura Martin


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message 9: by Genevieve (last edited Aug 31, 2024 10:17AM) (new)

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Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

15/15 Completed

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs.
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher 8/12/2024

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a bookwith a character who is a cop.
Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas by Nancy CoCo 8/21/2024

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
Lurking in Louisiana by Patti Benning 8/18/2024

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California.
Down The Aisle With Bridezilla by Carli Palmer 6/2/2024

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book
where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Humpty Bumpkin by Sam Cheever 6/19/2024

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover.
Natural Selection A Short Story by Elin Hilderbrand by Elin Hilderbrand 8/14/2024

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed.
Nabbed in New Mexico by Patti Benning 8/7/2024

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Spencer.
Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker 8/13/2024

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Croaked in California by Patti Benning 8/5/2024

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order.
Murder for the Halibut by Liz Lipperman 8/30/2024

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran.
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich 7/16/2024

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel.
School For Spirits by Aron Lewes 7/9/2024

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
Final Test by Aron Lewes 8/22/2024

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover.
Required Corpse by L.M. Harper 6/11/2024

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character who breaks the rules.
A Charming Potion by Tonya Kappes 7/4/2024


message 10: by Barbara ★ (last edited Aug 31, 2024 03:04PM) (new)

Barbara ★ | 3207 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1 - August 31, 2024

READ: 14/15

✔ 1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Far Gone - Danielle Girard (Hannah, drugs) 6/21

✔ 2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
The Loch Ness Papers - Paige Shelton (Inspector Winters) 6/28

✔ 3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
Murder in an Italian Village - Michael Falco 6/8

✔ 4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
Brew -Tracy Ewens 6/11

✔ 5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Sniffing Out Murder - Kallie E. Benjamin (MC, author) 6/9

✔ 6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
West of the Moon - A.E. Becker (4 POVs) 6/7

✔ 7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
Ripple of Doubt - Jenifer Ruff (murder) 6/9

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a book set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.

✔ 9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper or a book that is fifth in a series.
Cast into Doubt - Patricia MacDonald 6/17
(Shelby was having coffee and reading the Philadelphia Inquirer), p87

✔ 10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris - Jennifer S. Alderson 6/12

✔ 11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
The Life We Bury - Allen Eskens (Carl Iverson) 6/20

✔ 12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
Archangel's Lineage - Nalini Singh (Rafael) 6/2

✔ 13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
Dragons of Wild - Ava Richardson (MC is 16) 6/16

✔ 14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
Love at the Fall Festival - Belle Willows (Jack Oakley) 6/11

✔ 15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
East of the Sun - A.E. Becker (Sola) 6/4


message 11: by Catsalive (last edited Jun 20, 2024 09:02PM) (new)

Catsalive | 433 comments Cops Detectives Show, Part 2
June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
15/15


1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who has an addiction - to Seconal (barbiturate)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie 13/6 4★

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb 9/6 4★

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide
Death A L'Orange by Nancy Fairbanks 8/6 3★

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
Murder at Redwood Cove by Janet Finsilver 17/6 3★

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the author's initials can be found in CASTLE.
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell 2/6 3★

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover
Mayo Street by Peter Fitzpatrick by Peter Fitzpatrick 4/6 4.5★

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed.
Into the Night by Fleur McDonald 15/6 3.5★

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan - Susan Rattray
Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 6/6 4.5★

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character reads a newspaper - "staring at the front page of the Sunday paper" p.104
The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John 18/6 4★

10. FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge by Phaedra Patrick 20/6 2.5★

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran - Mr Murphy is a veteran of WWII
The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy 5/6 3★

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Charlie
The Broken Spine by Dorothy St. James 9/6 2.5★

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a youthful-looking character.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 11/6 4★

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Jack - Jack Hollister
A Match for Papa by Maria Greene, Victoria Hinton, Donna Lea Simpson 7/6 3★

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★


message 12: by Lali & Michelle (last edited Jun 25, 2024 12:45PM) (new)

Lali & Michelle | 647 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Goal: 15/15
Read one book for each show,


1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
🔍 Harassed for beliefs: Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie 6/18/24 "We've spent many a night sitting just like this while he's cried about Islamophobia from kids at school..." p56

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
🔍 Character who is a cop: Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey 6/17/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
🔍 Homicide occurs: Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman 6/1/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
🔍 Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles 6/15/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
🔍 Source of heat on cover: Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly 6/2/24.
Four-Alarm Homicide (House-Flipper Mystery, #6) by Diane Kelly

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
🔍 Blue cover: Murder Most Owl by Sarah Fox 6/4/24 Murder Most Owl (Magical Menagerie Mystery, #1) by Sarah Fox

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
🔍 Crime is committed: Fatal Fudge Swirl by Meri Allen 6/7/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
🔍 MMC Robert Kapinsky: One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin 6/25/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
🔍 5th in series: The Plot Thickets (Garden Squad #5) by Julia Henry 6/6/24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
🔍 Character follows parent into law enforcement: To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton 6/9/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
🔍 MMC Will is a veteran: Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams 6/3/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
🔍 MC's boss is Lu: Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte by Diane Kelly 6/11/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
🔍 Teenager: Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 6/1/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
🔍 Listens to music: Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross. 6/10/24 "He listens to classical music. I think we have some time before he realizes someone is here." Loc 216

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
🔍 Breaks the rules: Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd 6/7/24


message 13: by Julesy (last edited Jul 11, 2024 09:18AM) (new)

Julesy | 463 comments Cops Detective Show
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024


Read one book for each show
Progress: 15/15

🦁1. In the Heat of the Night
Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks. Lion Dancers by Cai Tse - June 17

🌇2. Barney Miller
Read a book set in New York. Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel by Laura Lee Gulledge - June 24

🌆3. Homicide Life on the Street
Read a book set in Maryland. California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & the Papas by Pénélope Bagieu - half of the book takes place in Baltimore - June 14

🌎4. The Rookie
Read a book set in California. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto - June 28

📛5. Castle
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE. Always Anthony by Terri Libenson - June 8

📘6. Hill Street Blues
Read a book with a blue cover. A Script for Danger by Carolyn Keene - June 4
A Script for Danger (Nancy Drew Diaries, #10) by Carolyn Keene

🌴7. Magnum PI
Read a book set in Hawaii. Homicide Honeymoon by B. A. Trimmer - June 1

👧🏼8. Spenser for Hire
Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan. Ruined by Sarah Vaughn - June 6

🏫9. The Wire
Read a book set in a school. Always Anthony by Terri Libenson - June 8

🕵️‍♂️10. FBI
Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order. From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris - June 1

11. T J Hooker
👮🏼‍♂️Read a book a character who is a veteran. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun byElle Cosimano - July 9

👼🏼12. Charlie's Angels
Read a book with a character called Charlie. The Love Report by BéKa - June 11

🥬13. 21 Jump Street
Read a book published in 2021. The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone by Joseph Tychonievich - June 1

👴🏼14. Hawaii Five 0
Read a book with a character called Jack or Steve. A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris - June 15

🏹15. Hunter
Read a book where a character goes hunting. Scurry by Mac Smith - June 14


message 14: by Michele (last edited Jul 09, 2024 12:11PM) (new)

Michele | 436 comments Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

6/15

✅1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin Read 6/3/24

✅2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
Harm Limitation: A Downey O'Shea Mystery by Kyle A. Johnson Read 6/1/24
Set in NY and has a charater that is a cop=Carson

✅3. Homicide Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie, which served as the series finale. The show was the start of the character John Munch who went on to Law and Order SVU. Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.[
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
[book:City of the Lost|25362841] by Kelley Armstrong. Read 6/14/24. Several homicides


✅4. The Rookie
The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is based on real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby. Read 6/21/24

✅5. Castle
Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series. Richard Castle is a famous mystery novelist. Bored and suffering from writer's block, he kills off Derrick Storm, the main character in his successful book series. He is brought in by the New York Police Department for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his novels, where he meets and becomes intrigued by Detective Kate Beckett the officer assigned to the case. Castle is inspired to take Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his next book series, and uses his friendship with the mayor to pressure the police to let him shadow Beckett. .
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan. Read 6/24/24 all the characters in the book are writers

✅6. Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city, although the opening credits show scenes from the city of Chicago. Each episode featured intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, with others developing throughout a season.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Read 6/14/24

✅7. Magnum PI
Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. He lives in the guesthouse of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin's Nest at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver. Read 6/20.24

✅8. Spenser for Hire
Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels and starred Robert Urich. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. Other main characters was Spencer's friend Hawk and girlfriend Susan.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan. Robert MacFarland
The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear. Read 7/2/24

✅9. The Wire
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon. Set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire introduces a different institution of the city and its relationship to law enforcement in each season while retaining characters and advancing storylines from previous seasons. The five subjects are, in chronological order; the illegal drug trade, the port system, the city government and bureaucracy, education and schools, and the print news medium.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
Angel Fire by Andrew M. Greeley Read 7/9/24. page 76. You didn't read The Times. Sure I did

✅10, FBI
FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Exiles by Jane Harper Read 6/27/24 Aaron Falk follows father into law enforecment

11. T J Hooker
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.

✅12. Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
published in July-Flop Dead Gorgeous by David Rosenfelt Read 6/30/24. Andy Carpenter is the boss

✅13. 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other teenage venues.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. Read this 6/28/24 Lara and Veronica


✅14. Hawaii Five 0
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes in the series would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
Why We Read On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed Read 2/27/24


✅15. Hunter
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo. It stars Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Hunter frowns about female cops but Dee Dee McCall is a hard-edged police woman whose unorthodox detective work which rivals that of Hunter's, is not a typical female police detective.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Read 6/6/24. Set in CA and Daisy Jones breaks all the rules


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Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Progress: 15/15

1. In the Heat of the Night - Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks. Kenshin, Volume 01 by Nobuhiro Watsuki ✓ 24/07/04

2. Barney Miller - Read a book with a character who is a cop. Der Mann, der zweimal starb by Richard Osman ✓ 24/08/15

3. Homicide Life on the Street - Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STREET. Mothers Spirit by Enzou ✓ 24/07/08

4. The Rookie - Read a book based on a true story. Und dann verschwinde ich in die Nacht: Der Golden-State-Killer (True Crime) by William Thorp ✓ 24/06/08

5. Castle - Read a book with a character who is a writer. Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History ✓ 24/06/08

6. Hill Street Blues - Read a book with a blue cover. El Taubinio by Cece Bell El Taubinio by Cece Bell ✓ 24/06/08

7. Magnum PI - Read a book where a crime is committed. (stalking) Takaras Glasperlen by Minta Suzumaru ✓ 24/07/01

8. Spenser for Hire - Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan. The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis ✓ 24/09/10

9. The Wire - Read a book set in a school. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren ✓ 24/06/26

10. FBI - Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order. Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane ✓ 24/07/06

11. T.J. Hooker - Read a book with a character who is a veteran. (several former victors) Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins ✓ 24/12/21

12. Charlie's Angels - Read a book with a character who is an angel. Die Bibel nach Biff by Christopher Moore ✓ 24/06/27

13. 21 Jump Street - Read a book that has a character who is a teenager. Haikyu!! – Band 23 by Haruichi Furudate ✓ 24/06/01

14. Hawaii Five 0 - Read a book where a character listens to music. (Hiiragi listens to Uenoyama's composition, p. 59-65) Given 07 by Natsuki Kizu ✓ 24/07/05

15. Hunter - Read a book where a character goes hunting. Mother's Spirit 2 by Enzou ✓ 24/07/08


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Caraina (raina79) | 853 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2 - FINISHED
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Read one book for each show,

Completed: 15/15

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks. Long, Hot Texas Summer - Carolyn Brown 6/26/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series. The Girls with No Names - Serena Burdick 6/9/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET. How the Light Gets In - Louise Penny 6/12/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story. Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus 6/24/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE. Light on Snow - Anita Shreve 6/17/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand The Five-Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand 6/3/24 (51.6% on tineye)

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed. The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen 6/16/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a book set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan. The Teacher - Freida McFadden 6/25/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series. The Dare - J.L. Beck 6/23/24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day. Obsidian Butterfly - Laurell K. Hamilton 8/25/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran. O Is for Outlaw - Sue Grafton 8/31/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke 6/11/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character. Seven Perfect Things - Catherine Ryan Hyde 6/7/24 (published on May 4, 2021)

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve. Private Vegas - James Patterson 6/4/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 6/2/24


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Shash | 2891 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

15/15 Tasks Completed

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Of Mist and Murder by Chanda Hahn (7/12/24)
addiction

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
Convenient Lies by Robin Patchen (6/15/24)
cop

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey (6/3/24)
homicide

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
Blind Date with the Billionaire Best Man by Evangeline Kelly (7/6/24)
California

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
The Killing Tide by Dani Pettrey (6/2/24)
writer

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
The Shifting Current by Dani Pettrey (6/6/24)
The Shifting Current (Coastal Guardians #3.5) by Dani Pettrey

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
Countdown by Lynette Eason (6/1/24)
crime committed

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
A Heart Worth Stealing by Joanna Barker (6/13/24) - Robert

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
A Captive of Wing and Feather by Melanie Cellier (6/8/24) - Beyond the Four Kingdoms #5

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Wilderness Hunt by Lisa Phillips (6/19/24)
follows a parent

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
The Captive by Julie Coulter Bellon (6/6/24)
veteran

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
The Deadly Shallows by Dani Pettrey (6/5/24)
boss

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
A Crown of Snow and Ice by Melanie Cellier (6/7/24)
teenager

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
A Dream of Ebony and White by Melanie Cellier (6/8/24) - Jack

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
Lady Avery and the False Butler by Sofi Laporte (6/1/24)


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Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read: 15/15


1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who has an addiction.
The Cliffs J. Courtney Sullivan 7/9/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a cop.
Swan Song Elin Hilderbrand 6/22/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
Fatal Consequences Marie Force 6/23/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California.
Songbird Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 6/9/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a writer.
15 Summers Later RaeAnne Thayne 6/23/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a blue cover.
Never Forgot You An emotional over-40's, second-chance, small-town, slow-burn romance (Harbour Town Book 1) by Kath Farr Never Forgot You: An emotional over-40's, second-chance, small-town, slow-burn romance Kath Farr 6/7/24

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a crime is committed.
To Have and to Hold Heidi Renee Mason 6/6/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character called Robert.
Dare Me Tonight Carly Phillips 7/6/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/20/24 (Beach House Hotel #5)

10. FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a couple celebrate Valentine's Day.
Fatal Justice Marie Force 6/14/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran.
The Library on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 7/22/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a boss.
Lunch at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/17/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
The Restaurant on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 6/3/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character listens to music.
p 11 Music plays from the two opening acts. We Own Tonight Corinne Michaels 7/13/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character breaks the rules.
Tea is for Trouble Karen Sue Walker 7/20/24


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Kim (kmyers) | 586 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read: 11/15

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks. (the children in the book are all harassed because they are different).
Every Heart a Doorway. Seanan McGuire. 6.4.24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a cop (Sheriff Hank Worth)
Home Fires. Claire Booth. 6.4.24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
Guidebook to Murder. Lynn Cahoon. 6.6.24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book based on a true story.
The Amish Wife. Gregg Olsen. 6.1.24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer (Aidyn Kelley is a reporter for the Kansas City Star, and does a feature story based on the journals of Mrs. Kip).
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip. Sara Brunsvold. 6.15.24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover.
All We Ever Wanted. Emily Giffin. 6.3.24
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed. (A plane is sabotaged, and a man is killed).
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club. Helen Simonson. 6.7.24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a book set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character reads a newspaper (The Minneapolis Tribune will always be one of my favorite newspapers, for it gave me my first opportunity for adventure travel p. 115).
A Long Way from Home. Tom Brokaw. 6.22.24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order
If Beale Street Could Talk. James Baldwin. 6.19.24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran. (Peter is a naval veteran).
The Last Tribe. Brad Manuel. 7.1.24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Charlie.
The Holiday Swap. Maggie Knox. 6.11.24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
The Morningside. Téa Obreht. 6.1.24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Steve,
Home Fires. Luanne Rice. 6.3.24

15. Hunter (this book fits both!)
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles and a character who breaks the rules.
Lessons in Chemistry. Bonnie Garmus. 6.6.24


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Melissa A | 1803 comments FINISHED! Cops Detectives Show Part 2
June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (06/08/24)

15/15 Tasks

☑️ 1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi

or that has a character who has an addiction

X or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London 2) Ben Aaronovitch (Lesley has a facial deformity) 06/08/24

☑️ 2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York

X or with a character who is a cop
Rivers of London (Rivers of London 1) Ben Aaronovitch (the MC is a London PC) 06/07/24

or a twelfth in a series.

☑️ 3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland

X or where there is a homicide
Murder on the Italian Riviera (Armstrong and Oscar 7) T.A. Williams 06/01/24

or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.

☑️ 4. The Rookie
X 🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives Dashka Slater 06/02/24

or where a character is a rookie

or a book based on a true story.

☑️ 5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer

or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire)

X or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
The Paradise Problem Christina Lauren 06/01/24

☑️ 6. Hill Street Blues
X🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon 06/03/24

or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned)

or where a book has more than one story line.

☑️ 7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii

or where a character lives in a guesthouse

X or a book where a crime is committed.
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties 3) Jesse Q. Sutanto (Nathan is kidnapped) 06/04/24

☑️ 8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker

or a book set in Boston

X or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
Wild at Heart (The Simple Wild 2) K.A. Tucker (Susan is the MC’s mother) 06/04/24

☑️ 9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school

Xor where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery 1) Barbara Ross (p. 84 “. . . my eyes fell upon a thick newspaper . . .” & p. 45 “. . . he was reading wedding notices from The Times . . .” ) 06/06/24

or a book that is fifth in a series.

☑️ 10. FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order

or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement

X or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Death of a Chocoholic (Haley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery 4) Lee Hollis (the book is set during Valentines’ Day and Haley has a date)) 06/05/24

☑️ 11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner

or that is 15th in a series

X or a character who is a veteran.
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts Loren Grush (several astronauts were veterans & so was the senator who flew in space) 06/07/24

☑️ 12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel

or a character called Charlie

X or a character who is a boss.
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson Ellen Baker (there is a ringmaster at the circus) 06/04/24

☑️ 13. 21 Jump Street
X🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager
Out of the Easy Ruta Sepetys (the MC is a teenager) 06/03/24

or published in 2021

or with a youthful-looking character.

☑️ 14. Hawaii Five 0
X🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover
Funny Story Emily Henry Funny Story by Emily Henry 06/06/24

or where a character listens to music (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

or a character called Jack or Steve.

☑️ 15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles

X or a character who breaks the rules
Frenchman's Creek Daphne du Maurier (pirate character) 06/04/24

or where a character goes hunting.


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Melissa A | 1803 comments FINISHED! Cops Detectives Show Part 2
June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (06/08/24)

15/15 Tasks

☑️ 1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi

or that has a character who has an addiction

X or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London 2) Ben Aaronovitch (Lesley has a facial deformity) 06/08/24

☑️ 2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York

X or with a character who is a cop
Rivers of London (Rivers of London 1) Ben Aaronovitch (the MC is a London PC) 06/07/24

or a twelfth in a series.

☑️ 3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland

X or where there is a homicide
Murder on the Italian Riviera (Armstrong and Oscar 7) T.A. Williams 06/01/24

or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.

☑️ 4. The Rookie
X 🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives Dashka Slater 06/02/24

or where a character is a rookie

or a book based on a true story.

☑️ 5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer

or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire)

X or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
The Paradise Problem Christina Lauren 06/01/24

☑️ 6. Hill Street Blues
X🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon 06/03/24

or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned)

or where a book has more than one story line.

☑️ 7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii

or where a character lives in a guesthouse

X or a book where a crime is committed.
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties 3) Jesse Q. Sutanto (Nathan is kidnapped) 06/04/24

☑️ 8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker

or a book set in Boston

X or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
Wild at Heart (The Simple Wild 2) K.A. Tucker (Susan is the MC’s mother) 06/04/24

☑️ 9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school

Xor where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery 1) Barbara Ross (p. 84 “. . . my eyes fell upon a thick newspaper . . .” & p. 45 “. . . he was reading wedding notices from The Times . . .” ) 06/06/24

or a book that is fifth in a series.

☑️ 10. FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order

or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement

X or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Death of a Chocoholic (Haley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery 4) Lee Hollis (the book is set during Valentines’ Day and Haley has a date) 06/05/24

☑️ 11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner

or that is 15th in a series

X or a character who is a veteran.
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts Loren Grush (several astronauts were veterans & so was the senator who flew in space) 06/07/24

☑️ 12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel

or a character called Charlie

X or a character who is a boss.
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson Ellen Baker (there is a ringmaster at the circus) 06/04/24

☑️ 13. 21 Jump Street
X🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager
Out of the Easy Ruta Sepetys (the MC is a teenager) 06/03/24

or published in 2021

or with a youthful-looking character.

☑️ 14. Hawaii Five 0
X🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover
Funny Story Emily Henry Funny Story by Emily Henry 06/06/24

or where a character listens to music (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

or a character called Jack or Steve.

☑️ 15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles

X or a character who breaks the rules
Frenchman's Creek Daphne du Maurier (pirate character) 06/04/24

or where a character goes hunting.


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Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

15/15

Read one book for each show,

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Sam Steeped in Suspicion Eryn Scott 6/12/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
A Novel Murder Case Tabitha Knight 6/3/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
Charred to Handle Patti Benning 6/1/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
Body in the Bookstore Ellie Alexander 6/13/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Fire Bonfires, Backpacks, & Brawls (A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 36) by Tonya Kappes Tonya Kappes 6/2/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
An unnamed bartender at the hotel-The Stranger in the Library Eva Gates 6/4/24

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
Murder in the Masai Mara Victoria DeLuis 6/4/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
Susan-Dining and Dread Donna Clancy 6/20/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
p 103 “Kitty picked up the (news)paper and read aloud…” Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order
or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Farm Table Felonies Summer Prescott 6/7/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
Julia Landry-Framed for Murder Marla A. White 6/10/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
High and Dry Emma Ainsley 6/11/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager
or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
Not Sew Bad J.A. Whiting 6/14/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
Steve-Olive You to Death Lynn Cahoon 6/6/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
Kill or Bee Killed Jennie Marts 6/5/24


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Well done Tari


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Tari (thann) | 2546 comments Genevieve wrote: "Well done Tari"

Thanks, Genevieve


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Cops Detectives Show, Part 2
June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
15/15


1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who has an addiction - to Seconal (barbiturate)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie 13/6 4★

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb 9/6 4★

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide
Death A L'Orange by Nancy Fairbanks 8/6 3★

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
Murder at Redwood Cove by Janet Finsilver 17/6 3★

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the author's initials can be found in CASTLE.
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell 2/6 3★

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover
Mayo Street by Peter Fitzpatrick by Peter Fitzpatrick 4/6 4.5★

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed.
Into the Night by Fleur McDonald 15/6 3.5★

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan - Susan Rattray
Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 6/6 4.5★

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character reads a newspaper - "staring at the front page of the Sunday paper" p.104
The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John 18/6 4★

10. FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge by Phaedra Patrick 20/6 2.5★

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran - Mr Murphy is a veteran of WWII
The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy 5/6 3★

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Charlie
The Broken Spine by Dorothy St. James 9/6 2.5★

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a youthful-looking character.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 11/6 4★

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Jack - Jack Hollister
A Match for Papa by Maria Greene, Victoria Hinton, Donna Lea Simpson 7/6 3★

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★


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Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 2732 comments The Lost Challenges
Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration:
June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Progress: 0 out of 15

So there were so many cop and detective shows that a second challenge was a must.

Read one book for each show,

1. In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs and was set in Sparta Mississippi. The show dealt with a variety of issues, including racism, police brutality, interracial relationships, hate crimes, drug trafficking, drug addiction, alcoholism, AIDS, misogyny, incest, child abuse, sexual harassment, euthanasia, anti-Semitism, political corruption, prostitution, domestic violence, mental disorders, dysfunctional families, suicide, capital punishment, poverty and drunk driving.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.

2. Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village. Barney Miller takes place almost entirely within the confines of the detectives' squad room and Captain Barney Miller's adjoining office of New York City's fictional 12th Precinct.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.

3. Homicide Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie, which served as the series finale. The show was the start of the character John Munch who went on to Law and Order SVU. Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.[
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.

4. The Rookie
The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is based on real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.

5. Castle
Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series. Richard Castle is a famous mystery novelist. Bored and suffering from writer's block, he kills off Derrick Storm, the main character in his successful book series. He is brought in by the New York Police Department for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his novels, where he meets and becomes intrigued by Detective Kate Beckett the officer assigned to the case. Castle is inspired to take Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his next book series, and uses his friendship with the mayor to pressure the police to let him shadow Beckett. .
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.

6. Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city, although the opening credits show scenes from the city of Chicago. Each episode featured intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, with others developing throughout a season.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.

7. Magnum PI
Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. He lives in the guesthouse of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin's Nest at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.

8. Spenser for Hire
Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels and starred Robert Urich. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. Other main characters was Spencer's friend Hawk and girlfriend Susan.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.

9. The Wire
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon. Set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire introduces a different institution of the city and its relationship to law enforcement in each season while retaining characters and advancing storylines from previous seasons. The five subjects are, in chronological order; the illegal drug trade, the port system, the city government and bureaucracy, education and schools, and the print news medium.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.

10, FBI
FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.

11. T J Hooker
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.

12. Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.

13. 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other teenage venues.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.

14. Hawaii Five 0
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes in the series would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,

15. Hunter
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo. It stars Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Hunter frowns about female cops but Dee Dee McCall is a hard-edged police woman whose unorthodox detective work which rivals that of Hunter's, is not a typical female police detective.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.

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Lali & Michelle | 647 comments FINISHED

Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Goal: 15/15
Read one book for each show,


1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
🔍 Harassed for beliefs: Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie 6/18/24 "We've spent many a night sitting just like this while he's cried about Islamophobia from kids at school..." p56

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
🔍 Character who is a cop: Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey 6/17/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
🔍 Homicide occurs: Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman 6/1/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
🔍 Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles 6/15/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
🔍 Source of heat on cover: Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly 6/2/24.
Four-Alarm Homicide (House-Flipper Mystery, #6) by Diane Kelly

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
🔍 Blue cover: Murder Most Owl by Sarah Fox 6/4/24 Murder Most Owl (Magical Menagerie Mystery, #1) by Sarah Fox

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
🔍 Crime is committed: Fatal Fudge Swirl by Meri Allen 6/7/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
🔍 MMC Robert Kapinsky: One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin 6/25/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
🔍 5th in series: The Plot Thickets (Garden Squad #5) by Julia Henry 6/6/24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
🔍 Character follows parent into law enforcement: To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton 6/9/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
🔍 MMC Will is a veteran: Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams 6/3/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
🔍 MC's boss is Lu: Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte by Diane Kelly 6/11/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
🔍 Teenager: Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 6/1/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
🔍 Listens to music: Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross. 6/10/24 "He listens to classical music. I think we have some time before he realizes someone is here." Loc 216

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
🔍 Breaks the rules: Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd 6/7/24


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Well done Catsalive, & Lali & Michelle. Welcome Suzanne


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Julesy | 463 comments FINISHED!

Cops Detective Show
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024


Read one book for each show
Progress: 15/15

🦁1. In the Heat of the Night
Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks. Lion Dancers by Cai Tse - June 17

🌇2. Barney Miller
Read a book set in New York. Page by Paige: A Graphic Novel by Laura Lee Gulledge - June 24

🌆3. Homicide Life on the Street
Read a book set in Maryland. California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & the Papas by Pénélope Bagieu - half of the book takes place in Baltimore - June 14

🌎4. The Rookie
Read a book set in California. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto - June 28

📛5. Castle
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE. Always Anthony by Terri Libenson - June 8

📘6. Hill Street Blues
Read a book with a blue cover. A Script for Danger by Carolyn Keene - June 4
A Script for Danger (Nancy Drew Diaries, #10) by Carolyn Keene

🌴7. Magnum PI
Read a book set in Hawaii. Homicide Honeymoon by B. A. Trimmer - June 1

👧🏼8. Spenser for Hire
Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan. Ruined by Sarah Vaughn - June 6

🏫9. The Wire
Read a book set in a school. Always Anthony by Terri Libenson - June 8

🕵️‍♂️10. FBI
Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order. From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris - June 1

11. T J Hooker
👮🏼‍♂️Read a book a character who is a veteran. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun byElle Cosimano - July 9

👼🏼12. Charlie's Angels
Read a book with a character called Charlie. The Love Report by BéKa - June 11

🥬13. 21 Jump Street
Read a book published in 2021. The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone by Joseph Tychonievich - June 1

👴🏼14. Hawaii Five 0
Read a book with a character called Jack or Steve. A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris - June 15

🏹15. Hunter
Read a book where a character goes hunting. Scurry by Mac Smith - June 14


message 35: by Michele (new)

Michele | 436 comments COMPLETION POSTDuration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

15/15

✅1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin Read 6/3/24

✅2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
Harm Limitation: A Downey O'Shea Mystery by Kyle A. Johnson Read 6/1/24
Set in NY and has a charater that is a cop=Carson

✅3. Homicide Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie, which served as the series finale. The show was the start of the character John Munch who went on to Law and Order SVU. Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.[
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
[book:City of the Lost|25362841] by Kelley Armstrong. Read 6/14/24. Several homicides


✅4. The Rookie
The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is based on real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby. Read 6/21/24

✅5. Castle
Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series. Richard Castle is a famous mystery novelist. Bored and suffering from writer's block, he kills off Derrick Storm, the main character in his successful book series. He is brought in by the New York Police Department for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his novels, where he meets and becomes intrigued by Detective Kate Beckett the officer assigned to the case. Castle is inspired to take Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his next book series, and uses his friendship with the mayor to pressure the police to let him shadow Beckett. .
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan. Read 6/24/24 all the characters in the book are writers

✅6. Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city, although the opening credits show scenes from the city of Chicago. Each episode featured intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, with others developing throughout a season.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line.
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Read 6/14/24

✅7. Magnum PI
Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. He lives in the guesthouse of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin's Nest at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver. Read 6/20.24

✅8. Spenser for Hire
Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels and starred Robert Urich. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. Other main characters was Spencer's friend Hawk and girlfriend Susan.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan. Robert MacFarland
The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear. Read 7/2/24

✅9. The Wire
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon. Set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire introduces a different institution of the city and its relationship to law enforcement in each season while retaining characters and advancing storylines from previous seasons. The five subjects are, in chronological order; the illegal drug trade, the port system, the city government and bureaucracy, education and schools, and the print news medium.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
Angel Fire by Andrew M. Greeley Read 7/9/24. page 76. You didn't read The Times. Sure I did

✅10, FBI
FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Exiles by Jane Harper Read 6/27/24 Aaron Falk follows father into law enforecment

✅11. T J Hooker
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Read 7/14/24. Dan veteran of Vietnam War

✅12. Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
published in July-Flop Dead Gorgeous by David Rosenfelt Read 6/30/24. Andy Carpenter is the boss

✅13. 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other teenage venues.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. Read this 6/28/24 Lara and Veronica


✅14. Hawaii Five 0
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes in the series would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
Why We Read On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed Read 2/27/24


✅15. Hunter
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo. It stars Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Hunter frowns about female cops but Dee Dee McCall is a hard-edged police woman whose unorthodox detective work which rivals that of Hunter's, is not a typical female police detective.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Read 6/6/24. Set in CA and Daisy Jones breaks all the rules


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Genevieve | 10225 comments Mod
Well done Julesy, and well done Michele


message 37: by Anne (new)

Anne | 1452 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

Completed

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who has an addiction.
High Heels are Murder by Elaine Viets 6/10/2024
Cheryl has a gambling addiction.

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a cop.
The Nail Salon by Natalie Tambini 6/25/2024
Sue Fisher

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide.
Prom Mom by Laura Lippmann 7/4/2024
Both set in Baltimore, MD and has a homicide.

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character is a rookie.
Girl, Forgotten by Karen Slaughter 6/17/2024
Andrea Oliver is a first time rookie for the US Marshalls

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani 6/8/2024

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover.
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse 6/26/2024
The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1) by Sarah Pearse

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii.
Nest Egg by Josi Avari 6/4/2024

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer 6/12/2024
Robert Pearson is Liz and Nate's client.

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Heart Trouble by Kathy Hogan Trochek 6/7/2024 Callahan Garrity #5

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement.
City of Saints by Andrew Hunt 7/12/2024
Art and his brothers follow his father into law enforcement.
Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noessner 7/19/2024

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that is 15th in a series.
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovitch 7/19/2024

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a boss.
The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim 6/14/2024
Emma is the Editor in chief of the paper.

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
The Hunter by Tana French 6/30/2024
Trey is 15 years old.

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover.
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 7/12/2024
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character goes hunting.
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr 6/21/2024
Lena hunts Nazis.


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Genevieve | 10225 comments Mod
Good job Anne


message 39: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 59397 comments Mod
FINISHED
Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - July 22, 2024
Read: 15/15


1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who has an addiction.
The Cliffs J. Courtney Sullivan 7/9/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a cop.
Swan Song Elin Hilderbrand 6/22/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
Fatal Consequences Marie Force 6/23/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California.
Songbird Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 6/9/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a writer.
15 Summers Later RaeAnne Thayne 6/23/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a blue cover.
Never Forgot You An emotional over-40's, second-chance, small-town, slow-burn romance (Harbour Town Book 1) by Kath Farr Never Forgot You: An emotional over-40's, second-chance, small-town, slow-burn romance Kath Farr 6/7/24

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a crime is committed.
To Have and to Hold Heidi Renee Mason 6/6/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character called Robert.
Dare Me Tonight Carly Phillips 7/6/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/20/24 (Beach House Hotel #5)

10. FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a couple celebrate Valentine's Day.
Fatal Justice Marie Force 6/14/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran.
The Library on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 7/22/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a boss.
Lunch at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/17/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
The Restaurant on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 6/3/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character listens to music.
p 11 Music plays from the two opening acts. We Own Tonight Corinne Michaels 7/13/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character breaks the rules.
Tea is for Trouble Karen Sue Walker 7/20/24


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Genevieve | 10225 comments Mod
Well done JoAnne


message 41: by Kim (new)

Kim (kmyers) | 586 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Completed 7.28.24

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks. (the children in the book are all harassed because they are different).
Every Heart a Doorway. Seanan McGuire. 6.4.24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a cop (Sheriff Hank Worth)
Home Fires. Claire Booth. 6.4.24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
Guidebook to Murder. Lynn Cahoon. 6.6.24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book based on a true story.
The Amish Wife. Gregg Olsen. 6.1.24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer (Aidyn Kelley is a reporter for the Kansas City Star, and does a feature story based on the journals of Mrs. Kip).
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip. Sara Brunsvold. 6.15.24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover.
All We Ever Wanted. Emily Giffin. 6.3.24
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed. (A plane is sabotaged, and a man is killed).
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club. Helen Simonson. 6.7.24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Susan.
The Enchanted Barn. Grace Livingston Hill. 7.25.24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character reads a newspaper (The Minneapolis Tribune will always be one of my favorite newspapers, for it gave me my first opportunity for adventure travel p. 115).
A Long Way from Home. Tom Brokaw. 6.22.24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order
If Beale Street Could Talk. James Baldwin. 6.19.24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran. (Peter is a naval veteran).
The Last Tribe. Brad Manuel. 7.1.24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Charlie.
The Holiday Swap. Maggie Knox. 6.11.24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
The Morningside. Téa Obreht. 6.1.24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Steve,
Home Fires. Luanne Rice. 6.3.24

15. Hunter (this book fits both!)
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles and a character who breaks the rules.
Lessons in Chemistry. Bonnie Garmus. 6.6.24


message 42: by Shash (new)

Shash | 2891 comments Finished! :)

Cops Detectives Show Part 2
June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

15/15 Tasks Completed

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who has an addiction
Of Mist and Murder by Chanda Hahn (7/12/24)

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a cop
Convenient Lies by Robin Patchen (6/15/24)

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide
The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey (6/3/24)

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
Blind Date with the Billionaire Best Man by Evangeline Kelly (7/6/24)

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer
The Killing Tide by Dani Pettrey (6/2/24)

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover
The Shifting Current by Dani Pettrey (6/6/24)
The Shifting Current (Coastal Guardians #3.5) by Dani Pettrey

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed.
Countdown by Lynette Eason (6/1/24)

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
A Heart Worth Stealing by Joanna Barker (6/13/24) - Robert

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that is fifth in a series.
A Captive of Wing and Feather by Melanie Cellier (6/8/24) - Beyond the Four Kingdoms #5

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who follows a parent into law enforcement
Wilderness Hunt by Lisa Phillips (6/19/24)

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran.
The Captive by Julie Coulter Bellon (6/6/24)

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a boss.
The Deadly Shallows by Dani Pettrey (6/5/24)

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager
A Crown of Snow and Ice by Melanie Cellier (6/7/24)

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Jack or Steve,
A Dream of Ebony and White by Melanie Cellier (6/8/24) - Jack

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who breaks the rules
Lady Avery and the False Butler by Sofi Laporte (6/1/24)


message 43: by Frankie (new)

Frankie Johnson | 4272 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

15/15 Completed. Finished

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi.
Dead Sleep-Greg Iles 8/04/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a cop.
In Her Tracks-Robert Dugoni 6/10/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland
Four on the Floor: A John Tyler Thriller-Tom Fowler 6/25/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California
Intimate Intuition-Audrey Carlan 6/18/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Linda Castillo-The Hidden One 7/11/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read where a book has more than one story line.
Unseen-Karin Slaughter 6/03/24

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii
Murder on the Sea-A.J. Rivers 6/09/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Boston
The Apprentice-Tess Gerritsen 6/23/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that is fifth in a series.
(Arrow's Edge MC)
Edge Of Reality-Freya Barker 6/22/4

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character who follows a parent into law enforcement.
State of Suspense-Marie Force 6/04/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character is a veteran.
Now You See Me-D.K. Hood 6/04/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a boss.
A Motive to Kill-Elle Gray 6/02/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book published in 2021
(7/06/21)
Fallen-Linda Castillo 6/05/24

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Jack or Steve
Hendrix-Sawyer Bennett 6/01/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character goes hunting.
It Wasn't Me-Lani Lynn Vale 7/01/24


message 44: by Genevieve (new)

Genevieve | 10225 comments Mod
Good job Kim, Shash and Frankie


message 45: by Ferenc (new)

Ferenc (aeneth) | 2761 comments Completed!

Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024


Goal: 15/15
Read one book for each show,


**1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.
Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa - 07/03/24 – Amara is called a witch because she believes in the traditional healing methods.

**2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York.
Memory Piece - Lisa Ko - 06/23/24

**3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
The Final Equinox - Andrew Mayne - 06/12/24 – Hendricks and David Ikeda are killed by the villain of the story.

**4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book based on a true story.
The Bullet Swallower - Elizabeth Gonzalez James - 06/19/24

**5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Infinity 8 vol.8 : Until the End - Lewis Trondheim - 06/06/24

**6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is unnamed.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Armah - 06/06/24 – The MC is only referred to as “the man”.

**7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed.
Moonlight, Murder, and Small Town Secrets - K.C. Hart - 07/05/24 – Two murders occur.

**8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.
The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson - 06/09/24 - Grandma Susan, the mother of Rachel Price

**9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
The Invisible Hotel - Yeji Y. Ham - 06/29/24 - The newspaper from the train station was still in the front pocket. It was crinkled. The audience laughed and clapped behind me. I spread it out, opened to page A9. (Kindle Locations 2126-2127)

**10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where a character who follows a parent into law enforcement.
Death Note, Vol. 7: Zero - Tsugumi Ohba - 07/18/24 – Light Yagami

**11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran.
Primary Target - Jack Mars - 08/07/24 – Don Morris

**12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel.
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse – The Complete Epic, Book 2 - VA - 07/09/24 – Warren Worthington III (Angel)

**13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
How to Marry a Billionaire - Elise Sax - 06/08/24 – Tiffany – “The babysitter, a teenage girl with long brown hair and a face covered in freckles…” (p. 69)

**14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover.
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 07/05/24
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

**15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who breaks the rules.
The Misfits - James Howe - 07/23/24 – Addie by not saying the Pledge of Allegiance.


message 46: by Genevieve (new)

Genevieve | 10225 comments Mod
Well done Ferenc


message 47: by Genevieve (new)

Genevieve | 10225 comments Mod
FINISHED

Cops Detectives Show Part 2
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

15/15 Completed

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs.
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher 8/12/2024

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a bookwith a character who is a cop.
Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas by Nancy CoCo 8/21/2024

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where there is a homicide.
Lurking in Louisiana by Patti Benning 8/18/2024

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California.
Down The Aisle With Bridezilla by Carli Palmer 6/2/2024

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book
where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
Humpty Bumpkin by Sam Cheever 6/19/2024

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover.
Natural Selection A Short Story by Elin Hilderbrand by Elin Hilderbrand 8/14/2024

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a crime is committed.
Nabbed in New Mexico by Patti Benning 8/7/2024

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character called Spencer.
Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker 8/13/2024

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Croaked in California by Patti Benning 8/5/2024

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order.
Murder for the Halibut by Liz Lipperman 8/30/2024

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book with a character who is a veteran.
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich 7/16/2024

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel.
School For Spirits by Aron Lewes 7/9/2024

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager.
Final Test by Aron Lewes 8/22/2024

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover.
Required Corpse by L.M. Harper 6/11/2024

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book where a character who breaks the rules.
A Charming Potion by Tonya Kappes 7/4/2024


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Susan (scoutmomskf) | 305 comments 13 out of 15

June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Read one book for each show,

13/15


1. In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs and was set in Sparta Mississippi. The show dealt with a variety of issues, including racism, police brutality, interracial relationships, hate crimes, drug trafficking, drug addiction, alcoholism, AIDS, misogyny, incest, child abuse, sexual harassment, euthanasia, anti-Semitism, political corruption, prostitution, domestic violence, mental disorders, dysfunctional families, suicide, capital punishment, poverty and drunk driving.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks.

2. Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village. Barney Miller takes place almost entirely within the confines of the detectives' squad room and Captain Barney Miller's adjoining office of New York City's fictional 12th Precinct.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series.
Last Chance Investigation - Tara Taylor Quinn (HRS #2252 - Nov 2023) (cop) - June 5

3. Homicide Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie, which served as the series finale. The show was the start of the character John Munch who went on to Law and Order SVU. Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.[
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET.
[book:Wyoming Mountain Investigation|200133348] - Juno Rushdan (HI #2230 - Aug 2024) (homicide) - July 3

4. The Rookie
The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is based on real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story.
Three Cowboys and a Bride (Zebra - May 2024) - June 9

5. Castle
Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series. Richard Castle is a famous mystery novelist. Bored and suffering from writer's block, he kills off Derrick Storm, the main character in his successful book series. He is brought in by the New York Police Department for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his novels, where he meets and becomes intrigued by Detective Kate Beckett the officer assigned to the case. Castle is inspired to take Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his next book series, and uses his friendship with the mayor to pressure the police to let him shadow Beckett. .
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE.
15 Summers Later - RaeAnne Thayne (Canary Street Press -June 2024) (writer) - June 20


1 Last Chance Investigation (Sierra's Web Book 12) by Tara Taylor Quinn Wyoming Mountain Investigation (Cowboy State Lawmen Duty and Honor #1) by Juno Rushdan Three Cowboys and a Bride by Kate Pearce 15 Summers Later by RaeAnne Thayne

6. Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city, although the opening credits show scenes from the city of Chicago. Each episode featured intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, with others developing throughout a season.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one storyline.
The Love Shack - Lori Foster (Canary Street - June 2024) (2 storylines) - June 17

7. Magnum PI
Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. He lives in the guesthouse of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin's Nest at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed.
A Colton Kidnapping - Justine Davis (HRS #2283 - July 2024) (guesthouse) - June 26

8. Spenser for Hire
Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels and starred Robert Urich. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. Other main characters was Spencer's friend Hawk and girlfriend Susan.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a boook set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan.

9. The Wire
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon. Set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire introduces a different institution of the city and its relationship to law enforcement in each season while retaining characters and advancing storylines from previous seasons. The five subjects are, in chronological order; the illegal drug trade, the port system, the city government and bureaucracy, education and schools, and the print news medium.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series.
Campus Killer - R. Barri Flowers (HI #2234 - Aug 2024) (school/college) - July 8

10, FBI
FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day.
Her Fake Boyfriend - Heatherly Bell (HSE #3055 - Aug 2024) (FBI) - Jan 16

The Love Shack by Lori Foster A Colton Kidnapping (The Coltons of Owl Creek #6) by Justine Davis 8 Campus Killer (The Lynleys of Law Enforcement, 5) by R. Barri Flowers Her Fake Boyfriend by Heatherly Bell

11. T J Hooker
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran.
Operation Rafe's Redemption - Justine Davis (HRS #2268 - Mar 2024) (veteran) - July 10

12. Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss.
Threats in the Deep - Addison Fox (HRS #2288 - Aug 2024) (boss) - July 5

13. 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other teenage venues.
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character.
The Duke’s Mercenary - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - June 2024) - June 24

14. Hawaii Five 0
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes in the series would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve,
How the Wallflower Wins a Duke - Lucy Morris (HH #1811 - Aug 2024) Brook...could appreciate the beauty of her music (loc 2447) - July 10

15. Hunter
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo. It stars Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Hunter frowns about female cops but Dee Dee McCall is a hard-edged police woman whose unorthodox detective work which rivals that of Hunter's, is not a typical female police detective.
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting.
The Kiss That Made Her Countess - Laura Martin (HH #1803 - July 2024) (breaks rules) - June 27

Operation Rafe's Redemption (Cutter's Code Book 17) by Justine Davis Threats in the Deep (New York Harbor Patrol, 3) by Addison Fox The Duke’s Mercenary (The Duke’s Guard #9) by C.H. Admirand How the Wallflower Wins a Duke (Harlequin Historical) by Lucy Morris The Kiss That Made Her Countess (A Season of Celebration Book 3) by Laura Martin


message 49: by Genevieve (last edited Sep 02, 2024 04:00AM) (new)

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Great try Susan


message 50: by Caraina (new)

Caraina (raina79) | 853 comments Cops Detectives Show Part 2 - FINISHED
Duration: June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Read one book for each show,

Completed: 15/15

1. In the Heat of the Night
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Mississippi or that has a character who has an addiction or that has a character who is harassed for their beliefs or looks. Long, Hot Texas Summer - Carolyn Brown 6/26/24

2. Barney Miller
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in New York or with a character who is a cop or a twelfth in a series. The Girls with No Names - Serena Burdick 6/9/24

3. Homicide Life on the Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in Maryland or where there is a homicide or where the authors initials can be found in STREET. How the Light Gets In - Louise Penny 6/12/24

4. The Rookie
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book set in California or where a character is a rookie or a book based on a true story. Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus 6/24/24

5. Castle
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is a writer or a book that has a source of heat on the cover (Ex sun, fire) or where the authors initials can be found in CASTLE. Light on Snow - Anita Shreve 6/17/24

6. Hill Street Blues
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is unnamed (EX I said hello to the bus driver but no name is mentioned) or where a book has more than one story line. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand The Five-Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand 6/3/24 (51.6% on tineye)

7. Magnum PI
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Hawaii or where a character lives in a guesthouse or a book where a crime is committed. The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen 6/16/24

8. Spenser for Hire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book in the Spencer series by Robert Parker or a book set in Boston or with a character called either Spencer, Robert or Susan. The Teacher - Freida McFadden 6/25/24

9. The Wire
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in a school or where a character reads a newspaper(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a book that is fifth in a series. The Dare - J.L. Beck 6/23/24

10, FBI
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book where the letters FBI can be found in the title in any order or a character who follows a parent into law enforcement or where a couple celebrate Valentines Day. Obsidian Butterfly - Laurell K. Hamilton 8/25/24

11. T J Hooker
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book about William Shatner or that is 15th in a series or a character who is a veteran. O Is for Outlaw - Sue Grafton 8/31/24

12. Charlie's Angels
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a character who is an angel or a character called Charlie or a character who is a boss. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke 6/11/24

13. 21 Jump Street
🕵️‍♂️ Read a book that has a character who is a teenager or published in 2021 or with a youthful-looking character. Seven Perfect Things - Catherine Ryan Hyde 6/7/24 (published on May 4, 2021)

14. Hawaii Five 0
🕵️‍♂️Read a book with a book on the cover or where a character listens to music(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character called Jack or Steve. Private Vegas - James Patterson 6/4/24

15. Hunter
🕵️‍♂️Read a book set in Los Angeles or a character who breaks the rules or where a character goes hunting. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 6/2/24


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