Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge (2025)

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13 participants (149 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
Ward D by Freida McFadden

Ward D

Freida McFadden

7 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

416 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Killing in C Sharp by Alexia Gordon

Killing in C Sharp

Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #3

Alexia Gordon

9 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

336 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
We Were Warned by Chelsea Ichaso

We Were Warned

Chelsea Ichaso

368 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

Matthew J. Sullivan

9 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

Fair Play

Louise Hegarty

238 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction mystery thriller mysterious slow-paced
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie

The Seven Dials Mystery

Superintendent Battle #2

Agatha Christie

7 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 1929 user-added

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Strangers in Time: A World War 2 Novel by David Baldacci, David Baldacci

Strangers in Time: A World War 2 Novel

David Baldacci, David Baldacci

12 hours • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective fast-paced
The Close by Jane Casey

The Close

Maeve Kerrigan #10

Jane Casey

410 pages • digital user-added

fiction crime thriller adventurous emotional medium-paced