Mysteries and Thrillers
There are several challenges that track how many mysteries, thrillers and cozies you read in a given year.
Cloak and Dagger #CloakDaggerChal
The first mystery based genre challenge I will do again this year is the Cloak and Dagger challenge
Levels:
- 5-15 books – Amateur sleuth
- 16-25 books – Detective-
- 26-35 books – Inspector
- 36 – 55 – Special agent
- 56+ books – Sherlock Holmes My Choice
The second is Craving for a Cozy hosted by Dolly at EscapewithDollyCas As the name implies this just involves reading and tallying cozy mysteries. #CravingCozies
Levels
Peckish – 1 – 25 Cozy Mysteries- Famished – 26 – 51 Cozy Mysteries
- Yearning – 51 – 75 Cozy Mysteries THIS IS MY GOAL
- Starving – 76 – 100 Cozy Mysteries
- Ravenous – 101 – 125 Cozy Mysteries
- Voracious – 126 – 150 Cozy Mysteries
- Overindulged – 151 – 200 Cozy Mysteries
- Pigged Out – 201 or more Cozy Mysteries
You can always go up a level but you can’t go down.
Optional Mini challenge on DollyCas Blog When completed fill out this form
Set in Maine or Montana: Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Barbara Early 8/3/25
By a New to You Author: Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory 2/27/25
By a New to You Author: Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory 2/27/25
Shorter than 200 pgs: Have a Deadly New Year (Farm-to-Fork #3.5) by Lynn Cahoon 2/24/25
More than the 5th book in a series:A Fatal Feast (Hamptons Home & Garden #6) Kathleen Bridge 2/22/25
Takes Place over a Holiday: Yeast of Eden (Pancake House #4) by Sarah Fox 1/20/25
Classified as a historical cozy mystery:
Been on your TBR for more than 3 years:
Has Paranormal elements: Four Charming Spells (Kitchen Witch Mysteries, #4) by Lynn Cahoon 9/17/25
Includes Recipes: The Solace of Bay Leaves (Spice Shop #5) by Leslie Budewitz 1/21/25
Mysteries I've Read in 2025
72/51 cozies
16 thriller/mysteries
- Golden Hour by Brett Battles
- Bound for Murder by Victoria Gilbert
- Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
- Yeast of Eden (Pancake House #4) by Sarah Fox
- The Solace of Bay Leaves (Spice Shop #5) by Leslie Budewitz
- The Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library #4) by Eva Gates
- Stiffs and Swine (Supper Club #4) by Ellery Adams
- The Double Helix (Explorer Academy #3) by Trudi Trueit
- Sail Away Patsy (Meg Butler #1) by Leena Clover
- Evil by the Sea ( By the Sea #4) by Kathleen Bridge
- One Potato, Two Potato, Dead ( (Farm to Fork Mystery #3) by Lynn Cahoon
- The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
- A Fatal Feast (Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery, #6) by Kathleen Bridge
- Have a Deadly New Year (Farm-to-Fork #3.5) by Lynn Cahoon
- The Battered Body (Supper Club Mystery, #5) by Ellery Adams
- Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory
- Crepe Expectations (Pancake House #5) by Sarah Fox
- In the Dog House ( Dog Club #1) by V M Burns
- On Thin Icing (Bakeshop #3) by Ellie Alexander
- Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day
- Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
- Petals and Poison by Jess Dylan
- The Tell Tale Tarte (5 Ingredient #4) by Maya Corrigan
- A Holiday Yarn by Sally Goldenbaum
- Silent Nights are Murder (Poppy McAllister #9 ) by Libby Klein
- Caught Bread Handed (Bakeshop #4) by Ellie Alexander
- A Girl Like Us by Anna Sophia McLoughlin
- The Next Deadly Chapter by V.M. Burns
- Pleading the Fish (Seaside Cafe #7) by Bree Baker
- Death on Tap (Sloan Krause #1) by Ellie Alexander
- Beagles Love Muffin but Murder (Beagle Diner #3) by CA Phipps
- Public Anchovy #1 (Deep Dish #3) by Mindy Quigley
- Sleep in Heavenly Pizza (Deep Dish #4) by Mindy Quigley
- The Star Dunes (Explorer Academy #4) by Trudy Trueit
- You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins Clark
- Smolder (Stone Barrington # 65) by Stuart Woods and Brett Battles
- Town in a Wild Moose Chase by BB Haywood
- It Had to Be You (Under Suspicion #8) by Mary Higgins Clark
- Death by Baguette (Travel Can Be Murder, #2) by Jennifer S Alderson
- Partners in Lime: A Beachfront Cozy Mystery (Seaside Café Mysteries Book 6) by Bree Baker
- Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) (Vera Wong, #2) by Jesse Q Sutanto
- Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle (Murder, She Wrote #56) by Jessica Fletcher
- Pudding Up With Murder (Undercover Dish Mystery #3) by Julia Buckley
- Brie Careful What You Wish For (Grilled Cheese #4 ) by Linda Reilly
- Dominoes, Danzon and Death (Caribbean Kitchen #4) by Raquel V Reyes
- 25 Alive (Women’s Murder Club #25) by James Patterson
- Apple Pie and Trouble (Sandy Bay #1) by Amber Crewes
- Death in the Wind: A SeaBreeze Island Murder Club Mystery Book 1 by LC Richards
- Private Berlin (Private Europe Book 3) by James Patterson
- You Feta Watch Out (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #5) by Linda Reilly
- Death of an Irish Druid (Dublin Driver Mysteries #6) by Catie Murphy
- Deck the Halls with Fudge (Candy Coated Mysteries #5.5) by Nancy Coco
- A Wedding and a Funeral in Mecklenburg (The Homeswappers, #2) by Adriana Liccio
- The Wayward Wind: The Journey Continues: The Cozy Cruise Fourteen by Lizzie Josephson
- Murder on Tour (Mystery Bookshop #9) by VM Burns
- Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Barbara Early
- A Deck Stacked for Murder(Cafe Arcana Mysteries Book 1) by Aliza Levine
- Twelve Slays of Christmas (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery, #1) by Jacqueline Frost
- Stuart Woods' Finders Keepers (Stone Barrington #66) by Brett Battles
- Shofar, So Good (Cafe Arcana Mysteries Book 2)
- Boston Scream Murder (Deputy Donut Mystery, #4) by Ginger Bolton
- Murder at a Cape Bookstore (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #5 ) by Maddie Day
- Four Charming Spells (Kitchen Witch Mysteries, #4) by Lynn Cahoon
- Tea & Treachery (Tea by the Sea, #1) by Vicki Delany
- Baffled in the British Isles (Ocean Cruise Cozies, #1) by Cheryl Dougan
- Robot Revenge (Winston Wong, #2) by JJ Chow
- The Pint of No Return (Sloan Krause #2) by Ellie Alexander10/12/25
- Death Overdue (The Haunted Library Mysteries, #1) by Allison Brook 10/16/25
- Death by Windmill (Travel Can Be Murder, #3) by Jennifer Alderson
- Dead-End Detective (Piper and Porter Mystery #1) by Amanda Flower
- Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder (Camper & Criminals, #5) by Tonya Kappes
- Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston by Jessica Fletcher
- Mystery In Rocky Mountain National Park (National Park Mystery #1) by Aaron Johnson
- The Chow Maniac (Noodle Shop Mystery, #11) by Vivien Chien
- Hounding a Killer (A Bailey the Bloodhound Mystery, #2) by Kallie E Benjamin
- You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa
- Candy Cane Crime (Amish Candy Shop Mystery #5.5) by Amanda Flower
- Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox
- Town in a Pumpkin Bash (A Candy Holliday Mystery, #4) by BB Haywood
- Nutcracker Nightmare (Killer Chocolate, #2) by Christina Romeril
- Edam and Weep (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #6) by Linda Reilly
- The Perfect Staging for Murder (Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery #7) by Kathleen Bridge
- The Woman in Suite 11 (Lo Blacklock, #2) by Ruth Ware
- Christmas in Newfoundland — Memories and Mysteries (The Sgt. Windflower Mysteries #7.5) by Mike Martin
- Silent Fright: A Christmas Cozy Mystery Anthology
- Stuart Woods' Blown Away (Teddy Fay #8) by Brett Battles
- One Foot in the Grove (Olive Grove Mystery #1) by Kelly Lane
- Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) by Benjamin Stevenson
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