Beachcomber Mystery Challenge 2023 ✅

 

Beachcomber Mystery Challenge
Hosted By: Rick Mills

Official Challenge/Reporting Page
Dates: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023

Challenge Detail Summary:
Complete the set of four beach bags as you read mysteries.  4 Wild Cards are allowed to replace hard-to-find items. Wild Cards may be used on any cards.

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT ~ Read at your own risk, names will be listed but I have omitted what book/series they come from

WEAPONS

Letter to occur anywhere in the weapon.
You are not limited to author's exact word. For example, "handgun" may be 
substituted for "pistol".
A ~ Arsenic
B ~ Bomb
C ~ Cancer
D ~ Drugs
E ~ Explosion
F ~ Food Allergy
G ~ Gun
H ~ Hands (strangled)
I ~ Heroin
J ~ Jump from window
K ~ Knife
L ~ Natural Death
M ~ Magic Spell
N ~ Nicotine Poisoning
O ~ Old Age
P ~ Paperweight
Q ~ Quarter Staff
R ~ Rolling Pin
S ~ Stairs (fall)
T ~ Truck (accident)
U ~ Unity Candle
V ~ Velvet Rope
W ~ Water (drowning)
X ~ Asphyxiation
Y ~ Pointy Object
Z ~ Bronze Statue

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CRIME SCENES
Letter to occur anywhere in the crime scene.
You are not limited to author's exact word. For example, "forest" may be 
substituted for "woods".
A ~ Apartment
B ~ Bakery
C ~ Campground
D ~ Diner
E ~ Graveyard
F ~ Forest
G ~ Garden
H ~ Hollows
I ~ Island
J ~ Jail
K ~ Kitchen
L ~ Lighthouse
M ~ Mountains
N ~ Nursing Home
O ~ Ocean
P ~ Pier
Q ~ Quiet Running Trail
R ~ Restroom
S ~ Staircase
T ~ Train Platform
U ~ Underground Tunnel
V ~ Wedding Venue
W ~ Attic Window
X ~ Extra Hidden Room

Y ~ Library
Z ~ Gazebo

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DETECTIVES 

Letter to occur anywhere in the detective's name.
Titles do not count - Inspector Clouseau can be used for "A", but not for "T".
You can use any character in a detective role, not necessarily an official detective. 
A ~ Andy Southerland
B ~ Buddy Norris
C ~ Chief Insp. Cotton
D ~ Darcy Merriweather
E ~ Ed Barber
F ~ Det. Ferrigno
G ~ Glinda Chadwick
H ~ Grady Hayes
I ~ David Rainwater
J ~ Jones Cooper
K ~ Christina Khoury
L ~ Ethan Lim
M ~ Max Tudor
N ~ Nick Sawyer
O ~ Ophelia
P/Q ~ Nora Pennington
R ~ Agatha Raisin
S ~ Stella Sterling
T ~ Tempest Raj
U ~ Hercule Poirot

V ~ Everly Swan
W ~ Wilkes
X ~ Sgt. Essex

Y/Z ~ Grady Crowe

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VICTIMS ~ SPOILER ALERTS
Letter to occur anywhere in the victim's name.
Victims must be dead.
A ~ Walter Adams
B ~ Robert Daniels
C ~ Carolyn
D ~ Randy Bennett
E ~ Lola Everling
F ~ Mayor Dunfrey
G ~ Mia Long
H ~ Wanda Batton-Smythe
I ~ Aunt Lilliana
J ~ Jacob Welsey
K ~ Fiona Dickle
L ~ Sam Carrol
M ~ Magnolia "Maggie" Bane
N ~ Aunt Helen
O ~ Lou
P/Q ~ Peter
R ~ Ruth
S ~ Debbie Hurst
T ~ Mr. Garth
U ~ Julia Carrol
V ~ Vickie
W ~ Captain Willy Riggs
X/Y ~ Amy 
Z ~ Mitzi Calgon 

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