BINGO! All 36 Squares on my Vintage Mystery Scorecard - FILLED

As any reader of this blog is aware, I have been taking part in the Vintage Mystery Bingo Reading Challenge at Bev's terrific My Reader's Block blog. The idea was to read books that would - in Bingo fashion - make up horizontal or vertical lines on the challenge image - this one:

This Golden card was to be filled with mysteries published before 1960. There was also a Silver card for mysteries published between 1960 and 1980. I chose to concentrate on the Golden card.

Of course, we were also challenged to try filling in the ENTIRE card. And I'm pleased to say that this is exactly what I have done. For those who either want to check my honesty or - perhaps on a brighter note - read my reviews, here are links to all of them. I am listing them by row from top to bottom, in order going across left and right.

Row 1:

• One book with a color in the title: Green Shiver, by Clyde B. Clason
• A book published under more than one title: Murder Can Be Fun, by Fredric Brown
• One book with a "spooky" title: Diabolic Candelabra, by E. R. Punshon
• A book by an author you've read before: Going, Going Gone, by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
  
• A book with a detective team: The Greek Coffin Mystery, by Ellery Queen
• One book with an animal in the title: The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, by Stuart Palmer

Row 2:

• One book set anywhere except the U.S. or England: The Chinese Maze Murders, by Robert Van Gulik
• One book with a number in the title: 8 Faces at 3, by Craig Rice
• One book that has been made into a movie: The Door with Seven Locks, by Edgar Wallace
• One book with a lawyer, courtroom, judge, etc. The Case of the Crooked Candle, by Erle Stanley Gardner
• One book with a time, day, month, etc. in the title: 4:50 from Paddington, by Agatha Christie
• One book with a place in the title: Murder a la Richelieu, by Anita Blackmon

Row 3:

•  One book that features a crime other than murder: Murder Must Wait, by Arthur W. Upfield
• One book that features food/cooks in some way: Too Many Cooks, by Rex Stout
  
• One book with an amateur detective: Whose Body?, by Dorothy L. Sayers
• One book already read by a fellow challenger: One Drop of Blood, by Anne Austin
• One translated work: The Late Monsieur Gallet, by Georges Simenon
• One book with a size in the title: The Little Sister, by Raymond Chandler

Row 4:

• One locked room mystery: The Kennel Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine
• A book by an author you've never read before: Death Wears a White Gardenia, by Zelda Popkin
• One book with a man in the title: Pietr the Latvian, by Georges Simenon
• One book with a professional detective: They Found Him Dead, by Georgette Heyer
• One short story collection: Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories
• One medical mystery (or features Dr. or nurse):  The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman

Row 5:

• One academic mystery: Death on the Cherwell, by Mavis Doriel Hay
• One book with a method of murder in the title: Death-Watch, by John Dickson Carr
• One country house mystery: The Cornish Coast Murder, by John Bude
• One mystery that involves water: Tragedy at Ravensthorpe, by J. J. Connington
• One book set in England: The Devil at Saxon Wall, by Gladys Mitchell
• One book written by an author with a pseudonym: The Lake District Murder, by John Bude

Row 6:

• One book set in the entertainment world: And So to Murder, by John Dickson Carr, writing as Carter Dickson
• One book with a woman in the title: Look to the Lady, by Margery Allingham
• One book that involves a mode of transportation: The Blind Barber, by John Dickson Carr
• One book outside your comfort zone: A Coffin for Dimitrios, by Eric Ambler
• One book that you have to borrow (you do not own): Detection Unlimited, by Georgette Heyer
• One book set in the U.S.: The Egyptian Cross Mystery, by Ellery Queen

That's 36 books, 36 reviews, 36 squares covered. Whew. And now, time to get ready for Bev's 2015 challenge - same idea, different categories. Where to start, where to start...

Comments

[Bev Hankins]

A filled card is a beautiful thing, Les! Terrific work. Thanks for playing (and coming back for more).

[Les Blatt]

Thanks to you too, Bev, for all the work you put into organizing (and supervising) these challenges!

[Margot Kinberg]

Congratulations and well done, Les! Most impressive!

[Les Blatt]

Thanks, Margot. Need I say how much fun I had in doing it?

[Tracy Kaltenbrun]

Quite an accomplishment, Les.

I finally figured out how to comment here, with the help of my tech support (husband and son), so hope to comment here more now.

[Les Blatt]

Thanks, Tracy. I hope the commenting isn't too difficult - sometimes Typepad's systems can be challenging for me too! Anyway, welcome, and I look forward to hearing more from you.