Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge (2025)

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13 participants (67 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m thrilled to be hosting the Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge again. I love mystery and crime novels! 

Challenge Rules: 
  • You can read any book that is from the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime/true crime genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres.
  • You don’t need a blog to participate but you do need a place to post your reviews to link up. (blog, Goodreads, Instagram, etc.)
  • Make a goal post and link it back here with your goal for this challenge.
  • Books need to be at least 100 pages long. Please no short stories.
  • Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
  • The Challenge will run from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. (Sign up ends March 15.)

 
There will be a monthly link-up at https://carolsnotebook.com so we can see what everyone’s reading – and probably add some to our own tbr lists. At the halfway mark and at the end we will have a giveaway for those participating.
 
We’ll continue to use the hashtag #CloakDaggerChal.
 
Levels:
 
5-15 books – Amateur sleuth
 
16-25 books – Detective
 
26-35 books – Inspector
 
36 – 55 books – Special agent
 
56+ books – Sherlock Holmes  

Challenge Books

All books added
They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman

They'll Never Catch Us

Jessica Goodman

330 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix

16 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand

An Ordinary Violence

Adriana Chartrand

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Beautiful Ugly

Alice Feeney

9 hours, 19 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American Csi by Kate Winkler Dawson

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American Csi

Kate Winkler Dawson

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science true crime informative medium-paced
The Gathering by C.J. Tudor

The Gathering

C.J. Tudor

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ thriller adventurous dark tense medium-paced
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

We Solve Murders

We Solve Murders

Richard Osman

387 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by Craig Robertson

The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill

Craig Robertson

309 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery thriller dark tense medium-paced
Last of the Magpies by Mark Edwards

Last of the Magpies

The Magpies #3

Mark Edwards

3 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Murder of Magpies by Mark Edwards

A Murder of Magpies

The Magpies #2

Mark Edwards

2 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery short stories thriller adventurous mysterious fast-paced