11 in 11 Category Challenge: 6 Mystery COMPLETED

Category 6: Mystery
Books related with mysteries, crime or detective fiction.
1. The Big Sleep ** 1001 Book
2. Raffles
3. The Poe Shadow
4. In the Forest ** 1001 Book
5. An Arsonist´s Guide to Writers´ Homes in New England
6. Bombay Ice
7. Death on a Branch Line - part of the Jim Stringer Series starting with The Necropolis Railway
8. A Case of Exploding Mangoes
9. The Last Train to Scarborough - part of the Jim Stringer Series starting with The Necropolis Railway
10. The Somme Stations - part of the Jim Stringer Series starting with The Necropolis Railway
11. Crime and Punishment ** 1001 Book

I am pleased with this group, I do like to read crime books, but had never thought of having it as its own category. My favourites were A Case of Exploding Mangoes, a fictional narrative based on the death of a Pakistani leader, and In the Forest, also fiction that came from fact. 3 of the books were from the 1001 list, The Big Sleep is a great example of noir, Crime and Punishment was good but my head hurt with trying to remember the names (surnames, patronyms, nicknames) and the very creepy In the Forest. I didn't have any real duffers, but I was disappointed by The Poe Shadow, having read more of the author's work, and I felt Bombay Ice petered out.