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| Ellery Queen's Calendar of Crime (Signet Edition) |
As mentioned elsewhere, mysteries are my primary go-to reads. So it shouldn't be difficult for me to fill up a Calendar of Crime with all sorts of murderous reading dates. The goal--at least one month-related mystery book (see chart below) per month for a total of 12 books. If you'd like to join me, click on the link for full details and rules.
January: Night of the Fox by Jack Higgins [Original pub month] (1/19/19)
January: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie [Primary Action] (4/13/19)
January: Let's Kill George by Lucy Cores [Author's Birth Month] (10/1/19)
February: No Patent on Murder by Akimitsu Takagi [Primary Action] (2/21/19)
February: Murder at the Mardi Gras by Elisabet M. Stone [Other Holiday] (4/20/19)
February: Is Skin Deep, Is Fatal by H.R.F. Keating [Valentine's Day] (5/1/19)
February: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie [Original pub month] (8/2/19)
February: Family Affair by Ione Sandberg Shriber [Title with "F" word] (8/6/19)
February: Blueprint for Murder by Roger Bax [Author's Birth Month] (10/25/19)
March: Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal [Word starting with "M"] (3/23/19)
March: The March Hare Murders by Elizabeth Ferrars [March in title] (4/23/19)
March: Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie [Original pub month] (5/12/19]
March: The Barrakee Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield [Primary Action] (6/1/19)
March: The Case of the Ill-Gotten Goat by Claudia Bishop [Something Green-Grass] (9/14/19)
March The Fate of the Immodest Blonde by Patrick Quentin [Author DOB (Hugh Wheeler)] (9/22/19)
March: Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers [Money/Fortune/Inheritance] (9/2/19)
April: Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh [Author's Birth Month] (1/7/19)
April: An African Millionaire by Grant Allen [Word starting with "A"] (1/10/19)
April: Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane [Original Pub Month] (5/5/19)
April: Mystery of the Emerald Buddha by Betty Cavanna [Religion major role] (6/29/19)
April: Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh [April Fool's Day/other holiday] (10/8/19)
May: Blind Corner by Dornford Yates [Action in May] (1/27/19)
May: Monsieur Lecoq by Emile Gaboriau [Pub date] (2/28/19)
May: Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie ["M" word in title] (3/9/19)
May: Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh [Military figure] (6/16/19)
May: The Holmes-Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen [author's birth month] (9/4/19)
June: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers [Original Pub Month] (1/12/19)
June: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes by June Thomson [Author's Birth Month] (1/25/19)
June: Murdered: One by One by Francis Beeding [Primary Action] (3/16/19)
June: Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh [Word with "J"] (5/6/19)
June: The Father Hunt by Rex Stout [Father figures prominently] (6/18/19)
July: A Whiff of Cyanide by Guy Fraser-Sampson [Wild Card-My Birth Month] (1/15/19)
July: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie [Primary Action] (1/18/19)
July: A Knife in the Back by Bill Crider [Author's Birth Month] (4/2/19)
July: Trixie Belden & the Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell [Takes place in US] (12/30/19)
August: The Winter Women Murders by David A. Kaufelt [Original Pub Month] (1/5/19)
August: Trixie Belden & the Mystery on the Mississippi by Kathryn Kenny [summer outdoor picnic cooking scene on cover] (4/23/19)
August: Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer [Author birth month] (5/3/19)
August: River of Darkness by Rennie Airth [Primary Action] (6/3/19)
August: Trixie Belden & the Red Trailer Mystery by Julie Campbell [summer holiday location--campground/boys' summer camps] (12/30/19)
September: The Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs [Setting = Place of Employment] (1/14/19)
September: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie [Author's Birth Month] (1/25/19)
September: Where the Snow Was Red by Hugh Pentecost [Word with "S"] (2/16/17)
September: Gallows Court by Martin Edwards [Pub Month] (4/13/19)
September: The Spanish Cape Mystery by Ellery Queen [Primary Action] (8/28/19)
October: Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh [Word with "O"] (4/4/19)
October: The Lover by Laura Wilson [Primary Action] (5/17/19)
October: Tenant for the Tomb by Anthony Gilbert [Spooky Scene] (7/28/19)
October: Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington [Costume/Disguise/Mistaken Identity] (8/10/19)
November: A Death in the Night by Guy Fraser-Sampson [Original Pub Month] (1/30/19)
November: Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh [Primary Action] (2/14/19)
November: Murder in a Nunnery by Eric Shepherd [Word with "N"] (4/16/19)
November: A Hard Rain by Dean Wesley Smith [Author's birth month] (7/31/19)
December: The Dead Shall Be Raised by George Bellairs [Christmas] (1/13/19)
December: Blood of the North by James B. Hendryx [Primary Action] (2/15/19)
December: Miss Agatha Doubles for Death by H.L.V. Fletcher [Word with "D"] (5/16/19)
December: The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie [House party] (6/6/19)
December: Death of a Fool by Ngaio Marsh [Other Holiday--winter solstice] (7/7/19)
December: Black Aura by John Sladek [Author's birth month[ (9/9/19)
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