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MYSTERY GENRE CHALLENGE:

Chapter One: The Crime

1. A classic mystery
2. An opening line that hooks you
3. An “impossible” crime
4. Murder disguised as an accident
5. A missing person
6. A cozy mystery
7. An unsettling read
8. Title includes the word “death” or “dead”
9. A white-collar crime
10. A humorous mystery

Chapter Two: The Detective

1. The “brilliant detective” trope
2. An amateur sleuth
3. Antagonist toys with the detective
4. Includes a podcaster, writer, or journalist
5. A crime-solving duo
6. Detective has to confront their own past
7. An iconic detective
8. Police procedural
9. A detective on the cover
10. Title starts with first letter of author’s last name

Chapter Three: The Suspects

1. A serial killer
2. An unreliable narrator
3. A victim with lots of enemies
4. Features small town secrets
5. Written from multiple suspects' perspectives
6. A “new-to-you” author
7. A crime of passion
8. A character wrongly accused
9. Set by a lake
10. A character with memory gap

Chapter Four: The Clues

1. A missing murder weapon
2. Solved with forensic science
3. Mystery / other genre
4. A snowy setting
5. Hidden rooms and secret passages
6. A book you can’t put down
7. Includes an inheritance or will
8. “I know what you did last summer
9. Published before 1960
10. Has flashbacks

Chapter Five: The Reveal

1. A “Howdunit” or “Whydunit”
2. Features a courtroom scene
3. From a completed series
4. An ending that surprised you
5. More than 4 stars on Goodreads
6. A house on the cover
7. Collection of true crime mysteries
8. Recommended by an author on this challenge
9. Suspects all gathered for a big reveal
10. Published this year