#2026 Crime Fiction 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: READ

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