I have committed myself to reading 21 titles, all crime fiction, 3 titles each from 7 "continents". My 7th continent - historical crime fiction.
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Africa -
Asia -
- 4.5, SIX FOUR, Hideo Yokoyama Japan
- 4.4, A RISING MAN, Abir Mukherjee - India 1919
- 4.3, THE TIGER LADIES, Sudha Koul - Kashmir
I can count separate Australian states -
- 4.4, KING OF THE ROAD, Nigel Bartlett New South Wales
- 4.3, GOOD MONEY, J. M. Green - Victoria and WA
- 4.8, TWISTER, Jane Woodham - New Zealand
- 4.8, THE BLOOD STRAND, Chris Ould - set in the Faroes
- 4.3, MURDER ON THE HOUR, Elizabeth J. Duncan - cozy set in Wales
- 4.9, WHAT SHE NEVER TOLD ME, Kate McQuaile - set in Ireland
- 4.3, THE DROWNING POOL, Ross Macdonald
- 4.5, EDGE OF WILD, D.K. Stone - set in Canada
- 4.2, VENGEANCE IS MINE, Joanne Fluke - set in Minnesota
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2015
I have committed myself to reading 21 titles, all crime fiction, 3 titles each from 7 "continents". My 7th continent - historical crime fiction.
Read: 15/21
Blog site: 2015 Global Reading Challenge
Africa -
- 4.5, BURIED, Jussi Adler-Olsen - Cameroon
Australasia/Oceania (my modification) - An extra hurdle for Australasia - at least one from New Zealand.
I can count separate Australian states - Completed
- 4.7, WEB OF DECEIT, Katherine Howell - Australia
- 5.0, HADES, Candice Fox - Australia
- 4.5, CROSS FINGERS, Paddy Richardson - New Zealand
- 4.8, ONLY THE INNOCENT, Rachel Abbott - England
- 4.2, THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE TRAINS GO BY, Georges Simenon - France
- 4.6, THIN AIR, Ann Cleeves - Scotland
- 5.0, ENTRY ISLAND, Peter May - Canada (setting)
- 4.3, MASTERMIND, Helen Goltz - Washington DC (setting)
- 4.6, BEAST IN VIEW, Margaret Millar - North America
- 3.6, DEAD RECKONING, Michael B. Smart - Caribbean
- 4.5, THE ART OF KILLING WELL, Marco Malvaldi- Italy 1895
- 2.0, THE BRONZE HORSEMAN, Paullina Simons - Leningrad 1941
- 4.5, WINTER SIEGE, Ariana Franklin & Samantha Norman - England 1141
2014 Global Reading Challenge: 21/21
Completed
I have committed myself to reading 21 titles, all crime fiction, 3 titles each from 7 "continents". My 7th continent - historical crime fiction.
Blog site: 2014 Global Reading Challenge
Africa - completed
- 4.8, THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU, Michael Stanley Botswana
- 4.5, DETECTIVE KUBU INVESTIGATES, Michael Stanley: a collection of short stories
- 4.6, THE MINOR ADJUSTMENT BEAUTY SALON, Alexander McCall Smith - Botswana
- 4.5, INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: THE SINGAPORE SCHOOL OF VILLAINY, Shamini Flint- Singapore
- 4.3, HOTEL BOSPHORUS, Esmahan Aykol - Turkey
- 4.5, ARMS FOR ADONIS, Charlotte Jay - Lebanon
I can count separate Australian states
Completed
- 4.3, THE NURSING HOME MURDER, Ngaio Marsh- New Zealand
- 3.9, HANK OF HAIR, Charlotte Jay- Australia
- 4.7, GETTING WARMER, Alan Carter - Australian author
- 4.6, BLOOD FROM STONE, Frances Fyfield (UK)
- 4.3, THE LATE MONSIEUR GALLET, Georges Simenon - France
- 4.4, THE GOLDEN CALF, Helene Tursten - Sweden
- 4.0, THE RIVER, Cheryl Kaye Tardif - Canada
- 4.5, IRREPARABLE HARM, Melissa F. Miller
- 3.8, LIQUID FEAR, Scott Nicholson
- 3.7, HOTEL BRASIL, Frei Betto - Brazil
- 4.5, HAPPINESS IS EASY, Edney Silvestre - Brazil
- 4.7, THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING, Juan Gabriel Vasquez - Colombia
- 4.8, LIFE AFTER LIFE, Kate Atkinson - Britain
- 4.4, DEATH OF A SWAGMAN, Arthur Upfield - Australia
- 4.4, THE SILVERSMITH'S WIFE, Sophia Tobin - London 1792
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