2026 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge
Rick Mills • Maine

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

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