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September
Lonesome Road (#3 Miss Silver Mysteries) by Patria Wentworth
The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie (Challenge Title)
October
Murder Included (#1 D.I. Price) by Joanna Cannan (1950)
A Murder Is Announced (1950) by Agatha Christie (Challenge Title)
November
Post After Post-Mortem (Robert Macdonald #11) by E C R Lorac (1936)
Black Coffee (1950) By Agatha Christie (Challenge Title)
Buddy Reads:
Sept/Oct
Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) by Sarah Hawkswood
Special Assignments by Boris Akunin (Erast Fandorin #5)
Mrs Pargeter’s Point of Honour (Mrs Pargeter #6) by Simon Brett
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander #1)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey #5)
Oct/Nov
Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) by E R Punshon
One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis (Falco #11)
Willful Behaviour by Donna Leon (Brunetti #11)
Gently By the Shore (Inspector George Gently #2) by Alan Hunter
Cat and Mouse (Inspector Chucky #1) by Christianna Brand
Nov/Dec
Postern of Fate (Tommy and Tuppence #5) by Agatha Christie (last book)
The Vanishing Box (Brighton Mysteries #4) by Elly Griffiths
The Blood-Dimmed Tide (#2 John Madden) by Rennie Airth
The Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther #2)
Knots & Crosses (Rebus #1) by Ian Rankin
Dec/Jan
The Night of Fear (#2 Hugh Collier) by Moray Dalton (Christmas buddy read)
Triple Quest (Bobby Owen #34) by E R Punshon
The Body Politic (Sloan and Crosby #13) by Catherine Aird
Vane Pursuit by Charlotte MacLeod (Professor Shandy #7)
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #3)
Jan/Feb
Faithful Until Death (Bradecote and Catchpoll #6) by Sarah Hawkswood
The State Counsellor by Boris Akunin (Erast Fandorin #6)
Mrs Pargeter’s Principle (Mrs Pargeter #7) by Simon Brett
The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander #2)
Strong Poison by Dorthy L. Sayers by Dorothy L Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey #6)
Feb/March
Six Were Present (Bobby Owen #35) by E R Punshon (last book)
Ode to a Banker by Lindsey Davis (Falco #12)
Uniform Justice by Donna Leon (Brunetti #12)
Gently Down the Stream (Inspector George Gently #3) by Alan Hunter
March/April
Now You See Them (Brighton Mysteries #5) by Elly Griffiths
The Dead of Winter (#3 John Madden) by Rennie Airth
A German Requiem by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther #3)
Hide & Seek (Rebus #2) by Ian Rankin
April/May
The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey #7)
A Going Concern (Sloan and Crosby #14) by Catherine Aird
An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod (Professor Shandy #8)
Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #4)
May/June
River of Sins (Bradecote and Catchpoll #7) by Sarah Hawkswood
The Coronation by Boris Akunin (Erast Fandorin #7)
Mrs Pargeter’s Public Relations (Mrs Pargeter #8) by Simon Brett
The White Lioness by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander #3)
Our 2025 Challenge is Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple
Jan: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Feb: The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
March: The Murder on the Links (1923)
April: The Body in the Library (1942)
May: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
June: The Moving Finger (1942)
July: The Big Four (1927)
August: Sleeping Murder (1976)
September: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
October: A Murder Is Announced (1950)
November: Black Coffee (1930)
December: They Do It with Mirrors (1952)
aka Murder with Mirrors