As you all know, I am a mystery junkie. If we were only allowed to read one genre for the rest of our lives, then mystery would definitely be my category. So...when The 52 Book Club dropped their latest addition to the Club's family of challenges, I couldn't resist joining in. If you love mysteries or challenges...or both, then check out the details at the link above and join me for some detecting fun.
There is no time limit on this one, so in order to claim it for my 2026 challenge scoreboard, I'm committing to ten prompts or the equivalent of one chapter.
Chapter One: The Crime
1. A Classic Mystery:
2. Opening Line Hooks You:
3. An "Impossible" Crime:
4. Murder Disguised as Accident:
5. Missing Person:
6. Cozy Mystery:
7. Unsettling Read:
8. Title Includes "Death" or "Dead":
9. White-Collar Crime:
10. Humorous Mystery:
Chapter Two: The Detective
11. "Brilliant" Detective Trope:
12. Amateur Sleuth:
13. Antagonist Toys with Detective:
14. Includes a Podcaster, Writer or Journalist:
15. Crime-Solving Duo:
16. Detective Has to Confront Their Own Past:
17. Iconic Detective:
18. Police Procedural:
19. Detective on the Cover:
20. Title Starts with 1st Letter of Author's Last Name:
Chapter Three: The Suspects
21. Serial Killer:
22. Unreliable Narrator:
23. Victim with Lots of Enemies:
24. Features Small Town Secrets:
25. From Multiple Suspects' Perspectives:
26. New-to-You Author:
27. Crime of Passion:
28. Character Wrongly Accused
29. Set by a Lake:
30. Character With Memory Gaps:
Chapter Four: The Clues
31. Missing Murder Weapon:
32. Solved with Forensic Science:
33. Mystery/Other Genre:
34. Snowy Setting:
35. Hidden Rooms/Secret Passages:
36. Book You Can't Put Down:
37. Includes Inheritance or Will:
38. "I Know What You Did Last Summer":
39. Published Before 1960:
40. Has Flashbacks:
Chapter Five: The Reveal
41. "Howdunit" or "Whydunit":
42. Features a Courtroom Scene:
43. From a Completed Series:
44. Ending That Surprised You:
45. More Than 4 Stars on Goodreads:
46. House on Cover:
47. Collection of True Crime Mysteries:
48. Recommended by an Author on This Challenge:
49. Suspects Gathered for Big Reveal:
50. Published This Year:
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