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#2026 CF Reading Challenge

  1. Make a goal post and link it back here with your goal for this challenge.
  2. link to your sign-up  at  Carol’s Notebook 
  3. …for the Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge.
  4. I’ve discovered that this genre has much  to offer! 
  5. Goal:  20 books – DETECTIVE
  6. Hashtag: #CloakDaggerChal

2026 List:

  1.  Bless Me, Ultima – R. Anaya (USA) 1972
  2.  The Pledge – F. Dürrenmatt (Germany) 1959
  3.  The Shape of Water – A. Camilleri (Italy) 2005
  4. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke  – Sjöwall & Wahlöö (Sweden) 1966
  5.  The Bat – Jo Nesbø (Norway) 1997
  6. Fearless Killers – Henning Mankell (Sweden) 1991
  7.  In the Darkness – Karen Fossum (Norway) 1995
  8.  The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – A. McCall Smith (Scotland) 1981
  9. A Rage in Harlem – Chester Himes (USA) 1989
  10.  A Red Death – Walter Mosely (USA) 1991
  11. The Looking Glass War – J. Le Carré (UK) 1965
  12. A Legacy of Spies – J. Le Carré (UK) 2017
  13. Our Man in Havana – G. Greene – REVIEW (UK) 1958
  14. The Labyrinth Makers – Anthony Price (UK) 1970
  15.  Journey to Fear – Eric Ambler (UK) 1940
  16.  Beat in the Shadows – Edogawa Ranpo (Japan) 1928
  17.  In a Lonely Place – Dorththy Hughes (USA) 1947
  18. The Night of the Hunter – Davis Grubb (USA) 1953
  19.  The Franchise Affair – Josephine They (UK) 1948
  20.  Cotton Comes to Harlem – C. Himes (USA) 1965

2025 List:

  1. And Be A Villian  – Rex Stout –  REVIEW   
  2. Berlin Game – Len Deighton  – REVIEW
  3. Mexico Set (1984) – Len Deighton – REVIEW
  4. Conclave – R. Harris  – REVIEW
  5. Call For the Dead – John Le Carré – REVIEW 
  6. A Murder of Quality – J. Le Carré – REVIEW
  7. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold – J. Le Carré – REVIEW
  8. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – J. Le Carré – REVIEW  (Karla Trilogy #1)
  9. The Honorable Schoolboy – John Le Carré (589 pg) – REVIEW  (Karla Trilogy #2)
  10. Smiley’s People  – John Le Carré (400 pg) – REVIEW (Karla Trilogy #3)
  11. The Daughter of Time – Josephine Tey – REVIEW
  12. Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price – REVIEW
  13. And Then There Were None (1939) – A. Christie – REVIEW
  14. The Secret Pilgrim – J. le Carré – REVIEW
  15. The Beaver Theory (2022) – Antti Tuomainen – REVIEW
  16. Requiem pour une république (2019) – Thomas Cantaloube – REVIEW
  17. Mai 67 – T. Cantaloube – REVIEW
  18. Frakas – T. Cantaloube – REVIEW
  19. Bird in a Cage (Le monte-charge) – F. Dard – REVIEW
  20. Leopold’s Way:  19 Detective Stories – Edward D. Hoch – REVIEW
  21. Rodolpho Walsh’s Last Case – Elsa Drucaroff (Argentina) #WIT – REVIEW