Answers to the ExQUIZite Murder Mystery Quiz
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Order out of chaos
1. Devil in a Blue Dress (1990), Six Easy Pieces (2003), Blonde Faith (2007), Blood Grove (2021).
2. Postmortem (1990), Predator (2005), Scarpetta (2008), Chaos (2016)
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), The Girl who Played with Fire (2006), The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2007)
4. Murder at the Vicarage (1930), The Body in the Library (1942), 4:50 from Paddington (1957), At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)
5. Red Dragon/Manhunter (1981), The Silence of the Lambs (1988), Hannibal (1999), Hannibal Rising (2006)
Junior detectives
1. Violet, Klaus and Sunny
2. Reynard ‘Reynie’ Muldoon, Kate Wetherall, George ‘Sticky’ Washington, Constance Contraire.
3. Precious Ramotswe
4. Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, George, Pam, Colin
5. Benjamin Ripley
Red herrings
1. Death on the River Cam
2. Dream in Death
3. Dry Heat
4. Fear and Love in Laos
5. The Highlanders
Sleuths on screen
1. Philip Marlowe
2. Midsomer Murders
3. David Suchet
4. 12
5. Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill
Celtic Noir
1. Wait
2. Colours
3. Dead
4. Song
5. Wych
Heroes and villains
1. Bill Hodges
2. Lagos, Nigeria
3. Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s elder brother
4. Anton Chigurh
5. Keigo Higashino
Image credits
All images from Pixabay
Sources
· Dunedin Public Libraries catalogue
· The Book Lover’s Quiz Book: Novel Conundrums – Gary Wigglesworth