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Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge (2025)

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14 participants (249 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
The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

The Mercy Chair

Washington Poe #6

M.W. Craven

485 pages • digital • 2024

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

4:50 from Paddington

Miss Marple #7

Agatha Christie

289 pages • digital • 1957 user-added

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes

Savvy Summers Mysteries #1

Sandra Jackson-Opoku

9 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction mystery funny mysterious medium-paced
Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Ragnar Jónasson

Reykjavík: A Crime Story

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Ragnar Jónasson

384 pages • hardcover

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Room 55 by Helena Kubicek Boye

Room 55

Helena Kubicek Boye

250 pages • digital user-added

fiction thriller
Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman

Whisper Down the Lane

Clay McLeod Chapman

8 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver

The Stone Monkey

Lincoln Rhyme #4

Jeffery Deaver

580 pages • digital • 2002 user-added

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect #1

Lynda La Plante

353 pages • digital • 1991 user-added

fiction crime mystery informative mysterious fast-paced
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

Elon Green

8 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey

The Bombay Prince

Perveen Mistry #3

Sujata Massey

12 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction historical mystery mysterious medium-paced