Medical Examiner 2022: My Sign-Up

 

Once again Rick at the Rick Mills Project will be offering up the Medical Examiner Mystery Reading Challenge as well as the Six Shooter Challenge. I, having no self-control when it comes to challenges--especially mystery-related challenges, will--of course--sign up for both. He's got them both on deck for 2022 (as well as the fairly new Beachcomber Challenge), so here I go again....For full details, check out the link above. Basically, just read mysteries and log the murder methods on his handy form. [Tallies for 2022 begin after Christmas 2021.]

Rick doesn't require a sign-up post, but in order to claim this one as complete on my own personal challenge tally sheet, I must submit at least 20 death certificate reports. With the number of mysteries I read per year, this shouldn't be too difficult.

1. In the Crypt with a Candlestick by Daisy Waugh (12/24/21) Deaths = 4 (one natural; one drug overdose; one hit on head; one fell from height)

2. Spare Time for Murder by John Gale (12/27/21) Deaths = 7 (one drowned; one beaten to death; one bombed; one mauled by dogs; three shot)

3. The Death at Yew Corner by Robert Forrest (12/29/21) Deaths = 7 (one scalded to death; four suffocated; one poisoned [dog named Kurt]; one shot)

4. The Clocks by Agatha Christie (12/30/21) Deaths = 3 (two stabbed; one strangled)

5. Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (12/31/21) Deaths = 2 (one poisoned; one shot)

6. Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (1/1/22) Deaths = one stabbed

7. Fadeaway Girl by Martha Grimes (1/2/22) Deaths = 4 (one drowned; two shot; one stabbed)

8. The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs (1/2/22) Deaths = 4 (one hit on head; one shot; two hanged)

9. The Price of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (1/4/22) Deaths = 2 (shot)

10. Easy to Kill by Agatha Christie (1/7/22) Deaths = 6 (one run over; two poisoned; one fell from height; one drowned; one hit on head)

11. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1/9/22) Deaths = 21 total (11 current in narrative: four poisoned; one strangled; one stabbed; two shot; one drowned; two hit. Plus 10+ caused by our current murder victims: two run over; three neglect/medical malpractice; one shot [war]; two drowned; one hung; one overdose [and a bunch of unnamed natives left to die in the jungle]

12. Bodies from the Library by Tony Medawar [ed] (1/13/22) Deaths = 18 (five stabbed; one fell to his death; one natural; six shot; one hanged; one strangled; one flying accident; one electrocuted; one poisoned)

13. Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James (1/15/22) Deaths = 5 (one shot; two hanged; one run over; one hit on head)

14. Best "Thinking Machine" Stories by Jacques Futrelle (1/16/22) Deaths = 4 (one poisoned; one hit on head; one stabbed; one natural)

15. What, Me, Mr. Mosley? by John Greenwood (1/17/22) Deaths = one natural

16. The Ruby Raven by Michael Dahl (1/19/22) Deaths = 4 (one squashed by pillar; one beheaded; one fell to death; one shot)

17. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (1/20/22) Deaths = 2 (one hit on head; one other)

18. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie (1/21/22) Deaths = 16 (two hit on head; three shot; two in railway accident; three natural; one strangled; two stabbed; one fell from height; two poisoned)

19. Deathblow Hill by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1/21/22) Deaths = 5 (two strangled; one died of plague; one car/train accident; one drowned)

20. Star Trek: Voyage to Adventure by Michael J. Dodge (1/22/22) Deaths = 11 (one accident; four shooting; three electric shock; one attacked by alien; one asphyxiated; one smashed by falling rock)

Commitment Met!

21. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (1/23/22) Deaths = 16 (five shot; one beaten to death; one hit on head; one cancer; one heart attack; one fell from height; one car accident; one house fire; one strangled; two poisoned; one hit & run) [This includes deaths from the books mentioned within the story where victim and method are named.]

22. And Soon I'll Come to Kill You by Susan Kelly (1/23/22) Deaths = 5 (two shot; one car accident; two stabbed)

23. The Green Island Mystery by Betsy Allen (1/24/22) Deaths = one natural

24. An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch (1/29/22) Deaths = 5 (one natural; two shot; one fell from height; one hanged)

25. Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh (1/29/22) Deaths = one shot

26. Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross (1/31/22) Deaths = 4 (two stabbed; two natural)

27. Murder at the Spring Ball by Benedict Brown (2/5/22) Deaths = 3 (two poisoned; one shot with arrow)

28. The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips (2/6/22) Deaths = 4 (two accident; on hit on head; one poisoned)

29. Midnight Sailing by Lawrence G. Blochman (2/8/22) Deaths = 5 (one shot; one hit on head; one stabbed; one strangled; one drowned)

30. This Club Frowns on Murder by Albert Borowitz (2/10/22) Deaths = 4 (one shot; one poisoned; two hit on head)

31. Death Walks in Marble Halls by Lawrence G. Blochman (2/11/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one shot; one fell from height)

32. The Murderer Who Wanted More by Baynard Kendrick (2/11/22) Deaths = 3 (one shot; one natural; one stabbed)

33. The Murder Game by Steve Allen (2/12/22) Deaths = 8 (two vehicle accidents; one drowned; one fell from height; one hit by garage door; one natural; one poisoned; one hanged)

34. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers (2/13/14) Deaths = 5 (three hit; one shot; one stabbed)

35. The Golden Box by Frances Crane (2/14/22) Deaths = 6 (two auto accident; one drowned; one shot; one poisoned; one hanged)

36. He'd Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs (2/15/22) Deaths = 6 (two poisoned; one drowned; one strangled; one buried by rubble; one stabbed)

37. Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (2/16/22) Deaths = 2 poisoned

38. Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs (2/18/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one strangled; one car accident)

39. Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (2/19/22) Deaths = 2 (one shot; one hit by car)

40. Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh (2/20/22) Deaths = 3 strangled

41. Midsummer Nightmare by Christopher Hale (2/21/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one poisoned; one hit on head)

42. Portrait of a Dead Heiress by Thomas B. Dewey (2/22/22) Deaths = 2 (one drowned; one stabbed)

43. The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers (2/24/22) Deaths = one hit on head

44. Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs (2/24/22) Deaths = 7 (three hit on head, two heart attack, one drowned, one stroke)

45. The Dishonest Murderer by Frances & Richard Lockridge (2/25/22) Deaths = 2 (one poisoned; one shot)

46. Murder Begins at Home by Delano Ames (2/26/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one fell from height; one poisoned)

47. A Broken Vessel by Kate Ross (2/27/22) Deaths = 7 (one poisoned; three natural; two hanged; one fell from height)

48. The Ghost Finders by Adam McOmber (3/2/22) Deaths = 10 (one natural; two accident; two shot; one attacked by creature; one drowned; two stabbed; one suffocated)

49. Calamity at Harwood by George Bellairs (3/3/22) Deaths = 9 (one fell from height; two car accident; two shot; three hanged; one hit by a bell)

50. The Corpse with the Grimy Glove by R. A. J. Walling (3/5/22) Deaths = 5 (two shot; one airplane accident; one hanged; one drowned)

51. Death Treads Softly by George Bellairs (3/7/22) Deaths = 5 (three shot; one drowned; one natural)

52. Clue: Candlestick by Dash Shaw (3/7/22) Deaths = 7 (one shot; three hit on head; one poisoned; one stabbed; one in fire)

53. Clue by Paul Allor (3/8/22) Deaths = 10 (one shot; three hit on head; four stabbed; two fell from height)

54. Whom the Gods Love by Kate Ross (3/8/22) Deaths = 5 (two hit on head; one throat cut; one accident; one natural)

55. The Laws of Murder by Charles Finch (3/9/22) Deaths = 5 (two shot; one fell from height; two poisoned)

56. Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch (3/11/22) Deaths = 4 (one poisoned; one stabbed; two natural)

57. Murder Roundabout by Richard Lockridge (3/12/22) Deaths = 2 (one shot; one natural)

58. The Devil in Music by Kate Ross (3/13/22) Deaths = 4 (one shot; one natural; one stabbed; one asphyxiated)

59. Death of an Angel by Frances & Richard Lockridge (3/14/22) Deaths = 3 (one poisoned; two shot)

60. The Mystery of the Talking Skull by Robert Arthur (3/15/22) Deats = 2 natural

61. Inspector's Holiday by Richard Lockridge (3/15/22) Deaths = 3 (one heart attack; one drowned; one strangled)

62. The Man in the Moonlight by Helen McCloy (3/19/22) Deaths = 4 (two shot; one cancer; one drowned)

63. The Castle Island Case by F. Van Wyck Mason (3/20/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one strangled; one shot)

64. With Option to Die by Richard Lockridge (3/22/22) Deaths = 2 (one shot; one beaten to death)

65. The Cat Saw Murder by D. B. Olsen [Dolores Hitchens] (3/25/22) Deaths = 4 (one beaten to death; one stabbed; one auto accident; one fell from height)

66. Murder for Art's Sake by Richard Lockridge (3/26/22) Deaths = one shot

67. A Plate of Red Herrings by Richard Lockridge (3/28/22) Deaths = 2 (one stabbed; one hit by car)

68. Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers (3/29/22) Deaths = one poisoned

69. The Inheritance by Charles Finch (3/30/22) Deaths = 4 (one by hit by horses & wagon; one shot; one heart attack; one natural)

70. The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot by Robert Arthur (3/30/22) Deaths = one natural

71. The Sunburned Corpse by Adam Knight (Lawrence Lariar) [4/4/22] Deaths = 4 (one strangled; two hit on head; one shot)

72. The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes (4/6/22) Deaths = 2 stabbed (more--but others not named)

73. Always Lock Your Bedroom Door by Roy Winsor (4/10/22) Deaths = 3 (one hit on head; two poisoned)

74. The Body in the Fog by Cora Harrison (4/10/22) Deaths = 3 (one hit on head; one strangled; one shot)

75. Death & the Professor by E. & M.A. Radford (4/12/22) Deaths = 10 (one shot; six poisoned; one heart attack induced by sleeping drug; one strangled; one stabbed)

76. Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen (4/13/22) Deaths = 2 (one drowned; one fell from height)

77. The Guest List by Lucy Foley (4/14/22) Deaths = 4 (one overdose; one drowned; one stabbed; one heart attack)

78. Nancy Drew Ghost Stories by Carolyn Keene (4/15/22) Deaths = 3 (two natural; one shot)

79. Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die by Robert J. Randisi (4/16/22) Deaths = 5 (two hit on head; three shot)

80. Take Two at Bedtime by Margery Allingham (4/17/22) Deaths = 4 (two drowned; two poisoned)

81. Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers (4/21/22) Deaths = one throat cut

82. The Black Mountain by Rex Stout (4/23/22) Deaths = one shot

83. Lieutenant Pascal's Tastes in Homicides by Hugh Pentecost (4/25/22) Deaths = 7 (two blown up; one stabbed; two fell from height; one hit on head; one shot)

84. Dead Little Rich Girl by Norbert Davis (4/26/22) Deaths = 8 (three shot; one hung; two hit with objects; two stabbed)

85. The Black Hand by Will Thomas (4/27/22) Deaths = 9 (seven shot; two stabbed)

86. The Case of the Sapphire Brooch by Christopher Bush (4/30/22) Deaths = 6 (two natural; one shot; one drowned; two drug overdose)

87. Raisins & Almonds by Kerry Greenwood (4/30/22) Deaths = 2 (one poisoned; one stabbed)

88. Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood (5/2/22) Deaths = 2 (one hit on head; one shot)

89. The Vanishing Thief by Kate Parker (5/5/22) Deaths = 9 (three burned to death; three poisoned; one drowned; one strangled; one stabbed)

90. Parcels for Inspector West by John Creasey (5/7/22) Deaths = 5 hit on head

91. The Parchment Key by Stanley Hopkins, Jr. (5/9/22) Deaths = 4 (one auto accident; one poisoned; one pneumonia; one drowned)

92. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers (5/10/22) Deaths = one shot

93. Killer Loose! by Genevieve Holden (5/11/22) Deaths = 5 throat cut

94. Murder on "B" Deck by Vincent Starrett (5/14/22) Deaths = 3 (one strangled; one drowned; one natural)

95. Lock 14 by Georges Simenon (5/14/22) Deaths = 4 (two strangled; one poisoned; one fell from height)

96. Going Public by David Westheimer (5/16/22) Deaths = 7 (one fell from height; one shot; one hit by bus; two natural; one blown up; one drowned)

97. Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (5/19/22) Deaths = 12 (ten beheaded; one throat cut; one electrocuted)

98. Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers (5/21/22) Deaths = 2 (one hit on head; one hanged)

99. The Body That Wasn't Uncle by George Worthing Yates (5/23/22) Deaths = 4 (one poisoned; two shot; one natural)

100. The Counterfeit Lady by Kate Parker (5/25/22) Deaths = 3 (one hanged; one hit on head; one neck broken)

101. The Corbin Necklace by Henry Kitchell Webster (5/26/22) Deaths = 2 natural

102. Murder Down Under by Arthur W. Upfield (5/28/22) Deaths = 3 (two shot; one poisoned)

103. When Blood Lies by C. S. Harris (5/29/22) Deaths = 13 (one drowned; one natural; five stabbed; one broken neck; two hit on head; two shot; one strangled)

104. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall by Carolyn Keene (5/29/22) Deaths = 2 natural

105. Death Among the Sunbathers by E. R. Punshon (6/3/22) Deaths = one shot

106. Bullets for Macbeth by Marvin Kaye (6/5/22) Deaths = 3 (one shot; two stabbed)

107. The Bluebeard Room by Carolyn Keene (6/6/22) Deaths = one burned at stake

108. All Hallows' Evil by Valerie Wolzien (6/7/22) Deaths = two stabbed

109. Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (6/10/22) Deaths = 11 (two shot; four strangled; one boiled to death; one natural (heart attack/fright); two fell from height; one hit on head)

110. Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand by George Bagby (Aaron Marc Stein) [6/14/22] Deaths = 2 (one poisoned; one strangled)

111. Murder Gone Minoan by Clyde B. Clason (6/17/22) Deaths = 4 (two fell from height; two hit on head)

****The Following Stories All Come From: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery as edited by Alfred Hitchcock [not all stories in collection have deaths, so that's why I've done this batch as separate stories--as allowed by Rick]

112. "South of Market" by Joe Gores (6/20/22) Deaths = four stabbed

113. "The Uses of Intelligence" by Matthew Gant (6/20/22) Deaths = one hit on head

114. "The Queen's Jewel" by James Holding (6/20/22) Deaths = one poisoned

115. "Pool Party" by Andrew Benedict (6/20/22) Deaths = two drowned

116. "That Touch of Genius" by William Sambrot (6/20/22) Deaths = one fell from height

117. "A Taste for Murder" by Jack Ritchie (6/20/22) Deaths = 3 (two stabbed; one shot)

118. "The Amateur" by Michael Gilbert (6/20/22) Deaths = one burned to death (several others--either named but no method OR method with unnamed victims)

119. "Death Wish" by Lawrence Block (6/20/22) Deaths = 2 (one hit on head; one shot)

120. "The Singing Pigeon" by Ross Macdonald (6/20/22) Deaths  = three shot

121. "Justice Magnifique" by Lawrence Treat (6/20/22) Deaths = one hit on head

122. "The White Hat" by Sax Rohmer (6/20/22) Deaths = one fell from height

123. "Hard Sell" by Craig Rice (6/20/22) Deaths = 4 (one hit by car; one fell from height; one hit by train; one shot)

124. "Greedy Night" by E. C. Bentley (6/20/22) Deaths = one poisoned

125. "A Twilight Adventure" by Melville Davisson Post (6/20/22) Deaths = one shot

126. "Murder Matinee" by Harold Q. Masur (6/20/22) Deaths = 2 (one stabbed; one shot)

127. "The Oblong Room" by Edward D. Hoch (6/20/22) Deaths = one stabbed

128. "Dead Man's Story" by Howard Rigsby (6/20/22) Deaths = one shot

129. "The Legend of John Lee" by John D. MacDonald (6/20/22) Deaths = two drowned

130. "The Janissaries of Emillion" by Basil Copper (6/20/22) Deaths = one stabbed

131. "Chinoiserie" by Helen McCloy (6/20/22) Deaths = one poisoned

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132. John Smith Hears Death Walking by Wyatt Blassingame (6/21/22) Deaths = 14 (four poisoned; seven shot; one stabbed; two strangled)

133. The Golden Man by Frances & Richard Lockridge (6/22/22) Deaths = 4 (one auto accident; one froze to death; two shot)

134. The Queen & the Corpse by Max Murray (6/24/22) Deaths = 6 (two shot; one hit by train; two drowned; one fell from height)

135. The White Elephant by Ellery Queen, Jr. (6/25/22) Deaths = 2 natural

136. Cat's Paw by Roger Scarlett (6/25/22) Deaths = 2 shot

137. The Secret of the Golden Pavilion by Carolyn Keene (6/26/22) Deaths = one natural

138. The Scarlet Slipper Mystery by Carolyn Keene (6/27/22) Deaths = two natural

139. Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge (6/29/22) Deaths = 2 (one natural; one poisoned)

140. Seven Tears for Apollo by Phyllis A. Whitney (7/4/22) Deaths = 3 (one plane crash; one hit by car; one fell from height)

141. The Body in the Vestibule by Katherine Hall Page (7/6/22) Deaths = 2 (one poisoned; one drowned)

142. Voyage into Violence by Frances & Richard Lockridge (7/9/22) Deaths = one stabbed

143. The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch (7/10/22) Deaths = 3 (one strangled; one poisoned; one shot)

144. The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsha (7/12/22) Deaths = 7 (one hit by car; two strangled; one bombing; one fell from height; one heart attack; one hanged)

145. Murder Off the Books by Evelyn David (7/13/22) Deaths = 3 shot

146. Relative Fortunes by Marlowe Benn (7/14/22) Deaths = 2 (one hanged; one stabbed)

147. Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse (7/16/22) Deaths = 9 (five stabbed; one trampled by horse; one poisoned; two blown up)

148. An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch (7/18/22) Deaths = 2 (one hit on head; one stabbed)

149. The Suspect by L. R. Wright (7/18/22) Deaths = 4 (one hit on head; three car accident)

150. The Case of the Gilded Lily by Erle Stanley Gardner (7/19/22) Deaths = one shot

151. Secret of the White Rose by Stefanie Pintoff (7/20/22) Deaths = 6 (one stabbed; one blown up; two shot; one natural; one fell from height)

152. And Left for Dead by Frances & Richard Lockridge (7/21/22) Deaths = 3 (one beaten; one shot; one poisoned)

******The following stories all come from: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous (edited by Robert Arthur)

153. "To the Future" by Ray Bradbury [Deaths = one hit by car]

154. "River of Riches" by Gerald Kersh [Deaths = one eaten by alligator]

155. "The Man with the Copper Fingers" by Dorothy L. Sayers [Deaths = two poisoned]

156. "Levitation" by Joseph Payne Brennan [Deaths = one heart attack]

157. "Miss Winters & the Wind" by Christine Noble Govan [Deaths = one fell from height]

158. "The Dog Died First" by Bruno Fischer [Deaths = one hit on head; one shot]

159. "The Other Hangman" by Carter Dickson [Deaths = one hit on head; one hanged]

160. "Dune Roller" by Julian May [Deaths = one burned to death]

161. "The Uninvited" by Michael Gilber [Deaths = one hit on head; one shot]

162. "Don't Look Behind You" by Frederic Brown [Deaths = one shot]

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163. Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers (7/23/22) Deaths = one strangled

164. Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer (7/23/22) Deaths = 3 (one hit by cart; one strangled; one drowned)

165. Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers/Jill Paton Walsh (7/25/22) Deaths = 4 (two strangled; one drowned; one hanged)

166. Crossword Mystery by E. R. Punshon (7/26/22) Deaths = 5 (one drowned; two stabbed; one hit on head; one burned to death)

167. Murder at St. George's Church by Lee Strauss (7/29/22) Deaths = two hit with blunt instrument

168. Experiment with Murder by E. X. Ferrars (7/29/22) Deaths = 2 (one throat cut; one hanged)

169. Death in a Sunny Place by Richard Lockridge (7/30/22) Deaths = 3 (one natural; one plane crash; one hit on head)

170. Not I, Said the Sparrow by Richard Lockridge (7/31/22) Deaths = 3 (one shot w/arrow; one natural; one hit on head)

171. Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick [Jayne Ann Krentz] (8/3/22) Deaths = 9 (two poisoned; two drowned; one fell from height; two stabbed; two shot)

172. The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kerry Greenwood (8/4/22) Deaths = 11 (one smothered; nine poisoned; one heart failure)

173. The Long Skeleton by Frances & Richard Lockridge (8/5/22) Deaths = 3 (one smothered; one hit on head; one shot)

174. The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett (8/7/22) Deaths = 6 (one natural; one beaten to death; one hit with poker; two shot; one car crash)

175. The Bad Quarto by Jill Paton Walsh (8/10/22) Deaths = 4 (one fell from height; one natural; two shaken to death)

176. The Abrus Necklace by Elizabeth Seibert (8/11/22) Deaths = 2 (one natural; one car accident)

*******The following stories all come from The World's Best 100 Detective Stories Vol. 6 edited by Eugene Thwing (8/13/22)

177. "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Deaths = one shot]

178. "The Eleventh Juror" by Vincent Starrett [Deaths = one shot]

179. "On the Top of the Tower" by Maurice LeBlanc [Deaths = two shot]

180. "Three Liars" by Henry C. Rowland [Deaths = one fell from height]

181. "The Subconscious Witiness" by Henry Smith Williams [Deaths = one hit on head]

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182. Slow Dancing with the Angel of Death by Helen Chappell (8/14/22) Deaths = 4 (one explosion; one drug overdose; two shot)

183. X Marks the Spot by Lee Thayer (Edna Redington Thayer) (8/18/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one shot; one hit by car)

184. Four Days' Wonder by A. A. Milne (8/20/22) Deaths = 2 (one hit on head; one natural)

185. The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards (8/21/22) Deaths = 9 (one stabbed; three fell from height; one hit by car; one natural; one suffocated; one drowned; one shot)

186. Dead Man's Gift by Zelda Popkin (8/24/22) Deaths = 2 (one natural [shock-induced apoplexy]; one shot]

187. Kill the Butler! by Michael Kenyon (8/26/22) Deaths = 5 (one hit by truck; one fell from height; one strangled; two hit on head)

188. Treachery in the Yard by Adimchinma Ibe (8/27/22) Deaths 9 (one stabbed; one hit on the head; seven shot)

189. You Only Hang Once by H. W. Roden (8/30/22) Deaths = 4 (three shot; one strangled)

190. Six Deadly Dames by Frederick Nebel (9/2/22) Deaths = 15 (one stabbed; twelve shot; one drowned; one poisoned)

191. A Scream in Soho by John G. Brandon (9/3/22) Deaths = 5 (four stabbed; one natural [pneumonia])

192. Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac (9/5/22) Deaths = 2 (one hit on head; one hit by truck)

193. The Corpse on the Hearth by Harry Lang (9/5/22) Deaths = 6 (five shot; one gassed)

194. The Uninvited Corpse by Michael Underwood (9/6/22) Deaths = 4 (one strangled; two natural; one shot)

195. Murder at the Pageant by Victor L. Whitechurch (9/10/22) Deaths = 2 (one natural [apoplexy]; one hit on head]

196. The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre (9/10/22) Deaths = 4 (two poisoned; two shot)

*******The Following Stories All Come From: The World's Best 100 Detective Stories Vol. 9 by Eugene Thwing, ed. (9/12/22)

197. "Missing Page Thirteen" by Anna Katharine Green [2 stabbed]

198. "The Secret of the Barbican" by J. S. Fletcher [one natural]

199. "Pig's Feet" by Frederic Arnold Kummer [one shot]

200. "The Missing Passenger's Trunk" by Arthur J. Rees [one natural; one drowned]

201. "The Finger of Death" by Arthur J. Rees [one shot; one natural]

202. "The Mystery of the Gold Seal by George Barton [two poisoned; one natural]

203. "The Green Pocketbook" by George Barton [one hit on head; one hanged]

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204. Zanzibar Intrigue by F. Van Wyck Mason (9/15/22) Deaths = 6 [two shot; two car accident; two poisoned]

205. Read & Buried by Erika Chase (9/15/22) Deaths = one shot

206. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie (9/17/22) Deaths = 7 (two fell from height; three poisoned; one drowned; one smothered)

207. The Witch Tree Symbol by Carolyn Keene (9/19/22) Deaths = 2 natural

208. Goodbye, Nanny Gray by Susannah Stacey (9/22/22) Deaths = 3 (one hit on head; one drug overdose; one car accident)

209. N or M? by Agatha Christie (9/24/22) Deaths = 4 (one hit by car; three shot)

210. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (9/25/22) Deaths = 2 (one natural; one poisoned)

211. The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo (9/30/22) Deaths = 10 (four natural; two poisoned; two stabbed; two strangled)

212. The Witches' Bridge by Barbee Oliver Carleton (10/2/22) Deaths = 5 (two plane crash; one hanged; one tortured; one natural)

213. The Ghost in the Gallery by Carolyn Keene (10/6/22) Deaths = one natural

214. The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy by Robert Arthur (10/6/22) Deaths = 3 (one hit by car; one murdered in the bazaar; one snake bite)

215. Susanna, Don't You Cry! by Mary Plum (10/7/22) Deaths = 3 (one hit on head; one shot; one car accident)

216. Welcome Death by Glyn Daniel (10/9/22) Deaths = 6 (one natural; one blood poisoning; one stabbed; one fell from height; one drug overdose)

217. To Spite Her Face by Hildegarde Dolson (10/14/22) Deaths = 2 (one poisoned; one strangled)

218. The Curse of the Fleers by Basil Copper (10/17/22) Deaths = 8 (one accident; one suicide; one apoplexy; two fell from height; one strangled; two hit on head)

219. Challenge for Three by David Garth (10/22/22) Deaths = 3 (two accident; one natural)

220. The Worm of Death by Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day-Lewis] (10/28/22) Deaths = 4 (two natural; one stabbed; one strangled)

221. The Widow's Cruise by Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day-Lewis] (10/28/22) Deaths = 2 (one strangled; one drowned)

222. End of Chapter by Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day-Lewis] (10/30/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one natural; one hit by train)

223. The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (10/31/22) Deaths = 4 (one hit on head; three poisoned)

224. The Old Dark House by J. B. Priestley (11/1/22) Deaths = 6 (two natural; one blown up; two fell from height)

225. The 10:30 from Marseille by Sebastien Japrisot (11/5/22) Deaths = 7 (one strangled; six shot)

226. The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill (11/5/22) Deaths =  5 (one strangled; two train accident; two natural)

227. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie (11/8/22) Deaths = 5 (one shot; two stabbed; one fell from height; one natural)

228. Down Among the Dead Men by Stewart Sterling (11/10/22) Deaths = 3 (one stabbed; one shot; one hit on head)

229. Streaked with Crimson by Charles J. Dutton (11/12/22) Deaths = 4 (three strangled; one shot)

230. The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell (11/13/22) Deaths = 39 (six natural; twenty-three stabbed; two drowned; two hanged; two hit on head; four shot)

231. The King Is Dead by Ellery Queen (11/17/22) Deaths = 5 (four natural; one shot)

232. No More Dying Then by Ruth Rendell (11/18/22) Deaths = 2 (one strangled; one drowned)

233. The Old English Peep Show by Peter Dickinson (11/21/22) Deaths = 2 (one hanged; one shot)

234. The Longer the Thread by Emma Lathen (11/25/22) Deaths = 2 (one shot; one throat cut)

235. Murder in Black Tie by Sara Rosett (11/26/22) Deaths = 5 (one hit on head; two natural; one shot; one suffocated)

236. Death Beneath the Christmas Tree by Robert Nordan (11/29/22) Deaths = 6 (two shot; one hit by car; three natural)

237. The Last Noel by Jean Hager (12/3/22) Deaths = 4 (one stabbed; one car accident; two natural)

238. Murder at the College by Victor Whitechurch (12/17/22) Deaths = 3 (two natural; one stabbed)

********************The following stories all come from Holmes for the Holidays by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg, & Carol-Lynn Waugh [eds] (12/21/22)

239. "The Watch Night Bell" by Anne Perry (one shot)

240. "The Sleuth of Christmas Past" by Barbara Paul (one accident)

241. "A Scandal in Winter" by Gillian Linscott (one fell from height)

242. "The Adventure in Border Country" by Gwen Moffat (one fell from height)

243. "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" by J. N. Williamson (one from fever)

244. "The Adventure of the Christmas Tree" by William L. DeAndrea (two blown up)

245. "The Italian Sherlock Holmes" by Reginald Hill (one throat cut; one beheaded)

246. "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" by Carolyn Wheat (one poisoned)

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247. The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner (12/23/22) Deaths = 6 (one stabbed; four illness; one beaten)

248. Sweet Poison by Douglas Clark (12/26/22) Deaths = 5 (three natural; one shot; one poisoned)

**********************The following stories all come from Murder Impossible by Jack Adrian & Robert Adey (eds)

249. "The House in Goblin Wood" by John Dickson Carr (one stabbed)

250. "The Other Side" by Hake Talbot (one shot)

251. "Coffee Break" by Arthur Porges (one poisoned)

252. "Bullion!" by W. Hope Hodgson (two poisoned)

253. "Proof of Guilt" by Bill Pronzini (one shot; one heart attack)

254. "An Absence of Air" by Jacques Futrelle (three suffocated)

255. "It's a Dog's Life" by John Lutz (one shot)

256. "The Death of Cyrus Pettigrew" by Sax Rohmer (two poisoned)

257. "Ghost in the Gallery" by Joseph Commings (one hit on head; one hanged)

258. "The House of Screams" by Gerald Findler (one natural; one poisoned)

259. "The Impossible Murder" by Edward D. Hoch (one strangled; one shot)

260. "A Nineteenth Century Debacle" by George Locke (one fell from height)

261. "A Razor in Fleet Street" by John Dickson Carr (one stabbed)

262. "Dinner at Garibaldi's" by Leonard Pruyn (one starved to death)

263. "The Hanging Rope" by Joel Townsley Rogers (one hit on head; one throat cut; one fell from height)

264. "Now You See Her" by Jeffrey Wallman (one strangled)

265. "The Blind Spot" by Barry Perowne [Philip Atkey] (two stabbed)

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266. The Triple Hoax by Carolyn Keene (12/31/22) Deaths = one natural

267. A Nameless Coffin by Gwendoline Butler (12/31/22) Deaths = 5 (three stabbed; one natural; one bomb)