Welcome to the Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge for 2026! Your goal as Medical Examiner is to read murder mysteries and count toe tags attached to the unfortunate victim(s). Just read the obscure General Information page and then file your death certificate. M U R M U R S from the M O R G U E: July 20: Beth M (North Carolina), OutsmartYourShelf (United Kingdom) and Colleen (Illinois) all manage to master the Magenta Magnifier for marking 500 manila toe tags! July 10: SueC (Utah) lines up a Lavender Labcoat for laying down 100 toe tags! July 3: batkat (West Virginia) fingers the Fuchsia Forceps for fastening 200 floppy toe tags!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Who else examined my book in 2026? Enter Author or Title:

BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated MON JULY 20 2026 @ 3.00 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 1 1 1 2	Toe Tags 7 8 9 4	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10	32	53	813
	JenneB Pennsylvania	47	59	776
	Beth M North Carolina Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @7/20	61	72	684
	Horror Girl Texas	55	75	666
	Susan Jensen Arizona	64	78	603
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @7/16	51	61	537
	Colleen Illinois Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @7/12	46	70	505
	Linda B Kentucky Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @5/31 Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @6/28	51	75	479
	Tracy House New York	35	55	463
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1	108	124	450
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Vallery Louisiana	23	29	252
	Jjean Texas	31	41	223
	batkat West Virginia Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @7/3	17	29	214
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	39	53	187
	Shannon The Netherlands	17	36	169
	Traci L. Illinois	31	40	127
	Erika Morris California Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @7/2	12	23	120
	Tari Hann Ohio	36	45	115
	SueC Utah Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @7/10	17	30	104
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Jen McFarren Texas Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @6/21	16	17	85
	Tara Taylor Illinois	9	12	84
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	10	11	28
	Karen Baroness Texas	14	15	26
	Jace Boyer	2	2	6
	Brandy	1	1	3
	Jules Vandemberg Italy	1	1	1
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects

Ambiguous instructions and arbitrary rules are found on the General Information page.

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Chief Medical Examiner's journal Mystillery Morgue Monday, July 20: 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, writing in The D.A. Goes to Trial, 1940.

Honorary badges Gold Gurney Most Toe Tags Silver Scalpel Most Titles Bronze Body Bag Most Authors Magenta Magnifier 500 Toe Tags Scarlet Sponge 400 Toe Tags Brass Bone Saw 300 Toe Tags Fuchsia Forceps 200 Toe Tags Lavender Lab Coat 100 Toe Tags Garnet Gloves 50 Toe Tags

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