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Group Reads:

May
One by One They Disappeared (Hugh Collier #1) by Moray Dalton (1929)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926) (Challenge Title)

June
To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4) by Josephine Tey (1950)
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (1942) (Challenge Title)

Buddy Reads:
April/May
The Attending Truth (Bobby Owen #30) by E R Punshon
Harm’s Way (Sloan and Crosby #11) by Catherine Aird
Cop Killer (Martin Beck #9) by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
The Curse of the Giant Hogweed by Charlotte MacLeod (Professor Shandy #5)
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #1)
Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey #3) by Dorothy L Sayers

May/June
Signed, Picpus aka To Any Lengths/Maigret and the Fortune Teller by Georges Simenon (Maigret #23)
Hostage to Fortune (Bradecote and Catchpoll #4) by Sarah Hawkswood
The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin (Erast Fandorin #4)
Mrs Pargeter’s Plot (Mrs Pargeter #5) by Simon Brett
Death of Jezebel (#4 Inspector Cockrill) by Christianna Brand

June/July
Strange Ending (Bobby Owen #31) by E R Punshon
Two for the Lions by Lindsey Davis (Falco #10)
Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon (Brunetti #10)
Gently Does It (Inspector George Gently #1) by Alan Hunter

July/August

By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence #4) by Agatha Christie
The Blood Card (Brighton Mysteries #3) by Elly Griffiths
River of Darkness (#1 John Madden) by Rennie Airth
March Violets by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther #1)


August/Sept
Brought to Light (Bobby Owen #32) by E R Punshon
A Dead Liberty (Sloan and Crosby #12) by Catherine Aird
The Terrorists (Martin Beck #10) by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (last book)
The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond by Charlotte MacLeod (Professor Shandy #6)
White Nights by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #2)

Sept/Oct
Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) by Sarah Hawkswood
Special Assignments by Boris Akunin (Erast Fandorin #5)
Mrs Pargeter’s Point of Honour (Mrs Pargeter #6) by Simon Brett
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander #1)

Oct/Nov
Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) by E R Punshon
One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis (Falco #11)
Willful Behaviour by Donna Leon (Brunetti #11)
Gently By the Shore (Inspector George Gently #2) by Alan Hunter

Nov/Dec
Postern of Fate (Tommy and Tuppence #5) by Agatha Christie (last book)
The Vanishing Box (Brighton Mysteries #4) by Elly Griffiths
The Blood-Dimmed Tide (#2 John Madden) by Rennie Airth
The Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther #2)

Dec/Jan
The Night of Fear (#2 Hugh Collier) by Moray Dalton (Christmas buddy read)
Triple Quest (Bobby Owen #34) by E R Punshon
The Body Politic (Sloan and Crosby #13) by Catherine Aird
Vane Pursuit by Charlotte MacLeod (Professor Shandy #7)
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #3)


Our 2025 Challenge is Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple

Jan: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Feb: The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
March: The Murder on the Links (1923)
April: The Body in the Library (1942)
May: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
June: The Moving Finger (1942)
July: The Big Four (1927)
August: Sleeping Murder (1976)
September: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
October: A Murder Is Announced (1950)
November: Black Coffee (1930)
December: They Do It with Mirrors (1952)
aka Murder with Mirrors