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Read nine books in the following categories:
1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue in the title/on the cover.
Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace, 1925
Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie
The Blue Horse of Taxco by Kathleen Moore Knight
- note for next time? The Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace
2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red in the title/on the cover.
The Adventure of the Red Circle by Arthur Conan Doyle (k)
Red Aces by Edgar Wallace, 1929
Case of the Crimson Kiss - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Red Mass by Valentine Williams
- note for next time? The Scarlet Letters by Ellery Queen
- note for next time? The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- note for next time? A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
- note for next time? Crimson Friday by Dorothy Cameron Disney
- note for next time? The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow in the title/on the cover.
The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Lame Canary - Erle Stanley Gardner
- note for next time? Gold Comes in Bricks by A. A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner)
- note for next time? The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout
- note for next time? The Golden Goose by Ellery Queen
- note for next time: Mys. of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux (gutenberg)
4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green in the title/on the cover.
Green Hazard - Manning Coles (1945)
The Green Ribbon - Edgar Wallace (1930)
Case of the Green Eyed Sister - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Jade Venus by George Harmon Coxe
- note for next time? The Man in the Green Hat by Manning Coles
- "The Greene Murder Case" by S. S. Van Dine for this one!
5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown in the title/on the cover.
The Wisdom of Father Brown - G.K. Chesterton
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp - Carter Dickson
Case of the Borrowed Brunette - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Bronze Hand by Carolyn Wells (1925)
6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black in the title/on the cover.
The Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin (2004)
The Adventure of Black Peter by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903-4
Black Orchids - Rex Stout
The Ebony Bed Murder by Rufus Gillmore (1932)
Acts of Black Night by Kathleen Moore Knight (1938)
Acts of Black Night by Kathleen Moore Knight (1938)
- note for next time? The Black Mountain by Rex Stout
7. A book with "White" or any shade of White in the title/on the cover.
The White Elephant Mystery by Ellery Queen Jr.
The White Dress by Mignon G. Eberhart
The White Cockatoo by Mignon G. Eberhart
White Rider by Leslie Charteris
- note for next time? The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- note for next time? White Face by Edgar Wallace
8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, etc).
Mystery of the Gold Box by Valentine Williams
The Gold Skull Murders - Frank L. Packard (1931)
Case of the Gold Diggers Purse - Erle Stanley Gardner
The False Purple by Sydney Horler (1932)
- note for next time? The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen
- note for next time? Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy Hughes
- note for next time? The Silver Key by Edgar Wallace
- The Mystery of the Ivory Charm Nancy Drew *faded page)
9. A book with a word/image that implies color in the title/on the cover
(Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc).
The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Pattern - Mignon G. Eberhart
Miss Paisley on a Diet by John Pierce (1969)
The Willow Pattern Van Gulik (faded page_
Wrapup (January 2026): Got all the colors! (Highlighted in green above). The grey ones were used in previous years, to help me not repeat. The "implies color" is the hardest one! Thanks, Bev!
