2024 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. For a second year in a row 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. Death, My Darling Daughters by Jonathan Stagge (1945) [full skeleton] (1/1/24)
2. The Emperor's Snuff Box by John Dickson Carr (1942) [furniture] (1/3/24)

3. The Passenger from Scotland Yard by H. F. Wood (1888) [train] (1/11/24)

4. The Mystery at Orchard House by Joan Coggin (1946) [hat] (1/13/24)

5. There Is a Tide by Agatha Christie (1948) [written document] (1/14/24)

6. The Cambridge Murders by Glyn Daniel (1945) [building--college] (1/24/24)

7. Death Has a Small Voice by Frances & Richard Lockridge (1953) [spooky house] (1/31/24)

8. The Final Days of Abbot Montrose by Sven Elvestad (1917) [bloodstains] (2/3/24)

Commitment Met!

9. Gently down the Stream by Alan Hunter (1957) [Boat] (2/13/24)

10. Ellery Queen's Anthology 1966 Mid-Year Edition by Ellery Queen, ed (1966--all stories pre-1960) [Skull] (2/18/24)

11. Man of Two Tribes by Arthur W. Upfield (1956) [More than two people] (2/22/24)

12. Death Takes a Bow by Frances & Richard Lockridge (1943) [Brunette] (2/24/24)

13. Murder After Hours (The Hollow) by Agatha Christie (1946) [Flashlight] (2/26/24)

14. The Unicorn Murders by Carter Dickson (1935) [Any Other Animal] (2/28/24)

15. One by One They Disappeared by Moray Dalton (1929) [Telephone] (3/2/24)

16. The Blue Geranium by Dolan Birkley (1941) [Flower] (3/3/24)

17. Death of a Fool by Ngaio Marsh (1957) [knife/sword] (3/4/24)

18. The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout (1946) [Blunt Instrument] (3/5/24)

19. The Philadelphia Murder Story by Leslie Ford (1945) [Dead Body] (3/21/24)

20. The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla by Stuart Palmer (1937) [Other Weapon] (4/18/24)

21. Figure Away by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1937) [Cane] (4/20/24)

22. Mystery at Greenfingers by J. B. Priestley (1937) [object any other color-brown] (4/23/24)

23. Cold Bed in the Clay by Ruth Sawtell Wallis (1947) [Car] (4/30/24)

24. The List of Adrian Messenger by Philip MacDonald (1959) [One Person] (5/4/24)

25. Bodies from the Library by Tony Medawar, ed (2021--all written pre-1960) [Books/Library] (5/13/24)

26. Crows Are Black Everywhere by Herbert O. Yardley & Carl Grabo (1945) [Red Object] (5/17/24)

27. The Owl in the Cellar by Margaret Scherf (1945) [Bird] (5/18/24)

28. Death in Five Boxes by Carter Dickson (1938) [Food--orange] (5/20/24)

29. Six Queer Things by Christopher St. John Sprigg (1937) [man in coat] (5/21/24)

30. The New Shoe by Arthur W. Upfield (1951) [Shadowy figure] (5/25/24)

31. The Mystery of the Ivory Charm by Carolyn Keene (1936) [Two People] (5/25/24)

32. Murder in Brass by Lewis Padgett (1946) [Jewelry] (5/29/24)

33. The Best English Detective Stories of 1928 by Father Ronald Knox & H. Harrington [eds] (1929) [Green Object] (6/2/24)

34. Doom in the Midnight Sun by Eunice Mays Boyd (1944) [Body of Water] (6/4/24)

35. The Haunted Bridge by Carolyn Keene (1937) [Weirdest Object] (6/6/24)

36. Old Hall, New Hall by Michael Innes (1956) [Vase] (6/12/24)

37. The Golden Eagle Mystery by Ellery Queen, Jr. (1942) [Dog] (6/14/24)

38. The Dragon Boat Mystery by John Bechtel (1943) [Musical Instrument--drum & gong] (6/19/24)

39. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Aug 1959 by Ellery Queen, ed (1959) [Revolver] (6/24/24)

40. Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout (1934) [Plane] (6/25/24)

41. The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton (1930) [Yellow Item--woman's skirt/tree leaves] (7/3/24)

42. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Nov 1958 by Ellery Queen (ed) [Tree] (7/9/24)

43. Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac (1952) [Statue] (7/31/24)

44. Murder Rides the Campaign Train by The Gordons (Mildred & Gordon Gordon) (1952) [Broken Object] (8/2/24)

45. The May Week Murders by Douglas G. Browne (1937) [Door] (8/7/24)

46. What Rhymes with Murder? by Jack Iams (1950) [Jewelry] (8/7/24)

47. The Widow of Bath by Margot Bennett (1952) [Purse] (8/18/24)

48. Dance of Death by Helen McCloy (1938) [Skeletal Hand] (8/21/24)

49. Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr (1931) [Castle] (8/25/24)

50. Kill the Boss Good-by by Peter Rabe (1956) [Shoes-reflected in glasses] (9/11/24)

51. Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers (1913) [Object any other color--grey keys] (9/24/24)

52. The Queen's Awards 8th Series by Ellery Queen, ed (1953) [Tie] (10/7/24)

53. Wicked Uncle by Patricia Wentworth (1947) [Photograph] (10/22/24)

54. Eleven Came Back by Mabel Seeley (1943) [Country Scene] (10/31/24)

55. Nightmare at Noon by Stewart Sterling (1951) [Blue Object--dress] (11/20/24)

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1. Bodies from the Library 3 by Tony Medawar, ed (2020--all stories written pre-1990) [library/books] (1/7/24)

2. Murder in C. Major by Sara Hoskinson Frommer (1986) [furniture--chair] (1/15/24)

3. Murder by the Book by Martin Edwards, ed (2022--all stories pre-1990) [vase] (1/20/24)

4. Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb (1987) [Red-Head] (1/21/24)

5. A Guilty Thing Surprised by Ruth Rendell (1970) [Food] (1/28/24)

6. Miraculous Mysteries by Martin Edwards (2017) [Clock] (2/9/24)

7. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Sept 1965 (back cover) [Car] (3/7/24)

8. The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (1968) [Staircase] (4/25/24)

Commitment Met!

9. Write Murder Down by Richard Lockridge (1972) [Typewriter--barely] (5/4/24)

10. Twice Retired by Richard Lockridge (1970) [Skull] (5/17/24)

11. The Tenth Life by Richard Lockridge (1977) [Cat] (5/23/24)

12. Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh (1972) [Christmas Tree] (5/30/24)

13. The Rocksburg Railroad Murders by K. C. Constantine (1972) [Policeman] (6/5/24)

14. Black as He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh (1974) [Mask] (6/8/24)

15. The Phantom of Pine Hill by Carolyn Keene (1965) [Tree] (6/13/24)

16. A Vacation to Kill For by Eunice Mays Body [w/Elizabeth Aden] (2023; written pre-1971) [Other Building] (6/22/24)

17. Death in a Small World by Laura Colburn (1979) [Dead Body] (7/20/24)

18. My First Murder by Susan Baker (1989) [More than 2 people] (7/21/24)

19. Nothing Like Blood by Leo Bruce (1962) [Curtains] (9/4/24)

20. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 32nd Anniversary Issue (March 1973) [Yellow object--stars] (9/14/24)

21. Death in a Pheasant's Eye by James Fraser (1971) [Plant] (9/19/24)

22. The Final Deduction by Rex Stout (1961) [statue] (10/2/24)

23. Never Cross a Vampire by Stuart Kaminsky (1980) [Hand Holding Weapon] (10/14/24)

24. The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon by Nick West (1970) [Weirdest Item] (10/15/24)

25. Find a Crooked Sixpence by Estelle Thompson (1970) [Blonde] (10/16/24)

26. You'll Die Today by Marjorie J. Grove (1979) [Telephone] (10/24/24)

27. Heberden's Seat by Douglas Clark (1979) [Graveyard] (11/3/24)

28. Death for a Dietitian by E. X. Giroux (1988) [Blue Item--neck tie] (11/11/24)

29. The Case of the One-Penny Orange by E. V. Cunningham [Other color--orange stamp] (11/14/24)

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