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WOOHOO Julesy!

A-Z Locations Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 202

You may use the names of countries, states, counties, cities or towns.
Fictional settings are allowed, like Disc in The Color of Magic. Non-specific places maybe used like a ranch or a bakery.

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in it's name.

26/26 Completed. Finish

List:
Albuquerque, NM:Eighth Grave After Dark-Darynda Jones 4/12/25
Black Falls, MT:Good Girls Don't Cry-D.K. Hood 6/24/25
Chicago, IL:Echo-Tracy Clark 2/20/25
Dallas, TX:I Can't Even-Lani Lynn Vale 3/09/25
Eugene, OR:Myla: The Hawthornes-Nicole Jacquelyn 1/13/25
Florida:NOT MY DAUGHTER-Willow Rose 6/25/25
Georgia:Foul Play-Carolyn Ridder Aspenson 5/01/25
Houston, TX:Addictive-K.E. Osborn 1/06/25
Iowa:Unforgivable Acts-Laura Snider 2/21/25
Jacksonville, FL:Dead at Third-Gregory Payette 7/25/25
Kathmandu:Kathmandu Killers-Luke Richardson 5/28/25
Los Angeles, CA:The Gods of Guilt-Michael Connelly 6/26/25
Minneapolis, MN:Sleigh All Day-Gina LaManna 3/16/25
New Orleans, LA:Easy Kisses-Kristen Proby 3/08/25
Oregon:Five Days Post Mortem-L.T. Vargus 5/15/25
Pittsburgh, PA:Bain-Sawyer Bennett 1/27/25
Quantico, VA:Autumn's Fall-Mary Stone 1/21/25
Rhode Island:Last Night-Luanne Rice 4/10/25
Seattle, WA:Come Away with Me-Kristen Proby 2/23/25
Tennessee:Copper-Lilly Atlas 6/02/25
Utah:The Deceiving Look-Victor Methos 6/18/25
Virginia:Shadow's Conspiracy-Mary Stone 4/27/25
Wolf Lake, NY:Daddy’s Little Girls-Dan Padavona 3/18/25
X:TeXas:The Woman Next Door-Elle Gray 5/30/25
Y:New York:The Stopover-T.L. Swan 3/11/25
Z:AriZonaYou'll Never Find Me-Allison Brennan 7/02/25

WOOHOO Frankie!

✅Done!!!✅

~Locations~
26/26

Archipea Archipelago: Impossible Creatures ★★★★ 12 March
Bth, England: Is She Really Going Out with Him? ★★★★ 7 March
California: Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam ★★★★ 5 January
Denver, Colorado: The Fake Mate ★★★ 15 March
England: Ne'er Duke Well ★★★ 28 January
Falls Hallow: The Bellwoods Game ★★★★ 21 March
Georgia: The Many Fortunes of Maya ★★★★ 21 February
Hawaii: The Flight Girls ★★★ 14 May
Inglewild, Maryland: Business Casual ★★★★ 2 March
Japan: Pearl ★★★★ 6 January
Kentucky: Hope in the Holler ★★★★ 9 April
Laurelbery, Ohio: Dating and Dragons ★★★ 2 April
Massachusetts: The Frozen River ★★★★★ 31 January
Nebraska: The Do-Over ★★★★ 2 February
Ozarks: Ozark Dogs ★★★ 12 January
Pennsylvania: Sheets ★★ 19 February
Queens: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass ★★★★ 5 June
Rome, Italy: The Italian Ballerina ★★★★ 20 February
San Francisco: Super Boba Café ★★★ 25 January
Texas: Punching Bag ★★★★★ 7 January
Ukraine: The Rooster House: My Ukrainian Family Story ★★★ 16 February
Virginia: Perfectly Parvin★★★★ 5 January
West Virginia: The Grand Design ★★ 21 April
biXby, Maine: Such Charming Liars ★★★ 16 January
new York City: Olga Dies Dreaming ★★★★ 3 January
oZ:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ★★★★ 13 January


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WOOHOO Jessica!

FINISHED

A-Z Locations Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in it's name.

26/26

A = Arborville, New Jersey: Knit of the Living Dead by Peggy Ehrhart 3/7/25
B = Burlington, Ohio: Redemption by David Baldacci 1/21/25
C = Caerphilly, Virginia: Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews 1/1/25
D = Dublin, Ireland: Death in Irish Accents by Catie Murphy 2/23/25
E = Edinburg, Scotland: Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton 1/3/25
F = Family cabin: One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery 2/10/25
G = Geneva Bay, Wisconsin: Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley 1/11/25
H = Hawaii: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 2/17/25
I = Isle of Man: Aunt Bessie Assumes by Diana Xarissa 1/8/25
J = Johannesburg, South Africa: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 8/10/24
K = Korea: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum 2/25/25
L = London: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce 1/7/25
M = Mississippi River: James by Percival Everett 1/4/25
N = New York: Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake 1/9/25
O = Outer space: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 1/2/25
P = Pinewood: Paws & Pastries by Paws & Pastries 1/4/25
Q = Queen Street, Cattail Island, North Carolina: Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette 5/23/25
R = Rebel Blue Ranch: Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage 3/8/25
S = Sky Lodge Mountain Retreat: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson 1/6/25
T = Tita Rosie's Kitchen (restaurant): Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 1/12/25
U = United Kingdom: Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens 2/2/25
V = Virginia: Rest in Pieces by Rita Mae Brown 2/13/25
W = Washington (Seattle): Chai Another Day by Leslie Budewitz 1/16/27
X* = Texas: Death, Taxes, and Peach Sangria by Diane Kelly 2/20/25
Y* = Mercy (South Carolina): The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret by Leann Sweeney 2/1/25
Z* = Arizona: Murder Runs in the Family by Tamara Berry 7/22/25

WOOHOO Michelle!

A-Z Locations Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in it's name.

26/26 COMPLETED!

A Aldernay A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz 1/7/2025
B Beaufort, NC Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert 2/2/2025
C Christchurch Trust No One by Paul Cleave 1/10/2025
D Devil's Beach Cold Brew Corpse by Tara Lush 3/12/2025
E England Murder in Black Tie by Sara Rosett 1/14/2025
F Florida Ride South Until the Sawgrass by James Chapin 2/11/2025
G Georgia The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter 3/21/2025
H Holland Dutch Me Deadly by Maddy Hunter 1/22/2024
I Ice Cream Shop A Game of Cones by Abby Collette
J Julian, CA Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian 8/26/2025
K Koh Sang Resort The Resort by Sara Ochs 1/8/2025
L Los Angeles The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson 2/15/2025
M Marlow The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 1/17/2025
N New York City Opulence and Ashes by Kate Belli 1/3/2025
O Ohio An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo 1/27/2025
P Pennsylvania Ways to Hide in Winter by Sarah St. Vincent 1/30/2025
Q Quilt Shop Murders on Elderberry Road by Sally Goldbaum 5/28/2025
R Retirement community Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb 2/25/2025
S Sandwich, MA Sandwich by Catherine Newman 1/13/2024
T Tennessee The Sinners by Ace Atkins 4/2/2025
U Australia Lest We Forgive by Phillipa Nefri Clark 5/7/2025
V:Vermont Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly 4/9/2025
W Walton, GA After the Rain by Karen White 3/7/2025
X New Mexico The Killing Hour by Kate Bold 5/11/2025
Y New Jersey The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl 5/18/2025
Z Arizona Reading Between the Lies by Lynn Cahoon 4/29/2025

WOOHOO Anne!

Completed!

A-Z Locations Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Goal: 26/26

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in it's name.

List:
A - Australia (Tambilla) - Homecoming - Kate Morton - 02/26/25
B - Basgiath, Navarre - Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros - 02/08/25
C - Cameroon - These Letters End in Tears - Musih Tedji Xaviere - 02/24/25
D - Durangoni - Roy: The Most Chaotic Midlife Crisis in Cosmic History - Zachry Wheeler - 02/13/25
E - Egypt (Cairo) - Cairo - G. Willow Wilson - 01/27/25
F - Florida - Dark Dive - Andrew Mayne - 03/13/25
G - Great Britain - 28 Days Later Vol. 4: Gangwar - Michael Alan Nelson - 01/21/25
H - Hucknall, UK - The Ghost's Call - K.C. Adams - 01/14/25
I - Ithaca - Odyssey - Stephen Fry - 01/25/25
J - Japan - Velvet Kiss Vol. 1 - Chihiro Harumi - 08/29/25
K - Kentucky - The Forbidden - Sawyer Bennett - 04/03/25
L - London, UK - 28 Days Later Vol. 6: Homecoming - Michael Alan Nelson - 03/16/25
M - Mukawgee, Wisconsin - UFOlogy Vol. 1 - James Tynion IV - 02/27/25
N - New York City - Blue Sisters - Coco Mellors - 01/31/25
O - Oman - Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs - Abdulaziz Al Farsi - 01/21/25
P - Pulau Jingga, Indonesia - The Paradise Problem - Christina Lauren - 03/08/25
*Q - Iraq - There Are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak - 06/09/25
R - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Girls of Riyadh - Rajaa Alsanea - 01/02/25
S - San Francisco, California - Sugar Daddy - Sawyer Bennett - 02/05/25
T - Tinker’s Cove, Maine - Valentine Murder - Leslie Meier - 02/08/25
U - United Arab Emirates (Dubai) - We Solve Murders - Richard Osman - 01/09/25
V - The Vatican - The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World - Anthony McCarten - 04/21/25
W - Whimbrel House, Rhode Island - Keeper of Enchanted Rooms - Charlie N. Holmberg - 02/14/25
*X - Mexico City. Mexico - Silver Nitrate - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 04/02/25
*Y - Talagray - The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett - 03/04/25
*Z - Arizona - The Killing Game - Kate Bold - 04/05/25

WOOHOO Ferenc!