2021 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge

News:

• This challenge will open Jan. 1 2021, but you can sign up now at this page.

• Welcome to the 2021 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge! Please consider joining us! We welcome new Medical Examiners any time! If you want to see what you are getting into, take a look into the morgue of the current 2020 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge.

Morgue:

Welcome to the Morgue. We currently have 16 overworked Medical Examiners on staff. You may refer to their autopsy notes by clicking on their clipboards below.

Who else reads my books? Enter Author or Title:

BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated FRI JAN 1 2021 @ 12:01 AM sorted by toe tags issued. highest stats highlighted in green.
Medical Examiner		Toe Tags tied	Books read	TPB*	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	0	0	0.00		<-- books for you!
	Bev Hankins Indiana	0	0	0.00
	Jjean Missouri	0	0	0.00
	Marzipan Oregon	0	0	0.00
	Megotducktape Maryland	0	0	0.00
	Laura Marlane Nebraska	0	0	0.00
	Rick Mills Maine	0	0	0.00		<-- books for you!
	Laura United Kingdom	0	0	0.00
	BlairP Alabama	0	0	0.00
	LexiLou Kansas	0	0	0.00
	Sanacrow Tennessee	0	0	0.00
	Simone C Alabama	0	0	0.00
	SueC Utah	0	0	0.00
	Traci L. Illinois	0	0	0.00
	Rachel Roy Vermont	0	0	0.00
	Sharon Angle-Boyer North Carolina	0	0	0.00
	Morgue Totals	0 toe tags	0 books read

vital statistics and autopsy notes updated on date indicated

challenger has moved up a row

highest stats per column

* TPB = Toe Tags Per Book (average). This is a measure of how lethal your reading preferences are.

Goal:

• You are the Medical Examiner, and your goal is to issue as many Toe Tags as you can during 2021, by reading murder mysteries and documenting the cause of death of the unfortunate victim(s).

How to:

1. You can sign up at this page.
2. Read a murder mystery. Note the victim(s) and cause(s) of death.
3. Submit one Death Certificate per book, identifying the Cause(s) of Death of the victim(s). Any death (accidental, natural causes, homicide, suicide) counts, as long as the person is significant enough to be named in the book.
4. This page does not update in real time. Your submission generates an email to the Chief Medical Examiner, who will review the data and submit it to the Department of Vital Statistics.

Rules:

1. This challenge is open from Jan 1 2021 - Dec 24 2021.
2. Genres: You get to decide what is a 'mystery'. Traditional murder mysteries, thrillers, police procedurals, romances, all are welcome.
3. Formats: Print books, audio books, radio dramatizations, or e-books may be used.
4. You get one Toe Tag per victim. What counts? If the person is significant enough to be given a name, and includes a cause of death you can cite, then it counts. For more details on what counts and what doesn't, see the FAQ page.
5. Reviews: You do not need to write reviews, but you are welcome to. If you supply a link to your blog or Goodreads review, I will link to it.
6. Bloggers are welcome to copy the toe tag image from the header (or any image that catches your fancy) for your blog.

Prizes!

• At the close of the challenge, five active participants (chosen at random) may select a book from the prize list.

• Prizes awarded from Beachcomber, Medical Examiner, and Six Shooter will be mutually exclusive - that is, you can't win a prize from more than one challenge.

Archive:

• 2019 Medical Examiner's Reading Challenge
• 2020 Medical Examiner's Reading Challenge

Inspirational quotes:

Harry Perkins, medical examiner of Madison County, was also the town's leading mortician. His living quarters were over his undertaking establishment. In the privacy of his apartment, his bony face naturally tended to relax into lines of whimsical humor. His professonal expression, as befitted his occupation, was one of fixed solemnity. Erle Stanley Gardner in The D.A. Goes to Trial, 1940.