Sunday 30 September 2012

Merely Mystery Reading Challenge 2012 Complete

I signed up for the Shamus Who Has Seen It All level of the Merely Mystery Reading Challenge 2012 and committed to read 12 books in 12 categories. I read the following:

The Whodunit: The Vault by Ruth Rendell

Locked Room Mystery: The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill

Cozy: Amendment of Life by Catherine Aird

Hard-Boiled/Noir: V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton

The Inverted Detective Story: U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton

The Historical Whodunnit: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

The Police Procedural: Water-Blue Eyes by Domingo Villar

The Professional Thriller: The Retribution by Val McDermid

The Spy Novel: Shroud of Darkness by E C R Lorac

Caper Stories: Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

The Psychological Suspense: The Burning court by John Dickson Carr

Spoofs and Parodies: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

1 comment:

Literary Feline said...

Congratulations on completing the challenge! I love how you fit two of Sue Grafton's novels in. :-) I need to catch up with that series.