I am so very pleased to claim A full house in the Vintage Mystery Bingo Challenge hosted @ My Reader's Block. I have finished the Golden Card, reading books in all the 36 categories. Needless to say, I enjoyed the challenge immensely. I not only read old favourites like Eric Ambler and Ethel Lina White but also discovered authors like Arthur J. Rees and rediscovered John Dickson Carr.
ROW G:
Color in the Title: The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
Set anywhere except UK/ USA: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume
Crime other than Murder: The Secret of the Moon Castle by Enid Blyton
Locked Room Mystery: The Burning Court by J.D. Carr
Academic Mystery: Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
Set in the Entertainment World: Murder at the Pageant by Victor L. Whitechurch
ROW O:
More than One Title: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Number in the Title: The Third Bullet and Other Stories by J.D. Carr
Food/ Cooks in some way: Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout
Author Never read Before: Neither Five Nor Three by Helen MacInnes
Method of Murder: Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer
Woman in the Title: I'll Say She Does! by Peter Cheyney
ROW L:
Spooky Title: The Hand in the Dark by Arthur J.Rees
Made Into a Movie: The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Amateur Detective: Murder among Friends by Elizabeth Ferrars
Man in the Title: Watson's Choice by Gladys Mitchell
Country-House Mystery: Rope's End, Rogue's End by E.C.R Lorac
Mode of Transportation: Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler
ROW D:
Author Read Before: The Schirmer Inheritance by Eric Ambler
Lawyer/ Courtroom/ Judge: According to the Evidence by Henry Cecil
Read by a Fellow Challenger: Fear by L. Ron Hubbard
With a Professional Detective: Steve Harrison: Detective of the Occult by Robert E. Howard
Involves Water: The Hole in the Wall by Arthur Morrison
Outside Comfort Zone: Fire Past the Future by Charles Eric Maine
ROW E:
Detective Team: The Black Spectacles by J.D. Carr
Time, Day, Month: Death by Night by John Creasey
Translated Work: Mille de Scuderi by E.T.A Hoffmann
Shortstory Collection: Ashenden by Somerset Maugham
Set in England: The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Borrowed Book: Natural Causes by Henry Cecil
ROW N:
Animal in the Title: Cat of Many Tails by Ellery Queen
Place in the Title: Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White
Size in the Title: The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammet
Medical Mystery: Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
Author with a Pseudonym: The Devil to Pay by Ellery Queen
Set in USA: The Town Cried Murder by Leslie Ford
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I will be joining the 2015 edition of the challenge soon (as soon as I make up my mind about the card I want to go for:). If you are interested, you can do so over here.
Well done, Neeru!! YOu chose some fine books, too, and I'm looking forward to your reads for 2015.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margot. I too am looking forward to 2015 as I plan to read the Silver Card.
DeleteVery impressive, Neer. I did not come close. I will be joining in for 2015 anyway.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tracy. Your reading is far more varied than mine.
DeleteGreat Job! You've got a whole bunch of titles I've never heard of before!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bev. I am happy I discovered some fine authors because of the challenge.
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