Nell's Theme and Series Reads

[Nell]

Cozy Themes:
2/16/12 to 7/31/12

#1 British - English -

Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen
Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen
A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton

#2 Historical/Period -

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (& British)
Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson

#3 Animals -

Murder Past Due by Miranda James
Tiger's Palette by Jacqueline Fiedler

#4 Culinary/Cooking -

A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady
I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson (& holiday)
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis (& animals)

#5 Paranormal -

Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend
Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab
Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates (& culinary)

#6 Vacation Mysteries/Exotic Locations -

Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen (& historical)
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: by Tarquin Hall (India)(& paranormal)

#7 Holidays -

Cake on a Hot Tin Roof by Jacklyn Brady (Mardi Gras)
Home Fires by Margaret Maron (4th of July)
Baby Doll Games by Margaret Maron (Halloween)

#8 Hobbies -

Dire Threads by Janet Bolin
A Crafty Killing by Lorraine Bartlett (& holidays)
The Right Jack by Margaret Maron

#9 Professions/Careers/Jobs/Occupations -

Choke by Kaye George (waitress)
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There by Nancy Pickard (foundation director)
Grace Under Pressure and Grace Interrupted by Julie Hyzy (curator)
Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp (wildlife gamekeeper)
Killer Market by Margaret Maron (judge)
Death in Blue Folders by Margaret Maron (lawyer)

#10 Senior Slueths -

Trouble in the Town Hall by Jeanne M. Dams (& British)
Biggie and the Poisoned Politician: A Mystery by Nancy Bell

[Nell]

Rhys Bowen
Rhys Bowen

Constable Evans:
Evans Above√
Evan Help Us√
Evanly Choirs√
Evan and Elle√
Evan Can Wait√
Evans to Betsy√
Evan Only Knows
*Evan's Gate√
Evan Blessed √
Evanly Bodies




Her Royal Spyness:
*Naughty in Nice√
The Twelve Clues of Christmas√
Heirs and Graces√
Queen of Hearts √
Malice at the Palace√
Crowned and Dangerous√
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service √
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding √
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs ✔




Molly Murphy:
The Last Illusion
Bless the Bride
Hush Now, Don't You Cry



Novels of World War II:
*In Farleigh Field:
The Tuscan Child
The Victory Garden



Above the Bay of Angels ✔

[Nell]

Susan Wittig Albert

China Bayles:
Nightshade
Wormwood
Holly Blues
Mourning Gloria
Cat's Claw
Widow's Tears
Death Come Quickly
Bittersweet
Blood Orange
The Last Chance Olive Ranch
Queen Anne's Lace
A Plain Vanilla Murder
Hemlock




The Darling Dahlias:
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree



Beatrix Potter:
The Tale of Hill Top Farm
The Tale of Holly How



as Robin Paige
Kathryn Ardleigh:
Death at Dartmoor
Death at Glamis Castle
Death In Hyde Park
Death at Blenheim Palace
Death on the Lizard

[Nell]

Julia Spencer-Fleming


Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne:
A Fountain Filled With Blood
Out of the Deep I Cry
To Darkness and to Death
*All Mortal Flesh
I Shall Not Want
Letters to a Soldier
One Was a Soldier
Through the Evil Days
Hid from Our Eyes

[Nell]

Jacqueline Winspear


Maisie Dobbs:
*Birds of a Feather
+Pardonable Lies
+Messenger of Truth
An Incomplete Revenge
Among the Mad
*The Mapping of Love and Death
+A Lesson in Secrets
+Elegy for Eddie
Leaving Everything Most Loved
A Dangerous Place
Journey to Munich
In This Grave Hour
To Die but Once
The American Agent




Non-series - WWI
The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War

[Nell]

Carolyn Hart
Grand Master

Death on Demand:
Engaged to Die
Murder Walks the Plank
Death of the Party
Dead Days of Summer
Death Walked In
Dare to Die
Laughed 'Til He Died
Dead by Midnight
Death Comes Silently
Dead, White, and Blue
Death at the Door
Don't Go Home
Walking on My Grave




Henrie O:
Death in Lovers' Lane
Death in Paradise
Death on the River Walk
Resort to Murder
Set Sail for Murder



Bailey Ruth:
Ghost at Work √
Merry, Merry Ghost √
Ghost in Trouble √
Ghost Gone Wild √
Ghost Wanted √



*Letter From Home ✔

[Nell]

Margaret Maron
Grand Master

Deborah Knott Mysteries:
Bloody Kin - prequel √
*Bootlegger's Daughter (re-read)√
Killer Market√
Home Fires √
*Storm Track√
Uncommon Clay √
Slow Dollar √
High Country Fall√
Rituals of the Season√
Winter's Child√
Hard Row
Death's Half Acre
Sand Sharks
Christmas Mourning
*Three-Day Town
The Buzzard Table
Designated Daughters
*Long Upon the Land




Sigrid Harald:
One Coffee With √
Death of a Butterfly√
Death in Blue Folders √
The Right Jack √
Baby Doll Games√
Corpus Christmas
Past Imperfect
Fugitive Colors
Take Out

[Nell]

MC Beaton
M C Beaton

Agatha Raisin:
A Spoonful of Poison√
There Goes the Bride√
Busy Body√
As The Pig Turns√



Hamish MacBeth:
Death of a Perfect Wife√
Death of a Hussy√
Death of a Snob√
Death of a Prankster√
Death of a Greedy Woman√
Death of a Travelling Man√
Death of a Charming Man √
Death of a Nag √
Death of a Macho Man √
Death of a Dentist
Death of a Scriptwriter
Death of an Addict
A Highland Christmas
Death of a Dustman
Death of a Celebrity
Death of a Village
Death of a Poison Pen
Death of a Bore
Death of a Dreamer
Death of a Maid
Death of a Gentle Lady
Death of a Witch
Death of a Valentine
Death of a Chimney Sweep

[Nell]

Agatha Award Finalists/Winners

2021:
Cajun Kiss of Death
Watch Her
The Madness of Crowds
Her Perfect Life
Symphony Road: A Shane Cleary Mystery
Murder at Mallowan Hall
Clark and Division
The Bombay Prince
Death at Greenway
The Devil's Music
The Turncoat's Widow
A Dead Man's Eyes
Arsenic and Adobo
Murder in the Master: A Chesapeake Bay Mystery
Mango, Mambo, and Murder





2020:
The Gift of the Magpie
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard
From Beer to Eternity ✔
*All the Devils Are Here
The Lucky One
*The Last Mrs. Summers
The Fate of a Flapper
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
A Spell for Trouble ✔
Winter Witness
Derailed
*Murder at the Mena House ✔
Murder Most Sweet ✔





2019:
*The Long Call
Fatal Cajun Festival ✔
Fair Game
A Better Man
*One Night Gone
Murder Once Removed
When it's Time for Leaving
Staging Is Murder
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs ✔
Murder Knocks Twice ✔
A Dream of Death





2018:
*Mardi Gras Murder ✔
Cry Wolf
Kingdom of the Blind
Trust Me
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding √
*The Widows of Malabar Hill
Murder on Union Square √
*A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder √
Little Comfort
What Doesn't Kill You
*Curses, Boiled Again! √





2017:
Death Overdue √
A Cajun Christmas Killing √
No Way Home
Take Out
*Glass Houses
*In Farleigh Field
Murder in an English Village √
Called to Justice ✔
The Paris Spy
Dangerous to Know
The Plot Is Murder
*Hollywood Homicide
Protocol




2016:
Body on the Bayou √
Quiet Neighbors
*A Great Reckoning
Iced Under √
Say No More
Whispers Beyond the Veil√
Murder in Morningside Heights √
Terror in Taffeta √
Murder in G Major √
*The Semester of Our Discontent √
Design for Dying
Delivering the Truth ✔
Decanting a Murder




2015:
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue √
Bridges Burned √
*Long Upon the Land
The Nature of the Beast
What You See
Malice at the Palace √
*Dreaming Spies
Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante
Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman√
MacDeath √
Just Killing Time
Plantation Shudders √
*On the Road with Del and Louise

[Nell]

Agatha Awards - *Winners & Finalists

2014:
The Good, the Bad, and the Emus √
A Demon Summer √
Designated Daughters
The Long Way Home
*Truth Be Told
*Queen of Hearts √
Murder in Murray Hill√
An Unwilling Accomplice
Finding Sky√
Circle of Influence√
*Well Read, Then Dead√
Tagged for Death√
Murder Strikes a Pose




2013:
Clammed Up √
Pagan Spring√
How the Light Gets In
Through the Evil Days
*The Wrong Girl
Murder in Chelsea√√
Heirs and Graces√
*A Question of Honor
Board Stiff√
Front Page Fatality
*Death al Dente




2012:
Murder on Fifth Avenue√
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt√
A Fatal Winter√
The Buzzard Table
*The Beautiful Mystery
The Other Woman
*Lowcountry Boil√
Faithful Unto Death√
Iced Chiffon√
A Killer Read
The Edge of Nowhere
The Twelve Clues of Christmas√
Elegy for Eddie
An Unmarked Grave




2011:
Choke√
Tempest in the Tea Leaves√
Dire Threads√
*Learning to Swim
Who Do, Voodoo? √
*Naughty in Nice√
A Lesson in Secrets
*Three-Day Town
The Real Macaw√
A Trick of the Light




2010:
Stork Raving Mad√
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
*Bury Your Dead
*The Long Quiche Goodbye
Murder at the PTA √
Diamonds for the Dead
Maid of Murder√




2009:
*The Brutal Telling
The Cold Light of Mourning√
For Better, For Murder√
In the Shadow of Gotham




2008:
Paper, Scissors, Death
I Shall Not Want
*The Cruelest Month
Buckingham Palace Gardens



2007:
Hard Row
*A Fatal Grace
Murder with Reservations



2006:
*The Heat of the Moon√
*The Virgin of Small Plains
The Saddlemaker's Wife √
Consigned to Death
Messenger of Truth




2005:
Rituals of the Season√
Pardonable Lies
*The Body in the Snowdrift
Trouble in Spades




2004:
*Birds of a Feather
High Country Fall√
By a Spider's Thread
Arson and Old Lace
I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason
*Dating Dead Men
The Clovis Incident




2003:
Mumbo Gumbo
*Letter From Home ✔
Shop Till You Drop
Dealing in Murder
Murder Off Mike
O' Artful Death




2002:
*You've Got Murder
The Body in the Bonfire
How to Murder a Millionaire



2001:
Arkansas Traveler
The Bride's Kimono



2000:
*Storm Track√
Killer Wedding
The Floating Girl
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat ✔
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death√




1999:
*Mariner's Compass
Death on the River Walk
In Big Trouble
The Flower Master
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen



1998:
*Butcher's Hill
Home Fires √
Dove in the Window
*The Doctor Digs a Grave
Tiger's Palette √




1997:
Dreaming of the Bones
Goose in the Pond
*The Devil in Music
*The Salaryman's Wife
Dead Body Language



1996:
Biggie and the Poisoned Politician√
Kansas Troubles
The Grass Widow




1995:
Twilight
A Far and Deadly Cry
Murder in Scorpio



1994:
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
One for the Money



1993:
*Track of the Cat
A Share in Death √
Death Comes As Epiphany




1992:
*Bootlegger's Daughter (r)√
Decked
Seneca Falls Inheritance




1991:
*Just Desserts
Zero at the Bone



1990:
Real Murders √
The Face of a Stranger




1989:
Corpus Christmas
The Sirens Sang of Murder

[Nell]

Edgar, Mary Higgins Clark & Sue Grafton Awards: *Winners & Finalists:
WTR= 97


2021
🌟 When No One is Watching
MHC:
Death of an American Beauty
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne




2020:
Grand Master: Barbara Neely


American Spy
MHC:
One Night Gone
Sue Grafton:
🌟Borrowed Time
The Alchemist's Illusion
Girl Gone Missing
The Missing Ones




2019:
A Treacherous Curse √
Where the Crawdads Sing √
MHC:
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder √
A Death of No Importance
*The Widows of Malabar Hill




2018:
*Bluebird, Bluebird
In Farleigh Field



2017
MHC:
Quiet Neighbors
The Shattered Tree
Say No More



2016
*The Sympathizer



2015:
This Dark Road to Mercy√
Murder at the Brightwell√
*Dry Bones in the Valley




2014
*Ordinary Grace
How the Light Gets In
Reconstructing Amelia
The Resurrectionist



2013:
*The Other Woman (MHC)
Gone Girl
The Edge of Nowhere
The Map of Lost Memories √
Mr. Churchill's Secretary √
The Gods of Gotham
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America




2012:
*MHC: Learning to Swim



2011:
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter√√
*The Lock Artist
MHC: Live to Tell




2010:
*In the Shadow of Gotham
Black Water Rising
The Girl She Used to Be
A Bad Day for Sorry
The Weight of Silence
A Beautiful Place To Die



2007:
The Pale Blue Eye
Gentlemen and Players
The Virgin of Small Plains
The King of Lies
Holmes on the Range√
A Field of Darkness
The Deep Blue Alibi




2005:
Evan's Gate√
Out of the Deep I Cry
By a Spider's Thread
MHC:
Perfect Sax
Murder in a Mill Town
The Drowning Tree




2004:
Southland
MHC:
The Samurai's Daughter
The Body in the Lighthouse



2003:
Savannah Blues
Open and Shut
City of Bones
MHC: The Truth Hurts



2002:
Tell No One
Open Season



2001:
*The Bottoms
A Dangerous Road
The Whole Truth
*A Conspiracy of Paper
Killing Kin
MHC: Plain Truth √



2000:
*The Skull Mantra
*Fulton County Blues
In Big Trouble
River of Darkness



1999:
Atlanta Graves
Butcher's Hill
Zen Attitude



1998:
Dreaming of the Bones
A Crime in the Neighborhood
*Charm City



1997:
*The Chatham School Affair
With Child
Pentecost Alley
The Grass Widow



1996:
*Penance
Murder in Scorpio



1995:
One for the Money
*Final Appeal
*The Red Scream
Suspicion of Innocence



1994:
*Sculptress
Wolf in the Shadows
*A Grave Talent
Criminal Seduction
The Ballad Of Rocky Ruiz
Everywhere That Mary Went



1993:
*Bootlegger's Daughter√
*The Black Echo
*A Cold Day for Murder




1992:
Prior Convictions
Zero at the Bone



1991:
*New Orleans Mourning



1990:
*The Last Billable Hour√
*Black Cherry Blues



1989:
A Radical Departure√
A Thief of Time
A Great Deliverance √




1988:
A Trouble of Fools



1986:
*The Suspect



1984:
The Name of the Rose



1974:
*Dance Hall of the Dead



1973:
Tied Up In Tinsel



1972:
The Fly on the Wall



1971:
Many Deadly Returns √
The Blessing Way




1967:
Killer Dolphin



1965:
*The Spy Who Came in from the Cold



1956
*Beast in View

[Nell]

Katherine Hall Page:
Katherine Hall Page

Faith Fairchild:
The Body in the Fjord
The Body in the Bookcase
The Body in the Big Apple√
The Body in the Moonlight
The Body in the Bonfire
The Body in the Lighthouse
The Body in the Attic
*The Body in the Snowdrift
The Body in the Ivy
The Body in the Gallery
The Body in the Sleigh
The Body in the Gazebo
The Body in the Boudoir
The Body in the Birches...
The Body in the Wake:

[Nell]

Louise Penny

Chief Inspector Gamache:
*Still Life
*A Fatal Grace
*The Cruelest Month
+A Rule Against Murder
*The Brutal Telling
*Bury Your Dead
*A Trick of the Light
*The Beautiful Mystery
+How the Light Gets In:
+The Long Way Home
+The Nature of the Beast
*A Great Reckoning
*Glass Houses
Kingdom of the Blind
A Better Man
All the Devils Are Here
The Madness of Crowds

[Nell]

Earlene Fowler:

Bennie Harper Mystery:
+Kansas Troubles
+Goose in the Pond
Dove in the Window
*Mariner's Compass
Seven Sisters
Arkansas Traveler
Steps to the Altar
Sunshine and Shadow
Broken Dishes
Delectable Mountains
Tumbling Blocks
State Fair
Spider Web



+The Saddlemaker's Wife ✔

[Nell]

Patricia Sprinkle

Sheila Travis Mystery:
Somebody's Dead in Snellville


Thoroughly Southern Mystery:
When Did We Lose Harriet?
But Why Shoot the Magistrate?
Who Invited the Dead Man?
Who Left that Body in the Rain?
Who Let That Killer In The House?
When Will the Dead Lady Sing?
Who Killed the Queen of Clubs?
Did You Declare the Corpse?
Guess Who's Coming to Die?
What Are You Wearing to Die?



Family Tree Genealogy:
Death on the Family Tree
Sins of the Fathers
Daughter of Deceit

[Nell]

Carolyn Haines

Sarah Booth Delaney:
Them Bones√
Buried Bones ✔
Splintered Bones ✔
Crossed Bones ✔
Hallowed Bones
Bones To Pick
Ham Bones
Wishbones
Greedy Bones
Bone Appetit
Bones of a Feather




Penumbra

[Nell]

Nancy Pickard
Featured Author

Jenny Cain:
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There√
Confession
Twilight




*The Virgin of Small Plains
The Scent of Rain and Lightning



Marie Lightfoot:
The Whole Truth
Ring of Truth
The Truth Hurts



~Eugenia Potter Mystery:
The Cooking School Murders...
The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders
The Blue Corn Murders
The Secret Ingredient Murders



~Created by Virginia Rich, completed by Nancy Pickard

[Nell]

P.D. James:
Grand Master & Diamond Dagger

Adam Dalgliesh
A Certain Justice
Death In Holy Orders
The Murder Room
The Lighthouse
The Private Patient



Death Comes to Pemberley√

[Nell]

Sherlock Holmes Challenge
4/1/12 to 10/1/12

1. Sherlock Holmes – Death of a Butterfly by Margaret Maron
& Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron

2. Dr. John H. Watson – One Coffee With by Margaret Maron
& Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Carola Dunn

3. 221 B Baker Street – Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson
& Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
& The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn

4. London – A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton

5. Books - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle –
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith

7. Smoking – The Right Jack by Margaret Maron
& - Storm Track by Margaret Maron

8. Drugs – Killer Market by Margaret Maron
& Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn

9. Deductive Reasoning – Biggie and the Poisoned Politician: A Mystery by Nancy Bell
& Uncommon Clay by Margaret Maron

10. Disguise – Baby Doll Games by Margaret Maron
& - The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall

11. Forensic Science – I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
& - Death in Blue Folders by Margaret Maron

12. Deerstalker hat & cape – Trouble in the Town Hall by Jeanne M. Dams
& - Mama Rides Shotgun by Deborah Sharp

13. Dr. Moriarty – Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen
& - A Crafty Killing by Lorraine Bartlett

[Nell]

Laurie R. King
Laurie R. King

Kate Martinelli:
A Grave Talent
To Play the Fool
With Child
Night Work
The Art of Detection



Mary Russell:
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
A Letter of Mary
The Moor
O Jerusalem
Justice Hall
The Game
Locked Rooms
The Language of Bees
The God of the Hive
Pirate King
Garment of Shadows
Dreaming Spies

[Nell]

Georgette Heyer

Superintendant Hannasyde:
They Found Him Dead



Inspector Hemingway:
No Wind of Blame
Envious Casca√
Detection Unlimited



Penhallow
Pistols for Two

[Nell]

Jeanne M. Dams
Jeanne M. Dams

Dorothy Martin:
Trouble in the Town Hall√
Holy Terror in the Hebrides
Malice in Miniature
The Victim in Victoria Station
Killing Cassidy
To Perish In Penzance
Sins Out Of School
Winter of Discontent

[Nell]

Heather Webber
Heather Webber
Featured Author April 2012

Nina Quinn:
A Hoe Lot of Trouble
Trouble in Spades
Digging Up Trouble
Trouble in Bloom
Weeding Out Trouble
The Root of all Trouble


Lucy Valentine:
Perfectly Matched
Undeniably Yours


as Heather Blake
Wishcraft:
It Takes a Witch√
A Witch Before Dying√



Magic Potion:
A Potion to Die For

[Nell]

Julie Hyzy

White House Chef:
State of the Onion√
Hail to the Chef√
Eggsecutive Orders√
Buffalo West Wing√
Affairs of Steak√
Fonduing Fathers√
Home of the Braised√
All the President's Menus√
Foreign Éclairs




Manor House Mystery:
Grace Under Pressure √
Grace Interrupted √
Grace Among Thieves
Grace Takes Off
Grace Against the Clock
Grace Cries Uncle

[Nell]

Leann Sweeney
Featured Author

Yellow Rose Mystery:
Pick Your Poison√
A Wedding to Die For
Dead Giveaway: A Yellow Rose Mystery
Shoot from the Lip
Pushing Up Bluebonnets

[Nell]

Deborah Sharp
Featured Author - June '13

Mama Does Time√
Mama Rides Shotgun√
Mama Gets Hitched√
Mama Sees Stars√
Mama Gets Trashed

[Nell]

Kate Carlisle

Bibliophile Mystery:
Homicide In Hardcover
If Books Could Kill
The Lies That Bind
Murder under Cover
One Book in the Grave
Peril in Paperback



Fixer-Upper:
A High-End Finish√
This Old Homicide√

[Nell]

Victoria Laurie
Featured Author

Psychic Eye Mystery:
Killer Insight
Crime Seen
Death Perception
Doom with a View
A Glimpse of Evil
Lethal Outlook
Deadly Forecast

[Nell]

Jerrilyn Farmer

Madeline Bean Catering Mystery:
Killer Wedding
Dim Sum Dead
Mumbo Gumbo
Perfect Sax
The Flaming Luau of Death

[Nell]

Read the Rainbow!
July 1 - Sep 30

Red
Death of a Butterfly by Margaret Maron
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri by Tarquin Hall

Orange
Since the Surrender by Julie Anne Long

Yellow
A Crafty Killing by Lorraine Bartlett (bldg, spine & back cover)

Green
Summer in the South: A Novel by Cathy Holton
The Peach Keeper: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen

Blue
Death in Blue Folders by Margaret Maron
Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn

Violet
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis (& spine)
The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn

[Nell]

Laura Bradford
as Elizabeth Lynn Casey

Southern Sewing Circle:
Sew Deadly ✔
Death Threads ✔
Pinned for Murder
Deadly Notions
Dangerous Alterations
Reap What You Sew
Let It Sew
Remnants of Murder
Taken In
Wedding Duress
Needle and Dread

[Nell]

Donna Leon

Commissario Brunetti:
Death at Le Fenice
Death in a Strange Country
Dressed for Death
Death and Judgment
Acqua Alta
Quietly in Their Sleep
A Noble Radiance
Fatal Remedies
Friends in High Places
A Sea of Troubles
Wilful Behaviour
Uniform Justice
Doctored Evidence
Blood from a Stone
Through a Glass, Darkly
Suffer the Little Children
The Girl of His Dreams
About Face

[Nell]

Clue Board Game Challenge:
August 13, 2012 to September 6, 2013

Clue Characters:
Read a book where someone on the cover is wearing (or is predominently dressed in) the same color clothes as the clue character. Read one book for each person.

Miss Scarlet - As The Pig Turns by M.C. Beaton
Colonel Mustard - Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
Mrs. White - The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mr. Green - The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn
Mrs. Peacock (a blue piece) - Scoop to Kill by Wendy Lyn Watson
Professor Plum - Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn



Weapons:
Read a book where either one of the following weapons is pictured on the cover, specifically named in the title, or was used to murder someone in the book. Read one book for each weapon.

Dagger/Knife - Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer
Candlestick - High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
Revolver - Winter's Child by Margaret Maron
Rope - Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron
& Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Poison (spin-off) - Devil's Trumpet by Mary Freeman
Wrench/Spanner - Fatal Fixer-Upper by Jennie Bentley



Rooms:
Read a book with one the following rooms pictured on the cover, specifically named in the title, or featured prominently in the plot. The room doesn't have to be the main place the story takes place. If an entire scene takes place in the room, then it's enough to qualify. Choose 5 of the 10.

Kitchen - Storm Track by Margaret Maron
& - The Body in the Big Apple by Katherine Hall Page
Ballroom - Stork Raving Mad by Donna Andrews (& poison)
Conservatory or Spa - Finger Lickin' Dead by Riley Adams
Dining Room - Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron
Billard Room - Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer
Library - Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod
Study - Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
Hall - A Fatal Twist of Lemon by Patrice Greenwood
Lounge - Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Carola Dunn
Cellar/Stairs - Busy Body by M.C. Beaton

[Nell]

Carola Dunn
Featured Author

Daisy Dalrymple:
Death at Wentwater Court √
The Winter Garden Mystery√
Requiem for a Mezzo√
Murder on the Flying Scotsman√
Damsel in Distress √
Dead in the Water√
Styx and Stones√
Rattle His Bones√
To Davy Jones Below√
The Case of the Murdered Muckraker√
Mistletoe and Murder√
Die Laughing √
A Mourning Wedding √
Fall of a Philanderer √
Gunpowder Plot√
The Bloody Tower√
Black Ship √
Sheer Folly √
Anthem for Doomed Youth √
Gone West
Heirs of the Body
Superfluous Women
The Corpse at the Crystal Palace




Cornish Mystery:
Manna from Hades
A Colourful Death

[Nell]

Donna Andrews
Featured Author

Meg Langslow:
Stork Raving Mad√
The Real Macaw√
Some Like It Hawk√
Hen of the Baskervilles √
Duck the Halls √
The Good, the Bad, and the Emus √
The Nightingale Before Christmas √
Lord of the Wings√
Die Like an Eagle√
Gone Gull √
How the Finch Stole Christmas! √
Toucan Keep a Secret √
Lark! the Herald Angels Sing √
Terns of Endearment ✔
Owl Be Home for Christmas ✔
The Falcon Always Wings Twice
The Gift of the Magpie




*You've Got Murder

[Nell]

Paranormal Mysteries
Ghosts:

Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian√
An Uninvited Ghost by E.J. Copperman
Sketch Me If You Can by Sharon Pape
Haunting Jordan by P.J. Alderman



Series:

Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity:

Aunt Dimity's Good Deed√

Casey Daniels, Pepper Martin:


Jana Deleon, Ghost-in-law:

Trouble in Mudbug√

Alice Kimberly, The Haunted Bookshop:
Haunted Bookshop

Carolyn Hart, Bailey Ruth
Bailey Ruth

Juliet Blackwell, Haunted Home Renovation
Haunted House

Carolyn Haines, Sarah Booth Delaney
Sarah Booth Delaney

[Nell]

Kathy Hogan Trocheck
Kathy Hogan Trocheck

Callahan Garrity Mystery:
Heart Trouble
Strange Brew
Midnight Clear
Irish Eyes



as Mary Kay Andrews

Weezie & Bebe:
Savannah Blues
Savannah Breeze



Little Bitty Lies
The Fixer Upper

[Nell]

Charlotte MacLeod
Charlotte MacLeod

Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn:
The Family Vault √
The Withdrawing Room √
The Palace Guard √
The Bilbao Looking Glass
The Convivial Codfish
The Plain Old Man
The Recycled Citizen
The Silver Ghost
The Gladstone Bag
The Resurrection Man
The Odd Job
The Balloon Man




Professor Peter Shandy:
Rest You Merry√
The Luck Runs Out√
Wrack and Rune√

[Nell]

Maggie Sefton
Maggie Sefton

Knitting Mystery:
A Deadly Yarn
A Killer Stitch
Dyer Consequences
Fleece Navidad

[Nell]

Sally Goldenbaum
Featured Author Feb '16

Seaside Knitters:
Death By Cashmere√
Patterns in the Sand √
Moon Spinners
A Holiday Yarn

[Nell]

Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Circular Staircase √
The Man in the Lower Ten
The Window At The White Cat
The Case of Jennie Brice
The After House
The Wall
The Yellow Room

[Nell]

Madelyn Alt
Madelyn Alt

Bewitching Mystery:
Hex Marks the Spot
No Rest for the Wiccan
Where There's a Witch
A Witch in Time
Home for a Spell

[Nell]

Juliet Blackwell
Juliet Blackwell

Witchcraft Mystery:
Secondhand Spirits
A Cast-Off Coven
Hexes and Hemlines



Haunted Home Renovation Mystery:
If Walls Could Talk
Dead Bolt
Murder On The House



as Hailey Lind
Art Lover's Mystery
Shooting Gallery
Brush With Death
Arsenic and Old Paint

[Nell]

Shirley Damsgaard
DONE!! 11/26/13

Ophelia & Abby:
Charmed to Death √
The Trouble With Witches√
Witch Hunt√
The Witch Is Dead√
The Witch's Grave√
The Seventh Witch√

[Jean]

I'm currently reading Nelson DeMille's rerelease, The Quest. Coptic priests figure in the plot.

[Nell]

Alan Bradley

Flavia de Luce:
A Red Herring Without Mustard
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Speaking from Among the Bones
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd:
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place

[Nell]

TCF You Have The Right To Remain Silent
Year Long Challenge - 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2014
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Lifer: 3 books per category / 8 categories
Life Without Parole: 16 categories

Progress:
Books read - 59/30
Categories - 18/8+

Masters of Murder - A book written by a master of the Genre - Edgar Grand Master Award
1) Agatha Christie, Endless Night - 10/23/14
2) P.D. James, Death Comes to Pemberley



Watching the Detectives - The central character is a member of the police.
1) Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes 1/18/14
2) Death of a Hussy by M.C. Beaton 1/26/14
3) Many Deadly Returns by Patricia Moyes 3/15/14
4) Every Broken Trust by Linda Rodriguez - 8/21/14
5) Every Hidden Fear by Linda Rodriguez - 8/25/14



Outside The Law - The central character is not a member of the police.
1) A Covent Garden Mystery by Ashley Gardner 4/19/14
2) The Diva Wraps It Up by Krista Davis 12/28/14
3) Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy 11/15/14



From Page to Screen - A book that has been (or is being) adapted for the Movies or TV
1) Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult - 9/15/14
2) Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James - 10/31/14
3) Endless Night by Agatha Christie - 10/23/14



Oh, Mr Serial Killer - start a new series
1) Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay 3/27/14
2) Sex, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis - 5/23/14
3) Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay - 9/06/14



We Meet Again - Next in a series
1) Damsel in Distress by Carola Dunn 1/23/14
2) Death of a Perfect Wife by M.C. Beaton 1/24/14
3) Mama Pursues Murderous Shadows by Nora DeLoach 6/26/14



Mainely Murder - Mysteries set in Maine
1) Berried to the Hilt by Karen MacInerney - 1/02/14
2) Brush with Death by Karen MacInerney - 1/06/14
3) Clammed Up by Barbara Ross - 1/11/14
4) Boiled Over by Barbara Ross - 7/26/14



Once Upon a Crime - Historical Mystery
1) Dead in the Water by Carola Dunn - 2/01/14
2) Rattle His Bones by Carola Dunn - 2/10/14
3) To Davy Jones Below by Carola Dunn - 2/19/14
4) The Case of the Murdered Muckraker by Carola Dunn - 2/22/14



And the Winner Is - Read a book that won a mystery award
1) A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash (New Blood Dagger Award) 3/20/14
2) Doing It at the Dixie Dew by Ruth Moose (Malice Domestic) 8/03/14
3) Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy (Anthony Award) 11/24/14



Across the Pond - Great Britain (England, Wales or Scotland)
1) Styx and Stones by Carola Dunn - 2/05/14
2) Die Laughing by Carola Dunn - 2/27/14
3) A Mourning Wedding by Carola Dunn - 3/04/14
4) Fall of a Philanderer by Carola Dunn - 3/06/14



Mind Your Own Business - entrepreneurs who solve mysteries on the side
1) Throw in the Trowel: A Flower Shop Mystery by Kate Collins 4/01/14
2) Grounds for Murder by Sandra Balzo 5/07/14
3) Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay 6/22/14



Holiday Homicide
1) Mistletoe and Murder by Carola Dunn (Christmas) 2/25/14
2) Arsenic and Old Cake by Jacklyn Brady (Memorial Day) 4/13/14
3) Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death by Denise Swanson (Easter) 4/27/14
4) Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates (Halloween) 10/15/14
5) Hail to the Chef by Julie Hyzy (Thanksgiving & Christmas season) 11/11/14



Booked for Murder - Book themed
1) Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay - 9/12/14
2) Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay - 9/19/14
3) Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay - 9/25/14



Aliases and Alibis - authors writing under pseudonyms
1) Pane of Death by Sarah Atwell aka Sheila Connolly - 7/20/14
2) It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake aka Heather Webber - 10/02/14
3) A Witch Before Dying by Heather Blake - 10/11/14
4) The Collector by Nora Roberts aka Eleanor Robertson - 5/29/14



Hot and Bothered - Mystery set in a hot climate (South or Southwest)
1) Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown (GA) 6/03/14
2) The Cakes of Wrath by Jacklyn Brady (LA) 7/07/14
3) Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates (GA) - 10/20/14



International Intrigue :
1) Aunty Lee's Delights: by Ovidia Yu (Singapore) - 6/12/14
2) The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay (China, Vietnam & Cambodia) - 11/28/14
3) Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn (Great Britain) - 3/10/14



Culinary Chicanery :
1) Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy 12/08/14
2) Fonduing Fathers by Julie Hyzy 12/16/14
3) Home of the Braised by Julie Hyzy 12/19/14



Tickled to Death - mysteries that made me LOL
1) Board Stiff by Kendel Lynn - 3/24/14
2) Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen - 8/16/14
3) On Borrowed Time by Jenn McKinlay - 12/23/14



Love You to Death (romance & suspense)
AAR[I]P - Senior Sleuths
Magick-al Mystery - paranormal (ghosts, witches, mystics)
Psyched - psychic detective
Murder in a Minor Key
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Get a Clue / Amateur Hour
Dead and Buried: gardening mystery
Thrilled to Death - suspense, thrillers

[Nell]

Anne Perry
Anne Perry

Charlotte & Thomas Pitt
Farriers' Lane
The Hyde Park Headsman
Traitors Gate
Pentecost Alley
Ashworth Hall
Brunswick Gardens
Bedford Square
Half Moon Street
The Whitechapel Conspiracy
Southampton Row
Seven Dials
Long Spoon Lane
Buckingham Palace Gardens



Daniel Pitt:
Twenty-One Days

[Nell]

Patricia Moyes
Patricia Moyes

Inspector Henry Tibbet
Dead Men Don't Ski√
Down Among the Dead Men
Death on the Agenda
Murder à la Mode
Falling Star
Johnny Under Ground
Murder Fantastical
Death and the Dutch Uncle
Many Deadly Returns √
Season of Snows and Sins
The Curious Affair Of The Third Dog
Black Widower
The Coconut Killings
Who is Simon Warwick
Angel Death
A Six Letter Word for Death
Night Ferry to Death
Black Girl, White Girl
Twice in a Blue Moon

[Nell]

Bruce Alexander

Sir John Fielding:
Murder in Grub Street
Watery Grave
Person or Persons Unknown
Jack, Knave and Fool
Death of a Colonial
The Color of Death
Smuggler's Moon
An Experiment In Treason
The Price of Murder
Rules of Engagement