In honor of Mystery Month, I’m featuring an eclectic collection of mystery thrillers linked only by the fact each book has a number in its title.
Can you match these titles to their brief description and author?
The answers to this quiz can be found on the last page of this issue – click on this link, https://www.thisawfulawesomelife.com/home/2020/5/4/next-month-in-this-awful-awesome-life-june-2020
Mystery Thriller Titles:
Dividing Zero
The Woman in Cabin 10
One was a Soldier
Eleven on Top
Two Little Girls in Blue
12 Angry Librarians
Three Men Out
14 Days to Die
The Sign of Four (The Sign of the Four)
The 20th Victim
Five Little Pigs
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Six Days of the Condor
52 Pickup
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
61 Hours
When Eight Bells Toll
Nine Elms
99 Red Balloons
Hundred-Dollar Baby
1._____________________________________murder on a luxury cruise ship in the North Sea in this mystery thriller by Ruth Ware
2._____________________________________ A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation in this thriller by Lee Child.
3._____________________________________ Covert operatives Beth and Meghan Petersen are featured in this first book in the Gemini Series of thrillers by Ty Patterson.
4._____________________________________ a Spenser mystery by Robert B. Parker
5._____________________________________ a Hercules Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie
6._____________________________________ a conspiracy thriller by James Brady
7._____________________________________ Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea in this British suspense thriller by Alistair MacLean
8._____________________________________ Two little girls go missing decades apart in this mystery thriller by Elisabeth Carpenter.
9._____________________________________ A detective’s career ends in disgrace after using extreme methods to catch a serial killer, but 15 years later, Kate Marshall gets the opportunity to clear her name when a copycat killer strikes in this thriller by Robert Bryndza.
10._____________________________________ Charlie and his adorable Maine Coon cat, Diesel are back solving crimes in this mystery by Miranda James.
11._____________________________________ twin telepathy fuels a mother's search for a kidnapped child, presumed dead in this thriller by Mary Higgins Clark
12._____________________________________ when her perfect husband hires a hit man to kill her Sarah Johnson has just two weeks to make the killer a better offer in this thriller by A.B. Whelan
13._____________________________________ a Stephanie Plum mystery by Janet Evanovich
14._____________________________________ Aiden has eight days to solve a murder of Evelyn, but everyday he wakes up in a different person’s body destined to start over in this unique debut novel by Stuart Turton.
15._____________________________________ a Women's Murder Club mystery by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
16._____________________________________ a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
17._____________________________________ this mystery thriller by John Buchan is the first of five novels featuring action hero Richard Hannay. This book has been adapted for film several times including the famous film version by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935.
18._____________________________________ Harry Mitchell is being blackmailed, but the blackmailers might have chosen the wrong man to mess with in this thriller by Elmore Leonard.
19._____________________________________ a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout.
20._____________________________________ a Clare Ferguson and Russ Van Alstyne mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming