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Following on from my 2024 Challenge, I have again set myself a 3-part Challenge to read books that are part of a series.

PART ONE:
Complete reading of 'Odd Thomas' series by Dean Koontz;
Complete reading of 'David Raker' series by Tim Weaver.
PART TWO:
Start 30 new series from list below;
Part THREE:
Read 50 books in ongoing series from list below.

PART ONE -
'Odd Thomas' series:
#2. Forever Odd - 11/3
#3. Brother Odd - 20/4
#4. Odd Hours - 29/5
#4.5. Odd Interlude - 26/6
#5. Odd Apocalypse - 25/7
#6. Deeply Odd - 27/8
#7. Saint Odd - 9/25

'David Raker' series:
#3. Vanished - 29/3
#4. Never Coming Back - 27/4
#5. Fall From Grace - 31/5
#6. What Remains - 15/6
#7. Broken Heart - 21/7
#8. I Am Missing - 10/8
#9. You Were Gone - 9/25
#10. No One Home - 10/25
#11. The Blackbird - 11/25
#12. The Last Goodbye - 12/25

PART TWO - 1st in series - Progress 23/30:
The Half-life of Hannah-Nick Alexander-Hannah #1 - 22/7
Voice Of Reason-Kerry Barnes-Voice #1 - 10/25
In Cold Blood-Jane Bettany-Isabel Blood #1 - 22/2
Spring Tide-Cilla Börjlind - Ronning & Stilton #1-21/1
The Scavenger's Daughters-Kay Bratt-Scavenger's Daughters #1 - 16/7
The Crossing-Matt Brolly- Louise Blackwell #1 - 21/4
The Boy from the Woods-Harlan Coben-Wilde #1 - 26/2
The Cleaner-Mark Dawson-John Milton #1 - 9/25
Dark Pines-Will Dean-Tuva Moodyson #1 - 10/3
The Things you find in Rockpools-Gregg Dunnett-Rockpools #1 - 15/8
Livia Lone-Barry Eisler-Livia Lone #1 - 19/5
Hades-Candice Fox-Archer & Bennett #1 - 19/2
The Missing Ones-Patricia Gibney-Lottie Parker #1 - 13/8
Red Queen-Juan Gómez-Jurado-Antonia Scott #1 - 10/25
Pendulum-Adam Hamdy-Pendulum #1 - 29/4
The House of Dolls-David Hewson- Pieter Vos #1 - 25/8
Corktown-Ty Hutchinson-Abby Kane #1 - 5/8
Hot Blooded-Lisa Jackson-New Orleans #1 - 11/5
A Dark Matter-Doug Johnstone-The Skelfs #1 - 18/6
Silent Scream-Angela Marsons-Kim Stone #1 - 9/25
The Housemaid-Freida McFadden-Housemaid #1 - 6/3
The Lost-Claire McGowan-Paula Maguire #1
The Submissive-Tara Sue Me-The Submissive #1 - 28/1
Don't Turn Around-Caroline Mitchell-Jennifer Knight #1
Mind's Eye-Håkan Nesser-Insp. van Veeteren #1 - 18/5
Along Came a Spider-James Patterson-Alex Cross #1 - 14/4
The Sanatorium-Sarah Pearse-Elin Warner #1 - 10/25
Before He Kills-Blake Pierce-Mackenzie White #1
Cut Short-Leigh Russell-Geraldine Steel #1 - 8/4
Fragile Cord-Emma Salisbury-DS Coupland #1
Taunting the Dead-Mel Sherratt-Allie Shenton #1 - 25/6
The Stone Man-Luke Smitherd-Stone Man #1 - 12/25
The Fallen Star-Jessica Sorensen-Fallen Star #1 - 12/25
The Detective's Daughter-Lesley Thomson-Det's Daughter #1 - 26/5
A Dark Lure-Loreth Anne White-Dark Lure #1
Little Girl Lost-Carol Wyer-Robyn Carter #1 - 10/25

PART THREE - next in series - Progress 35/50:
Lies Sleeping-Ben Aaronovitch-Rivers of London #7
The Shape of Lies-Rachel Abbott-Tom Douglas #8
The Scarred Woman-Jussi Adler-Olsen-Dept. Q #7
Forget Me Not-M.J. Arlidge-Helen Grace #12- 13/2
In Your Name-Rob Ashman-The Mechanic #2
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson-Jackson Brodie #6 - 24/4
The Restless Dead-Simon Beckett-David Hunter #5
Dead Island-Samuel Bjørk-Munch & Kruger #5 - 11/25
Down Among the Dead-Damien Boyd-Nick Dixon #10- 5/2
Lethal Vengeance-Robert Bryndza - Erika Foster #8
Where Secrets Lie-D.S. Butler-Karen Hart #2
Killman Creek-Rachel Caine-Stillhouse Lake #2 - 12/25
The Trials of Koli-M.R. Carey-Rampart #2- 21/2
I Am Death-Chris Carter - Robert Hunter #7
The Reckoning-Jane Casey-Maeve Kerrigan #2
Baby Lies-Chris Collett - D.I. Mariner #4- 11/3
Six and a Half Deadly Sins-Colin Cotterill-Dr Siri #10
Persona-Amy Cross-The Island #2
The Jackdaw-Luke Delaney-Sean Corrigan #4- 15/7
The Angel-Katerina Diamond-Imogen Grey #3 - 12/25
Day's End by Garry Disher - Hirsch #4-5/5
The Book of Etta-Meg Elison-Rd. to Nowhere #2 - 23/1
Chilled-Kendra Elliot-Bone Secrets #2 - 9/25
They Disappeared-Joy Ellis-Jackman & Evans #7 - 9/25
Perfect Crime-Helen Sarah Fields-DI Callanach #5 - 24/3
Eden - Candice Fox - Archer & Bennett #2 - 6/6
Live to Tell-Lisa Gardner-D.D. Warren #4 - 28/7
Gone-Lisa Gardner-FBI Profiler #5 - 11/4
The Ends of the Earth-Robert Goddard-Wide World #3 - 11/25
Dying Fall-Elly Griffiths-Ruth Galloway #5 - 6/7
Deadly Crimes-Michael Hambling-DCI Sophie Allen #2 - 26/7
Secret Crimes-Michael Hambling-DCI Sophie Allen #3 - 12/25
Cover the Bones-Chris Hammer-Lucic & Buchanan #3- 20/3
The Strawberry Thief-Joanne Harris-Chocolat #4- 29/8
Children of Dune-Frank Herbert - Dune #3
A Change of Circumstance-Susan Hill-Simon Serrailler #11
The Damselfly-S.J.I. Holliday - Banktoun #3 - 10/25
All The Rage-Cara Hunter-D.I. Adam Fawley #4- 3/4
The Summer Children-Dot Hutchison - The Collector #3
A Deathly Silence-Jane Isaac - Helen Lavery #3
Not Dead Enough-Peter James-Roy Grace #3 - 9/25
Nightblind-Ragnar Jónasson-Dark Iceland #2
Unspoken-Mari Jungstedt-Anders Knutas #2
The Fire Witness-Lars Kepler-Joona Linna #3 - 10/25
Target-Simon Kernick-Tina Boyd #4
Silver Tears-Camilla Läckberg-Faye's Revenge #2
Bad Chili-Joe R. Lansdale - Hap & Leonard #4- 23/4
Dark Blood-Stuart MacBride- Logan McRae #6 - 9/25
A Game of Lies-Clare Mackintosh - D.C. Morgan #2
Red Light-Graham Masterton-Katie Maguire #3 - 9/25
The Critic-Peter May - Enzo Macleod #2- 17/2
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel-Alexander McCall Smith-LDA #25- 7/5
Taken-Dinuka McKenzie-Kate Miles #2- 3/7
The Good Turn-Dervla McTiernan-Cormac Reilly #4 - 9/25
The Dominant-Tara Sue Me-The Submissive #2- 31/1
Resolution-Denise Mina-Garnethill #3 - 12/25
The Ghost Ship-Kate Mosse-Joubert #3- 26/2
The Map of Bones-Kate Mosse-Joubert #4 - 12/25
Lightning Men-Thomas Mullen - Darktown #2
Dead Men's Bones-James Oswald - Insp. McLean #4- 20/6
Immune-Richard Phillips-Rho Agenda #2
A Dark Mind-T.R. Ragan - Lizzy Gardner #3 - 8/25
A Heart Full of Headstones-Ian Rankin-Rebus #24- 28/2
Midnight and Blue-Ian Rankin-Rebus #25- 28/5
Library of Souls-Ransom Riggs-Miss Peregrine #3
The Hanging Valley-Peter Robinson- DI Banks #4- 8/5
The Falcon Tattoo-Bill Rogers-N.C.A. #2
Did You Miss Me?-Karen Rose - Baltimore #3 - 9/25
A Better World-Marcus Sakey - Brilliance #2
Dying for Justice-L.J. Sellers - Det. Jackson #5- 8/2
Bad Blood-Mark Sennen - D.I. Charlotte Savage #2- 15/5
Thorn In My Side-C.J. Skuse - Sweetpea #4
Closed Circles-Viveca Sten - Sandhamn Murders #2
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
- Ernest Cunningham #2- 24/7
Problem Child-Victoria Helen Stone-Jane Doe #2
How To Kill Friends And Implicate People-Jay Stringer-Sam Ireland #2 - 10/25
Into The Flames-Jason Summers-Nick Vada #2- 17/8
Her Broken Bones-Fiona Tarr-Opal Fields #2- 17/4
Her Scorched Bones-Fiona Tarr-Opal Fields #3 - 9/25
The Silent Town-Anni Taylor-Tallman's Valley #3 - 9/25
Doctor Thorne-Anthony Trollope - Barsetshire Chronicles #3- 26/5
Absolution-Jeff VanderMeer-Southern Reach #4- 11/2
Cut to the Bone-Roz Watkins-Meg Dalton #3 - 10/25
The Couple on Cedar Close-Anna-Lou Weatherley-Dan Riley #2
White Ash Ridge-S.R. White - Dana Russo #4
For Richer, For Poorer-Kerry Wilkinson - Jessica Daniel #10
Opal-Patricia Wolf - D.S. Walker #3- 1/2
Guardian of the Gate-Michelle Zink - PotS #2

Wow! Good job Kim! If you're anything like me, those #1 in series are quite a few you got for free. Enjoy and good luck!

Brenda wrote: "Wow! Good job Kim! If you're anything like me, those #1 in series are quite a few you got for free. Enjoy and good luck!"

Probably spot on there Brenda! Free or 99p for a first in a new series, especially crime, and I'm there!!

Haha me too!!