Julie's Criminal Plots 2012 Challenge List

Thanks to two Jennifer's (GJR's Jenn and Jen of Jen's Book Thoughts), I will be doing yet another challenge this year! Dang! For someone who didn't do any challenges until 2011, I'm doing quite a lot.   My reasoning being that I will definitely be reading more than six crime/thriller novels this year, so it shouldn't be hard to meet the criteria:

1. Novel with a weapon in the title:  TBD
2. Book published at least 10 years ago:  L.A. Dead (Stone Barrington) by Stuart Woods
3. Book written by an author from the state/province/etc. where you live:  The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
4. Book written by an author using a pen name - TBD
5. Crime novel whose protagonist is the opposite gender of the author - 10th Anniversary (The Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson
6. A stand-alone novel written by an author who writes at least one series - Tell No One: A Novel by Harlan Coben

Rules of the Road:

• You can read the books in any format you choose: print, audio, e-book, etc.
• You can read books from any sub-genre of crime fiction: hardboiled, P.I., police procedural, cozy, thriller, etc.
• You do not need to have a blog to participate.
• You can use the books for other challenges but one book cannot count for more than one category in THIS challenge.
• Books do not need to be pre-determined. You can choose them at any time throughout the year. And you can read them in whatever order you choose.
• At the conclusion, each participant that completes the challenge will be entered for a chance at one of three prize packs.

I think I can do that.