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The May 2022 Mystery Quiz, "Who Put Them In Charge?"

This year for Mystery Month, we’re testing your knowledge of the mystery series.

Can you match the best-selling mystery author to the reoccurring sleuth (amateur or professional) in their book series?

We’ve included some of your favorite children’s mystery series and authors, because, for many of us, these books started our love of reading mysteries. We’re running the gamut from children’s mysteries and cozy mysteries with amateur sleuths to hard-boiled detectives/private investigators in your favorite action/thrillers and everything in between.

The hardest part of creating this quiz was selecting only 35 authors, so I drew the line at 42. Many outstanding mystery writers and their exceptional sleuths are missing but have no fear our Mystery Issue comes out every May. Your favorites might have graced our pages in a past issue, or you’ll see them in the future. If you aren’t familiar with some of the authors or series, you should be, because they are terrific! Some authors have a crime-solving duo/team and many of these authors have written multiple series. The names listed for a series will be separated by commas and the names for each series will be separated by a /. Good Luck!

Match the author to the name(s) of the sleuth in their mystery series. Answers to the May 2022 quiz can be found on the final page of this issue or you can follow this link, https://www.thisawfulawesomelife.com/home/2022/5/3/next-month-in-this-awful-awesome-life-june-2022

M.C. Beaton                                   Tony Hillerman                                                                        

Lilian Jackson Braun                      P.D. James

Rita Mae Brown                             Craig Johnson

Raymond Chandler                       Carolyn Keene

G.K. Chesterton                             Nancy Martin

Lee Child                                         Val McDermid

Agatha Christie                              Luke Murphy

Ann Cleeves                                    Sara Paretsky                                                                           

Harlan Coben                                 Robert B. Parker

Michael Connelly                           James Patterson

Patricia Cornwell                           Louise Penny

Annette Dashofy                           Ian Rankin

Diane Mott Davidson                   Ruth Rendell

Franklin W. Dixon                          Dorothy L. Sayers

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle                Karin Slaughter

Janet Evanovich                             Martin Cruz Smith

Erle Stanley Gardner                    Donald J. Sobol

Tess Gerritsen                                Julia Spencer-Fleming

Sue Grafton                                    Mickey Spillane

Dashiell Hammett                         Susie Steiner

J.J. Hensley                                     Wendy Tyson

 

1.       Miss Marple/Hercules Poirot                    ___________________________

2.       Kinsey Milhone                                            ___________________________

3.       Trevor Galloway/Jackson Channing      _________________________

4.       Sherlock Holmes                                          _________________                         

5.       Stephanie Plum                                           ___________________________

6.       Zoe Chambers/Dr. Jessie Cameron        ___________________________

7.       Adam Dalgliesh                                           ___________________________

8.       Alex Cross                                                     __________________________

9.       Walt Longmire                                             ___________________________

10.   Calvin Watters/Charlene Taylor               __________________________

11.   Inspector Rebus                                              __________________________

12.   Blackbird Sisters (Nora, Libby, & Emma) ___________________________

13.   Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez                     ___________________________

14.   Joe and Frank Hardy                                   ___________________________

15.   Inspector Wexford                                      _________________________

16.   Myron Bolitar                                               __________________________

17.   Jack Reacher                                                ________________________

18.   Harry Bosch                                                  _________________________

19.   Chief Inspector Armand Gamache          ___________________________

20.   Jim Qwilleran, Koko, Yum Yum               ___________________________

21.   Encyclopedia Brown                                   __________________________

22.   Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden  _________________________

23.   Mrs. Murphy, Tee Tucker, Pewter, Pirate, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen           __________________

24.   Megan Sawyer                                             ___________________________

25.   Mike Hammer                                              _________________________

26.   Perry Mason, Della Street, Paul Drake   _____________________

27.   Jane Rizzoli, Dr. Maura Isles                      ___________________________

28.   Spenser, Hawk/ Jesse Stone/ Sunny Randall/Virgil Cole, Everett Hitch     ___________________

29.   Lord Peter Wimsey                                     __________________________

30.   Will Trent                                                      __________________________

31.   Dr. Kay Scarpetta                                         ___________________________

32.   Arkady Renko                                               ___________________________

33.   V.I. Warshawski                                           ___________________________

34.   Manon Bradshaw                                       __________________________

35.   Clare Ferguson, Russ VanAlstyne            ___________________________

36.   Goldy Schulz                                                 __________________________

37.   Agatha Raisin/Hamish Macbeth             ___________________________

38.   Father Brown                                               __________________________

39.   Philip Marlowe                                            __________________________

40.   Dr. Tony Hill                                                  __________________________

41.   Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee                             __________________________

42.   Sam Spade/Nick and Nora Charles        ____________                                      

 

 

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