2021 Medical Examiner's Reading Challenge
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Author * (links to bibliography) Title (links to review) Series (links to series list) Asph Drown Fall Fire Hit Pois Shot Stab Other Toe Tags
Jessica Beck (Tim Myers) Tragic Toppings Donut Shop Mystery #5 1         1       2
Frances Brody (Frances McNeil) ** Murder in the Afternoon Kate Shackleton #3     1   1 1       3
Mollie Cox Bryan Death Among the Doilies Cora Crafts #1 1             1   2
John Buchan The Thirty-Nine Steps Richard Hannay #1               1   1
Fiona Buckley (Valerie Anand) Queen of Ambition Ursula Blanchard #5 2       1 1       4
John Bude (Ernest Elmore) Death in White Pyjamas   1               1
JoAnna Carl The Chocolate Bridal Bash Chocoholic Mystery #6 2               1 3
Vannetta Chapman Murder Simply Brewed Amish Village Mystery #1           1       1
Vivien Chien Death by Dumpling Noodle Shop #1                 1 1
Judy Clemens To Thine Own Self Be True Stella Crown #3         1         1
Judy Clemens The Day Will Come Stella Crown #4             1   1
Barbara Cleverly Tug of War Joe Sandilands #6             1 1   2
Barbara Cleverly Folly du Jour Joe Sandilands #7 1       1   3 4   9
Barbara Cleverly Strange Images of Death Joe Sandilands #8 1       1   1   3
Cleo Coyle (Alice Alfonsi & Marc Cerasini) Billionaire Blend Coffeehouse #13 2   1 1 1         5
Ellen Crosby The Angels' Share Wine Country #10         1       1 2
Diane Mott Davidson Prime Cut Goldy Bear Culinary #8 1         1     4 6
Judy Ann Davis Red Fox Woman Ashmore Brothers #1         1   1 1 1 4
Joan Druett The Beckoning Ice Wiki Coffin #5 1 7 1     1   1   11
Martin Edwards Gallows Court Rachel Savernake #1 5   1 4 1 2 2 3 7 25
Monica Ferris (Mary Monica Pulver) Blackwork Needlecraft Mystery #13 1       1         2
Ian Fleming Casino Royale James Bond #1       2   2 5     9
Nicci French (Nicci Gerard & Sean French) Tuesday's Gone Frieda Klein #2 4             2   6
Diana Gabaldon The Custom of the Army Lord John Grey #2.75 1           5   3 9
Tess Gerritsen Last to Die Rizzoli & Isles #10     4 2 5   13 1   25
Chris Grabenstein Mad Mouse John Ceepak #2         1     1
Chris Grabenstein Whack-A-Mole John Ceepak #3         1 9   10
Caroline Graham Death in Disguise Inspector Barnaby #3     1         1 2 4
Sarah Graves (Mary Squibb) Wreck the Halls Home Repair is Homicide #5               1 1 2
Andrew M. Greeley Irish Gold Nuala Anne McGrail #1 2       1   7   2 12
Iona Grey The Glittering Hour   1     1   1   3 6
Elly Griffiths (Domenica de Rosa) The Stranger Diaries Harbinder Kaur #1 2   1   1     4 3 11
Martha Grimes Biting the Moon Andi Oliver #1   2         1     3
Martha Grimes Send Bygraves         1     1
Martha Grimes The Train Now Departing         1   3 4
Jane Harper The Dry Aaron Falk #1   1   1     3     5
Rosemary Harris Pushing Up Daisies Dirty Business #1         1     1 4 6
John Harvey Body & Soul Frank Elder #4 1       1   1 2   5
Sarah Jio The Last Camellia     1     1   5   7
Iris Johansen The Search Eve Duncan #3 1 2   5     3 1   12
Mari Jungstedt Killer's Art Anders Knutas #4 2         1     1 4
Jim Kelly Death Toll Shaw & Valentine #3 1   1   1 4   2 2 11
Elizabeth Kostova The Shadow Land       1       3 1   5
John Lawton Old Flames Inspector Troy #2 3       2 2 2   2 11
T. J. MacGregor Black Water Tango Key #2       1   2 2   6 11
Karen MacInerney Pumpkin Pied Gray Whale Inn #6.5                 1 1
Adrian McKinty I Hear the Sirens in the Street Sean Duffy #2       2     4     6
Kristina McMorris Sold on a Monday             1   2 3
Christine Mangan Palace of the Drowned -   2               2
Henning Mankell One Step Behind Kurt Wallander #7             8     8
Steve Martini The Simeon Chamber -     1 1 3 1 2 3 3 14
Lia Matera Designer Crimes Laura DiPalma #5       1     2   1 4
Lia Matera Prior Convictions Willa Jansson #4       1     4   5
Lia Matera Last Chants Willa Jansson #5           2 2
Lia Matera Star Witness Willa Jansson #6       1   1 1 3
Francine Mathews (Francine Barron) Death on Tuckernuck Merry Folger #6             2     2
Peter May The Lewis Man Lewis Trilogy #2     2 1 1   3 1 5 13
Susan Meissner A Fall of Marigolds -       2         3 5
Kate Morton The Lake House 1   1   1 1 2   5 11
Robin Paige ( Bill & Susan Wittig Albert ) Death on the Lizard Kathryn Ardleigh #12   1 1       2   1 5
Ann Parker Mortal Music Silver Rush #7 1   1             2
T. Jefferson Parker Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries to Reel You In -   14   1     3   1 19
Sandra Parshall Under the Dog Star Rachel Goddard #4           1 1   2 4
Michael Pearce A Dead Man in Naples Seymour of Special Branch #6             1 2   3
Andrea Penrose Murder at Half Moon Gate Wrexford & Sloane #2             2 4   6
Anne Perry A Christmas Return Christmas Mysteries #15       1       3 4
Anne Perry A Christmas Revelation Christmas Mysteries #16   1   2           3
Anne Perry An Echo of Murder William Monk #23 1         4   5
Nancy Pickard The Whole Truth Marie Lightfoot #1 2           3     5
Stefanie Pintoff A Curtain Falls Simon Ziele #2 2           2     4
Lucinda Riley The Seven Sisters The Seven Sisters #1   1             6 7
Michael Robotham Good Girl, Bad Girl Cyrus Haven #1         1     5 1 7
Simone St. James Silence for the Dead -             4   2 6
Martin Cruz Smith Gorky Park Arkady Renko #1   1       1 14 1   17
Shirley Tallman Death on Telegraph Hill Sarah Woolson #5 1     1     3 1 2 8
Kathleen Tessaro The Perfume Collector       1   2     2 5
Peter Turnbull Fear of Drowning Hennessey & Yellich #1   1     3       3 7
Arthur W. Upfield The Sands of Windee Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte #2             2     2
Ciji Ware Midnight on Julia Street Time Travel #1 1           1     4
Patricia Wentworth (Dora Amy Turnbull) Grey Mask Miss Silver #1   1             1 2
68 authors 80 books                    475 toe tags

* pseudonyms are set in italics.
** for Frances Brody/Frances McNeil, sources vary as to which is the real name/pseudonym. RM

= new

Key:
Asph = asphyxiation, hanging, strangling, air deprivation
Drown = drowning
Fall = from height, or pushed
Fire = fire, bomb, or explosion
Hit = by fists, object, or vehicle
Pois = poison, poison gas, poison dart, drugs, snake venom, carbon monoxide
Shot = by gun, arrow, other projectile
Stab = by knife, other sharp object
Other = natural causes, electrocution, execution, other
Rick Mills • The Mystillery • Medical Examiner's Reading Challenge