Vintage Mystery Bingo: Absolutely Complete

Vintage Mystery Bingo  

Earlier this year I had completed My declared challenge of finishing two Bingos on each card (a total of 24 books).  But we all knew I would trying to cover both cards and with my latest read (Robert Barnard's Death by Sheer Torture) I have now done so. 72 lovely mysteries--all listed below with the categories fulfilled. And now...is it 2015 yet? I'm ready for another round of Bingo!

Golden Bingo List (Pre-1960 Mysteries):

1. The Skeleton in the Clock by Carter Dickson (1948) [Set in England] (1/8/14)

2. Seven Footprints to Satan by A. Merritt (1928) ["Spooky" Title] (1/22/14)

3. The Winter Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine (1939) [Time,Day, etc] (1/23/14)

4. Death on the Aisle by Frances & Richard Lockridge (1942) [Entertainment World] (1/24/14)

5. The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons by James Francis Thierry (1918) [Number] (1/26/14)

6. Too Much of Water by Bruce Hamilton (1958) [Water] (1/27/14)

7. Darkness at Pemberley by T. H. White (1932) [Professional Detective] (1/30/14)

8. Where There's Love, There's Hate by Adolfo Bioy Casares & Silvina Ocampo (1946) [Translation] (2/5/14)

9. Death Walks on Cat Feet by D. B. Olsen (1956) [Amateur Detective] (2/13/14)

10. Made Up to Kill by Kelley Roos (1940) [Set in the US] (2/18/14)

11. The Purple Parrot by Clyde Clason (1937) [Color in Title] (2/25/14)  BINGO!!

12. The Darker the Night by Herbert Brean (1949) [Author Read Before] (3/3/14)
13. The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout (1935) [Detective "Team"] (3/23/14) 
14. Tut, Tut! Mr. Tutt by Arthur Train (1920--date in 1st edition which I own) [Lawyer] (3/25/14) 
15. The Clue of the Leather Noose by Donald Bayne Hobart (1929) [Murder Method in Title] (3/31/14) 
16. The Coral Princess Murders by Frances Crane (1954) [Set Anywhere but US/England] (4/5/14) 
17. Gale Warning by Hammond Innes (1948) [More Than One Title: aka Maddon's Rock] (4/15/14) 
18. Dorothy Dixon & the Double Cousin by Dorothy Wayne (1933) [Crime Other Than Murder] (4/26/14) 
19. For Old Crime's Sake (aka Lucky Jane) by Delano Ames (1959) [Mode of Transportation] (4/29/14)
20. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain (1934) [Book to Movie] (4/29/14) 
21. Death at the Medical Board by Josephine Bell (1944) [Features Doctor/Nurse] (5/16/14) 
22. By the Watchman's Clock by Leslie Ford (1932) [Academic Mystery] (5/23/14) 
23. Red Herring by Edward Acheson (1932) [Animal in Title] (5/25/14) BINGO!!
24. Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout (1938) [Food/Cooks] (7/12/14)
25. Murder at the Villa Rose by A. E. W. Mason (1910) [Place] (7/14/14) BINGO!!
26. The Tattooed Man by Howard Pease (1926) [Man in Title] (7/17/14)
27. Button, Button by Marion Bramhall (1944) [Author Not Read Before] (8/13/14)
28. The Bigger They Come by A. A. Fair (1938) [Size in Title] (8/28/14) 
29. The Unfinished Crime by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1935) [Borrow] (9/8/14) 
30. Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie (1939) [Locked Room] (9/11/14) BINGO!
31. The Footprints on the Ceiling by Clayton Rawson [Read by Fellow Challenger (9/25/14) BINGO! (2 ways)
32. Blood on the Stars by Brett Halliday [Out of My Comfort Zone] (10/4/14) BINGO!
33. Lament for a Maker by Michael Innes [Pseudonymous Author] (10/8/14) BINGO!
34. The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie [Short Stories] (10/11/14) BINGO! (2 ways)
35. The Haunted Lady by Mary Roberts Rinehart [Woman in Title] (10/19/14) BINGO! (2 ways)
36. The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart [Country House] (11/4/14) BINGO! And a covered card!

Silver Bingo List (1960-1989, inclusive):

1. Shake Hands Forever by Ruth Rendell (1975) [Set in England] (1/13/14)

2. Exit Actors, Dying by Margot Arnold (1979) [Set Anywhere But US/England] (2/4/14)

3. Shelf Life by Douglas Clark (1982) [Professional Detective] (2/6/14)

4. Gambit by Rex Stout (1962) [Read by Fellow Challenger] (2/8/14)

5. Ellery Queen's 20th Anniversary Annual by Ellery Queen, ed (1965) [Short Story Collection] (2/22/14)

6. Vicious Circle by Douglas Clark (1983) [Detective Team] (3/11/14)

7. Endless Night by Agatha Christie (1967) [Author Read Before] (3/13/14)

8. A Hangman's Dozen by Alfred Hitchcock, ed (1962) [Number in Title] (4/7/14)

9. Invisible Green by John Sladek (1977) [Locked Room] (6/2/14)

10. Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell (1981) [Lawyer/Courtroom] (6/5/14)

11. The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (1968) [Made into Movie] (6/8/14)

12. Plain Sailing by Douglas Clark (1987) [Involves Water] (6/11/14)
13. A Hearse on May-Day by Gladys Mitchell (1972) [Time/Day/Month/Etc] (6/15/14)  
14. The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker (1973) [Out of Comfort Zone] (6/19/14)
BINGO!
15. No. 9 Belmont Square by Margaret Erskine (1963) [Place in Title] (6/21/14)
BINGO! 
16. The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (1961) [Animal in Title] (6/23/14)
17. DeKok & Murder in Ecstasy by A. C. Baantjer (1982) [Translated Work] (6/27/14)
18. The Day They Kidnapped Queen Victoria by H. K. Fleming (1969) [Crime Other Than Murder] (7/2/14) 
19. The Chief Inspector's Daughter by Sheila Radley (1980) [Woman in Title] (7/5/14) 
20. Who Guards a Prince by Reginald Hill (1982) [Man in the Title] (7/23/14)
21. Introducing C. B. Greenfield by Lucille Kallen (1979) [Set in U.S.] (8/6/14) 
22. Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet by Harry Kemelman (1976) [Borrow] (9/8/14) BINGO!
23. Red Cent by Robert Campbell (1989) [Mode of Transportation] (9/10/14)
24. Death Takes a Sabbatical  by Robert Bernard (1967) [Academic Mystery] (9/16/14)
25. A Death for a Dancer by E. X. Giroux (1985) [Country House] (9/28/14)
26. Death on Allhallowe'en by Leo Bruce (1970) [Spooky Title] (10/11/14)
27. Only a Matter of Time by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley (1969) [Amateur] (10/13/14) BINGO!
28. Murder on Mike by H. Paul Jeffers (1984) [Entertainment] (10/15/14) BINGO!
29. Appleby's Answer by Michael Innes (1973) [Pseudonymous Author] (10/17/14)
30. Too Many Doctors by Holly Roth (1962) [Medical Mystery] (10/22/14)
31. Madman's Bend by Arthur W. Upfield (1963) [More Than One Title] (10/24/14)
32. Roast Eggs by Douglas Clark (1981) [Cook/Food] (10/25/14)
33. Nor Live so Long by Sara Woods (1986) [Size/Measurement] (10/26/14) BINGO! (2 ways)
34. The Mind-Murders by Janwillem van de Wetering (1981) [New Author] (10/30/14) BINGO!
35. The Lady in Black by Anna Clarke (1977) [Color in Title] (11/1/14) BINGO! (3 ways)
36. Death by Sheer Torture by Robert Barnard (1981) [Method] (11/15/14) BINGO! (2 ways & a covered card!)