The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

50 states challenge
Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ)
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA)--The Chill by Ross MacDonald, completed 8/23/10, 4/5 stars
Colorado (CO)
Connecticut (CT)
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL)--Candles Burning by Tabitha King; completed 7/22/10; 4/5 stars--the majority of the book takes place in Florida
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)--The Book of Old Houses, Sarah Graves, completed 8/30/10, 3/5 stars
Maryland (MD)--Here I Stay byBarbara Michaels; completed 7/17/10; 3.5/5
Massachusetts (MA)--
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe, completed 8/5/10, 3.75/5 stars
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota (MN)--Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag, completed 10/17/10, 3/5 stars
Mississippi (MS)
Missouri (MO)
Montana (MT)
Nebraska (NE)
Nevada (NV)
New Hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ)-- Creepers by David Morrell, completed November 20, 2010; 3.5/5 stars
New Mexico (NM)
New York (NY)--Winter House, Carol O'Connell, completed 9/2/10, 4/5 stars
North Carolina (NC)
North Dakota (ND)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK)
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC)
South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN)--
One Deadly Sin, Annie Solomon, completed 8/3/10, 3/5 stars
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Vermont (VT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)

UN challenge
Afghanistan
Argentina
Australia--Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden, set in both Australia and England; completed 7/26/10; 4/5 stars
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada--The Taken, Inger Ash Wolfe, completed 8/17/10, 4/5 stars
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
Dominican Rep
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
France--The Emperor's Snuff-Box, John Dickson Carr, completed 8/14/10, 4/5 stars
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Iran (Islamic Rep of)
Iraq
Lebanon
Liberia
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Sweden--Missing, Karin Alvtegen, completed 8/10/10, 4/5 stars.
Syrian Arab Republic
Thailand
Turkey
UK (GB and N. Ireland)--Scotland: Whiteout,Ken Follett, completed 7/18/10, 3.5/5; Great Britian: dark Provenance by Michael David Anthony, completed 7/28/10, 4/5 stars
Ukraine
Uruguay
USA
Venezuela

Other countries
Italy--Death of an Englishman: A Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation, Magdalen Nabb, completed 8/27/10, 3.5/5 stars