2026 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge

2026 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge Tracking Post

Hosted by: Rick Mills Project

The 2026 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge will open on January 1! Your goal as a Medical Examiner is to read murder mysteries and attach toe tags to the unfortunate victim(s). There is no advance signup for this challenge; submit your first Death Certificate to begin. Read the General Information page and then file your death certificate.

File your Death Certificate here!

Karen

This year, I will complete at least 20 toe tags within 20+ books.

1. Murder on the Sacred River by Tasha Alexander
2. Critters and Crimes by Elizabeth Pantley
3. Vows and Villainy by Elizabeth Penney
4. Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies by Jenny Elder Moke
5. Teddy Bears and Ghostly Lairs by Heather Weidner
6. Death at a Firefly Tea by Laura Childs
7. Terror in Taffeta by Marla Cooper
8. Two Purloined Pillows by Allie Pleiter
9. A Blue Ribbon Murder by T.C. LoTempio
10. Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien
11. Dead Focused and Hocus Pocused by Marcy Blesy
12. Murder Most Trivial by Jessica Fletcher, Barbara Early
13. Hot Wings and Homicide by Carmela Dutra
14. The Diva Hosts a Murderer by Krista Davis
15. Death of an Antiquarian by Rose Kerr
16. A Cultivated Corpse by Debra Sennefelder
17. Winners & Liars by Aleema Omotoni
18. Trouble Is Brewing by Vicki Delany
19. The Dockside Letter by Clara Whitford
20. Purranormal Activity by Cate Conte
21. Murder at First Slice by Valerie Burns
22. Murder on Charity Lane by Jo Nichols
23. Fire at the Track by M.J. Evans
24. Flimflam Fairy by Elizabeth Pantley
25. Holmes Away From Home by Samantha Larsen
26. A Killer for Christmas by Kim Harrington

Jen

Jen’s goal this year is to complete at least 20 toe tags across 20+ books. I am sure she will get this one completed. 

1. The Water Lies by Amy Meyerson
2. A Spy in Saigon by Nancy Cole Silverman
3. Fiend by Alma Katsu
4. The Second Son by Simon Gervais, Ryan Steck
5. The Peculiar Case of the Petersburg Professor by Sharon Kay
6. Murder Leads to Marriage by Shannon Peeples
7. Muffins and Murder in Sunset Cove by Elly Grey
8. Served Him Right by Lisa Unger
9. Homecoming Chaos by D.W. Brooks
10. Fallen Star by Lee Goldberg
11. The Roaring Ridleys by K.M. Colley
12. Payback by Elizabeth Rose Quinn
13. The Mediator by Robert Bailey
14. Ode to the Bones by Carolyn Haines
15. Dungeons and Danger by Elizabeth Penney
16. Murder by Design by Lee Goldberg
17. No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams
18. Lie in the Bay by Holly Danvers
19. Dreidels and Dead Ends by Nancy J. Cohen
20. The Mango Murders by Lucy Burdette
21. A Delicious Deception by Lucy Burdette
22. Killer Vibes by Jack Friday
23. Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
24. The Barn Identity by Diane Kelly
25. Death at a Scottish Halloween by Lucy Connelly
26. Seeking the Kidnapped Child by Deena Alexander
27. The First to Die by Suzanne Trauth
28. Tell-Tale Treats by Jennifer J. Chow
29. The Neighbors Are Watching by Aggie Blum Thompson
30. The Mystic and the Missing Girl by Vikki VanSickle
31. Shofar, So Good by Aliza Levine
32. The Shadow Friends by Tess Gerritsen
33. Murder on Mulberry Lane by Lori Soard
34. Angelica Under Glass by C.L. Roman

Thank you for checking our progress on the 2026 Medical Examiner’s Mystery 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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