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Welcome to the 2023 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge! Your goal as Medical Examiner is to read murder mysteries and attach toe tags to the unfortunate victim(s). There is no advance signup for this challenge, just submit your first Death Certificate to begin. Be sure to read our General Information page and then file your death certificate. M U R M U R S from the M O R G U E : Your host is travelling across the Pacific northwest in a high-altitude balloon from Friday, Mar. 17 through Tuesday, Mar. 21; and this challenge will not be updated during that time. Please continue submissions as usual, and they will updated upon my safe return. Mar 14: The Limited Edition Lavender Lab Coat goes to SueC as she loops her 100th toe tag on a limp, livid toe! Mar 13: We welcome Jen McFarren of Texas back to the morgue, as she returns from 2022! You can read her bio here. Mar 13: We welcome Karen Baroness of Baroness' Book Trove of Texas back to the morgue, as she returns from 2022! You can read her bio here.

Who else examined my book? Enter Author or Title:

BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated THU MAR 16 2023 @ 7.30 pm EDT convert
Medical Examiners 3 1		Authors	Books 5 0 9	Toe Tags 3 1 4 9	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	batkat West Virginia Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @2/18 Gold Gurney (Most Toe Tags) @2/27 Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @3/5	12	31	427
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	28	28	381
	Tracy New York	23	30	281
	Scott Nickels Georgia	22	34	236
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Fuschia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @3/10	25	30	231
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Bronze Body Bag (Most Authors) @2/8 Silver Scalpel (Most Books) @2/8	56	61	223
	Colleen Illinois	19	23	172
	KazOfBooks Scotland	17	22	140
	Jjean Texas	13	20	123
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	16	17	110
Medical Examiner		Authors	Books	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	SueC Utah Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @3/14	11	27	106
	Susan Jensen Arizona	13	13	95
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	21	24	93
	Traci L. Illinois Garnet Gloves (50th Toe Tag) @ 3/8	26	30	91
	Erika Morris California	10	12	82
	Zesty Bean & Cheese Virginia	8	8	56
	Anne A. Maine	10	11	43
	Shannon The Netherlands	9	17	41
	Tari Hann Ohio	18	18	38
	Tara Illinois	7	7	35
Medical Examiner		Authors	Books	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Jen McFarren Texas	10	12	29
	Karen New Mexico	6	10	26
	Linda B Kentucky	5	7	22
	Jessica Libby Washington	2	2	19
	Karen Baroness Texas	7	7	16
	Lisa Minnesota	1	2	11
	Kim Prytherch South Carolina	1	1	9
	JenneB Pennsylvania	1	1	5
	Dr. Anna Geddes The United Kingdom	2	2	4
	Becca Vogelezang Michigan	1	1	4
	Rhonda D Alabama	1	1	1
Medical Examiner		Authors	Books	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects

Instructions and rules are found on the General Information page.

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M.E.'s journal: Thursday, March 16: "Where's the Medical Examiner?" asked District Attorney Markham. "He's coming," Sergeant Heath told him. "You can't get Doc Doremus to go anywheres without his breakfast." S. S. Van Dine, writing in The Canary Murder Case, 1927 Find a quirky Medical Examiner, Coroner, or Morgue quote? Email it to your host for inclusion in the M.E.'s journal!

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