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456. The Devotion of Suspect X
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457. TV Guide: The Fugitive

READ: 5/5

✔ 1. It is popularly believed that the series was based in part on the real-life story of Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor accused of murdering his wife. Showmakers repeatedly denied basing the series on Sheppard. Although convicted and imprisoned, Sheppard claimed that his wife had been murdered by a "bushy-haired man". Sheppard's brothers hired F. Lee Bailey to appeal the conviction. Bailey defended Sheppard and won an acquittal in the second trial.
❏ Read a book with a character with an odd or distinctive trait.
The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17
(very homely prince with huge ears)

✔ 2. With 120 episodes and typically two or more guest stars per episode, the series offered a massive who's who of stars from stage and screen, character actors, and up-and-coming talent.
❏ Read a book with a famous author, your opinion.
The Awakening - Nora Roberts 1/22

✔ 3. After the train wreck and his escape from custody, Kimble moves from town to town, always trying to remain unobtrusive and unnoticed as he evades capture and hopes to find the one-armed man. He adopts many nondescript aliases, and toils at low-paying menial jobs (i.e. those that require no identification or security checks, and bring about little social attention). In many episodes, he comes across a damsel in distress or possibly a child in danger; he then chooses to put his anonymity at risk by aiding this deserving person. Another frequent plot device is for someone to discover Kimble's true identity and use it to manipulate him, under the threat of turning him in to the police.
❏ Read a book where someone helps someone or is blackmailed.
The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15

✔ 4. The plot device of a fugitive living on the run from the authorities was loosely inspired by Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. The Richard Kimble character was inspired by the novel's protagonist, Jean Valjean, an ex-convict living a life as a fugitive and having numerous aliases as well as helping people around him. The character of Lt. Gerard, who hounds Kimble throughout the series, is also loosely inspired by a character from the same novel, a relentless police inspector named Javert, who is obsessed with capturing the fugitive.
❏ Read a book tagged classics.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 1/9

✔ 5. Part two of the finale was the most-watched television series episode up to that time.
❏ Read a book that has more than 1000 ratings.
Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren (9504 ratings) 1/16



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

456. The Devotion of Suspect X
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2021

✘ Case File: 456
✘ Date: January 2021
✘ Cold Case: 456. The Devotion of Suspect X

✘Crime: Murder
✘Suspect: Yasuko Hanaoka
✘Location: Tokyo, Japan
✘Documentation: The Devotion of Suspect X

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✥ Read a book where someone has an alibi.
Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner (suspect Aaron Gage) 1/7

✥ Read a book set in the Eastern hemisphere.
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (Greece) 1/19

✥ Read a book with an X in the title or author’s name.
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3

✥ Read a book with red on the cover.
The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15

✥ Read a book with a main character that works in a shop.
Universal Harvester - John Darnielle (in a video store) 1/30



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✥ cord - The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17
(a small leather bag with a rawhide cord), p22

✥ table - SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2
(he reached across the table), p70

✥ scenario - Earning It - Angela Quarles 1/24
(best case scenario), p15

✥ bruising - Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4
(with bruising strength), p81

✥ dispose - The Shape of Night - Tess Gerritsen 1/23
(it's easy to dispose of a body), p258



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✥ karaoke - The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8
(on the bar's karaoke system), p110

✥ station - The Awakening - Nora Roberts 1/22
(there were men who wished to share the station with me), p198

✥ bicycle - Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3
(what about a bicycle), p243

✥ lighter - The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller 1/19
(though lighter than it should have been), p74

✥ hostess - To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain 1/1
(the hostess brought Gene's daughter), p194



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✥ special - The Pretty Ones - Ania Ahlborn 1/27
(they think they are so special), p37

✥ box - The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17
(they'd find anotehr box somewhere), p96

✥ lunch - Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3
(willing her lunch to stay just where it was), p31

✥ puzzle - To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain 1/1
(even negative results filled in parts of the puzzle), p194

✥ counter - Poisonous - Allison Brennan 1/26
(he didn't counter Jenny's claims), p148



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✥ river - The Hidden World - Alison Baird 1/6
(like the water of a river), p50

✥ vinyl - The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15
(a stack of vinyls he knew she liked), loc1187

✥ homeless - The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis 1/5
(she wasn't homeless), loc243

✥ practice - The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17
(you can practice with it), p69

✥ cog - Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
(I can almost hear the cogs in your mind whirring), p240



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

462. TV Guide: The Mentalist

READ: 4/5

✔ Producer Bruno Heller describes the character of Patrick Jane as being a combination of a Sherlock Holmes type and street psychic, part detective helping people and part con-artist selling people lies.
❏ Read a book with a private investigator or a con man character.
Poison in Paddington - Samantha Silver 2/14

✔ As the show progresses, the focus shifts from general cases during seasons one to three, to solely catching Red John, throughout seasons four to six. At the midpoint of season six, the Red John case is solved, the FBI steps in, closing the CBI, and the show adopts a new track for two seasons.
❏ Read a book in a series with 7 or more books.
Bittersweet - Sarina Bowen (currently 7 in series) 2/11

✔ The tea that Patrick Jane drinks is "Lapsang souchong".
❏ Read a book with a specific tea type mentioned in the text.
Blind Eye - Jan Coffey 2/19
(she could smell orange spice tea), p58

✔ The show often set episodes based on fictional locales with names such as Salinger Mill and Rancho Rosa. Like the majority of American television shows, The Mentalist was mostly filmed within the studio zone in Los Angeles County, but occasionally filmed a few scenes on location in Sacramento.
❏ Read a book set somewhere fictional or San Francisco.
The Memory Collector - Meg Gardiner 2/20

There is a 2018 Russian-Ukrainian remake Менталист under the same title set in a Russian-speaking setting.
❏ Read a book that's been translated into Russian

463. Girl Waits with Gun
Duration: February 1 - April 30, 2021

✘ Case File: 463
✘ Date: February 2021
✘ Cold Case: 463.Girl Waits with Gun

✘Crime: Reckless Driving
✘Suspect: Henry Kaufman
✘Location: New York
✘Documentation: Girl Waits with Gun

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✥ Read a book where there is an accident.
Out of the Blue - S.L. Rottman 3/1
(MC hits a child with his mom's car)
✥ Read a book with a female law enforcement officer.
The Memory Collector - Meg Gardiner 2/20
✥ Read a book tagged historical or history.
The Requiem Red - Brynn Chapman 2/13
✥ Read a book with a gun or a hat on the cover.
Stolen Soul - Alex Rivers (gun) 3/31

✥ Read a book that’s first in a series.
Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare 2/12

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✥ reins - Celtic Moon - Jan DeLima 2/7
(gripping his hair like reins), p285

✥ calamity - The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Lowry Logan 3/27
(the feeling of imminent calamity), p160

✥ horse - Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare 2/12
(the horses rearing and rolling their eyes), p17

✥ stocking - Bittersweet - Sarina Bowen 2/11
(just begging for Christmas stockings), p328

✥ assembly - The Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward 2/17
(glancing over the assembly line), p23



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✥ extortion - Deadly Kisses - Brenda Joyce 2/6
(I expect extortion will be his game), p154

✥ children - Celtic Moon - Jan DeLima 2/7
(in a bedroom occupied by children), p135

✥ whiskey - Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4
(jerked the whiskey from the cabinet), p188

✥ revolver - Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare 2/12
(the revolver had been a gift), p12

✥ reputation - Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10
(and destroyed his reputation), p32



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✥ gambling - Deadly Kisses - Brenda Joyce 2/6
(abandoned his notorious gambling ways), p94

✥ whistle - Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
(a sudden high-pitched whistle from overhead), p112

✥ newspaper - Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4
(the reports were in the newspaper), p233

✥ filigree - The Wicked Will Rise - Danielle Paige 2/5
(with golden filigree), p282

✥ motif - Jinn - Matthew B.J. Delaney 2/13
(some kind of desert motif), p127



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✥ silk - Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4
(a black silk evening gown), p81

✥ factory - Celtic Moon - Jan DeLima 2/7
(close down the dog food factory), p18

✥ strike - Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10
(I'd love for it to strike), p208

✥ pigeons - Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
(by gigantic fucking carrier pigeons), p242

✥ sewing - Deadly Kisses - Brenda Joyce 2/6
(sewing industriously by the light), p310



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

466. TV Guide: Breaking Bad

READ: 5/5

✔ Breaking Bad was created by Vince Gilligan, who wanted to create a series in which the protagonist became the antagonist. "Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows can go on for years or even decades," he said. "When I realized this, the logical next step was to think, how can I do a show in which the fundamental drive is toward change?"
❏ Read a book where a character changes significantly.
Gathering Darkness - Morgan Rhodes 3/31

✔ Cranston contributed significantly to the formation and development of the Walter White persona. When Gilligan left much of Walter's past unexplained during the development of the series, the actor wrote his own backstory for the character. Cranston repeatedly identified elements in certain scripts where he disagreed with how the character was handled, and went so far as to call Gilligan directly when he could not work out disagreements with the episode's screenwriters. Cranston has said he was inspired partially by his elderly father for how Walter carries himself physically, which he described as "a little hunched over, never erect, as if the weight of the world is on this man's shoulders."
❏ Read a book with an author or character with an alliterative name.
The Gates of Hell - Susan Sizemore 3/15

✔ One of the important plot points in the series is that the crystal meth Walter "cooks" has very long crystals, is very pure, and (despite its purity) has a strong cyan blue color.
❏ Read a book with a blue cover (50%).
Town in a Wild Moose Chase - B.B. Haywood 3/2

✔ RJ Mitte has cerebral palsy in real life. His case is much milder than Walt Junior's. He had to learn to walk with crutches and slow down his speech to play the part.
❏ Read a book with a disabled character.
Hard to Come By - Laura Kaye (missing a leg) 3/17

✔ The White's address, 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, is a private residence. The residents have had to deal with fans recreating Walter's famous pizza throw onto the roof of their house, and have conducted media interviews asking to be left alone.
❏ Read a book with 3, 0, and 8 in the page number and publication date.
Call of the Colossus - K.C. May (308 pages) 3/5



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

467. Blood Red Turns Dollar Green
Duration: March 1 - May 31, 2021

✘ Case File: 467
✘ Date: March 2021
✘ Cold Case: 467 .Blood Red Turns Dollar Green

✘Crime: Organized Crime
✘Suspect: Lenny Long
✘Location: New York
✘Documentation: Blood Red Turns Dollar Green

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✥ Read a book tagged crime.
The Ghost and the Dead Deb - Alice Kimberly 3/8
✥ Read a book set in New York State.
Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer 3/24
✥ Read a book with a color in the title.
Out of the Blue - S.L. Rottman 3/1
✥ Read a book with a performer mc.
Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth (actress) 3/13
✥ Read a book with blood or valuables on the cover
The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Lowry Logan 3/27



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✥ massive - Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4
(the crowd had grown even more massive), p14

✥ wreckage - The Gates of Hell - Susan Sizemore 3/15
(found me in the wreckage of a refugee camp), p113

✥ boot - The Princess Knight - G.A. Aiken 3/10
(unworn boots leaning against his side), p216

✥ pressure - An Apple for the Creature - Charlaine Harris 3/12
(I wasn't putting anymore pressure on Mrs. Minter), p25

✥ bribe - Caged - Ellison Cooper 3/6
(had to pay your nurse a handsome bribe), p353



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✥ champion - Call of the Colossus - K.C. May 3/5
(did she still have a champion), p11

✥ agenda - Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4
(to help serve father's agenda), p235

✥ territory - The Princess Knight - G.A. Aiken 3/10
(the surrounding territory against attacks), p43

✥ circle - Tart of Darkness - Denise Swanson 3/7
(that's what's expected in their circle), p139

✥ sunglasses - Buried in a Book - Lucy Arlington 3/6
(wearing enormous Chanel sunglasses), p37



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✥ match - An Apple for the Creature - Charlaine Harris 3/12
(in one box match was typed), p317

✥ ring - Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4
(a ring passed down from generation to generation), p73

✥ deal - Caged - Ellison Cooper 3/6
(I promise we'll work out a deal), p175

✥ surrender - Limitations - Scott Turow 3/15
(unwillingness to surrender), p24

✥ ropes - Call of the Colossus - K.C. May 3/5
(she would need ropes and strong men), p64



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✥ crowd - Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4
(the crowds will all be outside districting), p192

✥ razor - Call of the Colossus - K.C. May 3/5
(with a razor beside it), p53

✥ applause - Buried in a Book - Lucy Arlington 3/6
(applause from a studio audience), p117

✥ professional - Town in a Wild Moose Chase - B.B. Haywood 3/2
(to watch professional ice carves in action), p8

✥ chair - Limitations - Scott Turow 3/15
(the judge's tall leather chair), p9



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

470. TV Guide: Harper's Island

READ: 3/5

The actors and actresses were not told about their characters' deaths until the day that each script was given.
❏ Read a book where someone dies unexpectedly.

The series was shot on Bowen Island, an island municipality about two kilometers west of Vancouver, British Columbia.
❏ Read a book set Canada or on an island.
Dark Water Dive - Kathy Brandt (on the Virgin Islands) 4/3

The titles for each episode are an onomatopoeia alluding to the method of murder used by the killer in that particular episode.
❏ Read a book where the author's initials can be found in onomatopoeia .
Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9

Even though they knew it was coming, and they did multiple takes of it, when the seagull falls on the bridesmaids table during the first episode, their screams of fear were genuine. No matter how many times you drop a bird on their faces, they never get used to it.
❏ Read a book with a bird on the cover or in the title.

The show was canceled after one season. Though if it had been continued it was planned to be an anthology series.
❏ Read a book that stands alone
Sticks - Joan Bauer 4/4

471. Lavender Blue Murder
Duration: April 1 - June 1, 2021

✘ Case File: 471
✘ Date: April 2021
✘ Cold Case: 471. Lavender Blue Murder

✘Crime: Murder
✘Suspect: Meredith Doyle
✘Location: South Carolina
✘Documentation: Lavender Blue Murder

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✥ Read a book that’s part of a series with more than 12 books.
Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin - Nancy Atherton (25 so far) 4/27

✥ Read a book with food or drink on the cover.
Bitter Harvest - Sheila Connolly (apples) 4/3

✥ Read a book with a flower, color, or death reference in the title.
Red Hot Fury - Kasey MacKenzie 5/28

✥ Read a book with a party.
The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney (masked ball) 4/10

✥ Read a book with a fire.
Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6



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✥ bang - The Burning Page - Genevieve Cogman 4/10
(with enough of a bang to crack the panes), p297

✥ sunshine - The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths 4/8
(looks serene in the sunshine), p177

✥ indigo - The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney 4/10
(flew back up into the indigo sky), p24

✥ distress - Bound By Sin - Jenna Maclaine 4/18
(a damsel in distress to rescue), p79

✥ jacket - Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon 4/14
(Beau guessed you rarely needed a jacket), p265



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✥ boutique - The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths 4/8
(looking in windows of city boutiques), p136

✥ breakfast - The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney 4/10
(get cleaned up before breakfast), p58

✥ crisp - Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6
(crisp and clear), p296

✥ cream - Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9
(like a bucket of cream), p106

✥ linen - Bitter Harvest - Sheila Connolly 4/3
(on a piece of linen), p97



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✥ plight - BoneMan's Daughters - Ted Dekker 5/22
(the more he felt sucked into their plight), p37

✥ lore - Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9
(regale her with local lore), p58

✥ testament - Dangerous Attachments - Sarah Lovett 4/16
(was a testament to his determination), p55

✥ canine - Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6
(his pointed canines), p304

✥ plate - Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky 4/12
(returned with a towering plate of chocolate chip cookies), p54



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✥ blend - The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney 4/10
(his face was a perfect blend), p128

✥ sachet - Into Aether - L.M. Fry 4/23
(she tossed the fragrant sachet aside), p185

✥ sailboat - Dark Water Dive - Kathy Brandt 4/3
(one of the largest sailboat charter companies), p48

✥ gasoline - I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15
(why was there such a stench of gasoline), p294

✥ ransom - The Dragon Book - Jack Dann 4/21
(will someone ransom you), p9



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

474. TV Guide : Twin Peaks

READ: 5/5

✔ The series follows an investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper into the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer in the fictional town of Twin Peaks, Washington. The show's narrative draws on elements of detective fiction, but its uncanny tone, supernatural elements, and campy, melodramatic portrayal of eccentric characters also draw on American soap opera and horror tropes. Like much of Lynch's work, it is distinguished by surrealism, offbeat humor, and distinctive cinematography.
❏ Read a book that's eccentric.
Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox - Forthright 5/8

✔ According to the director, the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer was initially going to be in the foreground, but would recede gradually as viewers got to know the other townsfolk and the problems they were having. Lynch and Frost wanted to mix a police investigation with a soap opera.
❏ Read a book mpg mystery.
Secret Sisters - Jayne Ann Krentz 5/4

✔ Mark Frost and David Lynch made use of repeating and sometimes mysterious motifs such as trees (especially fir and pines), coffee and doughnuts, cherry pie, owls, logs, ducks, water, fire — and numerous embedded references to other films and TV shows
❏ Read a book with TREES or COFFEE or DOUGHNUTS on the cover.
Twisted Truths - Rebecca Zanetti 5/13

✔ In 2014, it was announced that a limited series would air on Showtime. David Lynch and Mark Frost wrote all the episodes, and Lynch directed. The new episodes were not a remake or reboot but a continuation of the series. The episodes are set in the present day, and the passage of 25 years is an important element in the plot.
❏ Read a book set over 25 years or more.
Whisper of the Moon Moth - Lindsay Jayne Ashford (set 1831) 5/21

✔ The character of Madeleine Ferguson (Laura Palmer's lookalike cousin, played by the same actress) was created because David Lynch was so impressed by Sheryl Lee that he wanted to have her on the series full-time.
❏ Read a book with COUSIN in the text.
Spoils of the Dead - Dana Stabenow 5/2
(Erik had a second cousin in the database), p245



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

475. Death at La Fenice
Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2021

✘ Case File: 475
✘ Date: May 2021
✘ Cold Case: 475. Death at La Fenice

✘Crime: Murder
✘Suspect: Flavia Pettrelli
✘Location: Venice, Italy
✘Documentation: Death at La Fenice

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✥ Read a book tagged music.
The Harp and The Fiddle - Lila Dubois 5/21

✥ Read a book set in Europe.
Rook - Sharon Cameron (France) 5/29

✥ Read a book with a performance featured.
Gwynneth Ever After - Linda Poitevin 7/30

✥ Read a book with a character that is poisoned.

✥ Read a book with a place name in the title.



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✥ orchestra - The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Kato 6/12
(the thrum and swell of an orchestra), p212

✥ intensity - To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini 6/21
(past in a mood of quiet intensity), p385

✥ applause - Circus Summer - Kailin Gow 5/1
(milking the applause from the audience), p6

✥ gesture - How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries 5/4
(she made a shooing gesture), p58

✥ doctor - Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox - Forthright 5/8
(the doctor smiled), p224



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✥ discord -
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✥ melodramatic - The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/6
(with a melodramatic litany of rising river waters), p108

✥ lighting - When Books Went to War - Molly Guptill Manning 5/12
(lighting conditions were unlikely to be optimal for reading), p77

✥ drama - How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries 5/4
(only to heighten the drama in my story), p158

✥ talent - Circus Summer - Kailin Gow 5/1
(another wasted talent), p10



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✥ marble - Circus Summer - Kailin Gow 5/1
(a marble and gold doorway), p7

✥ geometric - The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum - Kirsten Weiss 5/5
(watercolors of geometric shapes), p164

✥ singer - The Harp and The Fiddle - Lila Dubois 5/21
(by those who knew the singers), p28

✥ classical - Hard Ever After - Laura Kaye 5/11
(classical music immediately filtered in), p87

✥ career - How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries 5/4
(with the upturn in his career), p42



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✥ violin - Heartless - Gail Carriger 5/25
(is young Catogan any good on the violin), p72

✥ chair - Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox - Forthright 5/8
(staggering to a chair), p300

✥ curtain - Secret Sisters - Jayne Ann Krentz 5/4
(but the curtain had fallen on act one), p344

✥ grave - The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum - Kirsten Weiss 5/5
(you dug you're own grave), p128

✥ shawl - How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries 5/4
(pretending to be looking for her shawl), p178

479. TV Guide: The Killing

READ: 3/5

The show is based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen (The Crime).
❏ Read a book translated from another language.

✔ The series has gained notoriety for being canceled on two occasions only for the show to be revived.
❏ Read a book with a character that's almost died, doesn't have to be in this book of a series or could have happened in their past. Explain.
Half Bad - Sally Green 6/5

✔ The first season covers the first two weeks of the investigation of the murder of local teenager Rosie Larsen and has three main storylines: the police investigation into Rosie's murder, the Larsen family's attempts to deal with their grief, and the fluctuating electoral fortunes of a political campaign that becomes embroiled in the case.
❏ Read a book with multiple plot threads.
The 18th Abduction - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 6/15

✔ In season 3 a year after the Rosie Larsen case, Stephen Holder searches for a runaway girl and uncovers a string of murders connected to one of Sarah Linden's previous murder investigations. Linden, no longer a detective, must return to both a career and a case she had put behind her.
❏ Read a book with multiple connected murders.
The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/6

Linden wears a brown patterned sweater throughout the show, a nod to the famous sweaters her counterpart wore on Forbrydelsen (2007)
❏ Read a book with a 25% or more brown cover or a brown sweater on the cover.

480. Joyland
Duration: June 1 - August 30, 2021

✘ Case File: 480
✘ Date: June 2021
✘ Cold Case: 480. Joyland

✘Crime: Manslaughter
✘Suspect: Devin Jones
✘Location: North Carolina
✘Documentation: Joyland

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✥ Read a book tagged mystery.
The 18th Abduction - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 6/15

✥ Read a book with a child character.
The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner (Becky 8) 6/6

✥ Read a book with a ghost.
The Upstairs House - Julia Fine 7/13

✥ Read a book with a night scene on the cover.
The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden 8/27

✥ Read a book under 300 pages.
Wolf's Capture - Eve Langlais (246 pages) 6/19



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✥ shadow - Verse of the Vanguard - K.C. May 6/4
(an existence of shadow and empty depty), p63

✥ carnival - The Firefighter - Susan Lyons, et al 6/14
(the carnival is in town), p250

✥ coaster - Polar Bared - Eve Langlais 6/9
(I've been on worse roller-coaster rides), ch12

✥ beware - To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini 6/21
(beware the temptation of false hope), p597

✥ boardwalk - The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Kato 6/12
(along the elevated wooden boardwalk), p6



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✥ kiosk -
(), p

✥ fortune - Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9
(and the even bigger fortune), p115

✥ wheel - The Vine Witch - Luanne G. Smith 6/18
(locking up the wheels), p103


✥ sorrow - Verse of the Vanguard - K.C. May 6/4
(a sudden pang of sorrow), p52

✥ doll - The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/6
(a grotesque doll animated by machines), p141



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✥ beach - The Firefighter - Susan Lyons, et al 6/14
(we splash, play and make love on the beach), p84

✥ fright - To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini 6/21
(despite her instinctive fright), p444

✥ gloomy - Verse of the Vanguard - K.C. May 6/4
(despite the gloomy atmosphere), p11

✥ summer - The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/6
(there were beaches for summer fun), p14

✥ delirium - The Mad King - Jovee Winters 8/3
(I mumbled in my fevered delirium), p22



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✥ wax - Verse of the Vanguard - K.C. May 6/4
(the encasements was sealed ends), p70

✥ fun - All the Time You Need - Melissa Mayhue 6/11
(it wouldn't be nearly as much fun), p16

✥ costume - The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/6
(the jacket was part of Charlie's costume), p198

✥ mirror - Half Bad - Sally Green 6/5
(I am standing in front of the bathroom mirror), p29

✥ sweater - Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9
(the soft-looking purple sweater), p12

485. Crocodile on the Sandbank
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2021

✘ Case File: 485
✘ Date: July 2021
✘ Cold Case: 485.Crocodile on the Sandbank

✘Crime: Fraud
✘Suspect: Radcliffe Emerson
✘Location: Egypt
✘Documentation: Crocodile on the Sandbank

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✥ Read a book set in Africa.

✥ Read a book with with sand on the cover.
One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15

✥ Read a book tagged romance.
The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7

✥ Read a book where someone travels a long distance.
City of Stone - T.C. Edge 8/28
(MC travels from one end of the country to the other... on foot)

✥ Read a book published before 2000.
Child of the Grove - Tanya Huff (pub 1998) 8/25



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✥ awry - Roses in Moonlight - Lynn Kurland 9/18
(in case her plans went awry), p82

✥ foreign - X Marks the Scot - Kaitlyn Dunnett 9/11
(fighting terrorism on foreign soil), p68

✥ translator -
(), p

✥ guide - Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30
(I wasn't told that required a tour guide), p29

✥ shop -Broken Beautiful Hearts - Kami Garcia 8/22
(listening to dad talk shop with Hawk), p390



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✥ scholarship - Broken Beautiful Hearts - Kami Garcia 8/22
(we both know a soccer scholarship is a long shot for her), p12

✥ excavate -
(), p

✥ pottery -
(), p

✥ breeze - Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
(I shuddered as the breeze picked up), p46

✥ sanitation - This Fallen Prey - Kelley Armstrong 9/22
(duties of chopping and sanitation), ch17



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✥ bronze - Broken Beautiful Hearts - Kami Garcia 8/22
(after he won the bronze for the one hundred meter), p150

✥ tomb - One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15
(as well as Raphael's tomb), p79

✥ view - Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5
(my destination came into view), p23

✥ voyage - Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17
(the Wright Brother's maiden voyage), p165

✥ ancient - Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30
(ancient history, girl), p113



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✥ curses - The Walled City - Ryan Graudin 9/25
(piling together in a mess of curses), p3

✥ dust - Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30
(ashes to ashes and dust to dust), p12

✥ method - Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5
(his methods aren't the nicest), p265

✥ delight - A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik 9/18
(most people think he's a delight), p9

✥ mask - Broken Beautiful Hearts - Kami Garcia 8/22
(an ointment called The Cream to mask steroids), p60

487. Voodoo River
Duration: August 1 - October 31, 2021

✘ Case File: 487
✘ Date: August 2021
✘ Cold Case: 487. Voodoo River

✘Crime: Murder
✘Suspect: Jodie Taylor
✘Location: Louisiana
✘Documentation: Voodoo River

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✥ Read a book with water on the cover.
Death on Windmill Way - Carrie Doyle 8/12

✥ Read a book with a character who was adopted.
Prudence - Gail Carriger 10/24

✥ Read a book with word in the title or author’s name that is not in English.
USING - bail bond

✥ Read a book where regional cuisine is featured.
The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden (Russian) 8/27

✥ Read a book tagged thriller.
The Killing Hills - Chris Offutt 8/15



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✥ magnolia - Security - Gina Wohlsdorf 10/3
(folded in the shape of swans, magnolias and seashells), p3

✥ confidential - Every Dead Thing - John Connolly 10/8
(Parker this is confidential), p78

✥ swamp - Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5
(at walking in swamps), p16

✥ chocolate - Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30
(some chocolate brown as his pants), p109

✥ state - X Marks the Scot - Kaitlyn Dunnett 9/11
(Maritimes failed to become the fourteenth state), p119



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✥ identity - Dragons Don't Cry - D'Elen McClain 9/24
(brighter red sparks given his true identity away), p48

✥ whisper - Lions and the Living Dead - Ruby Loren 9/8
(taught a different kind of whisper), p29

✥ sausage - This Fallen Prey - Kelley Armstrong 9/22
(the person who made the sausages), ch19

✥ biological - Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5
(gone into the biological sciences), p86

✥ birth - Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
(he was the alpha dog from friggin birth), p161



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✥ humidity - The Darkest Hour - Maya Banks 10/10
(despire the oppressive heat and humity), p20

✥ sister - The Mad King - Jovee Winters 8/3
(father, sister and my best friend, Tabby), p2

✥ law - Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30
(but the law was the law), p7

✥ secret - Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17
(I shared with her my darkest secret), p265

✥ mansion - X Marks the Scot - Kaitlyn Dunnett 9/11
(brought her back to the Churchwick mansion), p4



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✥ shotgun - Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30
(Casey grabbed shotgun), p88

✥ oak - Lions and the Living Dead - Ruby Loren 9/8
(mighty oaks from little acorns grow), p60

✥ pillar - Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5
(her back against a pillar), p157

✥ forgive - Defeat the Darkness - Alexis Morgan 9/3
(and if I don't want to forgive you), p99

✥ mechanic - Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
(are you a mechanic), p41



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

493. A Head Full of Ghosts
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2021

✘ Case File: 493
✘ Date: September 2021
✘ Cold Case: 493. A Head Full of Ghosts

✘Crime: Murder
✘Suspect: Marjorie Barrett
✘Location: Massachusetts
✘Documentation: A Head Full of Ghosts

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✥ Read a book with child main character(s).
R.I.P. - Charity B. 10/23
✥ Read a book mpg horror.
Hekla's Children - James Brogden 11/23
✥ Read a book with a body part in the title.
Bryant & May and The Bleeding Heart - Christopher Fowler 11/9
✥ Read a book that was nominated for or won an award.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
✥ Read a book with flash backs.
A Merciful Truth - Kendra Elliot 11/11



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✥ staircase - Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
(as the staircase at the far wall demonstrated), p123

✥ interview - Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
(or fully interview this Mike Church), p78

✥ fragile - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
(she turns through the fragile old pages), p38

✥ labyrinth - Hekla's Children - James Brogden 11/23
(in amongst the labyrinth of trails), p17

✥ memory - 15 Seconds - Andrew Gross 11/5
(the memory seemed to come to her against her will), p75



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✥ forever - A Merciful Truth - Kendra Elliot 11/11
(it took forever), p186

✥ lost - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
(wanderer's were likely to get lost), p20

✥ church - Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
(accept work within the church), p46

✥ sister - Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
(but I won't be your sister), p142

✥ molasses - The Fourth Monkey - J.D. Barker 11/19
(reminded me of burnt toast and molasses), p142



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✥ story - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
(coaxes out another story), p25

✥ spider - Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
(but worked like reflective spiders), p139

✥ plaster - Bryant & May and The Bleeding Heart - Christopher Fowler 11/9
(dusty fake flowers and plaster statues), p241

✥ rational - 15 Seconds - Andrew Gross 11/5
(I needed her to be rational), p75

✥ empty - Blood Song - Cat Adams 11/5
(the store was empty), p172



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✥ tongue - Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
(then pulled her tongue forward), p67

✥ vomit - Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
(the sheet was soaked with vomit), p21

✥ demon - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
(as she calls her own daughter demon), p50

✥ mercy - Imprudence - Gail Carriger 10/31
(that was a kind of mercy), ch17

✥ crucifix - Bryant & May and The Bleeding Heart - Christopher Fowler 11/9
(to the nails and the crucifix), p141



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

497. Eight Perfect Murders
Duration: October 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022

✘ Case File: #497
✘ Date: October 2021
✘ Cold Case: #. Eight Perfect Murders

✘Crime: Murder
✘Suspect: Nick Pruitt
✘Location: Boston, Massachusetts
✘Documentation: Eight Perfect Murders

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✥ Read a book about books in some way.
The Secret Chapter - Genevieve Cogman 11/13

✥ Read a book with a number or murder in the title.
15 Seconds - Andrew Gross 11/5

✥ Read a book tagged mystery.
Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1

✥ Read a book set in a bookstore or the publishing world.

✥ Read a book with books or blood on the cover.
Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25



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✥ shelf - The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes 11/12
(third shelf on the left), p142

✥ employee - Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
(the employee punched in a security code), p125

✥ wife - You Will Remember Me - Hannah Mary McKinnon 11/15
(in front of your wife), p174

✥ deliberate - A Merciful Truth - Kendra Elliot 11/11
(making a deliberate show), p103

✥ edition - Witchmark - C.L. Polk 11/28
(those are all gold and key editions), p115



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✥ dealer - You Will Remember Me - Hannah Mary McKinnon 11/15
(I'd got from dealer Dave), p165

✥ train - Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
(seated at one of the upholstered train booths), p111

✥ ginger - Bryant & May and The Bleeding Heart - Christopher Fowler 11/9
(take a ginger biscuit on your way out), p52

✥ cat - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
(wonders if the cat remembers), p17

✥ list - A Merciful Truth - Kendra Elliot 11/11
(and the grocery list), p123



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✥ mask - All Is Not Forgotten - Wendy Walker 12/31
(that he wore a black wool mask), p25

✥ closet - A Merciful Truth - Kendra Elliot 11/11
(it wasn't in this closet), p16

✥ crowbar - Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
(he brought the crowbar down), p169


✥ alibi - Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
(so basically he had no alibi), p10

✥ overpass -
(), p



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✥ bottle - The Ghost Tree - Christina Henry 10/30
(or the bottom of a bottle), p110

✥ message - Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
(before he ever got the message), p21

✥ jolt - Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
(took a jolt for twenty-five to life), p10

✥ pale - Blood Song - Cat Adams 11/5
(he was pale), p9

✥ paperweight - You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15
(like hi tech paperweights), p281



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Leviathan Wakes
Duration: November 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022

✘ Case File: #
✘ Date: November 2021
✘ Cold Case: #. Leviathan Wakes

✘Crime: Smuggling
✘Suspect: Julie Mao
✘Location: Eros
✘Documentation: Leviathan Wakes

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✥ Read a book with at least 2 fairly different mpgs, ex. horror/humor.

✥ Read a book with multiple storylines.
Asteroid Made of Dragons - G. Derek Adams 12/28

✥ Read a book that's first in a series.
It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle 12/3

✥ Read a book that won or was nominated for an award.
Witchmark - C.L. Polk 11/28

✥ Read a book with a ship on the cover, space or otherwise.
The Forever Sea - Joshua Phillip Johnson 11/22



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✥ belt - Zoo - Tara Elizabeth 12/13
(my belt! We can use the cord), loc1834

✥ infrared - You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
(he took an infrared photograph of her), p53

✥ humanity - When Smiles Fade - Paige Dearth 12/4
(isolated from the rest of humanity), p27

✥ gravity - Manta's Gift - Timothy Zahn 12/4
(the gravity suit was a supreme nuisance), p219

✥ environment - Equal Parts - Emma Winters 1/16
(with the ability to blend in with her environment), p15



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✥ torpedo - Broken Ascension - Dave Walsh 1/9
(do we even have torpedos), p45

✥ panel - Manta's Gift - Timothy Zahn 12/4
(reaching again for the McCarthy panel), p173

✥ crew - Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan 12/18
(the emergency crew asked us to back away), p31

✥ command - The Edge of the Crazies - Jamie Harrison 12/19
(barking out slightly arbitrary commands), p127

✥ pilot - Curious Minds - Janet Evanovich & Phoef Sutton 12/10
(tell the pilots), p302



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✥ ship - Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan 12/18
(he's on a ship for four months), p104

✥ signal - A Stranger in Paradise - Tianna Xander 12/17
(to line up with the signal), p86

✥ broadcast - Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25
(as if it were being broadcast through an intercom), p98

✥ filter - Devil Days in Deadwood - Ann Charles 1/19
(lack of filters to capture the carbon dioxide), p150

✥ static - Manta's Gift - Timothy Zahn 12/4
(overlaid with a thick layer of statis), p181



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✥ alarm - You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
(twenty minutes before the alarm set on the clock), p271

✥ vibration - Manta's Gift - Timothy Zahn 12/4
(he began to feel the faint vibration), p279

✥ prodigal - Immortal Illusions - Ursula Bauer 12/30
(here was the prodigal son), loc113

✥ tissue - When Smiles Fade - Paige Dearth 12/4
(take a nibble of her sisters burned tissue), p24

✥ sick - Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich 12/4
(I hope he doesn't get sick), p5

Twelve Slays of Christmas
Duration: December 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022

✘ Case File: #
✘ Date: December 2021
✘ Cold Case: #. Twelve Slays of Christmas

✘Crime: Murder
✘Suspect: Bud White
✘Location: Mistletoe, Maine
✘Documentation: Twelve Slays of Christmas

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✥ Read a book with a holiday celebrated.
Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan 12/18

✥ Read a book with a main character that works with his or her hands.
Cookies and Clairvoyance - Bailey Cates (baker) 12/23

✥ Read a book tagged romance.
Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich 12/4

✥ Read a book with snow or stars on the cover.
Whiskey Straight Up - Nina Wright 12/18

✥ Read a book with an author whose last name is also a common noun. (In addition to being a proper one by virtue of being their name.)
Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25



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✥ sleigh - All I Want for Christmas Eve - Olivia Noble 1/15
(I saw you had a sleigh in the garage), p57

✥ historical - You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15
(rewrite all the historical files), p83

✥ gloves - Whiskey Straight Up - Nina Wright 12/18
(no shoes, socks, gloves, scarf or hat), p204

✥ tray - Betrayal's Shadow - K.H. LeMoyne 12/12
(he gestured towards the metal tray), p77

✥ honey - You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
(she tasted honey), p71



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✥ tree - You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
(the apple on the tree in Genesis), p59

✥ cocoa - Afterthought - Janet Clare 12/21
(added to the dry cocoa mix), p166

✥ coffee - Betrayal's Shadow - K.H. LeMoyne 12/12
(the coffee started to churn), p153

✥ reindeer - Cold Blood - Theresa Monsour 12/27
(a plastic snowman and a set of reindeer), p52

✥ cookie - Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan 12/18
(after delivering the gingerbread cookie gifts), p188



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✥ cinnamon - Afterthought - Janet Clare 12/21
(cinnamon toast sounded good), p15

✥ hearth - A Stranger in Paradise - Tianna Xander 12/17
(her hearth was cold), p8

✥ ornaments - Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan 12/18
(gumdrop ornaments hanging from the tree), p45

✥ society - Betrayal's Shadow - K.H. LeMoyne 12/12
(so long since a mating in our society), p113

✥ snowballs - Whiskey Straight Up - Nina Wright 12/18
(gleefully making stacks of snowballs), p218



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✥ necklace - Whiskey Straight Up - Nina Wright 12/18
(accented by a heavy pearl necklace), p18

✥ icy - A Stranger in Paradise - Tianna Xander 12/17
(terror gripped her tight with icy fingers), p35

✥ wind - You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
(and strong gusting wind), p70

✥ snow - You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15
(scrape the snow off the sign), p189

✥ craft - Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager 12/20
(it's the craft), p51



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

204. Breaking and Entering

Start Date: January 1, 2021
End Date:

Code #10 - 6042
[2841]
The Rivals - Mechele Armstrong (284 pages) 12/31
To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain (#1) 1/1
[3287]
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend (#3) 1/3
The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis (287 pages) 1/6
[3553]
Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner (355 pages) 1/7
Half-Off Ragnarok - Seanan McGuire (#3) 1/8
[3204]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith (320 pages) 1/9
The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis (#4) 1/8
[2450]
The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan (#2) 1/10
A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer (450 pages) 1/12
[3409]
Killer Physique - G.A. McKevett (#19) 1/13
Calamity Jayne Rides Again - Kathleen Bacus (340 pages) 1/14
[3840]
The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan (384 pages) 1/15
The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon (stand alone) 1/15
[2661]
The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore (266 pages) 1/17
Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren (#1) 1/16
[6042]
Wednesday's Child - Peter Robinson (#6) 3/20
The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore (#0) 1/17
Silver Zombie - Carole Nelson Douglas (#4) 2/16
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper - Carole Nelson Douglas (#2) 1/25

Code #11 - 9819
[0304]
The Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble - Clare Toohey (0) 3/22
Siren's Secret - Debbie Herbert (304 pages) 3/22
[3841]
Hard to Let Go - Laura Kaye (384 pages) 3/24
Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer (#1) 3/24
[4541]
The Silvered - Tanya Huff (454 pages) 3/26
The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Lowry Logan (#1) 3/27
[3843]
Stakes & Stilettos - Michelle Rowen (384 pages) 3/28
Torn - Chris Jordan (#3) 3/29
[3163]
Immortal Champion - Lisa Hendrix (316 pages) 3/30
Gathering Darkness - Morgan Rhodes (#3) 3/31
[1400]
Stolen Soul - Alex Rivers (#1) 3/31
Deadly Silence - Rebecca Zanetti (400 pages) 4/1
[3202]
One Cold Night - Kate Pepper (320 pages) 4/1
Dark Water Dive - Kathy Brandt (#2) 4/3
[1922]
Sticks - Joan Bauer (192 pages) 4/4
The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths (#12) 4/8
[2661]
Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley (266 pages) 4/9
The Heir of Night - Helen Lowe (#1) 4/10
[3336]
The Burning Page - Genevieve Cogman (#3) 4/10
The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney (336 pages) 4/10
[7550]
I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus (#7) 4/15
The Snowman - Jo Nesbø (550 pages) 4/17
[3898]
Changeless - Gail Carriger (389 pages) 4/20
A Glimpse of Evil - Victoria Laurie (#8) 4/19
[2990]
The Unexpected Bride - Elizabeth Rolls (299 pages) 4/23
The Dragon Book - Jack Dann (standalone) 4/21
[9819]
The Fire King - Marjorie M. Liu (#9) 4/30
The 18th Abduction - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 6/15 | (Women's Murder Club #18 )
Into Aether - L.M. Fry (#1) 4/23
Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair (#9) 6/9

Breaking and Entering

Code #12 - 4190
[3867]
Timeless - Gail Carriger (386 pages) 6/25
Hunt Her Down - Roxanne St. Claire (#7) 6/25
[3561]
His Boots Under Her Bed - Ana Leigh (356 pages) 6/26
Beneath the Thirteen Moons - Kathryne Kennedy (#1) 6/26
[5340]
Grizzly Love - Eve Langlais (#5) 6/28
Half Lost - Sally Green (340 pages) 6/28
[1293]
In the Middle of Somewhere - Roan Parrish (#1) 6/30
Styx's Storm - Lora Leigh (293 pages) 7/4
[0374]
Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie (stand alone) 7/8
Hometown Girl - Mariah Stewart (374 pages) 7/6
[2341]
Croc's Return - Eve Langlais (234 pages) 7/9
A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams (#1) 7/10
[4368]
In an Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire (#4) 7/11
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination - John Joseph Adams (368 pages) 7/11
[4190]
Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire (Incryptid #4) 9/5
Dragon Fever - Elsa Jade (#1) 7/17
Roses in Moonlight - Lynn Kurland (#9) 9/18
The Upstairs House - Julia Fine (standalone) 7/13

Code #13 - 2377
[3594]
This Fallen Prey - Kelley Armstrong (359 pages) 9/22
Protector - Anna Hackett (#4) 9/23
[1464]
Dragons Don't Cry - D'Elen McClain (#1) 9/24
The Walled City - Ryan Graudin (464 pages) 9/25
[3687]
Watcher in the Woods - Kelley Armstrong (368 pages) 9/28
Silent Night - J.D. Robb (#7.5) 9/28
[1378]
Getting It! - Rhonda Nelson (#1) 10/1
They Never Learn - Layne Fargo (378 pages) 9/30
[0336]
Security - Gina Wohlsdorf (#0) 10/3
Blaze - Donna Grant (336 pages) 10/2
[3379]
Mystical Warrior - Janet Chapman (#3) 10/5
The Look of Love - Bella Andre (379 pages) 10/6
[4672]
Every Dead Thing - John Connolly (467 pages) 10/8
Darkest Journey - Heather Graham (#20) 10/7
[2883]
Murder Packs a Suitcase - Cynthia Baxter (288 pages) 10/9
Playing Dead - Allison Brennan (#3) 10/9
[2304]
Heat - Donna Grant (#12) 10/10
The Darkest Hour - Maya Banks (304 pages) 10/10
[4335]
The Mortal Word - Genevieve Cogman (433 pages) 10/12
Alone in the Wild - Kelley Armstrong (#5) 10/12
[4421]
Onyx - Jennifer L. Armentrout (421 pages or #2) 10/14
Killer Insight - Victoria Laurie (#4) 10/15
[2377]
Frightfully Fortune - Jana Deleon (#20) 10/21
SEALed with a Ring - Mary-Margret Daughtridge (#3) 10/17
Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell (#7) 11/1
Stranger in the Moonlight - Jude Deveraux (#7) 11/18

Code #14 - 7394
[1464]
Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell ( #1) 11/20
The Forever Sea - Joshua Phillip Johnson 464 pages) 11/22
[0256]
Hekla's Children - James Brogden (standalone) 11/23
The Child Finder - Rene Denfeld (256 pages) 11/25
[3951]
Eeny Meeny - M.J. Arlidge (395 pages or #1) 11/25
Mind Games - Carolyn Crane (#1) 11/26
[1339]
A Terrible Beauty - Tasha Alexander (#1) 11/26
Reticence - Gail Carriger (339 pages) 11/27
[8318]
The Jungle - Clive Cussler (#8) 11/27
Witchmark - C.L. Polk (318 pages) 11/28
[3742]
Quiet in Her Bones - Nalini Singh (374 pages) 12/2
It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle (2 on cover) 12/3
[0416]
When Smiles Fade - Paige Dearth (stand alone) 12/4
Manta's Gift - Timothy Zahn (416 pages) 12/4
[0292]
Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich (standalone) 12/4
A Reasonable Doubt - Phillip Margolin (292 pages) 12/5
[0352]
A Sinister Six - Steve Boseley (standalone) 12/7
The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus (352 pages) 12/7
[7394]
Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan (A Five Ingredient Mystery #7) 12/18
Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager (Victoria Bowering #3) 12/20
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#4

Horror Stories



#2. My sister says that mommy killed her. Mommy says that I do not have a sister. (18)

M: [Katharine Martini] Alien Diplomacy - Gini Koch 2/22
Y: You Belong with Me - Tari Faris 2/22
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S: A Symphony of Echoes - Jodi Taylor 2/29
I: Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands 3/25
S: [Shane Murphy] Endless Heart - Emma Lang 2/28
T: You Belong with Me - Tari Faris 2/22
E: Full Bloom - Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes 2/25
R: The Emperor's Seal - Amanda Roberts 3/27
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S: 22 Indigo Place - Sandra Brown 2/28
A: [Annie Fortenberry] Full Bloom - Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes 2/25
Y: The Day is Dark - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 2/26
S: [Lisbeth Salander] The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz 4/6
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T: [Terri Rayburn] Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux 2/23
H: [Hannah Thornton] You Belong with Me - Tari Faris 2/22
A: Alien Diplomacy - Gini Koch 2/22
T: [Thora Gudmundsdottir] The Day is Dark - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 2/26
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M: Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux 2/23
O: [Ophelia Flax] Snow White Red-Handed - Maia Chance 4/12
M: [Modo] The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade 2/28
M: [Madeleine Maxwell] A Symphony of Echoes - Jodi Taylor 2/29
Y: Yesterday's Thief - Al Macy 3/7
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K: Alien Diplomacy - Gini Koch 2/22
I: [Ignatio Ferras] The Overlook - Michael Connelly 4/14
L: Endless Heart - Emma Lang 2/28
L: The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz 4/6
E: [Erick Beckman]Yesterday's Thief - Al Macy 3/7
D: Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux 2/23
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H: [Heart #30] Endless Heart - Emma Lang 2/28
E: The Emperor's Seal - Amanda Roberts 3/27
R: [Restoring Heritage #1] You Belong with Me - Tari Faris 2/22
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M: [Maddie Faraday] Tell Me Lies - Jennifer Crusie 3/8
O: [Olivia] Visions and Nightmares - A.F. Stewart 4/14
M: Yesterday's Thief - Al Macy 3/7
M: Mismatch - Tami Hoag 3/13
Y: [Yumeko] Shadow of the Fox - Julie Kagawa 4/20 (
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S: Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands 3/25
A: [Alaina Montgomery] Keeping Company - Tami Hoag 3/9
Y: Bentley - M.L. Young 5/31
S: Where Demons Fear to Tread - Stephanie Chong 4/8
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T: 22 Indigo Place - Sandra Brown 2/28
H: The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade 2/28
A: [Argeneau #30] Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands 3/25
T: A Symphony of Echoes - Jodi Taylor 2/29
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I: [Immortal Vegas #1] Getting Wilde - Jenn Stark 5/4
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D: The Day is Dark - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 2/26
O: The Overlook - Michael Connelly 4/14
N: [Laura Nolan] 22 Indigo Place - Sandra Brown 2/28
T: Tell Me Lies - Jennifer Crusie 3/8
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H: Keeping Company - Tami Hoag 3/9
A: [Allie Chambers] Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands 3/25
V: [Victoria Lord] Trial & Error - Paul Levine 5/16
E: Endless Heart - Emma Lang 2/28
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A: The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade 2/28
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S: Spindle's End - Robin McKinley 4/11
I: [Izzy Titan] Straight from the Hip - Susan Mallery 5/14
S: [Serena St Clair] Where Demons Fear to Tread - Stephanie Chong 4/8
T: Mismatch - Tami Hoag 3/13
E: [Eric Beckman #1] Yesterday's Thief - Al Macy 3/7
R: [Rainbow Chasers #2] Keeping Company - Tami Hoag 3/9

#8. She wondered why she was casting two shadows. After all, there was only a single lightbulb. (21)

S: [Sarah Watkins] The Savior - JR Ward 3/10
H: Hot Blooded - Donna Grant 3/2
E: [Eagle & Jaguar #1] City of the Beasts - Isabel Allende 2/20
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W: Wake of Vultures - Lila Bowen 3/12
O: One Potion in the Grave - Heather Blake 3/22
N: [Nick Chastian] You're Gonna Love Me - Robin Lee Hatcher 3/20
D: [Dark Kings #4] Hot Blooded - Donna Grant 3/2
E: [Eli Younger] Dark Queen - Faith Hunter 3/29
R: Running into Love - Aurora Rose Reynolds 2/29
E: Houston, We Have A Problem - Erin McCarthy 4/2
D: Undermajordomo Minor - Patrick deWitt 2/27
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W: Bonded - Laura Wright 4/13
H: Heartbreak and Honor - Collette Cameron 3/15
Y: [Jane Yellowrock #12] Dark Queen - Faith Hunter 3/29
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S: [Summoner 0.5] The Outcast - Taran Matharu 3/30
H: One Potion in the Grave - Heather Blake 3/22
E: Everything's Relative - Jenna McCarthy 5/15
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W: Witch's Reign - Shannon Mayer 4/25
A: Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 3/14
S: Gabe - Susan Fisher-Davis 4/5
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C: City of the Beasts - Isabel Allende 2/20
A: Running into Love - Aurora Rose Reynolds 2/29
S: Song of the Sea Spirit - K.C. May 4/18
T: [Tasara Faas] Heartbreak and Honor - Collette Cameron 3/15
I: [Iona Campbell] Hot Blooded - Donna Grant 3/2
N: [Nebo] At Death's Door - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/17
G: Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon 3/19
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T: They Had Goat Heads - D. Harlan Wilson 4/5
W: The Savior - JR Ward 3/10
O: The Outcast - Taran Matharu 3/30
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S: [Jennifer Strange] The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde 2/21
H: Dark Queen - Faith Hunter 3/29
A: Another Fine Myth - Robert Lynn Asprin 3/28
D: Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon 3/19
O: Terrified - Kevin O'Brien 4/4
W: Wolves of the Northern Rift - Jon Messenger 3/26
S: [The Shadow #1] Wake of Vultures - Lila Bowen 3/12
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A: At Death's Door - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/17
F: The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde 2/21
T: The Outcast - Taran Matharu 3/30
E: [Emma Conner] Gabe - Susan Fisher-Davis 4/5
R: You're Gonna Love Me - Robin Lee Hatcher 3/20
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A: [Adam Shaw] The Island - Lisa Henry 4/16
L: The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde 2/21
L: [Lucy Minor] Undermajordomo Minor - Patrick deWitt 2/27
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T: Terrified - Kevin O'Brien 4/4
H: Houston, We Have A Problem - Erin McCarthy 4/2
E: [Emily Shiver] Bonded - Laura Wright 4/13
R: [Rhett Hennessey] Wake of Vultures - Lila Bowen 3/12
E: [Elizabeth Douglas] The Rock - Monica McCarty 5/25
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W: They Had Goat Heads - D. Harlan Wilson 4/5
A: Another Fine Myth - Robert Lynn Asprin 3/28
S: The Savior - JR Ward 3/10
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O: [Oz Revamped #1] Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon 3/19
N: [Nadia Santos] City of the Beasts - Isabel Allende 2/20
L: [Levi Fremont] Running into Love - Aurora Rose Reynolds 2/29
Y: You're Gonna Love Me - Robin Lee Hatcher 3/20
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A: [Arcturus] The Outcast - Taran Matharu 3/30
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S: [Skeeve] Another Fine Myth - Robert Lynn Asprin 3/28
I: City of the Beasts - Isabel Allende 2/20
N: [Nick Chopper] Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon 3/19
G: Hot Blooded - Donna Grant 3/2
L: [Last Dragonslayer #1] The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde 2/21
E: [Ellie Lyndon] Brighter Than the Sun - Julia Quinn 5/30
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L: [Luthor Strong] Wolves of the Northern Rift - Jon Messenger 3/26
I: The Island - Lisa Henry 4/16
G: Gabe - Susan Fisher-Davis 4/5
H: [Houston Hayes] Houston, We Have A Problem - Erin McCarthy 4/2
T: [Thunder Creek #2] You're Gonna Love Me - Robin Lee Hatcher 3/20
B: [Black Dagger Brotherhood #17] The Savior - JR Ward 3/10
U: Undermajordomo Minor - Patrick deWitt 2/27
L: The Last Suppers - Diane Mott Davidson 4/5
B: Wake of Vultures - Lila Bowen 3/12

#6. I woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until I heard it come from the mirror again. (25)

I: Inferno - Dan Brown 3/15
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W: When Sparks Fly - Autumn Dawn 3/26
O: Blood & Water - Katie O'Rourke 4/4
K: Fuzzy Navel - J.A. Konrath 2/24
E: Echo North - Joanna Ruth Meyer 3/16
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U: Unleashed - Cherrie Lynn 4/25
P: [Piers Yelverton] When Beauty Tamed the Beast - Eloisa James 4/10
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T: Crown of Death - Keary Taylor 3/4
O: Angel of Mercy - Lisa Olsen 4/21
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H: [Hans-Peter Schneider] Cari Mora - Thomas Harris 3/15
E: Haunted Ground - Erin Hart 3/24
A: Any Witch Way You Can - Amanda M. Lee 4/10
R: [Robert Langdon #4] Inferno - Dan Brown 3/15
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K: [Keelie] The Jigsaw Woman - Kim Antieau 2/26
N: Night Diver - Elizabeth Lowell 3/25
O: [Olivia Taylor-Jones] Rituals - Kelley Armstrong 5/6
C: A Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill 3/1
K: Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches - Karen Rose Smith 3/28
I: [Ian Iskandar] Memoirs of a Dragon Hunter - Katie MacAlister 4/4
N: [Nora Gavin] Haunted Ground - Erin Hart 3/24
G: [Caleb Gilbert] Shifting Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter 3/13
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O: A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer 4/28
N: Now You See Her - Linda Howard 3/27
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G: Hotshot - Julie Garwood 4/10
L: [Logan Pierce] Crown of Death - Keary Taylor 3/4
A: When Sparks Fly - Autumn Dawn 3/26
S: [Sienna Brooks] Inferno - Dan Brown 3/15
S: Split Feather - Deborah Wolf 3/21
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A: The Jigsaw Woman - Kim Antieau 2/26
T: Cari Mora - Thomas Harris 3/15
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F; Fuzzy Navel - J.A. Konrath 2/24
I: [Ignatius] The Cat's Meow - Robert Wright Campbell 4/9
R: [Richard Worth] Now You See Her - Linda Howard 3/27
S: [Siggy Aleksov] Split Feather - Deborah Wolf 3/21
T: Time Windows - Kathryn Reiss 4/3
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I: The Devourers - Indra Das 5/29
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T: [Tim] Blood & Water - Katie O'Rourke 4/4
H: [Jess Herlie] The Unforgiven - Patricia MacDonald 3/23
O: [Olliver Campbell] Waking Hearts - Elizabeth Hunter 5/21
U: Divide & Conquer - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 5/2
G: Twice as Hot - Gena Showalter 4/27
H: Haunted Ground - Erin Hart 3/24
T: [Tristan] Sacrificed to the Dragon - Jessie Donovan 4/7
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I: Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews 6/11
T: A Tale of Two Biddies - Kylie Logan 4/23
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W: Split Feather - Deborah Wolf 3/21
A: Any Witch Way You Can - Amanda M. Lee 4/10
S: Shifting Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter 3/13
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T: [Tate Harper] Sugar and Iced - Jenn McKinlay 4/26
H: [Holden Cameron] Night Diver - Elizabeth Lowell 3/25
E: [Echo Alkaev] Echo North - Joanna Ruth Meyer 3/16
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W: When Beauty Tamed the Beast - Eloisa James 4/10
I: Highland Dragon Warrior - Isabel Cooper 6/17
N: [Nancy Miller] Smooth Irish - Jennifer Saints 4/22
D: [Jack Daniels] Fuzzy Navel - J.A. Konrath 2/24
O: Loving on Borrowed Time - Olivia Cunning 5/22
W: [Wicked Witches of Michigan #1] Any Witch Way You Can - Amanda M. Lee 4/10
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U: The Unforgiven - Patricia MacDonald 3/23
N: [Noah Turner] A Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill 3/1
T: Twice as Hot - Gena Showalter 4/27
I: Highland Dragon Rebel - Isabel Cooper 6/23
L: Now You See Her - Linda Howard 3/27
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I: [Izrail] The Devourers - Indra Das 5/29
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H: Hotshot - Julie Garwood 4/10
E: Night Diver - Elizabeth Lowell 3/25
A: Along Came a Cowboy - Christine Lynxwiler 4/12
R: Time Windows - Kathryn Reiss 4/3
D: Inferno - Dan Brown 3/15
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I: [Isi] Talon/Xavier - Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 6/27
T: [Thistle] Any Witch Way You Can - Amanda M. Lee 4/10
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C: Crown of Death - Keary Taylor 3/4
O: [Samantha Owens] A Deeper Darkness - J.T. Ellison 5/28
M: The Unforgiven - Patricia MacDonald 3/23
E: When Beauty Tamed the Beast - Eloisa James 4/10
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F: [Fairy Tales #2] When Beauty Tamed the Beast - Eloisa James 4/10
R: The Cat's Meow - Robert Wright Campbell 4/9
O: Boundary Crossed - Melissa F. Olson 6/2
M: Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches - Karen Rose Smith 3/28
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T: [Tatum Gray] A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer 4/28
H: A Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill 3/1
E: Shifting Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter 3/13
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M: Echo North - Joanna Ruth Meyer 3/16
I: [Innkeeper Chronicles #4] Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews 6/11
R: Sandman Slim - Richard Kadrey 4/18
R: [Richie Monroe] A Tale of Two Biddies - Kylie Logan 4/23
O: [Alice O'Brien] King of Hearts - Cheyenne McCray 6/7
R: [Rachel Donovan] Along Came a Cowboy - Christine Lynxwiler 4/12
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A: [Axelle Daniels] Fighting Fate - J.B. Salsbury 4/19
G: [Gem Harrisdaughter] When Sparks Fly - Autumn Dawn 3/26
A: Angel of Mercy - Lisa Olsen 4/21
I: Highland Dragon Master - Isabel Cooper 6/28
N: [Nora Gavin #1] Haunted Ground - Erin Hart 3/24

#12. They delivered the mannequins in bubble wrap. From the main room I begin to hear popping. (20)

T: [Tallitha Mouldson] The Morrow Secrets - Susan McNally 3/17
H: A Hidden Fire - Elizabeth Hunter 4/24
E: Bone Driven - Hailey Edwards 3/18
Y: Your Blue Eyed Boy - Helen Dunmore 4/13
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D: Death of Darkness - Dianne Duvall 3/4
E: Brody - Emma Lang 4/11
L: [Lords of the Underworld #15] The Darkest King - Gena Showalter 3/20
I: [Iris Muir] Dorchadas House - Emmanuelle de Maupassant 4/22
V: Verses for the Dead - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/1
E: [Ellie Frias] I Stop Somewhere - T.E. Carter 4/21
R: Lure of Song and Magic - Patricia Rice 4/15
E: [Esben Baylor] 180 Seconds - Jessica Park 4/29
D: [Dane Burroughs] My Lord Raven - Tamela Quijas 3/3
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T: A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Grey 3/22
H: Your Blue Eyed Boy - Helen Dunmore 4/13
E: Desert Bound - Elizabeth Hunter 4/30
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M: The Morrow Secrets - Susan McNally 3/17
A: The Many Sins of Lord Cameron - Jennifer Ashley 3/20
N: Night's Blaze - Donna Grant 5/9
N: [Nightrunner #1] Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling 5/11
E: A Hidden Fire - Elizabeth Hunter 4/24
Q: My Lord Raven - Tamela Quijas 3/3
U: Unsafe Haven - Char Chaffin 3/28
I: [Immortal Guardians #9] Death of Darkness - Dianne Duvall 3/4
N: [Nainoa Flores] Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn 7/7
S: Snow Blood - Carol McKibben 3/25
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I: I Stop Somewhere - T.E. Carter 4/21
N: [Nellie Cavendish] Hidden Salem - Kay Hooper 7/15
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B: Betrayals - Kelley Armstrong 4/3
U: Fish & Chips - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 3/31
B: [Brogio] Snow Blood - Carol McKibben 3/25
B: Bone Driven - Hailey Edwards 3/18
L: [Leah Turner] Death of Darkness - Dianne Duvall 3/4
E: Dorchadas House - Emmanuelle de Maupassant 4/22
W: [William] The Darkest King - Gena Showalter 3/20
R: [Ravensmoor Saga #1]My Lord Raven - Tamela Quijas 3/3
A: [Adam Wu] Bone Driven - Hailey Edwards 3/18
P: Provoked - Rebecca Zanetti 3/6
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F: [Foundling #1] Bone Driven - Hailey Edwards 3/18
R: Rebel Wolf - Amy Green 4/28
O: [Olivia Graham] Brody - Emma Lang 4/11
M: The Morrow Secrets - Susan McNally 3/17
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T: [Teodora Vasquez] Desert Bound - Elizabeth Hunter 4/30
H: Jar of Hearts - Jennifer Hillier 3/28
E: [Edie Amos] Three Bedrooms In Chelsea - Liz Ireland 5/4
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M: My Lord Raven - Tamela Quijas 3/3
A: [Amber Freebird] Provoked - Rebecca Zanetti 3/6
I: [Iain Sumner] Mariana - Susanna Kearsley 6/30
N: New Year's Eve Murder - Leslie Meier 7/28
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R: [Ronald Bancroft] The Peculiar Boars of Malloy - Doug Crandell 3/5
O: [Orabella] Servant of the Forest - Shona Husk 4/25
O: 180 Seconds - Jessica Park 4/29
M: The Many Sins of Lord Cameron - Jennifer Ashley 3/20
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I: [Ian Donovan] Rebel Wolf - Amy Green 4/28
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B: The Pumpkin Patch - Darien Cox & Kade Boehme 3/21
E: [Eleanor] Magical Mechanications - Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris 5/31
G: The Darkest King - Gena Showalter 3/20
I: Three Bedrooms In Chelsea - Liz Ireland 5/4
N: Come Home Again - Nana Malone 7/31
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T: [Ty Grady] Fish & Chips - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 3/31
O: [Olivia Taylor-Jones] Betrayals - Kelley Armstrong 4/3
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H: Servant of the Forest - Shona Husk 4/25
E: [Emma Bloom] A Map of Days - Ransom Riggs 6/12
A: [Ainsley Douglas] The Many Sins of Lord Cameron - Jennifer Ashley 3/20
R: Provoked - Rebecca Zanetti 3/6
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P: The Peculiar Boars of Malloy - Doug Crandell 3/5
O: Of Blood and Ashes - Kyoko M 5/26
P: The Pumpkin Patch - Darien Cox & Kade Boehme 3/21
P: [Paul Markov] A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Grey 3/22
I: [Ilan] Magic of Thieves - C. Greenwood 7/18
N: New Uses for Old Boyfriends - Beth Kendrick 7/17
G: [Georgina Shaw] Jar of Hearts - Jennifer Hillier 3/28

#1. There was a picture of me in my phone of me sleeping. I live alone. (15)

T: Twinepathy - C.B. Cook 5/7
H: The Law of Moses - Amy Harmon 5/2
E: The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love - Erin Quinn 4/30
R: Rendezvous With Yesterday - Dianne Duvall 5/5
E: Murder by the Book - Lauren Elliott 6/15

W: Wasted - Suzannah Daniels 5/10
A: The Last Necromancer - C.J. Archer 4/30
S: Seeing Red - Jill Shalvis 5/7

A: A Beginner's Guide to Paradise - Alex Sheshunoff 5/7

P: [Selene Pavlenco] Darker Than Night - Kim Lenox 5/6
I: [In Death #50] Golden in Death - J.D. Robb 7/8
C: [Charlotte Holloway] The Last Necromancer - C.J. Archer 4/30
T: [Thuro] Ghost King - David Gemmell 5/8
U: The Ballerina & the Fighter - Ursula Sinclair 6/27
R: [Roxanne Love] The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love - Erin Quinn 4/30
E: [Ellie Engleman] Heir of the Dog -Judi McCoy 6/18

O: [Lucas O'Callaghan] Witches' Brew - Morgana Best 6/25
F: The Final Fight - JD Salsbury 6/3

M: [Made Marian #3] Jumping Jude - Lucy Lennox 4/26
E: [Embraced by Magic #1] How to Love Your Elf - Kerrelyn Sparks 6/20

I: Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose 7/9
N: Necessary Magic - Val St. Crowe 7/3

M: [Moses Wright] The Law of Moses - Amy Harmon 5/2
Y: [Yumeko] Soul of the Sword - Julie Kagawa 6/22

P: Plaid and Plagiarism - Molly MacRae 6/6
H: The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne 5/9
O: [Ollie Morris] Painter For Hire - D.K. Holmberg 7/28
N: Alpha Night - Nalini Singh 8/1
E: Highfire - Eoin Colfer 7/24

O: Chinook, Wine and Sink Her - Morgan Q. O'Reilly 7/29
F: The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love - Erin Quinn 4/30

M: [Ministry of Curiosities #1] The Last Necromancer - C.J. Archer 4/30
E: [Estelle Swann] Cursed - Alexa Egan 7/24

S: [Shadow Guard #3] Darker Than Night - Kim Lenox 5/6
L: Jumping Jude - Lucy Lennox 4/26
E: [Eve Dallas] Golden in Death - J.D. Robb 7/8
E: [Emma Frost] Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose 7/9
P: [Percy Jackson] The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan 6/10
I: Bayon/Jean-Baptiste - Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 7/25
N: [Nexi Jones] The Willow - Stacey Kennedy 8/3
G: Ghost King - David Gemmell 5/8

I: [Iain Cosgrove] Dark Voyage - Helen Susan Swift 9/7

L: The Last Necromancer - C.J. Archer 4/30
I: The Persuasion - Iris Johansen 9/11
V: Valentine Murder - Leslie Meier 5/17
E: [Everett Moreau] Highfire - Eoin Colfer 7/24

A: [Alex] A Beginner's Guide to Paradise - Alex Sheshunoff 5/7
L: The Law of Moses - Amy Harmon 5/2
O: [Maggie O'Dell] Before Evil - Alex Kava 7/25
N: Night of the Dragon - Julie Kagawa 8/8
E: Cursed - Alexa Egan 7/24

#15. I arrived at the funeral a few minutes late. Nobody acknowledged me, and I figured out why when I looked into the casket and saw myself. (29)

I: Igniting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 9/25

A: [Argun] Mermaid's Destiny - Mira Crest 5/15
R: Spawned By The Dragon - Amira Rain 5/16
R: [Raven] Grave Hauntings - Charity Parkerson 5/25
I: [Isolfr] A Companion to Wolves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 9/30
V: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente 5/21
E: [Trade Ellis] Traggedy Ann - Sinclair Browning 7/19
D: A Death at the Yoga Café - Michelle Kelly 5/15

A: Lord of Snow and Shadows - Sarah Ash 5/18
T: Age of the Ashers - Diana Tyler 5/17

T: Kill Creek - Scott Thomas 5/20
H: [Houri Legends #1] Jack and Djinn - Jasinda Wilder 5/10
E: Suddenly Psychic - Elizabeth Hunter 8/1

F: [Friday Harbor #3] Dream Lake - Lisa Kleypas 5/19
U: [Uriel] Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/19
N: [Nadira Demir] The Razor's Edge - Joss Llewelyn 6/23
E: Murder in the Storybook Cottage - Ellery Adams 8/7
R: Armed & Dangerous - Abigail Roux 5/30
A: The Martian - Andy Weir 5/23
L: [Lucy Sinclair] Home for the Summer - Mariah Stewart 5/13

A: Age of the Ashers - Diana Tyler 5/17

F: [Fairyland #1] The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente 5/21
E: Fallen Angel - Eden Bradley 8/19
W: Jack and Djinn - Jasinda Wilder 5/10

M: A Death at the Yoga Café - Michelle Kelly 5/15
I: [Iskryne World #2] The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3
N: Nine Lives - Sharon Sala 9/30
U: UNSUB - Meg Gardiner 7/27
T: [Tommy Clark] Spawned By The Dragon - Amira Rain 5/16
E: An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/10
S: Home for the Summer - Mariah Stewart 5/13

L: Lord of Snow and Shadows - Sarah Ash 5/18
A: [Alex Nolan] Dream Lake - Lisa Kleypas 5/19
T: [Tatyana Petrova] Hunter - Jax 6/9
E: By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates 8/20

N: Nuts - Alice Clayton 10/14
O: [Olivia Winters] Private Affair - Rebecca York 8/16
B: Back in Black - Lori Foster 6/5
O: [Oxford Teahouse Mystery #1] A Scone to Die For - H.Y. Hanna 8/24
D: Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire 6/4
Y: [Yuki Castellano] The 17th Suspect - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 10/20

A: Armed & Dangerous - Abigail Roux 5/30
C: Mermaid's Destiny - Mira Crest 5/15
K: [Keeley Carpenter] A Death at the Yoga Café - Michelle Kelly 5/15
N: [Natalie Barnes] Murder Most Maine - Karen MacInerney 11/3
O: The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9
W: Gray Wolf: A legends of Ansu fantasy - J.W. Webb 5/13
L: Dream Lake - Lisa Kleypas 5/19
E: [Ethan Burke] Pines - Blake Crouch 8/28
D: Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My - Denise Swanson 6/16
G: [Gavril Andar] Lord of Snow and Shadows - Sarah Ash 5/18
E: [Embraced by Magic #2] The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3
D: [Daniel Gard] The Age of Ash - Andrenik Y. Sergoyan 6/20

M: [Miriam al-Mansur] Jack and Djinn - Jasinda Wilder 5/10
E: The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3

A: Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux 6/9
N: [Natalie Goodwin] Leaving Normal - Stef Ann Holm 11/5
D: [Drew Black] Back in Black - Lori Foster 6/5

I: Intimate Beings - Jessica Barksdale Inclan 10/23

F: [Friday Harbor #4] Crystal Cove - Lisa Kleypas 5/23
I: [Isolfr] The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3
G: Gray Wolf: A legends of Ansu fantasy - J.W. Webb 5/13
U: [Ulrik] Soul Scorched - Donna Grant 8/20
R: Courting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 6/2
E: [Eglantine Knight] It's All Greek to Me - Katie MacAlister 10/24
D: Dream Lake - Lisa Kleypas 5/19

O: Of Dawn and Embers - Kyoko M. 10/24
U: Unexpected Mates - Grace Brennan 9/26
T: [Tears of Artamon #1] Lord of Snow and Shadows - Sarah Ash 5/18

W: [Wayward Children #2] Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire 6/4
H: Home for the Summer - Mariah Stewart 5/13
Y: Private Affair - Rebecca York 8/16

W: Within These Walls - Ania Ahlborn 6/28
H: Healer's Choice - Jory Strong 6/5
E: Driven - Eve Kenin 8/5
N: [Nicole Thorn] Black Magic - S.J. Davis 9/12

I: Intimate Beings - Jessica Barksdale Inclan 10/23

L: Crystal Cove - Lisa Kleypas 5/23
O: Of Fury and Fangs - Kyoko M. 10/31
O: Officer off Limits - Tessa Bailey 11/27
K: Kill Creek - Scott Thomas 5/20
E: [Ethan Ross] Age of the Ashers - Diana Tyler 5/17
D: [Devereaux's Dime Store #6] Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My - Denise Swanson 6/16

I: It's All Greek to Me - Katie MacAlister 10/24
N: The Naked Earl - Sally MacKenzie 11/20
T: [Ty Grady] Armed & Dangerous - Abigail Roux 5/30
O: One Grave Too Many - Beverly Connor 12/8

T: [Ty Grady] Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux 6/9
H: Hunter - Jax 6/9
E: [Elohl den'Alrahel] Blackmark - Jean Lowe Carlson 10/17

C: [Chesapeake Diaries #5] Home for the Summer - Mariah Stewart 5/13
A: All Knight Long - John G. Hartness 7/9
S: Spawned By The Dragon - Amira Rain 5/16
K: [Kestrel Trajan] The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski 7/5
E: A Companion to Wolves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 9/30
T: Traggedy Ann - Sinclair Browning 7/19

A: Within These Walls - Ania Ahlborn 6/28
N: [Noah Fierro] More Than a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 11/22
D: Drink of Me - Jacquelyn Frank 7/19

S: [September] The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente 5/21
A: The Age of Ash - Andrenik Y. Sergoyan 6/20
W: The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski 7/5

M: Mermaid's Destiny - Mira Crest 5/15
Y: Dark Warrior - Rebecca York 8/14
S: [Sam McCarver] Kill Creek - Scott Thomas 5/20
E: Awaken the Curse - Alexa Egan 7/16
L: Back in Black - Lori Foster 6/5
F: Shattered Bonds - Faith Hunter 5/24

#3. I awoke to the sound of the baby monitor crackling with a voice comforting my firstborn child. As I adjusted to a new position, my arm brushed against my wife, sleeping next to me. (37)

I: [Irene Winters] The Masked City - Genevieve Cogman 10/30

A: The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken 6/28
W: Winter's Tale - Emma Holly 8/4
O: Rosemary and Crime - Gail Oust 12/11
K: [Khalila Seif] Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine 6/14
E: Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter 11/12

T: [Tristan Hart] The Vicious Deep - Zoraida Córdova 6/8
O: [Orion] The Rivals - Mechele Armstrong 12/31

T: [Tina Epson] Being Familiar With a Witch - Sapphire Phelan 8/4
H: The Vanishing of Katharina Linden - Helen Grant 7/7
E: [Eve Dallas] Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb 11/13

S: Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine 6/13
O: [Maeve O'Connor} [book:The Hidden World|756691] - Alison Baird 1/6
U: Undertow - Dixie Browning 9/28
N: [Nina Quinn] Trouble in Bloom - Heather Webber 8/31
D: Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke 6/17

O: Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4
F: Say No To Joe? - Lori Foster 7/12

T: Trick or Treat Murder - Leslie Meier 8/12
H: The Song of David - Amy Harmon 7/2
E: Seeking Pack Redemption - Eve Langlais 10/25

B: The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken 6/28
A: The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3
B: Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke 6/17
Y: [Noni Yuka] Twisted Truths - Rebecca Zanetti 5/13

M: [Morgan Hault] Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine 6/13
O: [Ozma] The Wicked Will Rise - Danielle Paige 2/5
N: Nightmare in Shining Armor - Tamar Myers 8/17
I: [Isabella Spaga]Weddings from Hell - Maggie Shayne 10/31
T: Thou Shalt Not Grill - Tamar Myers 8/17
O: [Oliver Tiffany] Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10
R: Sword and Pen -Rachel Caine 6/14

C: The Vicious Deep - Zoraida Córdova 6/8
R; [James Reed] Middlegame - Seanan McGuire 6/26
A: All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10
C: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry 7/22
K: [Keeley Smythe] The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken 6/28
L: [Law of Moses 02] The Song of David - Amy Harmon 7/2
I: The Buccaneers - Iain Lawrence 11/14
N: [Neve Whittaker] Burn This! - Tasha Black 10/18
G: [The Great Library #4] Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine 6/13

W: Warrior's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/8
I: [Isobel MacDonald] A Highlander Christmas - Dawn Halliday 12/13
T: Death of a Rug Lord - Tamar Myers 8/18
H: The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11

A: [Anaximander] Genesis - Bernard Beckett 7/14

V: The Vicious Deep - Zoraida Córdova 6/8
O: Lost Without You - Molly O'Keefe 2/21
I: [In Death #51] Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb 11/13
C: The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3
E [Emma Paulsen] Claimed - Rebecca Zanetti 11/17

C: Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2
O: Out of the Blue - S.L. Rottman 3/1
M: Middlegame - Seanan McGuire 6/26
F: The Fallen Vampire - Beata Blitz 7/18
O: One Cold Night - Kate Pepper 4/1
R: [Rhiannon Murphy] Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare 7/6
T: Poison Ivory - Tamar Myers 8/13
I: Ivory - Steve Merrifield 12/27
N: Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh 12/2
G: [The Great Library #5] Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine 6/14

M: Make Me Stay - Jaci Burton 7/18
Y: Much Ado About You - Samantha Young 7/16

F: Killed on Blueberry Hill - Sharon Farrow 8/14
I: [InCryptid #3]Half-Off Ragnarok - Seanan McGuire 1/8
R: Ral's Woman - Laurann Dohner 7/15
S: [The Scarred Earth Saga #1] The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken 6/28
T: [Thaisa] Day of the Dragon - Katie MacAlister 8/26
B: Rules of Contact - Jaci Burton 7/13
O: Open Season - C.J. Box 3/11
R: Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20
N: [Nancy Drew] The Secret of the Wooden Lady - Carolyn Keene 12/10

C: Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine 6/13
H: Messenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/29
I: The Storm Bringer - Isabel Cooper 1/20
L: [Laura] The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3
D: Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare 7/6

A: All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10
S: Middlegame - Seanan McGuire 6/26

I: [Ivy Lake] Poisonous - Allison Brennan 1/26

A: [Ariel] Ral's Woman - Laurann Dohner 7/15
D: The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11
J: [Jamie] Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry 7/22
U: Unbreakable - Violetta Rand 10/25
S: Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine 6/14
T: Thou Shalt Not Grill - Tamar Myers 8/17
E: [Eleanor West] Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26
D: A Bad Day for Sunshine - Darynda Jones 7/23

T: Trouble in Bloom - Heather Webber 8/31
O: [Peter O'Brien] Dark Water Dive - Kathy Brandt 4/3

A: [Amelia Lawrence] Rules of Contact - Jaci Burton 7/13

N: [Niki Johnson] Quicksilver - R.J. Anderson 12/12
E: Winter's Tale - Emma Holly 8/4
W: War of the Sons - Rebecca Dessertine 8/13

P: [Pia Kolvenbach] The Vanishing of Katharina Linden - Helen Grant 7/7
O: Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9
S: The Song of David - Amy Harmon 7/2
I: Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare 2/12
T: Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5
I: [Ian Canen] The Memory Collector - Meg Gardiner 2/20
O: Take One With You - Oak Anderson 4/24
N: New Corpse In Town - Lucy Quinn 12/19

M: [Millie Anderson] The Song of David - Amy Harmon 7/2
Y: Yellow Brick War - Danielle Paige 7/16

A: [Amora Montara] All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10
R: Rules of Contact - Jaci Burton 7/13
M: Archer's Lady - Moira Rogers 7/24

B: Stalked - Brian Freeman 7/14
R; [Rhiannon's Law #1] Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare 7/6
U: [Underground #1] Chasing Rabbits - Erin R Bedford 12/19
S: Say No To Joe? - Lori Foster 7/12
H: Death's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/4
E: Evil in Carnations - Kate Collins 11/23
D: Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine 8/6

A: Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess - Phil & Kaja Foglio 7/17
G: Genesis - Bernard Beckett 7/14
A: Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20
I: Shadow Zone - Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen 2/26
N: [Nina Borg] The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8
S: Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare 7/6
T: Nightmare in Shining Armor - Tamar Myers 8/17

M: [Maggie Bei] Stalked - Brian Freeman 7/14
Y: [Marne York] Silent Night - J.D. Robb 9/28

W: [Wayward Children #3] Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26
I: Blood Heir - Ilona Andrews 3/20
F: Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess - Phil & Kaja Foglio 7/17
E: A Killer Collection - Ellery Adams 11/25

S: [Samantha Reasor] Make Me Stay - Jaci Burton 7/18
L: Ral's Woman - Laurann Dohner 7/15
E: [Emma Jean] Possession - Tracey M. Frazier 12/9
E: [Ella Walsh] Soul Sucker - Kate Pearce 12/14
P: [Pieter Vos #1] The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11
I: Immortal Champion - Lisa Hendrix 3/30
N: [Noah Andelin] The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15
G: [Grace Linwood] Archer's Lady - Moira Rogers 7/24

N: [Nancy Drew Mysteries #27] The Secret of the Wooden Lady - Carolyn Keene 12/10
E: Eleven - Carolyn Arnold 11/26
X: [Xavier Moreau] Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke 6/17
T: [Ty Grady] Ball & Chain - Abigail Roux 9/13

T: [Ty Grady] Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5
O: [Keelin O'Brien] Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9

M: Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26
E Shocking Pink - Erica Spindler 10/30

#9. The grinning face stared at me from the darkness beyond my bedroom window. I live on the 14th floor. (24)

T: [Ty Grady] Crash & Burn - Abigail Roux 9/17
H: The Highlander's Iron Will - Amy Jarecki 8/4
E: Man at Work - Elaine Fox 12/19

G: Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch 8/2
R: Murder is a Monkey's Game - Ruby Loren 8/11
I: Identical - Scott Turow 10/16
N: The Awakening - Nora Roberts 1/22
N: A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23
I: Illumination - Susannah Sandlin 12/24
N: [Nell Sullivan] The Pretty Ones - Ania Ahlborn 1/27
G: The Good Ones - Jenn McKinlay 7/30

F: What Lurks Below - Donald Firesmith 11/10
A: Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey 7/26
C: [Charlie Giles] Delirious - Daniel Palmer 8/19
E: Proof of Murder - Lauren Elliott 12/25

S: Samael - Heather Killough-Walden 8/13
T: [Thor Erickson] Deadly Fate - Heather Graham 10/7
A: The Highlander's Iron Will - Amy Jarecki 8/4
R: Scottish Ecstasy - Rebecca Sinclair 8/16
E: [Elizabeth Bennet] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 1/9
D: Death of a Bacon Heiress - Lee Hollis 8/9

A: Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch 8/2
T: [Thorn] Passion Ignites - Donna Grant 10/8

M: The Good Ones - Jenn McKinlay 7/30
E: Earning It - Angela Quarles 1/24

F: Blood in Her Veins - Faith Hunter 11/14
R: [Rob Juarez] Deadly Currents - Beth Groundwater 8/18
O: [Octavia Leander] The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Kato 6/12
M: [Madigan Amos] A Memory for Murder - Ruby Loren 8/10

T: Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9
H: [Happily Ever After #1] The Good Ones - Jenn McKinlay 7/30
E: I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden 1/29

D: Delirious - Daniel Palmer 8/19
A: [Alice Sin] Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey 7/26
R: Damian - D.B. Reynolds 8/20
K: [Kitty Katt] Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch 8/2
N: Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan 2/18
E: [Eliott Blackthorne] Ghosts of the Sea Moon - A.F. Stewart 1/31
S: Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine 8/15
S: [Samael] Samael - Heather Killough-Walden 8/13

B: Deadly Currents - Beth Groundwater 8/18
E: [Eunice Park] Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart 2/9
Y: [Jane Yellowrock] Blood in Her Veins - Faith Hunter 11/14
O: [Aileen O'Shannon] What Lurks Below - Donald Firesmith 11/10
N: Just Fine with Caroline - Annie England Noblin 2/26
D: Damian - D.B. Reynolds 8/20

M: A Memory for Murder - Ruby Loren 8/10
Y: The Shimmering Road - Hester Young 2/27

B: The Bobcat - Katherine Forbes Riley 8/22
E: [Eric Dalton] A Darkness Absolute - Kelley Armstrong 2/20
D: Delirious - Daniel Palmer 8/19
R: [Ryder Copeland] The Good Ones - Jenn McKinlay 7/30
O: The Lonely Hearts Hotel - Heather O'Neill 6/23
O: One Tequila - Tricia O'Malley 7/24
M: Murder is a Monkey's Game - Ruby Loren 8/11

W: Jackaby - William Ritter 8/23
I: Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner 1/7
N: [Noah Palmer] The Shimmering Road - Hester Young 2/27
D: Deadly Currents - Beth Groundwater 8/18
O: Once You Go This Far - Kristen Lepionka 7/31
W: Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey 7/26

I: I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden 1/29

L: Death of a Bacon Heiress - Lee Hollis 8/9
I: The Immortal Rules - Julie Kagawa 4/22
V: [Victoria Lord] Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine 8/15
E: Dragon Fall - Elsa Jade 7/17

O: The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7
N: [Nicolo] Gathering Darkness - Morgan Rhodes 3/31

T: Identical - Scott Turow 10/16
H: Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday 9/10
E: Panther's Claim - Eve Langlais 7/20

1: [Irene Winters] The Burning Page - Genevieve Cogman 4/10
4: Marrow - Tarryn Fisher 11/19
T: [Thainn] Wolverine's Daughter - Doranna Durgin 10/20
H: [Hayley Powell] Death of a Bacon Heiress - Lee Hollis 8/9

F: Firestorm Forever - Deborah Cooke 9/24
L: Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine 8/15
O: One Tequila - Tricia O'Malley 7/24
O: The Killing Hills - Chris Offutt 8/15
R: A Memory for Murder - Ruby Loren 8/10

#4. My daughter will not stop crying and screaming in the middle of the night. I visit her grave and ask her to stop, but it does not help. (28)

M: The Selkie Bride - Melanie Jackson 8/26
Y: You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15

D: Bears Behaving Badly - MaryJanice Davidson 8/29
A: [Alex Seton] The Ghost - Monica McCarty 9/3
U: Under Currents - Nora Roberts 12/26
G: [Gene Ferraro] Castle Perilous - John DeChancie 8/27
H: [Hana Himura] Gabriel - D.B. Reynolds 9/5
T: [Talie] The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22
E: [Emma Jean] Perversion - T.M. Frazier 11/8
R: Kato - D.B. Reynolds 8/28

W: Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints 9/11
I: I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15
L: The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
L: [Lucas Frank] Dreams in the Key of Blue - John Philpin 10/7

N: [Nick Bertetto] Angels Whisper - Tony Perona 11/15
O: [Olivia] Vortex - Catherine Coulter 9/6
T: [Tully Trugood] An Almond for a Parrot - Wray Delaney 10/24

S: Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11
T: Perversion - T.M. Frazier 11/8
O: One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15
P: [Pendergast #19] Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20

C: Castle Perilous - John DeChancie 8/27
R: Gabriel - D.B. Reynolds 9/5
Y: You Will Remember Me - Hannah Mary McKinnon 11/15
I: Into Aether - L.M. Fry 4/23
N: Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6
G: The Ghost - Monica McCarty 9/3

A: [Annette Garsea] Bears Behaving Badly - MaryJanice Davidson 8/29
N: I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15
D: Dragon Dawn - Deborah O'Neill Cordes 8/30

S: Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints 9/11
C: [Quentin Coldwater] The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
R: Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11
E: Entwined - Elisabeth Naughton 2/1
A: Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21
M: {Megan Culbin] The Selkie Bride - Melanie Jackson 8/26
I: [Izzie Anderson] Tristan - Liz Gavin 4/25
N: Under Currents - Nora Roberts 12/26
G: [Grace Van Allen] Kato - D.B. Reynolds 8/28

I: [Irene Winters] The Lost Plot - Genevieve Cogman 4/28
N: The Snowman - Jo Nesbø 4/17

T: [Thorin] Warrior - Anna Hackett 11/11
H: Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21
E: [Eddie Adams] The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor 11/18

M: The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
I: If You Give A Girl A Viscount - Kieran Kramer 5/30
D: [Dawn Stroganoff] Dragon Dawn - Deborah O'Neill Cordes 8/30
D: [Drusilla Jaco] Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11
L: [Lee McKinney] The Chocolate Moose Motive - JoAnna Carl 10/27
E: Entwined - Elisabeth Naughton 2/1

O: [Oliver von Bodenstein] I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15
F: [Diane Fallon #7] Dust to Dust - Beverly Connor 9/18

T: Angels Whisper - Tony Perona 11/15
H: [Hawaiian Heroes #1] Walking in Fire - Catheryn Cade 10/3
E: [Evelyn Jones] Wrong Alibi - Christina Dodd 2/22

N: Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin - Nancy Atherton 4/27
I: In the Middle of Somewhere - Roan Parrish 6/30
G: Gabriel - D.B. Reynolds 9/5
H: The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22
T: Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 11/15

I: Into the Night - Janelle Denison 10/11

V: [Victoria Warshawski] Burn Marks - Sara Paretsky 11/2
I: [Irene Winters] The Mortal Word - Genevieve Cogman 10/12
S: [Spencer Hightower] Grand Slam - J.T. Cheyanne 9/22
I: [Ida Belle] Frightfully Fortune - Jana Deleon 10/21
T: [Taz I'Ane] Bonded in Blood - L. Ann 11/21

H: Warrior - Anna Hackett 11/11
E: Death by Vanilla Latte - Alex Erickson 12/30
R: Dragan - D.B. Reynolds 9/12

G: [Gabe Fierro] Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21
R: The Sign - Raymond Khoury 10/5
A: [Alexi Jordan] Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints 9/11
V: [Vince Bellinger] The Sign - Raymond Khoury 10/5
E: [Eternal Guardians #2] Entwined - Elisabeth Naughton 2/1

A: [Allie McGuffey] Charlie All Night - Jennifer Crusie 10/12
N: [Nathan Bryn] Half Bad - Sally Green 6/5
D: Castle Perilous - John DeChancie 8/27

A: The Werewolf Upstairs - Ashlyn Chase 9/29
S: The Selkie Bride - Melanie Jackson 8/26
K: Kato - D.B. Reynolds 8/28

H: The Girl in Red - Christina Henry 11/24
E: Caged - Ellison Cooper 3/6
R: [Rebecka Martinsson] The Second Deadly Sin - Åsa Larsson 10/19

T: [Tzain] Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 11/15
O: [Owen Law] Broken Beautiful Hearts - Kami Garcia 8/22

S: [Stone Warriors #3] Gabriel - D.B. Reynolds 9/5
T: The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor 11/18
O: Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
P: [Phoenix Brothers #1] Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21

B: Bears Behaving Badly - MaryJanice Davidson 8/29
U: The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17
T: Primal Law - J.D. Tyler 11/24

I: [Invisible Library #5] The Mortal Word - Genevieve Cogman 10/12
T: Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One - T.M. Frazier 11/30

D: Dragon Dawn - Deborah O'Neill Cordes 8/30
O: [Oliver] Curse of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 9/13
E: [Edward Cantrell] Hard to Hold on To - Laura Kaye 3/10
S: [Stone Warriors #2] Kato - D.B. Reynolds 8/28

N: [Kira Navarez] To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini 6/21
O: [Claire O'Brien] Playing Dead - Allison Brennan 10/9
T: [Thanatos] The Phantom King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/2

H: Hollen the Soulless - Denali Day 10/29
E: Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth 3/13
L: A Love Beyond Time - Judie Aitken 10/28
P: Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20

#14. I always thought my cat had a staring problem, she always seemed fixated on my face. Until one day, when I realized that she was always looking just behind me. (34)

I: Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer 3/24

A: Adam - Jennifer Ashley 10/23
L: The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7
W: Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11
A: [Amanda Pepper]Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts 11/6
Y: You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
S: Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7

T: [Will Templeton] Manhunting - Jennifer Crusie 10/23
H: Hero - Anna Hackett 11/29
O: Onyx - Jennifer L. Armentrout 10/14
U: [Donna Underwood] The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney 4/10
G: A Ghost of a Chance - Morgana Best 10/31
H: The Goblin King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/8
T: Tracker's Sin - Sarah McCarty 12/9

M: Manhunting - Jennifer Crusie 10/23
Y: Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager 12/20

C: Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler 11/11
A: The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews 11/9
T: The River - Cheryl Kaye Tardif 12/15

H: The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7
A: Adam - Jennifer Ashley 10/23
D: Dream Eyes - Jayne Ann Krentz 11/21

A: Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7

S: Starcatcher - Patricia Potter 11/22
T: Highlander's Bride - Lexy Timms 12/19
A: [Arthur Bryant] Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler 11/11
R: Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts 11/6
I: Imprudence - Gail Carriger 10/31
N: Suspended - Sarah Noffke 11/26
G: [Gwen Frazier] Dream Eyes - Jayne Ann Krentz 11/21

P: The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 11/4
R: [Rachel Demerit] The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7
O: [Olivia] Hekla's Children - James Brogden 11/23
B: Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler 11/11
L: [Laurel Bay] A Ghost of a Chance - Morgana Best 10/31
E: [Antonio Evans] Claim The Leopard Princess - Meg Xuemei X. 9/14
M: [Mercy Habernackle] The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews 11/9

S: Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11
H: [Herb Benedict] Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath 11/27
E: [Emelie Garza] Hard to Come By - Laura Kaye 3/17

A: [Albert Campion] Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham 11/16
L: [Luka Fierro] A Phoenix Is Forever - Ashlyn Chase 11/28
W: Primitive Nights - Candi Wall 11/24
A: Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts 11/6
Y: Susana and the Scot - Sabrina York 12/22
S: The Song of the Quarkbeast - Jasper Fforde 11/29

S: Suspended - Sarah Noffke 11/26
E: [Elian] To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo 3/19
E: Guys & Dogs - Elaine Fox 3/19
M: [Carter Monroe] Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11
S: Soul of the Wildcat - Devyn Quinn 12/16

F: Air Bound - Christine Feehan 11/19
I: In an Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire 7/11
X: Claim The Leopard Princess - Meg Xuemei X. 9/14
A: A Phoenix Is Forever - Ashlyn Chase 11/28
T: Savage Awakening - J.D. Tyler 12/26
E: The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths 4/8
D: The Drowning - J.P Smith 11/28

O: Love, Eternally - Morgan O'Neill 10/29
N: [Nathan] Half Wild - Sally Green 6/24

M: A Ghost of a Chance - Morgana Best 10/31
Y: Unbroken Cowboy - Maisey Yates 12/25

F: Finding Mr. Happily Ever After: Nathan - Melissa Storm & Melissa McClone 11/26
A: Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham 11/16
C: Manhunting - Jennifer Crusie 10/23
E: Kodiak's Claim - Eve Langlais 5/14

U: Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer 3/24
N: [Noah Thompson] Fix Her Up - Carey Heywood 6/24
T: [Tracker Ochoa] Tracker's Sin - Sarah McCarty 12/9
I: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
L: The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 11/4

O: [Otto Sanchez] Mind Games - Carolyn Crane 11/26
N: [Nathan Edge] Half Lost - Sally Green 6/28
E: Angel of Darkness - Cynthia Eden 5/16

D: [Dinnie MacKintosh] The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar 12/4
A: Air Bound - Christine Feehan 11/19
Y: You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15

W: The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews 11/9
H: Hero - Anna Hackett 11/29
E: Outfoxed by Love - Eve Langlais 5/17
N: [Nathan] Finding Mr. Happily Ever After: Nathan - Melissa Storm & Melissa McClone 11/26

I: [Invisible Library #6] The Secret Chapter - Genevieve Cogman 11/13

R: [Raoul] The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 11/4
E: The Watchers of Eden - T.C. Edge 5/20
A: [Aimee Polk] Christmas with a Vampire - Bonnie Vanak 12/4
L: [Lucia Damora] Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes 12/5
I: It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle 12/3
Z: [Zuma Zander] Suspended - Sarah Noffke 11/26
E: [Estelle Thompson] Whisper of the Moon Moth - Lindsay Jayne Ashford 5/21
D: Doctor Rat - William Kotzwinkle 11/27

T: To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain 1/1/21
H: [Hannah Montgomery] Lavender Blue - Donna Kauffman 12/29
A: [Alexei Pruzinsky] When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander 12/6
T: Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3

S: The Drowning - J.P Smith 11/28
H: [Hell's Eight #3] Tracker's Sin - Sarah McCarty 12/9
E: [Ryan Evans] BoneMan's Daughters - Ted Dekker 5/22

W: Doctor Rat - William Kotzwinkle 11/27
A: When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander 12/6
S: Smoldering Hunger - Donna Grant 12/7

A: [Alex Mason] The Drowning - J.P Smith 11/28
L: Circle of Time - Lynn Hanna 12/20
W: The Warlock King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/5
A: [Airiana] Air Bound - Christine Feehan 11/19
Y: You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
S: [Star #1] Starcatcher - Patricia Potter 11/22

L: Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight - Grace Burrowes 12/25
O: [Oliver Bodenstein] The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus 12/7
O: Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager 12/20
K: Dream Eyes - Jayne Ann Krentz 11/21
I: [Irene Winters] The Secret Chapter - Genevieve Cogman 11/13
N: Night Child - Jes Battis 8/26
G: [Garun] Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7

J: Consigned to Death - Jane K. Cleland 12/15
U: Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 1/30
S: [Dillon Savich] Deadlock - Catherine Coulter 12/18
T: [Tressa Turner] Calamity Jayne Rides Again - Kathleen Bacus 1/14

B: [Bailey Farrell] Adam - Jennifer Ashley 10/23
E: Polar Bared - Eve Langlais 6/9
H: The Warlock King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/5
I: The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus 12/7
N: Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman 10/7
D: Smoldering Hunger - Donna Grant 12/7

M: Company of Liars - Karen Maitland 11/17
E: Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9

#5. I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy there’s somebody on my bed.” (50)

I: In the Blood - Lisa Unger 7/28
B: Deadly Kisses - Brenda Joyce 2/6
E: [England] Dangerous Attachments - Sarah Lovett 4/16
G: [Grayson ] Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren 1/16
I: Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25
N: The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes 11/12
T: [Travis] The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan 1/15
U: The Unexpected Bride - Elizabeth Rolls 4/23
C: Catch as Cat Can - Claire Donally 2/12
K: Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21
I: In the Company of Witches - Joey W. Hill 12/26
N: [Naomi ] The Child Finder - Rene Denfeld 11/25
G: The Dark Corners of the Night - Meg Gardiner 1/24
H: The Seelie King - Heather Killough-Walden 1/12
I: Immortal Illusions - Ursula Bauer 12/30
M: [Mia ] The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10
I: [Ian] Stealing the Wind - Shira Anthony 1/5
N: Quiet in Her Bones - Nalini Singh 12/2
T: The Shape of Night - Tess Gerritsen 1/23
O: Over the Faery Hill - Jennifer L. Hart 12/24
B: [Beckett] The Dirty Secrets Club - Meg Gardiner 2/4
E: [Eve ] Faithless in Death - J.D. Robb 6/4
D: The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis 1/6
A: [Alice] Queen Alice - Roy A. Mauritsen 12/18
N: Whiskey Straight Up - Nina Wright 12/18
D: [Dirk] Killer Physique - G.A. McKevett 1/13
H: [ Hendrix] The Dark Corners of the Night - Meg Gardiner 1/24
E: Jealous And Freakn' - Eve Langlais 6/12
T: [Temple] Cat in a Sapphire Slipper - Carole Nelson Douglas 1/25
E: Alpha Star - Elsa Jade 6/14
L: The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan 1/15
L: [Lupe ] The Cheerio Killings - Doug Allyn 1/30
S: [Samantha ] Dating Can Be Murder - Jennifer Apodaca 12/18
M: Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren 1/16
E: [Elena ] The Vine Witch - Luanne G. Smith 6/18
D: The Dirty Secrets Club - Meg Gardiner 2/4
A: The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10
D: [Dark Kings #9] Smoke and Fire - Donna Grant 1/30
D: Deadly Kisses - Brenda Joyce 2/6
Y: Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager 12/20
C: [Children of the Mist #1] Ravished by a Highlander - Paula Quinn 12/17
H: Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
E: Wolf's Capture - Eve Langlais 6/19
C: Close-Up - Virginia Kantra 12/28
K: [Kinsey ] Smoke and Fire - Donna Grant 1/30
F: [Flower Shop #9] Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21
O: [Olivia] A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams 7/10
R: Queen Alice - Roy Mauritsen 12/18
M: Killer Physique - G.A. McKevett 1/13
O: [Oliver] Secret of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 1/15
N: Quiet in Her Bones - Nalini Singh 12/2
S: [Sword of Perithia #2] The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10
T: A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor 1/29
E: [Eve ] Absolute Fear - Lisa Jackson 6/22
R: The Requiem Red - Brynn Chapman 2/13
S: The Seelie King - Heather Killough-Walden 1/12
U: Undone - Shannon Richard 6/2
N: The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus 12/7
D: The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis 1/6
E: Grizzly Love - Eve Langlais 6/28
R: [Rhen] A Vow So Bold and Deadly - Brigid Kemmerer 2/24
M: [Midnight Louie #20] Cat in a Sapphire Slipper - Carole Nelson Douglas 1/25
Y: Susana and the Scot - Sabrina York 12/22
B: The Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward 2/17
E: Croc's Return - Eve Langlais 7/9
D: Dating Can Be Murder - Jennifer Apodaca 12/18
I: It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle 12/3
L: [Lexie] Close-Up - Virginia Kantra 12/28
O: Over the Faery Hill - Jennifer L. Hart 12/24
O: All I Want for Christmas Eve - Olivia Noble 1/15
K: A Vow So Bold and Deadly - Brigid Kemmerer 2/24
U: The Upstairs House - Julia Fine 7/13
N: Whiskey Straight Up - Nina Wright 12/18
D: Smoke and Fire - Donna Grant 1/30
E: A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams 7/10
R: Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4
N: [Nina ] A Stranger in Paradise - Tianna Xander 12/17
E: City of Stone - T.C. Edge 8/28
A: [Abby ] Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21
T: Tart of Darkness - Denise Swanson 3/7
H: [Hart] Deadly Kisses - Brenda Joyce 2/6
F: Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox - Forthright 5/8
O: One Final Breath - Lynn H. Blackburn 1/29
R: [Roxanne Merkrates] The Gates of Hell - Susan Sizemore 3/15
H: [Haley] Without a Sound - Carla Cassidy 2/15
I: Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25
S: [Savannah Reid #19] Killer Physique - G.A. McKevett 1/13
A: [Achilles] The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller 1/19
M: [Madeleine ] A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor 1/29
U: In the Blood - Lisa Unger 7/28
S: The Shape of Night - Tess Gerritsen 1/23
E: Dragon Fever - Elsa Jade 7/17
M: Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4
E: Dragon Fate - Elsa Jade 7/17
N: The Night Hawks - Elly Griffiths 1/29
T: Southern Fried - Tonya Kappes 3/13
A: [Avery] The Seelie King - Heather Killough-Walden 1/12
N: Nine Elms - Robert Bryndza 1/30
D: [Domestic Diva #5] The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis 1/6
S: A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor 1/29
E: Every Dead Thing - John Connolly 10/8
E: [Ethan ] The Darkest Hour - Maya Banks 10/10
H: Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye 3/5
I: In the Company of Witches - Joey W. Hill 12/26
M: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller 1/19
A: Dating Can Be Murder - Jennifer Apodaca 12/18
N: [Njarl]Hold Back The Storm - Lynn Hanna 2/1
O: Oceans of Magic - Brian M. Thomsen 2/13
T: Limitations - Scott Turow 3/15
H: [Haunted Bookstore 02] The Ghost and the Dead Deb - Alice Kimberly 3/8
E: [Esther ] Heat - Donna Grant 10/10
R: The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Lowry Logan 3/27
H: Sympathy for the Devil - Holly Lisle 3/17
I: Immortal Illusions - Ursula Bauer 12/30
M: The Dirty Secrets Club - Meg Gardiner 2/4
U: The Unkindness of Ravens - M.E. Hilliard 8/6
N: Not My Blood - Barbara Cleverly 2/12
D: [Davinia ] Ravished by a Highlander - Paula Quinn 12/17
E: [Eric ] Alone in the Wild - Kelley Armstrong 10/12
R: Stolen Soul - Alex Rivers 3/31
T: The Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble - Clare Toohey 3/22
H: [Hard Ink #2] Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye 3/5
E: [Erika] The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza 10/16
B: [Bronwyn] SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2
E: The Unexpected Bride - Elizabeth Rolls 4/23
D: The Dark Corners of the Night - Meg Gardiner 1/24
S: Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21
T: The Silvered - Tanya Huff 3/26
A: [Ava ] The Shape of Night - Tess Gerritsen 1/23
R: Deadly Silence - Rebecca Zanetti 4/1
I: Ink, Red, Dead - Joanna Campbell Slan 2/5
N: Fury Unleashed - N.J. Walters 2/18
G: [Grey] A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer 1/12
B: The Requiem Red - Brynn Chapman 2/13
A: Buried in a Book - Lucy Arlington3/6
C: [Criminals & Captives #1] Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren 1/16
K: Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye 3/5
A: The Ghost and the Dead Deb - Alice Kimberly 3/8
T: [Thierry] Stakes & Stilettos - Michelle Rowen 3/28
M: [Miriam ] The Silvered - Tanya Huff 3/26
E: [Eric ] A Stranger in Town - Kelley Armstrong 10/17
Q: Queen Alice - Roy A. Mauritsen 12/18
U: Unreasonable Doubt - Vicki Delaney 10/20
I: [Irene]The Untold Story - Genevieve Cogman 2/13
V: Close-Up - Virginia Kantra 12/28
E: A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliott 10/19
R: Stakes & Stilettos - Michelle Rowen 3/28
I: The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko - Scott Stambach 2/26
N: Needle and Dread - Elizabeth Lynn Casey 2/25
G: [Gabriel ] Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
A: An Apple for the Creature - Charlaine Harris 3/12
N: [Nina] Deal with the Devil - Kit Rocha 2/26
D: Cat in a Sapphire Slipper - Carole Douglas 1/25
W: Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
H: A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer 1/12
I: [Ivan] The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko - Scott Stambach 2/26
S: SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2
P: Ravished by a Highlander - Paula Quinn 12/17
E: [Eddie] A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliott 10/19
R: Wednesday's Child - Peter Robinson3/20
I:
N: [Nelson] The Night Hawks - Elly Griffiths 1/29
G: [Gillian] Crystal Sage - Kara Dalkey 1/23
D: The Cheerio Killings - Doug Allyn 1/30
A: [Alexia] Changeless - Gail Carriger 4/20
D: Celtic Moon - Jan DeLima 2/7
D: Dangerous Attachments - Sarah Lovett 4/16
Y: Unbroken Cowboy - Maisey Yates 12/25
T: The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10
H: [Haley] Torn - Chris Jordan 3/29
E: A Merciful Truth - Kendra Elliot 11/11
R: Ravished by a Highlander - Paula Quinn 12/17
E: Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell 11/20
S: [Sophie ] The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis 1/6
S: Stealing Home - Jennifer Seasons 2/3
O: [Opal] Sheer Dynamite - Jennifer Skully 2/25
M: [MacKlenna] The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Logan 3/27
E: Eeny Meeny - M.J. Arlidge 11/25
B: Busy Bodies - Joan Hess 5/29
O:
D: [Dylan ] Celtic Moon - Jan DeLima 2/7
Y: A Yuletide Kiss - Madeline Hunter 1/23
O:
N: [Nina] Quiet in Her Bones - Nalini Singh 12/2
M: SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2
Y: Yews with Caution - Kate Collins 2/2
B: A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer 1/12
E: [Emily] A Terrible Beauty - Tasha Alexander 11/26
D: Crystal Sage - Kara Dalkey 1/23

453. BOTM Spellout 2021

[JANUARY]

📗 Alice Isn’t Dead (4)
A: The Pretty Ones - Ania Ahlborn 1/27
L: [Lia Mara] A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer 1/12
I: Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner 1/7
C: Calamity Jayne Rides Again - Kathleen Bacus 1/14
E: [Elizabeth Bennet] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 1/9

I: The Storm Bringer - Isabel Cooper 1/20
S: Half-Off Ragnarok - Seanan McGuire 1/8
N: The Awakening - Nora Roberts 1/22
T: To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain 1/1

D: SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2
E: Earning It - Angela Quarles 1/24
A: The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10
D: [Dirk Coulter] Killer Physique - G.A. McKevett 1/13

📗 Joseph Fink (3)
J: The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17
O: [Maeve O'Connor] The Hidden World - Alison Baird 1/6
S: SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2
E: I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden 1/29
P: Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren 1/16
H: Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3

F: The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8
I: [Ivy Lake] Poisonous - Allison Brennan 1/26
N: [Noah Andelin] The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15
K: The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis 1/6

[FEBRUARY]

📕 The Hypnotist (4)
T: Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10
H: Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
E: Entwined - Elisabeth Naughton 2/1

H: [Haley Lambert] Without a Sound - Carla Cassidy 2/15
Y: The Shimmering Road - Hester Young 2/27
P: Poison in Paddington - Samantha Silver 2/14
N: Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan 2/18
O: Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4
T: [Tommy MacNeill] Lost Without You - Molly O'Keefe 2/21
I: Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare 2/12
S: [Sophie Thibodeau] Celtic Moon - Jan DeLima 2/7
T: Town in a Wild Moose Chase - B.B. Haywood 3/2

📕 Lars Kepler (3)
L: [Lizzie King] The Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward 2/17
A: [Audrey Kidder] Bittersweet - Sarina Bowen 2/11
R: Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10
S: Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart 2/9

K: A Darkness Absolute - Kelley Armstrong 2/20
E: [Eternal Guardians #2] Entwined - Elisabeth Naughton 2/1
P: The Wicked Will Rise - Danielle Paige 2/5
L: Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4
E: [Evelyn Jones] Wrong Alibi - Christina Dodd 2/22
R: The Requiem Red - Brynn Chapman 2/13

[MARCH]

📔 Slade House (3)
S: Southern Fried - Tonya Kappes 3/13
L: Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye 3/5
A: Buried in a Book - Lucy Arlington 3/6
D: [Dayne Kuttner] Sympathy for the Devil - Holly Lisle 3/17
E: Caged - Ellison Cooper 3/6

H: An Apple for the Creature - Charlaine Harris 3/12
O: Out of the Blue - S.L. Rottman 3/1
U: Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer 3/24
S: Siren's Secret - Debbie Herbert 3/22
E: Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth 3/13

📔 David Mitchell (4)
D: Deadly Silence - Rebecca Zanetti 4/1
A: The Ghost and the Dead Deb - Alice Kimberly 3/8
V: [Mickey Vernon] Sticks - Joan Bauer 4/4
I: Blood Heir - Ilona Andrews 3/20
D: [Dave Strauss] One Cold Night - Kate Pepper 4/1

M: Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4
I: Immortal Champion - Lisa Hendrix 3/30
T: Tart of Darkness - Denise Swanson 3/7
C: Call of the Colossus - K.C. May 3/5
H: Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye 3/5
E: [Emelie Garza] Hard to Come By - Laura Kaye 3/17
L: Hard to Hold on To - Laura Kaye 3/10
L: Limitations - Scott Turow 3/15

[April]
📘 Truly Devious (4)
T: [Theodora Parson] Into Aether - L.M. Fry 4/23
R: Lethal Lies - Rebecca Zanetti 5/10
U: The Unexpected Bride - Elizabeth Rolls 4/23
L: Dangerous Attachments - Sarah Lovett 4/16
Y: [Noni Yuka] Twisted Truths - Rebecca Zanetti 5/13

D: Dark Water Dive - Kathy Brandt 4/3
E: The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths 4/8
V: A Glimpse of Evil - Victoria Laurie 4/19
I: [Irene Winters] The Burning Page - Genevieve Cogman 4/10
O: One Cold Night - Kate Pepper 4/1
U: Undone - Shannon Richard 6/2
S: Bitter Harvest - Sheila Connolly 4/3

📘 Maureen Johnson (4)
M: The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney 4/10
A: [Alexia Maccon] Changeless - Gail Carriger 4/20
U: The Upstairs House - Julia Fine 7/13
R: Rook - Sharon Cameron 5/29
E: Angel of Darkness - Cynthia Eden 5/16
E: Outfoxed by Love - Eve Langlais 5/17
N: Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6

J: [Jane Madison] Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky 4/12
O: Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9
H: The Heir of Night - Helen Lowe 4/10
N: I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15
S: [Sabine LeVeche] Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon 4/14
O: Take One With You - Oak Anderson 4/24
N: The Snowman - Jo Nesbø 4/17


[May]
📚 The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (11)
T: Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox - Forthright 5/8
H: Hard Ever After - Laura Kaye 5/11
E: The Watchers of Eden - T.C. Edge 5/20

S: Spoils of the Dead - Dana Stabenow 5/2
T: Taking Chase - Lauren Dane 5/8
R: [Reid Carver] Kodiak's Claim - Eve Langlais 5/14
A: All the Tides of Fate - Adalyn Grace 5/7
N: [Nathan Bryn] Half Bad - Sally Green 6/5
G: Circus Summer - Kailin Gow 5/1
E: [Estelle Thompson] Whisper of the Moon Moth - Lindsay Jayne Ashford 5/21

A: [Alexia Maccon] Heartless - Gail Carriger 5/25
F: [Aaron Falk] The Dry - Jane Harper 5/1
F: [Frannie Cavanaugh] Personal Demons - Lisa Desrochers 6/11
A: All the Time You Need - Melissa Mayhue 6/11
I: If You Give A Girl A Viscount - Kieran Kramer 5/30
R: [Roland] Deliver Me from Darkness - Tes Hilaire 5/25

O: [Octavia Leander] The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Kato 6/12
F: The Firefighter - Susan Lyons/P.M. Mellor/Alyssa Brooks 6/14

S: Secret Sisters - Jayne Ann Krentz 5/4
P: [Paige Morrison ] Undone - Shannon Richard 6/2
R: Red Hot Fury - Kasey MacKenzie 5/28
I: In the Middle of Somewhere - Roan Parrish 6/30
N: [Kira Navarez] To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini 6/21
G: [Giles Masters] How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries 5/

H: The Harp and The Fiddle - Lila Dubois 5/21
E: [Eve Dallas] Faithless in Death - J.D. Robb 6/4
E: Polar Bared - Eve Langlais 6/9
L: Lethal Lies - Rebecca Zanetti 5/10
E: Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9
D: Dangerous Prey - Lindsay McKenna 5/14

J: Destined for an Early Grave - Jeaniene Frost 5/17
A: Angel of Darkness - Cynthia Eden 5/16
C: The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore 5/8
K: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum - Kirsten Weiss 5/5

📚 Mark Hodder (3)
M: When Books Went to War - Molly Guptill Manning 5/12
A: All the Tides of Fate - Adalyn Grace 5/7
R: Spell Weaver - Roxi Ashe 5/10
K: Secret Sisters - Jayne Ann Krentz 5/4

H: How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries 5/
O: Outfoxed by Love - Eve Langlais 5/17
D: The Dry - Jane Harper 5/1
D: BoneMan's Daughters - Ted Dekker 5/22
E: Kodiak's Claim - Eve Langlais 5/14
R: Twisted Truths - Rebecca Zanetti 5/13

[June]
📗 The Kind Worth Killing (6)
T: The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/6
H: Half Bad - Sally Green 6/5
E: Alpha Star - Elsa Jade 6/14

K: The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Kato 6/12
I: In an Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire 7/11
N: [Nathan] Half Wild - Sally Green 6/24
D: Personal Demons - Lisa Desrochers 6/11

W: [Wayward Children #5] Come Tumbling Down - Seanan McGuire 7/15
O: [Rory O'Grady] His Boots Under Her Bed - Ana Leigh 6/26
R: Shiver of Fear - Roxanne St. Claire 6/23
T: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini 6/21
H: Hunt Her Down - Roxanne St. Claire 6/25

K: Beneath the Thirteen Moons - Kathryne Kennedy 6/26
I: In the Blood - Lisa Unger 7/28
L: The Lonely Hearts Hotel - Heather O'Neill 6/23
L: Grizzly Love - Eve Langlais 6/28
I: Into the Night - Janelle Denison 10/11
N: [Noah Thompson] Fix Her Up - Carey Heywood 6/24
G: Half Lost - Sally Green 6/28

📗 Peter Swanson (4)
P: Polar Bared - Eve Langlais 6/9
E: [Elena Boureanu] The Vine Witch - Luanne G. Smith 6/18
T: Timeless - Gail Carriger 6/25
E: Wolf's Capture - Eve Langlais 6/19
R: Faithless in Death - J.D. Robb 6/4

S: Moondance Beach - Susan Donovan 6/16
W: [Megan Weiler] The Upstairs House - Julia Fine 7/13
A: Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9
N: Notorious - Diana Palmer 7/31
S: Styx's Storm - Lora Leigh 7/4
O: The Lonely Hearts Hotel - Heather O'Neill 6/23
N: [Nathan Edge] Half Lost - Sally Green 6/28

[July]
📔 The Last Mrs. Parrish (5)
T: [Torch Dorado] Dragon Fate - Elsa Jade 7/17
H: Hometown Girl - Mariah Stewart 7/6
E: A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams 7/10

L: [Lundy] In an Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire 7/11
A: The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination - John Joseph Adams 7/11
S: [Styx Mackenzie] Styx's Storm - Lora Leigh 7/4
T: Romancing the Dead - Tate Hallaway 7/22

M: Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie 7/8
R: [Renny Suarez] Croc's Return - Eve Langlais 7/9
S: Much Ado About You - Samantha Young 7/16

P: Yellow Brick War - Danielle Paige 7/16
A: Across the Green Grass Fields - Seanan McGuire 7/24
R: Really Unusual Bad Boys - MaryJanice Davidson 7/16
R: [Rave Dorado] Dragon Fever - Elsa Jade 7/17
I: [Irene Winters] The Mortal Word - Genevieve Cogman 10/12
S: Come Tumbling Down - Seanan McGuire 7/15
H: Protector - Anna Hackett 9/23

📔 Liv Constantine (4)
L: Styx's Storm - Lora Leigh 7/4
I: [Ida Belle] Frightfully Fortune - Jana Deleon 10/21
V: [Vasilisa] The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden 8/13

C: [Cynthia] Panther's Claim - Eve Langlais 7/20
O: [Olivia Limoges] A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams 7/10
N: [Nick Chandler] Notorious - Diana Palmer 7/31
S: Hometown Girl - Mariah Stewart 7/6
T: Total Rush - Deirdre Martin 8/7
A: [Andie Miller] Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie 7/8
N: A Nameless Witch - A. Lee Martinez 7/31
T: One Tequila - Tricia O'Malley 7/24
I: [Invisible Library #5] The Mortal Word - Genevieve Cogman 10/12
N: Night Child - Jes Battis 8/26
E: Croc's Return - Eve Langlais 7/9

[AUGUST]
📘 Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? (7)
W: The Winter of the Witch - Katherine Arden 9/14
I: [Invisible Library #6] The Secret Chapter - Genevieve Cogman 11/13
L: The Last Namsara - Kristen Ciccarelli 8/14
L: Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30

M: Love Letters - Debbie Macomber 8/5
Y: [Marne York] Silent Night - J.D. Robb 9/28

C: Death on Windmill Way - Carrie Doyle 8/12
A: [Alaroc Phaethon] The Warlord - Gena Showalter 8/21
T: Child of the Grove - Tanya Huff 8/25

E: City of Stone - T.C. Edge 8/28
A: Child of Silence - Abigail Padgett 8/23
T: [Tess Corday] Night Child - Jes Battis 8/26

M: Total Rush - Deirdre Martin 8/7
Y: You Will Remember Me - Hannah Mary McKinnon 11/15

E: [Evelyn Preston] Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
Y: You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15
E: One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15
B: Broken Beautiful Hearts - Kami Garcia 8/22
A: The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden 8/27
L: Lions and the Living Dead - Ruby Loren 9/8
L: Wired - Liz Maverick 9/18
S: Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - Gary Kinder 8/10

📘 Caitlin Doughty (4)
C: Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
A: The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden 8/13
I: It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle 12/3
T: [Tate Justice] Defeat the Darkness - Alexis Morgan 9/3
L: Love Letters - Debbie Macomber 8/5
I: Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25
N: [Nick White] Mystery at the Fair - Connie Cockrell 8/27

D: Death on Windmill Way - Carrie Doyle 8/12
O: The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7
U: The Unkindness of Ravens - M.E. Hilliard 8/6
G: Firestorm - Donna Grant 8/13
H: Darkest Journey - Heather Graham 10/7
T: This Fallen Prey - Kelley Armstrong 9/22
Y: You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17



[September]
📓 The Maidens (3)
T: They Never Learn - Layne Fargo 9/30
H: Heat - Donna Grant 10/10
E: [Eric Dalton] Watcher in the Woods - Kelley Armstrong 9/28

M: Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5
A: The Winter of the Witch - Katherine Arden 9/14
I: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
D: Defeat the Darkness - Alexis Morgan 9/3
E: Every Dead Thing - John Connolly 10/8
N: Getting It! - Rhonda Nelson 10/1
S: Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17

📓 Alex Michaelides (5)
A: [Alex Price]Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5
L: Lions and the Living Dead - Ruby Loren 9/8
E: [Ethan Delaney] Darkest Journey - Heather Graham 10/7
X: X Marks the Scot - Kaitlyn Dunnett 9/11

M: [Mac Reilly] One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15
I: [Irene Winters] The Secret Chapter - Genevieve Cogman 11/13
C: Vortex - Catherine Coulter 9/6
H: The Girl in the Glass - James Hayman 10/13
A: Defeat the Darkness - Alexis Morgan 9/3
E: [Ethan Kelly] The Darkest Hour - Maya Banks 10/10
L: [Lizzie Danton] Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17
I: The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus 12/7
D: [Derrick Cameron] Roses in Moonlight - Lynn Kurland 9/18
E: [Erika Foster] The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza 10/16
S: Fortune and Fate - Sharon Shinn 10/15

[October]
The Guest List (4)
T: [Trace] Mystical Warrior - Janet Chapman 10/5
H: The Haunting of Josie - Kay Hooper 10/15
E: [Eric Dalton] A Stranger in Town - Kelley Armstrong 10/17

G: Blaze - Donna Grant 10/2
U: Unreasonable Doubt - Vicki Delaney 10/20
E: [Esther North] Heat - Donna Grant 10/10
S: Security - Gina Wohlsdorf 10/3
T: [Truman Daly] A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliott 10/19

L: Killer Insight - Victoria Laurie 10/15
I: Imprudence - Gail Carriger 10/31
S: SEALed with a Ring - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 10/17
T: Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal - Mike Mignola & Tom Sniegoski 10/19

Lucy Foley (3)
L: [Lilly] Afterthought - Janet Clare 12/21
U: Untamed - Elizabeth >Lowell 11/20
C: The Ghost Tree - Christina Henry 10/30
Y: Susana and the Scot - Sabrina York 12/22

F: Frightfully Fortune - Jana Deleon 10/21
O: Onyx - Jennifer L. Armentrout 10/14
L: [Logan Somerville] You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17
E: A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliott 10/19
Y: Unbroken Cowboy - Maisey Yates 12/25

[November]
The Seven-Percent Solution (5)
T: Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1
H: Hekla's Children - James Brogden 11/23
E: A Merciful Truth - Kendra Elliot 11/11

S: [Sam Porter] The Fourth Monkey - J.D. Barker 11/19
E: [Edilean #7] Stranger in the Moonlight - Jude Deveraux 11/18
V: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Victoria E. Schwab 11/6
E: Eeny Meeny - M.J. Arlidge 11/25
N: The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes 11/12

P: Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
E: [Emma Murphy] When Smiles Fade - Paige Dearth 12/4
R: Reticence - Gail Carriger 11/27
C: Blood Song - Cat Adams 11/5
E: Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich 12/4
N: [Naomi Cottle] The Child Finder - Rene Denfeld 11/25
T: A Terrible Beauty - Tasha Alexander 11/26

S: Shop Till You Drop - Elaine Viets 12/24
O: [Otto Sanchez] Mind Games - Carolyn Crane 11/26
L: Witch on Ice - Cat Larson 1/1
U: Unfinished Business - J.A. Jance 12/17
T: [Trouble in Paradise #1] It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle 12/3
I: [Irene Winters] The Dark Archive - Genevieve Cogman 1/28
O: [Oliver Bodenstein] The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus 12/7
N: Quiet in Her Bones - Nalini Singh 12/2

Nicholas Meyer (4)
N: [Nick] A Stranger in Paradise - Tianna Xander 12/17
I: In the Company of Witches - Joey W. Hill 12/26
C: [Clockwork Century #1]Boneshaker - Cherie Priest 11/3
O: [Olivia] Hekla's Children - James Brogden 11/23
L: [Lynne Gale] Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25
A: 15 Seconds - Andrew Gross 11/5
S: [Shane Skully #7] Three Shirt Deal - Stephen J. Cannell 11/1

M: [John May] Bryant & May and The Bleeding Heart - Christopher Fowler 11/9
E: Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell 11/20
Y: Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager 12/20
E: [Lady Emily] A Terrible Beauty - Tasha Alexander 11/26
R: The Child Finder - Rene Denfeld 11/25

[December]
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (7)
T: Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich 12/4
H: Over the Faery Hill - Jennifer L. Hart 12/24
E: Curious Minds - Janet Evanovich & Phoef Sutton 12/10

M: A Reasonable Doubt - Phillip Margolin 12/5
Y: A Yuletide Kiss - Madeline Hunter/Sabrina Jeffries/Mary Jo Putney 1/23
S: A Sinister Six - Steve Boseley 12/7
T: [Turen] Betrayal's Shadow - K.H. LeMoyne 12/12
E: Zoo - Tara <>B>Elizabeth 12/13
R: [Raina] In the Company of Witches - Joey W. Hill 12/26
Y: Yews with Caution - Kate Collins 2/2

O: Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager 12/20
F: [A Five Ingredient Mystery #7] Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan 12/18

E: The Edge of the Crazies - Jamie Harrison 12/19
D: You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15
W: When Smiles Fade - Paige Dearth 12/4
I: [Invisible Library #7] The Dark Archive - Genevieve Cogman 1/28
N: All I Want for Christmas Eve - Olivia Noble 1/15

D: A Child Called "It" - Dave Pelzer 12/21
R: [Rime Korvanus] Asteroid Made of Dragons - G. Derek Adams 12/28
O: Oceans of Magic - Brian M. Thomsen 2/13
O: [Opal Smith] Sheer Dynamite - Jennifer Skully 2/25
D: Don't Look - Alexandra Ivy 12/25

Charles Dickens (4) CLAIMED
C: It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle 12/3
H: The Edge of the Crazies - Jamie Harrison 12/19
A: [Ali Reynolds] Unfinished Business - J.A. Jance 12/17
R: [Robin Lockwood] A Reasonable Doubt - Phillip Margolin 12/5
L: Betrayal's Shadow - K.H. LeMoyne 12/12
E: [Emma David] Zoo - Tara Elizabeth 12/13
S: Quiet in Her Bones - Nalini Singh 12/2

D: When Smiles Fade - Paige Dearth 12/4
I: Immortal Illusions - Ursula Bauer 12/30
C: Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan 12/18
K: [Kate Lightfoot] Cookies and Clairvoyance - Bailey Cates 12/23
E: [Emerson Knight] Curious Minds - Janet Evanovich & Phoef Sutton 12/10
N: The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus 12/7
S: A Stranger in Paradise - Tianna Xander 12/17