Mystery Reporter's Challenge 2023 is sponsored by Ellie in The Challenge Factory on Goodreads.
My post in the challenge: HERE
Who? What? When? Where? Why?\
How--In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
I'll be going for the Columnist level (2 books from each basic category) and hoping to complete them all.
Cub Reporter: 5 books (one from each category) Complete 1/30/23
Columnist: 10 books (two from each) Complete 3/7/23
News Anchor: 15 books (three from each) Complete 3/15/23
Editor: 20 books (four from each) Complete 5/7/23
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (all five from each) Complete 6/7/23
Bonus Category:
Pulitzer Prize Winner = Newspaper Mogul plus bonus categories (30 books) Complete 6/7/23
Extra Bonus Category
Nobel Prize for Literature = Pulitzer plus final bonus category (31 books) Complete 6/7/23
WHO
Protagonist is starting a new business/career: Swing Low, Swing Death by R. T. Campbell (1/17/23)
Side Character is a dead person (ghost, vampire, zombie, etc.): Sabriel by Garth Nix [several characters have come back to the real world from the dead] (3/21/23)
Villain is introduced by Chapter 2: The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson (1/7/23)
Character who exercises regularly: Blood on the Tracks by Martin Edwards (ed) [Thorpe Hazell, one of the detectives does several bizarre exercises] (3/20/23)
WHAT
Color in the title: The Crimson Clue by George Harmon Coxe (1/30/23)
Dessert in the title: Murder & Blueberry Pie by Frances & Richard Lockridge (5/25/23)
Title is at least six words: Sidney Chambers & the Perils of the Night by James Runcie (3/11/23)
Title starts with any letter in your last name: Here Come the Dead by Robert Portner Koehler (2/5/23)
Title is a play on words: Gone West by Carola Dunn [has double meaning--"gone west" was used to indicate that someone had died; also a reference to the victim's travels in western America] (4/6/23)
WHERE:
Set in New England State: Murder R.F.D. by Leslie Stephan (2/9/23)
Set on an island: Mystery of the Hidden Hand by Phyllis A. Whitney (5/7/23)
Set in a state that starts with a vowel: The Curriculum Murders by Marlis Day [Indiana] (6/6/23)
Set on a farm: Mysterious Invitation by Bernice Bloom (1/26/23)
Set on foreign soil (NOT USA/England): The Dante Game by Jane Langton [Italy] (1/13/23)
WHEN
1800s or earlier: Dead, Mr. Mozart by Bernard Bastable (3/15/23)
1900s: The Angry Heart by Leslie Edgley (1/21/23)
During a celebration: The Black Cat Murders by Karen Baugh Menuhin [a wedding] (3/7/23)
During winter: Death Demands an Audience by Helen Reilly (4/17/23)
During a holiday: Inquest by Percival Wilde (4/15/23)
WHY
Money/Greed: Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield (2/3/23)
Jealousy: Family Skeletons by Rett MacPherson (6/7/23)
Revenge: It Walks by Night by John Dickson Carr (2/24/23)
"Love": Beauty Marks the Spot by Kelley Roos (1/7/23)
To keep a secret/cover up: A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang (1/22/23)
BONUS--PULITZER PRIZE
WHO--Protagonist has/works with unusual pet/animals: Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt [has peacocks] (4/23/23)
WHAT--Exactly one word title: Beyond by Theodore Sturgeon (3/26/23)
WHERE--Set in a big city: Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac (2/19/23)
WHEN--During a storm: The Fear Sign by Margery Allingham (2/22/23)
WHY--Accidental death: The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian [one accidental death out of the many] (2/12/23)
EXTRA BONUS--NOBEL PRIZE
Horoscope: Pick a horoscope from the 24th of any month and read a book related to the horoscope.
Chose my husband's birthday (3/24/23): The horoscope said:
Martian Exit: It's the last full day of Mars in Gemini, the sign of communication. This is the station where Mars influences with speeches and conversations. Words can be weapons or treaties. Tomorrow it's a different game for the warrior planet. The realm of Cancer will soften his approach. to seize the energy before the Martian exit. Say what you need to say.
Aries (March 21-April 19): You'll make an impression on someone without trying to. In fact, not trying is the secret to your charm. You've thought about the image you wanted to portray, but it turns out that you are at your magnetic best when you're just being yourself.
The Genesis Secret by Tom Knox (3/29/23)
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