Take the Challenge. Solve the Year.
Twenty-four prompts across four chapters of suspense—cozy mysteries, faith-driven detectives, ancient codes, courtroom reveals. Check each one off as you go, log the book you read for it, and earn yourself a year of really good reading.
The Intrigue
The Investigation
The Clues
The Reveal
Books from Elle that fit the challenge
Every one of my novels is built on suspense without the gore—morally clear endings, faith threaded through, and a twist you didn’t see coming.
Midnight Offensive
A biological-weapon countdown across Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Fits #11, #21, #24.
True-Crime SuspenseChasing Sofie
A true-crime blogger witnesses a staged suicide and lands in witness protection. Fits #4, #10, #11.
Cold Case MysteryGrave Secrets
A multigenerational secret society and a cold case in Ricketts Glen. Fits #2, #14, #16, #17.
Serial Killer ThrillerGrave Pursuits
A killer who’s been using a state park as his graveyard. Boulder Field is its own character. Fits #15, #21, #23.
Government ConspiracyProject Sentinel
Amnesia, a faked death, and an AI surveillance program the world wasn’t supposed to know about. Fits #2, #6, #20.
Undercover SuspenseMidnight Masquerade
A human-trafficking case carries two agents from Turkey to D.C., where they go undercover as a couple for one masquerade ball and end up racing to defuse a bomb. Fits #6, #11, #15.