USA Fiction Challenge 2014-

Here am I signing up, and even organising, yet another challenge.

State by State in 2014

Although you are meant to read a title for each state I will probably read many titles connected to one state, and struggle to read any for another.

The challenge is an ongoing one even though it says "state by state in 2014". I think it is going to take me more than a year to complete.

All my books will be crime fiction and connected to the state either by setting or by author, and I'll mention that in my list.

Here is my personalised map from World66
[P.S. I've decided to "backdate" my efforts a little by including the books I've read in 2013, so I'll add them soon]

The home for the challenge is at USA Fiction Challenge: state by state in 2014. 
However the challenge is ongoing (until you complete it actually).


create your own personalized map of the USA

Here is my easy reference list
Current total of states covered: 23/51

1. ALABAMA
2. ALASKA
   A COLD DAY FOR MURDER, Dana Stabenow (setting, author's birthplace)
3. ARIZONA
4. ARKANSAS
5. CALIFORNIA:
   TURN OF MIND, Alice LaPlante (author's residence)
   BAMBOO AND BLOOD, James Church (author's birthplace)
   PRIMAL, D.A. Serra (author residence)
   THE BIG SLEEP, Raymond Chandler - setting
   4.4, ANGLE OF INVESTIGATION, Michael Connelly - setting
   4.6, PAYING THE PIPER, Simon Wood - setting
   4.5, A IS FOR ALIBI, Sue Grafton - setting
   4.3, MURDER IN THE FAMILY, Paula Bernstein - setting
   4.3, THE DROWNING POOL, Ross Macdonald - setting
   4.4, THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS, Erle Stanley Gardner - setting4.2, DYING FOR A TASTE, Leslie Karst - setting4.4, PAST TENSE, Margot Kinberg - setting
   
6. COLORADO
7. CONNECTICUT
   4.4, THE RULES OF THE GAME, Georges Simenon (setting)
8. DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
   4.5, THE KIZUNA COAST, Sujata Massey (author residence)
9. DELAWARE
   4.7, HUNTING SHADOWS, Charles Todd (author residence)
10. FLORIDA:
    EVERY BITTER THING, Leighton Gage (author residence)
    BUNDORI, Laura Joh Rowland - author residence
    4.7, YOU WILL KNOW ME, Megan Abbott - setting
11. GEORGIA
12. HAWAII
13. IDAHO
14. ILLINOIS
15. INDIANA
16. IOWA
17. KANSAS:
    4.4, NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH, James Hadley Chase (setting)
18. KENTUCKY
19. LOUISIANA
20. MAINE
    4.3, THE GIRLS SHE LEFT BEHIND, Sarah Graves
21. MARYLAND
22. MASSACHUSETTS:
    NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT, Derek B. Miller (author birthplace)
    4.5, CHRISTINE FALLS, Benjamin Black (setting)
    4.5, MISSING GIRL, Tess Gerritsen (setting)
23. MICHIGAN
24. MINNESOTA
    4.2, VENGEANCE IS MINE, Joanne Fluke
    4.5, THE LAST ACT OF HATTIE HOFFMAN, Mindy Mejia (setting)
25. MISSISSIPPI:
    4.4, A TIME TO KILL, John Grisham (setting)
26. MISSOURI:
    GONE GIRL, Gillian Flynn (setting)
27. MONTANA
28. NEBRASKA
29. NEVADA
30. NEW HAMPSHIRE
    THE LAST POLICEMAN, Ben H. Winters (setting)
    4.2, THE UNFUR-TUNATE VALENTINE'S SCAM, Alannah Rogers (setting)
31. NEW JERSEY
    DEATH IN A STRANGE COUNTRY, Donna Leon (author birthplace)
    4.8, THE WATERS OF ETERNAL YOUTH, Donna Leon
    4.3, FINAL CURTAIN, Ed Ifkovic (setting)
32. NEW MEXICO
33. NEW YORK:
    PAGO PAGO TANGO, John Enright (author birthplace)
    MRS POLLIFAX AND THE LION KILLER, Dorothy Gilman (author residence)
    4.6, VISITATION STREET, Ivy Pochoda (setting)
    3.7, THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING, Clayton Rawson (setting)
    3.8, THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR, Anna Katherine Green (setting)
    3.8, ROSEMARY'S BABY, Ira Levin (setting)
    3.6, DEAD RECKONING, Michael B. Smart (author origin)
    4.6, THE SINS OF THE FATHERS, Lawrence Block (setting)
    4.2, THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER, Stuart Palmer (setting)
    4.1, LOST IN NEW YORK, J.J. Henderson (setting)
34. NORTH CAROLINA
    3.8, LIQUID FEAR, Scott Nicholson (author residence)
    4.7, HUNTING SHADOWS, Charles Todd (author residence)
    4.7, THE DARK ROAD TO MERCY, Wiley Cash- setting
35. NORTH DAKOTA
    4.3, SEE ALSO MURDER, Larry D. Sweazy (setting)
36. OHIO:
    MURDER IN A BASKET, Amanda Flower (author works in a college near Cleveland)
37. OKLAHOMA:
    KINGDOM OF STRANGERS, Zoe Ferraris (author birthplace)
38. OREGON
39. PENNSYLVANIA
    4.5, IRREPARABLE HARM, Melissa F. Miller (setting)
    4.0, DEATH-WATCH, John Dickson-Carr (author birth-place)
    3.9, THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE, Mary Roberts Rinehart (author birth-place)
40. RHODE ISLAND
41. SOUTH CAROLINA
42. SOUTH DAKOTA
43. TENNESSEE
44. TEXAS:
    THE SOUND OF BROKEN GLASS, Deborah Crombie (author birthplace)
    5.0, LIFE OR DEATH, Michael Robotham (setting)
45. UTAH
46. VERMONT
47. VIRGINIA
48. WASHINGTON:
    THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD, Debra Dean (author birthplace)
    4.3, MASTERMIND, Helen Goltz  - setting
    4.5, MURDER ONE, Robert Dugoni - setting
    4.2, TROUBLE IN ROOSTER PARADISE, T. W. Emory - setting
    4.4, PAST CRIMES, Glen Erik Hamilton - setting
49. WEST VIRGINIA
50. WISCONSIN
51. WYOMING:
    ICE COLD, Tess Gerritsen (setting)