2021 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge

 

I'm heading out to the shooting range again with Rick and his Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge in 2021. The goal is pretty straight-forward--read six books on the same target (by the same author) to complete your round. Any targets started in 2020 but not yet complete will carry over to the new year, so Rick's page won't be fully updated for a while. Once it's updated, you can check out the full details at the link above.

As with his other challenges, Rick doesn't ask for a commitment. But I will set a personal goal in order to claim the challenge complete for 2021. In 2020, I set it at four targets--and I will be aiming for the same in the new year.  Most likely those will include Agatha Christie, the Lockridges,  and possibly another round of Ngaio Marsh and C. S Harris.

C. S. Harris (complete)

1. When Maidens Mourn (1/20/21)

2. What Darkness Brings (4/11/21)

3. Why Kings Confess (4/12/21)

4. Who Buries the Dead (4/25/21)

5. When Falcons Fall (6/15/21)

6. Where the Dead Lie (6/16/21)

Agatha Christie (complete)

1. Murder in the Calais Coach [aka Murder on the Orient Express] (1/30/21)

2. The Listerdale Mystery (2/7/21)

3. The Boomerang Clue [aka Why Didn't they Ask Evans?] (2/21/21)

4. Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective [aka Parker Pyne Investigates] (3/8/21)

5. Murder in 3 Acts [aka Three Act Tragedy] (3/25/21)

6. Death in the Clouds (3/31/21)

Agatha Christie 2

1. Evil Under the Sun (8/10/21)

2. Funerals Are Fatal [After the Funeral] (8/14/21)

3. The Patriotic Murders [One, Two, Buckle My Shoe] (8/17/21)

4. Cards on the Table (8/22/21)

5. Dumb Witness (9/9/21)

6. The Regatta Mystery (9/13/21)

Claude Izner [carried over from 2020] (complete)

1. Murder on the Eiffel Tower (10/14/20)

2. The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise (11/2/20)

3. The Montmartre Investigation (5/17/21)

4. The Marais Assassin (6/17/21)

5. The Predator of Batignolles (6/30/21)

6. Strangled in Paris (7/13/21)

Frances & Richard Lockridge (complete)

1. Murder by the Book (5/5/21)

2. Accent on Murder (5/6/21)

3. With One Stone (5/7/21)

4. Preach No More (5/1/21)

5. Think of Death (5/23/21)

6. The Judge Is Reversed (6/10/21)

Frances & Richard Lockridge #2

1. Practise to Deceive (9/13/21)

2. Burnt Offering (10/13/21)

3. Show Red for Danger (10/17/21) 

4. First Come, First Kill (10/19/21)

5. The Distant Clue (10/19/21)

6. Murder Can't Wait (10/26/21)

Anne Perry (complete)

1. The Cater Street Hangman (7/23/21)

2. Callander Square (7/25/21)

3. Paragon Walk (8/1/21)

4. Resurrection Row (8/4/21)

5. Rutland Place (8/5/21)

6. Bluegate Fields (8/6/21)

Charles Finch

1. A Beautiful Blue Death (8/12/21)

2. The September Society (8/21/21)

3. The Fleet Street Murders (8/26/21)

4. A Stranger in Mayfair (9/2/21)

5. A Burial at Sea (9/10/21)

6. A Death in the Small Hours (9/30/21)

Lee Strauss

1. Murder at Bray Manor (2/21/21)

2. Murder on the S. S. Rosa (10/27/21)

3. Murder at Hartigan House (10/30/21)

4. Murder at Feathers & Flair (11/24/21)

5. Murder at the Mortuary (12/6/21)

6. Murder at Kensington Gardens (12/18/21)

Carolyn Keene

1. The Spider Sapphire Mystery (10/17/21)

2. The Hidden Staircase (10/27/21)

3. The Bungalow Mystery (10/28/21)

4. The Secret at Shadow Ranch (10/30/21)

5. The Mystery at Lilac Inn (10/31/2)

6. The Secret of Red Gate Farm (11/2/21)