Mystery & Suspense Reading Challenge

I am joining another reading challenge. It seemed like a logical one for me because I read mostly mystery novels.

Mystery & Suspense Reading Challenge 2012

Organized by: Book Chick City

From January 1st 2012 to December 31st 2012

Goal: Choose from two levels for the challenge:

• Read TWELVE (12) mystery & suspense novels in 2012
• Read TWENTY FOUR (24) mystery & suspense novels in 2012

The Level I am choosing is TWENTY FOUR (24) mystery & suspense novels in 2012.

My favorite thing about this challenge is...All books read in 2012 count towards the challenge regardless of when you sign up. So I already have 8 books completed for this year. I don't have reviews written for all of them but I may add them as I have time.

My list of mystery or suspense books read in 2012:

1. The Ipcress File by Len Deighton
2. Murder on Cue by Jane Dentinger
3. First Hit of the Season by Jane Dentinger
4. The Cambridge Theorem by Tony Cape 
5. Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
6. Berlin Game by Len Deighton
7. Mexico Set by Len Deighton
8. London Match by Len Deighton
9. The Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson
10. Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand
11. Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
12. Bluffing Mr. Churchill by John Lawton
13. Second Violin by John Lawton
14. The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo
15. Dying Light by Stuart MacBride
16. A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
17. The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep by Lawrence Block
18. Cop Hater by Ed McBain
19. In the Woods by Tana French
20. A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler 
21. Political Suicide by Robert Barnard
22. The Guards by Ken Bruen 
23. The Light of Day by Eric Ambler 
24. A Fall from Grace by Robert Barnard 
25. Spy Hook by Len Deighton
26. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
27. An Empty Death by Laura Wilson
28. Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
29. The Information Officer by Mark Mills
30. Whiskey Sour by J. A. Konrath
31. With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare
32. The Sleeping Car Murders by Sebastien Japrisot
33. An English Murder by Cyril Hare 
34. Flesh Wounds by John Lawton
35. Spy Line by Len Deighton
36. Death of a Russian Priest by Stuart Kaminsky
37. The Suspect by L. R. Wright
38. Under World by Reginald Hill
39. Bullet for a Star by Stuart Kaminsky
40. A Lily of the Field by John Lawton
41. Spy Sinker by Len Deighton
42. The Miernik Dossier by Charles McCarry 
43. Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh
44. The Property of a Lady by Anthony Oliver
45. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
46. Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
47. The One from the Other by Philip Kerr
48. A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr
49. Lament for the Bride by Helen Reilly 
50. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
51. The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi
52. The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
53. The Greene Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
54. A Touch of Frost by R. D. Wingfield
55. Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb
56. Zombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumb
57. XPD by Len Deighton
58. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
59. The Affair of the Mutilated Mink by James Anderson
60. To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King
61. The Dead Can Tell by Helen Reilly
62. With Child by Laurie R. King
63. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
64. The Judas Sheep by Stuart Pawson
65. A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell
66. The Cape Code Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
67. Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson
68. The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell
69. A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell
70. The Vault by Ruth Rendell
71. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
72. Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy by W. J. Burley 
73. One Coffee With by Margaret Maron

Completion of Challenge: I completed this challenge on May 28, 2012, when I finished reading A Fall from Grace by Robert Barnard. I will continue recording Mystery and Suspense novels I have read this year on this post.