Challenge Complete: Cloak & Dagger

January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

Amy at A Bookish Girl is resurrectied her 2013 mystery reading challenge under a new name--the Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge.* The rules remained fairly straight-forward...just read mysteries--which, given my preferences, is a slam-dunk for me. I aimed straight for the top level: Sherlock Holmes (40 books). I just turned into Holmes this past week and technically completed the challenge--but I'm quite sure that I'll read more mysteries before the year is up, so I'll keep on posting reviews.

*Unfortunately not long into 2015 Amy found herself with a lot going on and decided to take a break from blogging. She gave permission for Elizabeth at Thoughts from an Evil Overlord to take over as host. Click on the new link to join or post reviews.

My list:

1. Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes (1/3/15)

2. The Case of the Painted Girl by Frank King (1/6/15)

3. Police Procedurals by Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, eds (1/9/15)

4. Mother Finds a Body by Gypsy Rose Lee (1/12/15)

5. A Dead Man in Istanbul by Michael Pearce (1/14/15)

6. Death of a Dwarf by Harold Kemp (1/25/15)

7. The Golden Slipper & Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green (1/26/15)

8. A Dead Man in Trieste by Michael Pearce (1/27/15)

9. Death of a Tall Man by Frances & Richard Lockridge (1/31/15)

10. One Touch of Blood by Samm Sinclair Baker (2/5/15)

11. Death Over Deep Water by Simon Nash (2/8/15)

12. Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts (2/11/15)

13. 13 Steps Down by Ruth Rendell (2/15/15)

14. A Stitch in Time by Emma Lathen (2/17/15)

15. Panic by Helen McCloy (2/22/15)

16. The Secret of Magnolia Manor by Helen Wells (2/24/15)

17. The World's Best 100 Detective Stories by Eugene Thwing, ed (2/26/15)

18. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (3/2/15)

19. Death & Mr. Prettyman by Kenneth Giles (3/6/15)

20. Top of the Heap by A. A. Fair (3/11/15)

21. Night Train to Paris by Manning Coles (3/14/15)

22. The Underdog & Other Stories by Agatha Christie (3/17/15)

23. Playground of Death by John Buxton Hilton (3/18/15)

24. Malice Domestic by Sara Woods (3/26/15)

25. Murder Fantastical by Patricia Moyes (3/29/15)

26. Dine & Be Dead by Gwendoline Butler (3/29/15)

27. The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey (4/1/15)

28. Poison Jasmine by Clyde B. Clason (4/5/15)

29. Murder in the Wind by John D. MacDonald (4/13/15)

30. The Ringmaster's Secret by Carolyn Keene (4/16/15)

31. The Cavalier in White by Marcia Muller (4/18/15)

32. The Wilberforce Legacy by Josephine Bell (4/19/15)

33. The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake (4/21/15)

34. Safari by Parnell Hall (4/21/15)

35. Call for Michael Shayne by Brett Halliday (4/22/15)

36. The Case of Colonel Marchand by E. C. R. Lorac (4/27/15)

37. The Eye in the Museum by J. J. Connington (5/8/15)

38. Dead Lion by John & Emery Bonett (5/13/15)

39. The Great Dinosaur Robbery by David Forrest (5/15/15)

40. The Three Fears by Jonathan Stagge (5/17/15) 41. Gods of Gold by Chris Nickson (5/23/15) Challenge Complete!