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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)
December
Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer (1944)
They Do It With Mirrors (1952) by Agatha Christie (Challenge Title)
Buddy Reads:
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
Our 2026 Challenge will continue as Poirot vs Marple Pt 2:
Jan: Poirot: Peril at End House (1932)
Feb: Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
March: Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
April: Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (1957)
May: Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
June: Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (1961)
July: Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (1934)
August: Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
September: Poirot: Death in the Clouds (1935)
October: Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)
November: Poirot: The ABC Murders (1936)
December: Marple: Nemesis (1971)