News:

• The 2019 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge is now closed. Thank you for your participation! Any uncompleted targets have been carried over to the 2020 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge.

Shooting The Wheel That Turned by Kathleen Moore Knight In this challenge, the concept of shooting books is just our way of setting a goal, it does not imply we do not like the books!

READER BOARD as of TUE DEC 31 2019 sorted by TCP (Target Completion Percentage) * Gunslinger TCP* Notches Shots More ammo Rick Mills Maine 1.000 11 66 sk888888 New Jersey 1.000 3 18 Lynn Pennsylvania 1.000 1 6 Tari Hann Ohio .923 2 13 Stephanie W Colorado .818 3 22   Bev Hankins Indiana .750 4 32 Ahcop India .750 3 24 Avid Series Reader New Mexico .000 0 11

* TCP = Target Completion Percentage. This is similar to a batting average in baseball. It is the ratio of notches achieved to the number of shots taken. The formula is (notches/shots taken)*6. Completed targets will improve your TCP. However, shots that do not complete a target will lower your TCP. It's maddening, but that's the incentive to complete your targets. It also leads to the curious effect that you can rise in the Reader Board standings by simply doing nothing while other people read books that do not complete targets! - Marge N. O'Vera, Shooting Gallery Statistician

Shooting gallery:

Gunslinger	Target (links to bio)	Shot 1 (links to review)	Shot 2	Shot 3	Shot 4	Shot 5	Shot 6
Ahcop	Francis Beeding (John Palmer)	The Norwich Victims	The League of Discontent	The Black Arrows	Death in Four Letters	No Fury	Take it Crooked
Ahcop	Victor Bridges	Dusky Night	The Happy Murderers	It Happened in Essex	Greensea Island	The King Comes Back	The Secret of the Creek
Ahcop	Miles Burton ( Cecil Street )	Mr. Westerby Missing	Target carried forward to 2020
Ahcop	John Dickson Carr	The Nine Wrong Answers	Target carried forward to 2020
Ahcop	Anthony Gilbert	Out For the Kill	A Question of Murder	Prelude to Murder	Target carried forward to 2020
Ahcop	Marie Belloc Lowndes	And Call It Accident	The House by the Sea	The Injured Lover	The Lonely House	The Chianti Flask	The Marriage Broker
Ahcop	Jean Potts	Go, Lovely Rose	Target carried forward to 2020
Avid Series Reader	Philip R. Craig	First Light	Vineyard Enigma	A Vineyard Killing	Target carried forward to 2020
Avid Series Reader	Charles Finch	The Woman in the Water	A Death in the Small Hours	An Old Betrayal	Target carried forward to 2020
Avid Series Reader	Marcia Muller	The McCone Files	The Dangerous Hour	The Vanishing Point	Target carried forward to 2020
Avid Series Reader	Carol O'Connell	Find Me	Judas Child	Target carried forward to 2020
Bev Hankins	Agatha Christie	The Mysterious Affair at Styles	The Secret Adversary	Murder on the LInks	The Man in the Brown Suit	Poirot Investigates	The Secret of Chimneys
Bev Hankins	Agatha Christie	4:50 from Paddington	And Then There Were None	The Unexpected Guest	Target carried forward to 2020
Bev Hankins	Frances & Richard Lockridge	Killing the Goose	Target carried forward to 2020
Bev Hankins	Ngaio Marsh	Died in the Wool	Final Curtain	A Wreath for Rivera	Opening Night	Spinsters in Jeopardy	Scales of Justice
Bev Hankins	Ngaio Marsh	Death of a Fool	Singing in the Shrouds	False Scent	Hand in Glove	Dead Water	Killer Dolphin
Bev Hankins	Dorothy L. Sayers	Clouds of Witness	Whose Body?	Lord Peter Views the Body	Murder Must Advertise	Strong Poison	The Five Red Herrings
Bev Hankins	Dorothy L. Sayers	Gaudy Night	Unnatural Death	Thrones, Dominations	The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club	Target carried forward to 2020
Lynn	John Dunning	Booked To Die	The Bookman's Wake	The Bookman's Promise	The Sign of the Book	The Bookwoman's Last Fling	Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime
Rick Mills	John Dickson Carr (Carter Dickson)	The Lost Gallows	The White Priory Murders	And So To Murder	The House at Satan's Elbow	The Men Who Explained Miracles	The Burning Court
Rick Mills	Agatha Christie	And Then There Were None	The Hollow	There Is A Tide	The A.B.C. Murders	Death in the Air	A Murder Is Announced
Rick Mills	Mignon Eberhart	Speak No Evil	El Rancho Rio	The Man Next Door	Five Passengers from Lisbon	Three Days for Emeralds	Fair Warning
Rick Mills	A. A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner)	Give Em the Ax	Kept Women Can't Quit	Case of the Negligent Nymph	Bedrooms Have Windows	Bachelors Get Lonely	Bats Fly at Dusk
Rick Mills	Rufus King	Murder By The Clock	Museum Piece No. 13	Murder in the Willett Family	The Steps to Murder	The Case of the Dowager's Etchings	Holiday Homicide
Rick Mills	Kathleen Moore Knight	Footbridge to Death	The Tainted Token	Stream Sinister	The Wheel That Turned	Birds of Ill Omen	Death Blew Out The Match
Rick Mills	Ellery Queen	The Perfect Crime	The Origin of Evil	The House of Brass	The Roman Hat Mystery	The Finishing Stroke	Face to Face
Rick Mills	Mary Roberts Rinehart	The Window at the White Cat	Episode of the Wandering Knife	The Secret	Miss Pinkerton	The Bat	The Case of Jennie Brice
Rick Mills	Rex Stout	And Be a Villain	Where There's a Will	Might As Well Be Dead	Too Many Clients	Trouble in Triplicate	Before Midnight
Rick Mills	Carolyn Wells	Deep Lake Mystery	The Come Back	In The Onyx Lobby	Vicky Van	Feathers Left Around	Face Cards
Rick Mills	Valentine Williams	The Fox Prowls	Clubfoot the Avenger	The Eye in Attendance	The Clue of the Rising Moon	The Mysterious Miss Morrisot	The Portcullis Room
sk888888	Owen Laukkanen	The Professionals	Criminal Enterprise	Kill Fee	The Stolen Ones	The Watcher In The Wall	The Forgotten Girls
sk888888	Paul Levine	Night Vision	Mortal Sin	Riptide	Fool Me Twice	Flesh & Bones	Lassiter
sk888888	Ed McBain	The Con Man	Killer's Choice	Lady Killer	'Til Death	Lady, Lady, I Did It!	Ax
Stephanie W.	J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)	Naked in Death	Immortal in Death	Rapture in Death	Vengeance in Death	Holiday In Death	Conspiracy in Death
Stephanie W.	J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)	Loyalty In Death	Judgment In Death	Betrayal In Death	Midnight In Death	Interlude In Death	Seduction In Death
Stephanie W.	J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)	Reunion In Death	Portrait In Death	Imitation In Death	Purity In Death	Remember When	Divided In Death
Stephanie W.	J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)	Visions In Death	Survivor In Death	Origin In Death	Memory In Death	Target carried forward to 2020
Tari Hann	Tonya Kappes aka Maymee Bell	Batter Off Dead	A Charming Cure	Decaffeinated Scandal	Forests, Fishing and Forgery	Fixin' to Die	A Killer Latte
Tari Hann	Tonya Kappes aka Maymee Bell	Stamped Out	Target carried forward to 2020
Tari Hann	Ellery Adams	The Whispered Word	A Killer Plot	Pies and Prejudice	Murder in the Paperback Parlor	Murder in the Secret Garden	Murder in the Locked Library

Key:

Target

Shot!

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One shot to go!

Notch your gun!

Goal:

• Shoot (read) six mysteries by the same target (author). You get one notch on your gun (and a prize) for each target completed.

How to:

1. No advance signup needed.
2. Safety glasses and hearing protection are required.
3. Shoot (read) book #1
4. Submit the form.
5. You will get a line placed in the Shooting Gallery upon your first shot.
6. Lather, Rinse, Repeat until you have read 6 books. Once you complete 6, you get a notch on your gun, and a prize.
7. Please note the Shooting Gallery does not update in real time. This is a surprisingly low-tech operation. Your submission generates an email to The Grand Targetmeister, who will fill in the data.

Rules:

1. The 2019 challenge is closed.
2. You get to define what is a "mystery".
3. Print books, audio books, or e-books may be used.
4. Each completed targets earns you a notch on your gun.
5. Once you have completed a target, you can target the same author again for additional notches.
6. You can target different authors simultaneously or consecutively.
7. Young folks are especially welcome too. Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew readers are naturals!
8. Pseudonyms count as the same author, for example, if your target is Erle Stanley Gardner, you can count books by A. A. Fair.
9. 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.
10. Bloggers are welcome to copy the target image from the header for your blog.
11. Cross-entries from other challenges are encouraged.
12. Never enter the secret passageway first.

Prizes!

• Each completed line in the Shooting Gallery gives you a notch on your gun and a prize. See the prize list for details.

FAQ

• Suppose we are unable to complete a target for an author by December? At the end of the challenge (December 2019), the challenge will roll over for 2020. Completed targets will be removed. (The 2019 challenge page will remain online for your reference). Any uncompleted targets will be carried over to the 2020 challenge (since the purpose of the challenge is to encourage reading them in the first place). So you should feel free to open up new targets, even late in the year.

• Questions? Email me at rickmills9@gmail.com. Thank you for participating!

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• 2020 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge
• 2020 Six Shooter Reading Challenge
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