2022 Medical Examiner's Reading Challenge
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Author (links to bibliography) Title (links to review) Series Asph Drown Fall Fire Hit Pois Shot Stab Other Toe Tags
Jussi Adler-Olsen The Absent One Department Q #2 1 2 3 3 4 1 2   2 18
Amanda Allen (Amanda McCabe) Santa Fe Mourning Santa Fe Revival #1           1 1     2
Stephanie Barron (Francine Mathews) A Flaw in the Blood -                   19
L.L. Bartlett Cheated by Death Jeff Resnick #3           1 1   4 6
M.C. Beaton (Marion Chesney) Death of a Dentist Hamish Macbeth #13         1 2       3
Frances Brody A Woman Unknown Kate Shackleton #4 4   2           1 7
Ken Bruen The Killing of the Tinkers Jack Taylor #2                   16
Fiona Buckley (Valerie Anand) A Pawn for a Queen Ursula Blanchard #6               2 4 6
Julia Buckley A Dark and Stormy Murder Writer's Apprentice #1             1     1
Colleen Cambridge (Colleen Gleason) Murder at Mallowan Hall Phyllida Bright #1                   3
JoAnna Carl (Eve Sandstrom) The Chocolate Jewel Case Chocoholic #7   1           2 1 4
Carol K. Carr India Black Madam of Espionage #1             2   2 4
Donis Casey Hornswoggled Alafair Tucker #2           1   1 1 3
Donis Casey The Drop Edge of Yonder Alafair Tucker #3             6
Lee Child (Jim Grant) Echo Burning Jack Reacher #5                   4
Agatha Christie The Sittaford Mystery -       1       1
Agatha Christie The Unexpected Guest -       1   1     2
Judy Clemens Different Paths Stella Crown #5         1         1
Barbara Cleverly The Blood Royal Joe Sandilands #9 2         1 3     6
Beverly Connor A Rumor of Bones Lindsay Chamberlain #1             3 3   6
Michael Cordell Contempt -             2 1   3
Cleo Coyle (Alfonsi & Cerasini) Once Upon a Grind Coffeehouse #14           3       3
Philip R. Craig Dead in Vineyard Sand Martha's Vineyard #17   1         3     4
Philip R. Craig Vineyard Stalker Martha's Vineyard #18   1       1     2
Philip R. Craig Vineyard Chill Martha's Vineyard #19     1       1
Philip R. Craig & William G. Tapply Third Strike Coyne & Jackson #3   1     2     3
Robert Crais The Monkey's Raincoat Elvis Cole #1                   10
Ellen Crosby The French Paradox Wine Country #11     1     1     1 3
Diane Mott Davidson Tough Cookie Goldy Bear #9     4   1       2 7
Fiona Davis The Lions of Fifth Avenue -                   4
Judy Ann Davis Under Starry Skies Ashmore Brothers #2             1 1 5 7
Joan Druett The Launching of the Huntress Money Ship #1 1 1 1           1 4
Joan Druett The Privateer Brig Money Ship #2 1   1       1 3
Martin Edwards Mortmain Hall Rachel Savernake #2     2   1   1 2 2 8
Martin Edwards Yesterday's Papers Harry Devlin #4         11
Kathy Lynn Emerson Fatal as a Fallen Woman Diana Spaulding #2           1 1 1   3
Monica Ferris (Mary Pulver) Buttons and Bones Needlecraft #14         2       1 3
Ian Fleming Live and Let Die James Bond #2     1       2 2   5
Nicci French (S French + N Gerrard) Waiting for Wednesday Frieda Klein #3 6       1   3     10
Alan Furst The Polish Officer Night Soldiers #3   1   2 1 3 8   1 16
Diana Gabaldon (Diana Watkins) A Fugitive Green Outlander prequel                   2
Tess Gerritsen Die Again Rizzoli & Isles #11             2 8 1 10
Chris Grabenstein Hell Hole John Ceepak #4             2     2
Chris Grabenstein Mind Scrambler John Ceepak #5                 5
Sarah Graves Unhinged Home Repair is Homicide #6   1 1 1 1 1 2   1 8
Andrew M. Greeley Irish Lace Nuala Anne McGrail #2 1               1 2
Elly Griffiths (Domenica de Rosa) A Room Full of Bones Ruth Galloway #4           2       2
Jane Harper Force of Nature Aaron Falk #2 5           2   3 10
John Harvey A Darker Shade of Blue Will Grayson / Helen Walker #0.5 5       1 4 14 5   29
Amanda Hodgkinson 22 Britannia Road -                   2
Anne Holt Blind Goddess Hanne Wilhelmsen #1                   4
Sarah Jio Morning Glory -     2             2
Iris Johansen Body of Lies Eve Duncan #4   2   1 1 1 3 1 1 10
Iris Johansen Dead Aim Eve Duncan #4.5     1
Mari Jungstedt The Dead of Summer Anders Knutas #5         2   2     4
Philip Kerr March Violets Bernie Gunther #1         3   5 2 2 12
Kate Kingsbury Service for Two Pennyfoot Hotel #3               1 2 3
Elizabeth Kostova The Swan Thieves -                   4
Sarah Langan Good Neighbors -   1         4   1 6
M. A. Lawson (Mike Lawson) Rosarito Beach Kay Hamilton #1   1   1 1   7   1 11
John Lawton A Little White Death Inspector Troy #3 2         1 6   3 12
Leena Lehtolainen Her Enemy Maria Kallio #2                   2
T.J. MacGregor (Patricia MacGregor) Total Silence Tango Key #3                   9
Karen MacInerney Whale of a Crime Gray Whale Inn #7                   2
Susan Elia MacNeal Princess Elizabeth's Spy Maggie Hope #2   1 2       3 2 4 12
Jenn McKinlay Death by the Dozen Cupcake Bakery #3           2       2
Adrian McKinty In the Morning I'll Be Gone Sean Duffy #3 1       1   4   3 9
Kristina McMorris The Pieces We Keep -   2             1 3
Michael Malone The Four Corners of the Sky - 2 2 1 2       1 5 13
Henning Mankell Firewall Kurt Wallander #8     1   1   1   4 7
Mia March The Meryl Streep Movie Club -         3       2 5
Steve Martini The Judge Paul Madriani #4 1       1   1   1 4
Steve Martini The Attorney Paul Madriani #5           3
Lia Matera Havana Twist Willa Jansson #7               2   2
Lia Matera Lovers and Lawyers -           2 2 7   11
Alyssa Maxwell Murder at the Breakers Gilded Newport #1     1   1   1     3
Peter May The Fourth Sacrifice China Thrillers #2           1 1 6 1 9
Amy Patricia Meade Million Dollar Baby Marjorie McClelland #1                   6
Denise Mina Exile -                   9
Kate Morton The House at Riverton - 1   2   1   5   8 17
Elle Newmark The Sandalwood Tree -       1     1   5 7
Ann Parker The Secret in the Wall Silver Rush #8   1 1       1 1 1 5
Robert B. Parker Family Honor Sunny Randall #1             7     7
Robert B. Parker Night Passage Jesse Stone #1                 4
T. Jefferson Parker Little Saigon -             7     7
Sandra Parshall Bleeding Through Rachel Goddard #5 1       1 1 1   4 8
Sandra Parshall Poisoned Ground Rachel Goddard #6         5
Andrea Penrose Murder at Kensington Palace Wrexford & Sloane #3                   6
Nancy Pickard Ring of Truth Marie Lightfoot #2                   3
Stefanie Pintoff Secret of the White Rose Simon Ziele #3 1 1     1   2 2   7
Ian Rankin The Complaints Malcolm Fox #1         1   1     2
Lucinda Riley The Butterfly Room -                   1
Michael Robotham The Night Ferry - 2     1 3   1 1 1 9
Simone St. James The Broken Girls - 1               3 4
John Sandford (John Roswell Camp) Heat Lightning Virgil Flowers #2       1     6   1 8
John Sandford (John Roswell Camp) The Devil's Code Kidd & LuEllen #3         1 7   8
Paige Shelton If Fried Chicken Could Fly Country Cooking School #1 1   2       2   1 6
Jeffrey Siger Target: Tinos Andreas Kaldis #4                 2 2
Martin Cruz Smith Polar Star Arkady Renko #2 1 1     1     2   5
J.B. Stanley * Chili con Corpses Supper Club #3 1                 1
Peter Swanson Eight Perfect Murders Malcolm Kershaw #1 1       4 1 4 1 2 13
Kathleen Tessaro The Debutante -                 5 5
Peter Turnbull Trophy Wife -   1     1     1   3
Helene Tursten An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good Elderly Lady #1     2   3       2 7
Arthur W. Upfield Wings Above the Diamantina Insp. Bonaparte #3       1           1
Arthur W. Upfield Mr. Jelly's Business Insp. Bonaparte #4 2     1 1 1     5
Arthur W. Upfield Winds of Evil Insp. Bonaparte #5 2     1     3
Arthur W. Upfield The Bone is Pointed Insp. Bonaparte #6     1 2     3
Arthur W. Upfield The Mystery of Swordfish Reef Insp. Bonaparte #7         2
Ciji Ware A Cottage by the Sea -     1       2   8 11
Patricia Wentworth (Dora Turnbull) The Case is Closed Miss Silver #2                   1
94 authors 113 books                    657 toe tags

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pseudonyms are set in italics.

* For author J. B. Stanley / Ellery Adams, sources vary as to which is the pseudonym. 

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 • 2022 Medical Examiner's Reading Challenge