Last year Rick over at the Mystillery decided that we needed to stretch our mystery-reading muscles and start training for a Mystery Marathon. [Full disclosure: I've been in training for this since my mom introduced me to Nancy Drew.] For each marathon we need to read at least 26 mystery books. It looks like I'll finish five marathons in 2024, but this year our trainer Rick has told us not to overdo. So one marathon and we can head to the refreshments tent and relax.
Marathon 2025
1. The Devil's Flute Murders by Seishi Yokomizo [348 pages] (1/5/24)
2. The Price of Silence by Kate Wilhelm [360 pages] (1/10/25)
3. Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective by Leslie Thomas [285 pages] (1/11/25)
4. The Deadly Truth by Helen McCloy [192 pages] (1/15/25)
5. The Art School Murders by Moray Dalton [214 pages] (1/20/25)
6. The Cloisters by Katy Hays [312 pages] (1/24/25)
7. Poison for Teacher by Nancy Spain [289 pages] (1/31/25)
8. The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart [332 pages] (2/4/25)
9. The Girl from the Mimosa Club by Leslie Ford [158 pages] (2/6/25)
10. Capital Crimes by Martin Edwards (ed) [402 pages] (2/10/25)
11. The Last Resort by Michal Kaufman [266 pages] (2/13/25)
12. Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood [272 pages] (2/15/25)
13. "Inquest" by Henrietta Clandon [209 pages] (2/21/25)
14. Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel by Agatha Christie/Bob Al-Greene [276 pages] (2/22/25)
15. Death in Shallow Water by Miles Burton [192 pages] (2/24/25)
16. Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan [328 pages] (2/26/25)
17. Bodies in the Library 5 by Tony Medawar, ed [408 pages] (3/2/25)
18. Lord Darcy by Randall Garrett [719 pages] (3/9/25)
19. Nothing Is the Number When You Die by Joan Fleming [190 pages] (3/12/25)
20. A Thief or Two by Sara Woods [192 pages] (3/13/25)
21. The Sleep Is Deep by Hugh Lawrence Nelson [162 pages] (3/14/25)
22. Ambush for Anatol by John Sherwood [194 pages] (3/17/25)
23. No Vacation from Murder by Elizabeth Lemarchand [185 pages] (3/18/25)
24. Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough [308 pages] (3/19/25)
25. The Incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye [301 pages] (3/21/25)
26. The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood [208 pages] (3/23/25)
A change for 2025: There is no longer a short story requirement. That seemed to be a sticking point for many participants. So it is just 26 books of any length.
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