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In completing the second annual Criminal Plots Reading Challenge, I’ll be reading six books between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. One book should be read that fits into each of the following categories:

1. Novel with a weapon in the title: Sign of the Broken Sword by G.K. Chesterton

2. Book published at least 10 years ago: Crime at the Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

3. Book written by an author from the state/province/etc. where I live: Murder: a Crafty Business by Lila Phillips of Truro, Nova Scotia

4. Book written by an author using a pen name: The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn, a pseudonym used by Peter Abrahams

5. Crime novel whose protagonist is the opposite gender of the author: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia deLuce) by Alan Bradley

6. A stand-alone novel written by an author who writes at least one series: Murder at Hazelmoor by Agatha Christie