2023 Vintage Scavenger Hunt: My Sign-Up

My own Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge is near and dear to my heart. It's the first challenge I sponsored here on the Block and mysteries are my genre of choice--if I'm forced to choose. This year we're doing the Vintage Cover Scavenger Hunt. The mission is to find as many objects on the scavenger hunt list as possible, although finding a total of eight on either card will technically fulfill the challenge. You can play along in either the Golden or Silver (or, for the more adventurous, both) and all the rules may be found at the link above. I will be searching for both gold and silver treasure--eight on each card will allow me to count my challenge complete, but I will definitely be trying to find them all. Hope you will join me!

 

1. The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson (1934) [snowy scene] (1/7/23)

2. Beauty Marks the Spot by Kelley Roos (1948) [glove] (1/7/23)

3. Swing Low, Swing Death by R. T. Campbell (1946) [Hangman's Noose] (1/17/23)

4. The Angry Heart by Leslie Edgley (1942) [Revolver/gun] (1/21/23)

5. The Crimson Clue by George Harmon Coxe (1952) [red object] (1/30/23)

6. Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield (1936) [plane] (2/3/23)

7. Here Come the Dead by Robert Portner Koehler (1945) [shadowy figures] (2/5/23)

8. Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac (1937) [Body of Water] (2/19/23)

Gold Card Commitment Met!

9. The Fear Sign by Margery Allingham (1933) [Just One Person] (2/22/23)

10. It Walks by Night by John Dickson Carr (1930) [Shoes] (2/24/23)

11. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (1942) [Flowers/Plant] (2/28/23)

12. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (1942) [Skeletal Hand] (3/1/23)

13. Towards Zero by Agatha Christie (1944) [Yellow Object] (3/5/23)

14 The Woman in the Picture by John August (1944) [Damsel in Distress] (3/10/23)

15. A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie (1950) [Clock/Timepiece] (3/17/23)

16. Danger at the Drawbridge by Mildred A. Wirt (1940) [Boat] (4/10/23)

17. Nine--And Death Makes Ten by Carter Dickson (1940) [Skull] (4/11/23)

18. And So to Murder by Carter Dickson (1940) [Hand Holding Weapon] (4/12/23)

19. Inquest by Percival Wilde (1940) [Country Scene] (4/15/23)

20. Murder in Miniatures by Sam Merwin, Jr. (1940) [Any Other Weapon] (4/15/23)

21. Death Demands an Audience by Helen Reilly (1940) [Graveyard] (4/17/23)

22. Jimmie Dale & the Blue Envelope Murder by Frank L. Packard (1930) [Hat] (5/1/23)

23. The Gentle Hangman by James M. Fox (1950) [Blonde] (5/3/23)

24. Death Turns the Tables by John Dickson Carr (1941) [Cat] (5/9/23)

25. The Four False Weapons by John Dickson Carr [Bottle of Poison] (5/12/23)

26. The Beauty Queen Killer (So Young, So Cold, So Dead) by John Creasey (1954) [Dead Body] (5/14/23)

27. Line-Up by John Rhode, ed (1940) [Magnifying Glass] (5/22/23)

28. Murder & Blueberry Pie (1959) by Frances & Richard Lockridge [Staircase] (5/25/23)

29. Murder Is Suggested (1959) by Frances & Richard Lockridge [Piece of Furniture] (6/1/23)

30. And Be a Villain by Rex Stout (1948) [Bottle for Drinking] (6/9/23)

31. Death Among Friends & Other Detective Stories by Cyril Hare (1959) [Car] (6/12/23)

32. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Ellery Queen, ed (July 1958) [Blue Object--bricks] (6116/23)

33. Murder, London--New York by John Creasey (1958) [Coat/Man in trenchcoat] (6/22/23)

34. Inspector West Kicks Off by John Creasey (1949) [Pipe] (6/23/23)

35. The Figure in the Dusk by John Creasey (1951) [Jewelry] (7/2/23)

36. The Birthday Murder by Lange Lewis (1945) [Tree] (7/3/23)

37. The Frightened Pigeon by Richard Burke (1944) [Bird] (7/5/23)

38. Slay Bells by Eunice Mays Boyd (circa 1956) [Christmas Decor] (7/7/23)

39. Juggernaut by Alice Campbell (1929) [Two People] (7/11/23)

40. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (1923) [Curtain/s] (7/17/23)

41. Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (1929) [Fog/Mist] (7/20/23)

42. The Bell in the Fog by John Stephen Strange (1936) [Building--lighthouse] (7/29/23)

43. In the Shadow of Agatha Christie by Leslie S. Klinger (all stories pre-1960) [object other color] (8/12/23)

44. The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson (1942) [book/library] (8/24/23)

45. Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt by Clair Blank (1938) [redhead] (8/31/23)

46. The Case Against Paul Raeburn by John Creasey (1948) [statue] (9/1/23)

47. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1939) [other animal--Pocket kangaroo in corner] (9/9/23)

48. Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie (1959) [flashlight] (9/16/23)

49. Murder on the Purple Water by Frances Crane (1947) [green object--dress] (10/8/23)

50. While the Clock Ticked by Franklin W. Dixon (1932) [moon] (10/9/23)

51. What Happened at Hazelwood? by Michael Innes (1946) [painting] (10/14/23)

52. Good Friday by David Goodis (1954) [broken object] (11/3/23)

53. Murder for Two by George Harmon Coxe (1943) [newspaper] (11/9/23)

54. The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace (1905) [carriage/wagon] (11/10/23)

55. Only the Good by Mary Collins (1942) [knife] (11/12/23)

56. Death of a Doll by Hilda Lawrence (1947) [mask] (11/17/23)

57. Vultures in the Sky by Todd Downing (1935) [train] (11/22/23)

58. The Professor Knits a Shroud by Wirt Van Arsdale (1951) [weird object--yarn with eyes & glasses] (11/26/23)

59. The Toff & the Runaway Bride by John Creasey (1959) [blunt object] (12/2/23)

60. The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene (1943) [candlestick] (12/7/23)

61. Sound of Revelry by Octavus Roy Cohen (1943) [briefcase] (12/10/23)

62. Blind Man's Bluff by Baynard Kendrick (1943) [dog] (12/12/23--finished; review coming 12/16/23 for ROY Awards)

63. The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene (1942) [piano/musical instrument] (12/22/23)

64. Murder Is a Collector's Item by Elizabeth Dean (1939) [door] (12/30/23)

65. The Secret in the Old Attic by Carolyn Keene (1944) [food--back cover] (12/30/23)

66.

1. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (1965) [more than two people] (1/23/23]

2. Murder R.F.D. by Leslie Stephan (1978) [Moon] (2/9/23)

3. Bony & the Kelly Gang by Arthur W. Upfield (1960) [Any other animal] (3/23/23)

4. Silent Witness by Margaret Yorke (1972) [Bloodstain] (4/22/23)

5. Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt (1976) [Bird] (4/23/23)

6. Mystery of the Hidden Hand by Phyllis A. Whitney (1963) [Ruins] (5/7/23)

7. Murder in Burgundy by Audrey Peterson (1989) [Written Document] (5/17/23)

8. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine edited by Clayton Rawson (Oct 1965) [books on back cover] (5/29/23)

Silver Card Commitment Met!

9. Murder Is Pathological by P. M. Carlson (1986) [knife] (6/8/23)

10. 52 Miles to Terror by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen & G. Robert Carlsen (1966) [car] (6/9/23)

11. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine by Ellery Queen, ed (February 1961) [redhead] (6/21/23)

12. The Final Appointment by Marcia Blair (1979) [nurse] (7/16/23)

13. The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake (1968) [statue] (7/25/23)

14. Ashes to Ashes by Emma Lathen (1971) [other weapon] (8/3/23)

15. Who Is Simon Warwick? by Patricia Moyes (1978) [Photo] (9/22/23)

16. Nemesis by Agatha Christie (1971) [plant/flower] (9/23/23)

17. Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery as ed. by Alfred Hitchcock ]ed. by Robert Arthur] (1962) [shadowy/ghostly figure] (10/16/23)

18. Hopjoy Was Here by Colin Watson (1962) [pipe] (10/17/23)

19. Death & Chicanery by Philip MacDonald (1962) [dead body] (10/19/23)

20. The Will of the Tribe by Arthur W. Upfield (1962) [weirdest thing] (10/21/23)

21. Body Blow by Kenneth Hopkins (1962) [shoe] (10/22/23)

22. Secret of the Old Post Box by Dorothy Sterling (1960) [red object--bricks, stripes, pants] (10/22/23)

23. Uncoffin'd Clay by Gladys Mitchell (1980) [building other than house] (11/2/23)

24. You'll Be the Death of Me by Miriam Lynch (1979) [glass for drinking] (11/13/23)

25. The Mystery of the Silver Spider by Robert Arthur (1967) [flashlight] (12/3/23)

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