2020 Annual Group Challenge : Sepetated by a Pond Tour 🌎

Separated by a Pond Tour

This is the collective Group Challenge for The Annual Challenge for 2020 where, between us, we are looking to try and visit the states, counties and provinces of The USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Some may be easier than others!

To get a book added to the challenge post it below when you have read it, giving the book title, author and which state, county or province it visited. I will then allocate it to the right state / county / province. The book only has to visit the location and not all be set in that area. Each book can only be used for one state, county or province.

For the challenge in this group only post mystery, suspense or thriller books. If you want to post books from other genres put them on the similar Challenge on the Read It, Track It Group.

Good luck and happy travels, and enjoy this fun challenge...

U. S. A. : States

Alabama
Alaska : Face Off by Brenda Novak
Arizona : The Coyote by Michael McBride
Arkansas : A Painted House by John Grisham
California : Silence by Thomas Perry
Colorado : Bucking the Tiger by Marcus Galloway
Connecticut : Silver Lake by Kathryn Knight
Delaware : I will Always Find You by Willow Sanders
Florida : Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Georgia : The Winner by David Baldacci
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois : A Gift for Dying by M J Arlidge
Indiana : All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Iowa : Eleven Days by Donald Harstad
Kansas : Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Kentucky
Louisiana : The Other Girl by Erica Spindler
Maine : Stay Hidden by Paul Doiron
Maryland : The Sugar House by Laura Lippman
Massachusetts
Michigan : Dead Sleeping Shaman by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Minnesota : Dead to You by Lisa McMann
Mississippi : Them Bones by Carolyn Haines
Missouri : The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
Montana : Driving on the Rim by Thomas McGuane
Nebraska : Salvation Station by Kathryn Schleich
Nevada : Desperation by Stephen King
New Hampshire : The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
New Jersey : Caught by Harlan Coben
New Mexico : Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston
New York : Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen
North Carolina : Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
North Dakota :
Ohio : The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo
Oklahoma
Oregon : A Crime of Hate by L J Sellers
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island : The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor
South Carolina : The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
South Dakota : The Silent Partner by Marcus Galloway
Tennessee : Fear The Dark by Kay Hooper
Texas : The Accomplice by Marcus Galloway
Utah : If I Can't Have You by Gregg Olsen
Vermont
Virginia : Good Girls Lie by J T Ellison
Washington : The Girl in the Woods by Camilla Lackberg
Washington DC : The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming : The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman

Canada : Provinces

Alberta : The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan
British Columbia : The Devil’s Making by Sean Haldane / Hands Like Clouds by Mark Zuehlke
Manitoba
New Brunswick : The Case Against Owen Williams by Allan Donaldson
Newfoundland & Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia : Indefensible by Pamela Callow
Nunavut : Ice Drift by Theodore Taylor
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec : Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Saskatchewan
Yukon : Strange Things Done by Elle Wild

England : Counties

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol (City of) : Watching You by Lisa Jewell
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire : Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Cheshire
City of London
Cornwall : The Magpie Tree by Katherine Stansfield
County Durham : The Hiding Place by C J Tudor
Cumbria : Fear on the Phantom Special by Edward Marston
Derbyshire : Murder in Black Tie by Sara Rosett
Devon : A Dirty Death by Rebecca Tope
Dorset : Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex : Murder on the Brighton Express by Edward Marston
Essex
Gloucestershire : Marnie by Winston Graham
Greater London : Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie
Greater Manchester
Hampshire : The Doll’s House by M J Arlidge
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire : We Have Lost the Coffee by Paul Matthews
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire : Backlash by Sally Spencer
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside : The Dying Place by Luca Veste
Norfolk
North Yorkshire : Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson
Northamptonshire : Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton
Northumberland : The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce
Nottinghamshire : The Silent Ones by K L Slater
Oxfordshire : Stone Cold by Jenny Hilbourne
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey : Stately Pursuits by Katie Fforde
Tyne and Wear : Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves
Warwickshire
West Midlands : Evil Games by Angela Marsons
West Sussex
West Yorkshire : A Stranger in the Family by Robert Barnard
Wiltshire : The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Worcestershire

Link to map of English Counties:

http://myenglandtravel.com/images/all_england_counties_map.gif

Scotland : Regions / Island Areas

Strathclyde (region) : A Litter of Bones by J.D. Kirk
Dumfries and Galloway (region)
Borders (region) : Borderlands by L J Ross
Lothian (region) : In A House of Lies by Ian Rankin
Central (region) : Crow Road by Iain Banks
Fife (region)
Tayside (region) : Letters From the Dead by Steve Robinson
Grampian (region) : Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen
Highland (region) : The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Western Isles (islands area)
Shetland (islands area)
Orkney (islands area) : The Seal King Murders by Alanna Knight

Wales : Preserved Counties

Gwent - comprises Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen
South Glamorgan - comprises Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan : The Silver Locomotive Mystery by Edward Marston
Mid Glamorgan - comprises Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf
West Glamorgan- comprises Neath Port Talbot, Swansea
Dyfed - comprises Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire : The Owl Service by Alan Garner
Powys - comprises Powys : The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Gwynedd - comprises Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey
Clwyd - comprises Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham

Ireland : Counties

Antrim (Northern Ireland) : Exit Unicorns by Cindy Bradner
Armagh (Northern Ireland)
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal : Still Life by Val McDermid
Down (Northern Ireland)
Dublin : Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent
Fermanagh (Northern Ireland)
Galway : The Ghosts of Galway by Ken Bruen
Kerry
Kildare : Sister Caravaggio by Maeve Binchy and others
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick : The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton
Londonderry / Derry (Northern Ireland)
Longford
Louth
Mayo : Impostor by L J Ross
Meath
Monaghan
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
Tipperary
Tyrone (Northern Ireland) : Murder in County Tyrone by Padraig O’Hannon
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow : The Secrets of Roscarbury Hall by Ann O’Loughlin

>2 Andrew-theQM: You might want think about putting Washington D.C. at the bottom of the states. Even though is not a state there are a lot books that are set there.

>8 Carol420: Have done. 😊

My current book is Stay Hidden by Paul Doiron so Maine will be done in a day or 2

Oregon : A Crime of Hate by L J Sellers. Detective story set in Eugene, Oregon.Detective Wade Jackson Series.

Scottish Borders : Borderlands by L J Ross

Maine: Stay Hidden by Paul Doiron; 1/2/20; 3.5 stars

California: Silence - Thomas Perry

Washington DC : The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton

Updated to 15

These are easier to find than I thought they would be. All will be well if "Mr. Google" doesn't let me down.:)

Amazing what ‘Mr. Google’ can locate for you >16 Carol420:.

>17 Andrew-theQM: Sometimes you have to change the arrangement of your wording but he usually comes through.

thought you might like to look at this

https://www.librarything.com/topic/6017

or this

https://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/booksf/mystery/location.html

>19 bhabeck: Thanks for posting these, they will be a great help! 😊👏

North Yorkshire, England : Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson

Next up are Still Life by Louise Penny which is based in the Canadian Province of Quebec and The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde which is based in Great Britain

County Tyrone - Murder In County Tyrone -– Padraig O’Hannon

>23 Carol420: If only every book had the county or state in the title!

>24 Andrew-theQM: Now dear Andrew...where would be the "challenge" in that? Very few I have seen do.

>25 Carol420: We could have Evil Games in the Black Country or A Painted Doom in Devon 😂

>26 Andrew-theQM: I went through the books that I have on my list thus far and found places for most of them. I found Evil Games is set in West Midlands and Painted Doom in Devon. One coming up for us is Stone Circle the Ruth Galloway book that's set in Norfolk.

Greater London - Where Memories Lie - Deborah Crombie 4★s

Scotland Highland - The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware.

>19 bhabeck: Thanks for the links. I think they'll come in handy for me!

>22 bhabeck: Let me know when you finish them Brenda.

Updated up to 29.

>31 Andrew-theQM: I'll be done with The Eyre Affair tonight and the MC is currently headed to Swindon so I'll be counting that toward Wiltshire

Orkney (islands area) - The Seal King Murders - Alanna Knight
Kansas - Dark Places Gillian Flynn
Virginia -Good Girls Lie - J.T. Elliston
Connecticut - Silver Lake - Katheryn Knight
Washington - The Girl In The Woods - Gregg Olsen
Wales - Dyfed - The Owl Service - Alan Garner
Northamptonshire - Dead Woman Walking - Sharon Bolton

Have put a link down in >4 Andrew-theQM: for a map of the English Counties.

http://myenglandtravel.com/images/all_england_counties_map.gif

>35 Andrew-theQM: Very handy, thanks Andrew.

West Yorkshire - A Stranger in the Family - Robert Bernard 3.5★s

Updated to 37

Florida -Black & Blue Anna Quindlen
West Midlands - Evil Games - Angela Marsons
County Durham -The Hiding Place - C.J. Tudor
Central Region (Scotland) - Crow Road - Iain Banks
County Antrim - (Ireland) -Exit Unicorns - Cindy Brandner
Hampshire - The Doll's House - M.J. Arlidge
North Carolina - Where The Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Missouri - The Weight of Blood - Laura McHugh
Cornwall - The Magpie Tree - Katherine Stansfield
Louisiana -The Other Girl - Erica Spindler
County Wicklow (Ireland) - The Secrets of Roscarbury Hall - Ann O'Laughlin

Cambridgeshire : Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Lancashire - Backlash - Sally Spencer 3.5★s
East Sussex - Murder on the Brighton Express - Edward Marston 4★s
Devon - A Dirty Death - Rebecca Tope 4★s
Northumberland - The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy - Rachel Joyce 5★s + ❤️

✔1978 - ☊ -Eye of The Needle by Ken Follett - 445 Pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/8/2020

Takes place on Storm Island, Scotland

✔Indiana - 2015 - All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - 416 Pgs.- ★★★★★ - 1/20/2020
Just finished this audio. A heartbreaking love story about 2 fragile and damaged high school kids named Violet and Finch. Niven‘s writing is excellent despite the difficult topic. Narration alternates between Finch and Violet. Very touching and an honest depiction of depression and mental illness. Looking forward to Netflix movie 2/28/20.

Probably goes under the other list as this is not a mystery.

✔Quebec Canada 1997 - ☊ Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1) by Kathy Reichs - 560 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/22/2020
TV show, Bones, is based upon this series. Tempe Brennan, Quebec‘s director of forensic anthropology, is in search of a serial killer which has killed her best friend and has her daughter in mortal danger. A slow beginning but fascinating look of working in a coroner‘s office. Harrowing plot and characters. Impeccable writing and suspenseful. Looking forward to book 2 and recommended to those who love gripping thrillers.

Florida - The Deep Blue Good-by by John D. MacDonald; 1/21/20; 3.5 stars
California - Murder in Half Moon Bay by Nancy Jill Thames; 1/20/20; 2 stars
Maine - Stay Hidden by Paul Doiron; 1/2/20; 3.5 stars
London and Swindon - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde; 1/5/20; 3.5 stars
Quebec - Still Life by Louise Penny; 1/9/20; 3.5 stars
London and Surrey - Stately Pursuits by Katie Fforde; 1/17/20; 3.5 stars

Updated up to 45

>46 Andrew-theQM: We are doing a fantastic job. Poor Canada is suffering some but I know that will change.

>47 Carol420: Canada and some of Wales / Ireland will be the harder ones to get to.

>48 Andrew-theQM: Actually if you go to Google or whatever search engine you're using and ask it for "Books set in...and put in the county in Ireland... you can get something for almost every one. Ireland is easy and the U.S. states are easy because they aren't set in regions... but Wales and Scotland are more difficult but still doable. I just haven't looked for anything in Canada yet.

Delaware - I will Always Find You - Willow Sanders
Lothian (region) A House of Lies - Ian Rankin
Bristol (City Of) - Watching You - Lisa Jewell
Indiana - Spook House - Michael West
Alberta (Canada) -The Lucky Elephant Restaurant - Garry Ryan
Arkansas - A Painted House - John Grisham
New York - In The Blood - Lisa Unger
Georgia - Haunted - Kay Hooper
Nevada - Desperation - Stephen King
Utah -If I Can't Have You Gregg Olsen
Galway (Ireland) - The Ghosts of Galway- Ken Bruen
Arizona - The Coyote - Michael McBride
Michigan - Dead Sleeping Shaman - Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Strathclyde (region) - (Glasglow) - A Litter of Bones - J.D. Kirk
Nova Scotia - Indefensible - Pamela Callow
New Hampshire - The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay
Tennessee - Fear The Dark - Kay Hooper
Louisiana - Triple Six - Erica Spindler
Minnesota -The Heavens May Fall - Allen Eskens
Surry - Her One Mistake - Heidi Perks
Wyoming - The Laramie Project - Moises Kaufman
Oxfordshire Stone Cold - Jenny Hilbourne

New York : Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen

Georgia : The Winner by David Baldacci

Kildare : Sister Caravaggio by Maeve Binchy and others

New Mexico:
- Tyrannosaur Canyon / Douglas Preston (finshed Jan 10)

Minnesota:
- Dead to You / Lisa McMann (finished Jan 11)

New York:
- The Woman in the Window / A.J. Finn (finished Jan 21)

And I have one for Scotland, but i have no idea what region! (One of the important places listed on the book page says: "Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK", but I don't know what area/region that is! I'm even looking at wikipedia... Help!):
Scotland:
Royal Flush / Rhys Bowen

England - Tyne and Wear - Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves 3.5*

Derbyshire - Murder in Black Tie by Sara Rosett; 1/29/20; 4 stars

New Jersey:
Caught / Harlan Coben (finished Jan 27)

If we're including Westerns as thrillers, this Doc Holliday story hit the spot for me:

Texas - The Accomplice - Marcus Galloway 4.5★s

Also book 2 in 'The Accomplice' series:

Colorado - Bucking the Tiger - Marcus Galloway 4.5★s

And book 3 in the same series:

South Dakota - The Silent Partner - Marcus Galloway 4.5★s
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South Glamorgan - The Silver Locomotive Mystery - Edward Marston 4★s

If we are counting more than one for a location:

Connecticut:
A Noise Downstairs / Linwood Barclay. 4 stars (finished today)

>57 LibraryCin: We are only recording one above but do keep posting any areas you cover so people can explore options if they are doing the challenge themselves.

Really enjoy Linwood Barclay’s books.

South Carolina : The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Merseyside : The Dying Place by Luca Veste

>58 Andrew-theQM: Ok, thank you!

State of Washington - Under a Raging Moon by Frank Zafiro; 2/3/20; 3.5 stars

Maine and California - Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz; 1/29/20; 4 stars

Nottinghamshire : The Silent Ones by K L Slater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6/2/20

Illinois : A Gift for Dying by M J Arlidge ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

County Mayo : Impostor by L J Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 12/2/20

Rhode Island : The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 15/2/20

Cumbria : Fear on the Phantom Special by Edward Marston ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️16/2/20

Florida : The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 17/2/20

Alaska - Face Off by Brenda Novak
London and Brighton - The Woman in the Veil by Laura Joh Rowland

Wales - Powys: The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

Updated to 67.

>52 LibraryCin: That would be in Grampian. 😊

(Done thru 67)

Iowa - Eleven Days - Donald Harstad
New Brunswick - The Case Against Owen Williams - Allan Donaldson
County Limerick - The Celtic Riddle - Lyn Hamilton
British Columbia- The Devil's Making- Sean Haldane
Iowa - Eleven Days - Donald Harstad
New Brunswick - The Case Against Owen Williams - Allan Donaldson
County Limerick - The Celtic Riddle - Lyn Hamilton
Nebraska - Salvation Station - Kathryn Schleich
Dorset- Overture to Death - Ngaio Marsh
Mississippi - Them Bones - Carolyn Haines
Maryland - The Sugar House - Laura Lippman
Yukon - Strange Things Done - Elle Wild
Montana - Driving on the Rim - Thomas McGuane
Nunavut (Canada) - Ice Drift - Theodore Taylor

>68 Andrew-theQM: Thank you for figuring that one out!

Ireland - Dublin: Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

England - Hertfordshire County: We Have Lost the Coffee by Paul Mathews

I keep forgetting to come add things here, but this one fits in a blank spot (British Columbia, Canada):

Hands Like Clouds / Mark Zuehlke
3 stars

Tayside : Letters From the Dead by Steve Robinson

Updated to 74.

Gloucestershire - Marnie - Winston Graham 4.5★s

Ohio - The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo 4 ★

County Donegal - Still Life by Val McDermid

Updated to 78

We don't have one for Shetland Islands yet? I thought for sure someone else would have read from Ann Cleeves' series by now!

Anyway, I have! :-)

Red Bones / Ann Cleeves. 3 stars

England - Norfolk - Mr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman 4 ★

England - Somerset - Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza

Idaho - The Double-Jack Murders by Patrick F. McManus

Vermont - The Second Mouse by Archer Mayor

Suffolk - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz