Yesterday I posted about my reading during March, so that means today I am going to be taking a look back at the #MurderEveryMonday themes which took place during last month.
#MurderEveryMonday is a book cover sharing activity over on Twitter (a.k.a. X) and Instagram. As the hashtag suggests it takes place on a Monday and each week has a different theme. For more info here is my launch post and here is a link to the updated themes list.
If you missed them here is a link for January and February’s roundups.
So without ado let’s take a look March’s themes:
Week 1: Last novel in a series.
I was spoilt for choice with this theme, so I tried to focus on some favourites and others which have not been used for #MurderEveryMonday as much. Bruce, Sheridan, Coggin, Ames and Akunin certainly ended their series on a high. Moreover, Pelagia and the Red Rooster definitely wins the award for most remarkable ending (if you have read the book you will know what I mean!).
Week 2: Crime fiction title which includes a sound a human can make e.g. chuckle, scream, whistle, sing, shout, laugh, cry etc.
This was a fun theme to run and it was certainly interesting to note, looking at the entries, how much laughing there was in the title of detective fiction novels, as unlike sounds such as screaming and crying, laughter is not a noise I would readily associate with crime and murder.
Week 3: Cover with a writing implement on. (Not a typewriter)
Fountain pens, pencils, chalk and quills abounded for this week’s theme.
Week 4: Crime fiction title with a metal in.
Overall silver tended to be a more frequent metal in titles than gold, and I was impressed that some participants managed to find titles with the metals, copper, brass, aluminum and platinum in.
Week 5: Cover with a figure falling through the air.
This is a photo version of my submission for this final theme, as on X and Instagram I posted a short video instead, involving a soft toy stunt hedgehog. Unfortunately, I cannot upload the video on WordPress, but if you are on either of those social media sites, then do check it out. I very much enjoyed Hans Olav Lahlum’s K2 series and it is a real shame that they stopped translating the books into English, as I would have liked to have seen which direction the series went in next.
