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Rretzler's Just the Facts Ma'am Challenge
2019 Challenge
Rules
All books must be from the mystery category (crime fiction, detective fiction, espionage, etc.). The mystery/crime must be the primary feature of the book--ghost stories, paranormal, romance, humor, etc are all welcome as ingredients, but must not be the primary category under which these books would be labeled at the library or bookstore.
- For the purposes of this challenge, the Golden Age Vintage Mysteries must have been first published before 1960.
Challenge Levels
Constable: 6 books -- one from each category
Detective Sergeant: 12 books -- two from each category
Inspector: 18 books -- three from each category
Chief Inspector: 24 books -- four from each category
Superintendent: 30 books -- five from each category
Chief Superintendent: 36 books -- six from each category
Deputy Chief Constable: 42 books -- seven from each category
Chief Constable: 48 books -- all eight books from each category
Progress
16 books [1]
Books
- How - death by poison - The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
- How - unusual murder method - Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
- What - title with literary allusion - Come Away, Death by Gladys Mitchell
- What - written by more than one person - Death of a Millionaire by GDH Cole
- When - during a weather event - The Studio Crime by Ianthe Jerrold
- When - set during WWI or WWII - In the Balance by Patricia Wentworth
- When - timing of crime is crucial - Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
- Where - at a theatre/circus/other place of performance - The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble
- Where - set in a capital city - The Case of Naomi Clynes by Basil Thomson
- Where - set in a small village - Crime at Lepers' Hollow by George Bellairs
- Who - actor/actress - The Blatchington Tangle by GDH Cole
- Who - medical field - In at the Death by Francis Duncan
- Who - professional is main sleuth - Outrage on Gallows Hill by George Bellairs
- Why - author NOT from my country - Fire in the Thatch by ERC Lorac
- Why - author's first/last name begins with the same letter as mine - Knock, Murderer, Knock! by Harriet Rutland
- Why - because "Simon" says - Information Received by ER Punshon
2018 Challenge
Rules
All books must be from the mystery category (crime fiction, detective fiction, espionage, etc.). The mystery/crime must be the primary feature of the book--ghost stories, paranormal, romance, humor, etc are all welcome as ingredients, but must not be the primary category under which these books would be labeled at the library or bookstore.
- For the purposes of this challenge, the Golden Age Vintage Mysteries must have been first published before 1960.
Challenge Levels
Constable: 6 books -- one from each category
Detective Sergeant: 12 books -- two from each category
Inspector: 18 books -- three from each category
Chief Inspector: 24 books -- four from each category
Superintendent: 30 books -- five from each category
Chief Superintendent: 36 books -- six from each category
Deputy Chief Constable: 42 books -- seven from each category
Chief Constable: 48 books -- all eight books from each category
Progress
16 books read
Books
- List to come