2026 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge Rick Mills • Maine

This Shooting Gallery was last updated on FRI JAN 30 2026 .
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Target	1	2	3	4	5	6
Margery Allingham
Robert Barr (k)
George Bellairs (Harold Blundell)	Death on the Last Train Insp. Littlejohn #12	The Outrage at Gallows Hill Insp. Littlejohn	The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge Insp. Littlejohn	The Dead Shall Be Raised Insp. Littlejohn #4	The Murder of a Quack Insp. Littlejohn #5	k
John Dickson Carr	The Problem of the Wire Cage Dr Gideon Fell #11	The Skeleton in the Clock Sir Henry Merrivale #18
CBS Radio Mystery Theatre	The Lady in the Mist
Leslie Charteris
Agatha Christie	The Secret Adversary Tommy & Tuppence #1	Cat Among the Pigeons Hercule Poirot #36
Manning Coles
Maddie Day (Edith Maxwell)	Murder on Cape Cod Cozy Capers Book Group #1
Carter Dickson	See John Dickson Carr
Franklin W. Dixon	What Happened at Midnight Hardy Boys #10
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Title 1 Series
Mignon G. Eberhart	Escape the Night	Wings of Fear	v With This Ring
Tony Evans	The Case of the Missing Governess Hester Lynton	The Problem of Poldennis Hall Hester Lynton	The Case of the Puzzled Bridegroom Hester Lynton
A.A. Fair	See Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner	Title 1 Series
Sue Grafton	M is for Malice Kinsey Millhone #13	N is for Noose Kinsey Millhone #14	O is for Outlaw Kinsey Millhone #15
Elly Griffiths (Domenica de Rosa)	The Midnight Hour Brighton Mysteries #6
Brett Halliday
Sydney Horler	The Curse of Doone Mystery League #2
Kathleeen Moore Knight	The Clue of the Poor Man's Shilling Elisha Macomber #2
Richard & Frances Lockridge	Burnt Offering Capt. Heimrich #9	The Norths Meet Murder Mr. & Mrs. North #1
Helen McCloy	The Goblin Market Dr. Basil Willing #6
Ngaio Marsh	Colour Scheme Insp. Roderick Alleyn #12
Edward Marston	The Railway Detective Railway Detective #1	The Excursion Train Railway Detective #2
Andrew Martin	The Necropolis Railway Jim Stringer #1	The Blackpool Highflyer Jim Stringer #2
Nancy Barr Mavity
E. Phillips Oppenheim k	The Double Traitor	The Man Without Nerves
Baroness Orczy	The York Mystery	k
Frank L. Packard	The Gold Skull Murders
Louise Penny	Still Life Armand Gamache #1	A Fatal Grace Armand Gamache #2	The Cruelest Month Armand Gamache #3
Herman Petersen	The D.A.'s Daughter
Edgar Allan Poe	Ms. Found in a Bottle
Ellery Queen	The White Elephant Mystery as Ellery Queen Jr.	Q.E.D. Ellery Queen
Arthur B. Reeve	The Silent Bullet Craig Kennedy #1	The Campaign Grifter	k
Mary Roberts Rinehart	The Great Mistake	Affinities & OS	The Frightened Wife & OS	The Door	The Yellow Room	The Swimming Pool
Sax Rohmer (Arthur Ward)	The Day the World Ended	Daughter of Fu Manchu Fu Manchu #4	The Tragedies in the Greek Room
Dorothy L. Sayers k	The Image in the Mirror	The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey	The Abominable History of the Man with the Copper Fingers
Rex Stout	The Broken Vase Tecumseh Fox #3	Over My Dead Body Nero Wolfe #7	Double for Death Tecumseh Fox #1	Three at Wolfe's Door Nero Wolfe
Seldon Truss	The Hunterstone Outrage Mystery League #20	Turmoil at Brede Mystery League #13	Why Slug a Postman C.I. Gidleigh	Draw the Blinds C.I. Gidleigh
S.S. Van Dine (W H Wright)	The Dragon Murder Case Philo Vance #7
Gerald Verner (John Pringle) (k)	The Phantom Hollow Trevor Lowe #1
Edgar Wallace	Again the Three Just Men Four Just Men #6	The Four Just Men Four Just Men	The Ringer Returns The Ringer
Carolyn Wells	Eyes in the Wall Fleming Stone #37
Valentine Williams	The Crouching Beast	The Man With the Clubfoot	Masks Off at Midnight Trevor Dene #3	Death Answers the Bell Trevor Dene #1	Mystery of the Gold Box Dr. Adolph Grundt #5	The Key Man Secret Service #3

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