2023 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge

2023 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge Tracking Post

Hosted by: Carol’s Notebook

Challenge Rules:

• You can read any book from the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres.
• You don’t need a blog to participate, but you do need a place to post your reviews to link up. (blog, Goodreads, Instagram, etc.)
• Make a goal post and link it here with your goal for this challenge.
• Books need to be at least 100 pages long. Please, no short stories.
• Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
• The challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st. (Sign-up ends March 15th)

We still have our Facebook group, so if you haven’t joined, we would love for you to! It’s a closed group, so ask to join, and we’ll let you in.

Facebook Group

There will be a monthly link-up to see what everyone’s reading – and probably add some to our TBR lists. We will have a giveaway for those participating at the halfway mark and the end.

We’ll continue to use the hashtag #CloakDaggerChal.

Levels:

5-15 books – Amateur sleuth

16-25 books – Detective

26-35 books – Inspector

36 – 55 – Special agent

56+ books – Sherlock Holmes

Karen

My goal this year is to reach Inspector status with 30 books.

1. Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran
2. Steep With One Eye Open by Erin Johnson
3. Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens
4. Canter With a Killer by Amber Camp
5. The Mystery of the Egyptian Pyramid by Thomas Lockhaven
6. Wined and Died in New Orleans by Ellen Byron
7. Valentine Murder by Leslie Meier
8. Bakeries and Buffoonery by Elizabeth Pantley
9. The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich, Peter Evanovich
10. The Bounty by Janet Evanovich
11. Open Season by C.J. Box
12. Murder Served Neat by Michelle Hillen Klump
13. Fairy Wives of Windsor by Trixie Silvertale
14. Four Parties and a Funeral by Maria DiRico
15. Hollow Beasts by Alisa Lynn Valdes
16. Lemon Curd Killer by Laura Childs
17. A Bitter Blend by Erin Johnson
18. A Flicker of a Doubt by Daryl Wood Gerber
19. Greenglass House by Kate Milford, Jaime Zollars
20. Casserole Casualty by Mildred Abbott
21. Bowled Over Americano by Carolyn Arnold
22. Witch and Famous by Angela M. Sanders
23. Witch Upon a Star by Angela M. Sanders
24. A Grave Roast by A.N. Sage
25. Cafe au Slay by A.N. Sage
26. The Amelia Six by Kristin L. Gray
27. How the Murder Crumbles by Debra Sennefelder
28. A Medium Homecoming by Lynn Cahoon
29. A Medium Life by Lynn Cahoon
30. Dead Men Need No Reservations by Terry Ambrose
31. Murder is a Piece of Cake by Valerie Burns
32. Seams Deadly by Maggie Bailey
33. The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell
34. Checked Out for Murder by Allison Brook
35. Death on the Shelf by Allison Brook
36. A Death in Devon by Shéa MacLeod
37. On the Chopping Block by Jenny Kales
38. Spiced and Iced by Jenny Kales
39. Secrets and Pies by Jenny Kales
40. Murder Spills the Tea by Vicki Delany
41. Steeped in Malice by Vicki Delany
42. The Deadly Daiquiri by Tegan Maher
43. Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day
44. Genies and Gibberish by Elizabeth Pantley
45. Secrets and Scallywags by Elizabeth Pantley
46. The Wizard of Menace by Erin Johnson
47. Overdue or Die by Allison Brook
48. Honey Drop Dead by Laura Childs
49. Murder A La Mode by Lena Gregory
50. A Christmas Candy Killing by Christina Romeril
51. Nutcracker Nightmare by Christina Romeril
52. Something Wiccan This Way Comes by Michalea Moore
53. Murder Through an Open Door by Melissa Bourbon
54. Murder and an Irish Curse by Melissa Bourbon
55. Deep Dish Pizza Disaster by Jodi Rath
56. Wedding Bells Brew Murder by Carolyn Arnold
57. A Treasure to Die For by Terry Ambrose
58. Clues in the Sand by Terry Ambrose
59. Murder by the Seashore by Samara Yew
60. The Curse of the Red Devil by Thomas Lockhaven
61. Hexes and Hooligans by Elizabeth Pantley
62. Trotting into Trouble by Amber Camp
63. A Zen for Murder by Leighann Dobbs
64. Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly
65. Mastermind by Thomas Lockhaven
66. Y'all Witches by Amy Boyles
67. Murder at the Museum by Lena Jones
68. Tea Die For by Erin Johnson
69. Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder
70. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally
71. Genie and the Ghost by Carmen Radtke
72. The Silver Serpent by Lena Jones
73. Grounds for Murder by Lena Gregory
74. Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel
75. Murder on Tour by V.M. Burns
76. Sniffing Out Murder by Kallie E. Benjamin
77. A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn
78. Scrying Over Spelled Milk by Erin Johnson
79. Killing Grinds by A.N. Sage
80. In$ured to the Hilt by Charlotte Stuart

Jen

Jen’s goal this year is to be an Amateur Sleuth with 25 books. Goal updated May 7th to Special Agent with 36 books. 

1. The Good Son by Jacquelyn Mitchard
2. Moving is Murder by Nellie H. Steele
3. Spies Never Swoon by M Taylor Christensen
4. Spies Never Lose by M Taylor Christensen
5. The Homicidal Hairstyle of the Viral Video Vixen by Phillip Mottaz
6. Death by Flamenco by Jennifer S. Alderson
7. Ophelia P.I. by Thomas Lockhaven, Catherine LaCroix
8. Carmel Conundrum by Stacy Wilder
9. Death by Gondola by Jennifer S. Alderson
10. Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
11. Of Murders and Mages by Nikki Haverstock
12. Which Mage Moved the Cheese? by Nikki Haverstock
13. High Noon by S.E. Biglow
14. Turning for Trouble by Susan Y. Tanner
15. Bone-a-fied Trouble by Carolyn Haines
16. Star Tangled Murder by Nancy J. Cohen
17. Grilled 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton
18. Strike Out 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton
19. Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne
20. Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers
21. Death by a Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue
22. The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman
23. Six Sweets Under by Sarah Fox
24. Murder in Postscript by Mary Winters
25. Digging Up Daisy by Sherry Lynn
26. A Clue in the Crumbs by Lucy Burdette
27. Apocalypse Meow by Zara Keane
28. Midnight Ice by Diane Vallere
29. Movieland by Lee Goldberg
30. The Family Bones by Elle Marr
31. The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick
32. Stalking Around the Christmas Tree by Jacqueline Frost
33. Tell-Tale Bones by Carolyn Haines
34. The Flying Z by Leo W. Banks
35. The Navigator's Daughter by Nancy Cole Silverman
36. Passport to Spy by Nancy Cole Silverman
37. Collecting Can Be Murder by Jennifer S. Alderson
38. Scandal in Skibbereen by Sheila Connolly
39. An Early Wake by Sheila Connolly
40. A Turn for the Bad by Sheila Connolly
41. The Lost Traveller by Sheila Connolly
42. Fatal Roots by Sheila Connolly
43. Blackvine Manor by Wendy Meadows
44. Cocoa and Chanel by Donna Joy Usher
45. Kidnapped in the Woods by Deena Alexander
46. The Portraits of Pemberley by Elizabeth Gilliland
47. Death at a Country Mansion by Louise R. Innes
48. Stir Up by Annabelle Hunter
49. Cinch Up by Annabelle Hunter
50. Order Up by Annabelle Hunter
51. X Marks the Scot by Kaitlyn Dunnett
52. Dame Alice Hits Hollywood by Allie Mahoney
53. Murder at an Irish Wedding by Carlene O'Connor
54. Fries and Alibis by Trixie Silvertale
55. Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale
56. Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
57. The Rocky Road to Ruin by Meri Allen
58. Well Dressed to Die by Kate P. Adams
59. Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic
60. In the Wick of Time by Valona Jones
61. Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
62. In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz
63. Quicksilver by Amanda Quick
64. The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
65. Trouble in Action by Susan Y. Tanner
66. Trouble Most Faire by Jaden Terrell
67. Add Up by Annabelle Hunter
68. Buck Up by Annabelle Hunter
69. Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany
70. Saddle Up by Annabelle Hunter
71. Jingle Up by Annabelle Hunter
72. The Fog Ladies: Date with Death by Susan McCormick
73. Calico by Lee Goldberg
74. Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns
75. Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter
76. Double Murder at the Grand Hotel Miramare by Elena and Michela Martignoni
77. Death at a Scottish Wedding by Lucy Connelly
78. Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles
79. A Pie to Die For by Gretchen Rue
80. A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison

Thank you for checking my and Jen’s progress on the 2023 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge. Please feel free to check out our other reading challenges for this year. You can find them linked to the menu above.

Happy Reading!

 

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