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TASKSSuspects
Miss Scarlett: Read a book that has a movie adaptation.
Reverend Green: Read a book set between 1940 and 1970.
Colonel Mustard: Read a book with a mustache on the cover.
Professor Plum: Read a book with a title that starts with either C or S.
Mrs. Peacock: Read a book with a ball gown on the cover.
Mrs. White: Read a book in which someone drinks wine. State the page and a brief passage.
Murder weapons
Candlestick: Read a book with “music” tagged on the main page.
Dagger: Read a book with more than 400 pages.
Lead Pipe: Read a book set in Chicago.
Revolver: Read a book set in either Germany or Austria.
Rope: Read a murder mystery.
Wrench: Read a book with “key” in the title.
Crime Scenes
Kitchen: Read a book in which someone bakes. State the page and a brief passage.
Ballroom: Read a book with “LGBT” tagged on the main page.
Conservatory: Read a book with a garden on the cover.
Dining Room: Read a book set in a hotel.
Billiard Room: Read a book set in the 18th century.
Library: Read a book in which books play a significant role.
Lounge: Read a book with a female main character in her 20s.
Hall: Read a book set in any country’s capital.
Study: Read a book with the numbers 2 and 4 in the page count.
CHALLENGE PROGRESSYour character: Professor Plum | Rope | Dining Room
Suspects completed: 6/6 🕵️
Murder weapons completed: 6/6 🔪
Crime scenes completed: 9/9 🏠
Your guess: Miss Scarlett | Revolver | Billiard Room
Points: 3
SuspectsBook: The Case of the Waffling Warrants
Author: Rosie A. Point
Date completed: 9/29/23
Task: Professor Plum: Read a book with a title that starts with either C or S.
How it fits: The title starts with C (ignoring The)
Murder weaponsBook: Berry the Evidence
Author: Peg Cochran
Date completed: 9/30/23
Task: Rope: Read a murder mystery.
How it fits: A realtor gets murdered in this book.
Crime ScenesBook: The Hotel Westend
Author: Ashley Lynch-Harris
Date completed: 10/1/23
Task: Dining Room: Read a book set in a hotel.
How it fits: The book is set at the Hotel Westend
Murder weaponsBook: The Classified Dossier: Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula
Author: Christian Klaver
Date completed: 10/2/23
Task: Dagger: Read a book with more than 400 pages.
How it fits: The page count is 425
SuspectsBook: No Nest for the Wicket
Author: Donna Andrews
Date completed: 10/4/23
Task: Mrs. White: Read a book in which someone drinks wine. State the page and a brief passage.
How it fits: "I sipped my Merlot and carefully put my good left leg up beside the bandaged right one on the cushion." p. 298
Crime ScenesBook: Caramel Pecan Roll Murder: A Delicious Culinary Cozy Mystery
Author: Joanne Fluke
Date completed: 10/4/23
Task: Kitchen: Read a book in which someone bakes. State the page and a brief passage.
How it fits: "It didn't take long at all to bake them, and less than a half hour later, she was through baking." p. 7
Murder weaponsBook: Emerald City
Author: Chris Nickson
Date completed: 10/7/23
Task: Candlestick: Read a book with “music” tagged on the main page.
How it fits: Music is the only MPG
Crime ScenesBook: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
Author: Donna Andrews
Date completed: 10/10/23
Task: Conservatory: Read a book with a garden on the cover
How it fits:
SuspectsBook: Mrs. Jeffries Reveals Her Art
Author: Emily Brightwell
Date completed: 10/11/23
Task: Colonel Mustard: Read a book with a mustache on the cover.
How it fits:
Crime ScenesBook: Owls Well That Ends Well
Author: Donna Andrews
Date completed: 10/14/23
Task: Library: Read a book in which books play a significant role.
How it fits: Books are the reason behind the murder in this book.
SuspectsBook: Maid of Murder
Author: Amanda Flower
Date completed: 10/18/23
Task: Mrs. Peacock: Read a book with a ball gown on the cover.
How it fits:
Crime ScenesBook: The Big Book of California Ghost Stories
Author: Janice Oberding
Date completed: 10/17/23
Task: Study: Read a book with the numbers 2 and 4 in the page count.
How it fits: The book is 240 pages
Crime ScenesBook: Murder by the Seashore
Author: Samara Yew
Date completed: 10/22/23
Task: Lounge: Read a book with a female main character in her 20s.
How it fits: Scarlett, the MC is 28 years old.
SuspectsBook: Inspector Imanishi Investigates
Author: Seichō Matsumoto
Date completed: 10/26/23
Task: Reverend Green: Read a book set between 1940 and 1970.
How it fits: Takes place in 1960
Murder weaponsBook: Black Wings
Author: Christina Henry
Date completed: 10/31/23
Task: Lead Pipe: Read a book set in Chicago.
How it fits: Set in Chicago
Crime ScenesBook: The Flower Master
Author: Sujata Massey
Date completed: 11/3/23
Task: Hall: Read a book set in any country’s capital.
How it fits: The book is set in Tokyo, Japan's capital.
Crime ScenesBook: Uncommonly Tidy Poltergeists
Author: Angel Martinez
Date completed: 11/19/23
Task: Ballroom: Read a book with “LGBT” tagged on the main page.
How it fits: LGBT is the 5th MPG
Murder weaponsBook: Key to Savannah
Author: Hope Callaghan
Date completed: 12/2/23
Task: Wrench: Read a book with “key” in the title.
How it fits: Key is the first word in the title
Murder weapons- GuessBook: From Bad to Wurst
Author: Maddy Hunter
Date completed: 12/3/23
Task: Revolver: Read a book set in either Germany or Austria.
How it fits: Set in Munich, Germany
Crime Scenes- GuessBook: Airs and Graces
Author: Roz Southey
Date completed: 12/4/23
Task: Billiard Room: Read a book set in the 18th century.
How it fits: Set in 1737
Congrats! You finished the category "murder weapons". 1 point will be awarded to your point account :)
Congrats! You finished the category "crime scenes". 1 point will be awarded to your point account :)
Suspects- GuessBook: The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
Author: Mark Obmascik
Date completed: 12/15/23
Task: Miss Scarlett: Read a book that has a movie adaptation.
How it fits: From the Goodreads author blurb: Mark Obmascik is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author of The Big Year, which was made into a movie with the same name.
Congrats! You finished the category "suspects". 1 point will be awarded to your point account :)
You completed the Cluedo challenge!Your character/start position was: Professor Plum | Rope | Dining Room
Your final guess is: Miss Scarlett | Revolver | Billiard Room
The murderer, murder weapon and crime scene is: Mrs. White | Revolver | Hall
You get one point for guessing Relvover right!
An additional 15 points will be awarded for completing the challenge :) Good job!
I really thought this was a fun challenge! Thanks for thinking of it Fiona!
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The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession (other topics)Airs and Graces (other topics)
From Bad to Wurst (other topics)
Key to Savannah (other topics)
Uncommonly Tidy Poltergeists (other topics)
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Maddy Hunter (other topics)
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The challenge is open-ended.
Let’s investigate a murder, shall we?
The Challenge
1. Sign up here and I will create a challenge thread for you.
2. You will read one book for every suspect, room and murder weapon, making it 21 tasks.
3. The tasks can be read in any order with the following exception: The first 3 tasks need to be one of each category. These will form your character, the room you’re in and the weapon you use for self defense. The last task you read of each category will make up your guess for murderer, crime scene and murder weapon.
4. Before posting your tasks, I will generate a random constellation of murderer, crime scene and murder weapon. For each right guess through your final tasks, you will receive a point. There will be one point given for every category that you finish and you will be awarded 1 point if your character consists of 2 or more of the murderer’s pieces.
5. If you are stuck, please let me know in your thread. You can then choose which task you want to substitute with a book that meets the general challenge rules. PLEASE NOTE that you can only use this out once throughout the challenge. If you want another break, you can use 7 points from your account to buy it. You can only use points from other challenges.
6. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book:
Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
7. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.
8. General challenge rules apply. The completion date of a book counts.