Another year, another Vintage Mystery Challenge completed! The 2024 challenge was a scavenger hunt, in which participants were asked to read at least eight books with specific objects on the covers. I read ten qualifying books for the Golden Age challenge, which dealt with books published before 1960. Here’s what I read:

1. Delano Ames, She Shall Have Murder (1948): shadowy figure
2. Richard Hull, The Murder of My Aunt (1934): body of water
3. Erle Stanley Gardner, The Bigger They Come (1939): door
4. Georgette Heyer, A Blunt Instrument (1938): redhead
5. Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (1939): blue object (ball of yarn)
6. Christianna Brand, Green for Danger (1944): nurse
7. Mignon G. Eberhart, Murder by an Aristocrat (1932): more than two people
8. J. Jefferson Farjeon, Thirteen Guests (1936): flower or plant (green plant)
9. Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None (1939): skull
10. Cornell Woolrich, The Bride Wore Black (1940): hat