Original Calendar of Crime 2020 post @ MY READER’S BLOCK
Progress so far –
- January
- #2 Author’s birth month – Death Walks in Eastrepps by Francis Beeding (1931)
- #3 Primary action takes place in this month – Who Killed Dick Whittington? by E. & M. A. Radford (1947)
- #4 New Years – Dancing Death by Christopher Bush (1931)
- #6 Original publication month – Fear and Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers (1941)
- #8 Month-related item on cover – Party scene – Death in Fancy Dress by J. Jefferson Farjeon (1934)
- February
- #2: Author’s birth Month – Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert (1933)
- February #6 Original publication month – The Eel Pie Murders by David Frome (1933)
- #7: Book title has a word starting with “F” – Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs (1949)
- #9: Couple/romance/love triangle major role – The Groote Park Murder by Freeman Wills Crofts (1923)
- March
- #1: Month in the title: The March Hare Murders by E. X. Ferrars (1949)
- #2: Author’s birth month – A Wreath for the Bride by Maria Lang (1957) [March 31, 1914]
- #6: Original publication month – Seven Dead by J. Jefferson Farjeon (1939)
- #7: Book title has word starting with “M.” – The Middle of Things by J. S. Fletcher (1922)
- #8: Month-related item on cover – Something green The Black Shrouds by Constance & Gwenyth Little (1941)
- #9: Money/fortune/inheritance has a major role – Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington (1927)
- April
- #2: Author’s birth month – The Vanishing Man (aka The Eye of Osiris) by R. Austin Freeman (1911)
- #3 Primary action takes place in this month – The Black Beadle by E. C. R. Lorac (1939)
- #7: Book title has a word starting with “A’: The Case of Sir Adam Braid by Molly Thynne (1930)
- #9: Church/Minister/Religion has major role – Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs (1942)
- May
- #2: Author’s birth month – Answer in the Negative by Henrietta Hamilton (1959)
- #3: Primary action takes place in this month – The Policeman’s Holiday by Rupert Penny (1937)
- #5: Other May Holiday (Whitsunday/Whitsuntide) – The Man Who Could Not Shudder by John Dickson Carr (1940)
- #6: Original publication month: The Problem of the Green Capsule by John Dickson Carr (1939)
- #7: Book title has word starting with “M.” – Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude (1947)
- #8: Month-related item on cover – flowersDeath in White Pyjamas by John Bude (1944)
- #9: My birthday month (wildcard) – The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer (1931)
- June
- #2: Author’s birth month – The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn
- #3 Primary action takes place in this month – The Case of the Black Twenty-Two by Brian Flynn (1928)
- #8: Month-related item on cover: a tie Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts (1924)
- #9: Father figures prominently – The Duke of York’s Steps by Henry Wade (1929)
- July
- #2: Author’s birth month – Roger Sherington and the Vane Case by Anthony Berkeley (1927)
- #3: Primary action takes place in this month – Murder of Lydia by Joan A. Cowdrey
- #4: Independence Day – Four to Go by Rex Stout (1958) – Fourth of July Picnic (1 of 4 short stories)
- August
- #3: Primary action takes place in this month – The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr (1939)
- #6 Original publication month – Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr (1944)
- #7 Book title has word starting with “A.” – Death of an Airman by Christopher John Sprigg (1934)
- #8 Month related item on the cover – Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (1941)
- September
- #1: Month in the title – 30 Days Hath September by Dorothy Cameron Disney and George Sessions Perry (1942)
- #2: Author’s birth month – The Hanging Captain by Henry Wade (1933)
- #3: Primary action takes place in this month – Dead Man’s Quarry by Ianthe Jerrold (1930)
- #7: Book title has a word starting with “S” – The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude (1937)
- #8: Month related item on the cover (Method of Travel – Train) – The Z Murders by J. Jefferson Farjeon (1932)
- #9: Place of employment – Keep It Quiet by Richard Hull (1935)
- October
- #2: Author’s birth month – Crime in Kensington by Christopher St. John Sprigg (1933)
- #3 Primary action takes place in this month – Bleeding Hooks by Harriet Rutland (1933)
- #6: Original publication month – The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr (1938)
- #8 Month related item on the cover (Costume/disguise or mistaken identity) – Tragedy at Ravensthorpe by J. J. Connington (1927)
- November
- #2: Author’s birth month – The Shakespeare Murders by A. G. MacDonnell (1929)
- #3: Primary action takes place in this month – When the Wind Blows by Cyril Hare (1949)
- # 9: Family relationships play major role – The Ponson Case by Freeman Wills Crofts (1921)
- December
- #2 Author’s birth month – Dead Man’s Music by Christopher Bush (1931)
- #4: Christmas – Murder to Music by Margaret Newman (1959)
- #5 Other December Holiday – Who Killed the Curate by Joan Coggins (1944) [Boxing Day]
- #7: Book title has a word starting with “D” – Case for Three Detectives by Leo Bruce (1936)
Feature Image from Detective Tales, Sep 1950. Artist Unknown. Obtained from https://archive.org/details/DetectiveTalesV46N02195009