10 COZY DETECTIVE SERIES YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE

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10 COZY DETECTIVE SERIES YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE
It's Time to Make Room for Some New Amateur Sleuths!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 BY SOFIE KELLY
VIA BERKLEY

If I were to sum up what makes a cozy mystery in just one word, the word I would choose is connection. Yes, cozies have other characteristics, including no graphic violence, no profanity, and no overt sexual behavior, but at their core these stories are about how we connect with one another. It’s these connections and the loyalties that come with them that motivate the protagonist to try to solve the crime. It’s these same bonds—or lack of them—that motivate others to help or hinder these efforts. And one of the reasons cozy mysteries are so popular with readers is because they feel a connection to the characters as well.

Traditionally, cozy mysteries are set in a small town—St. Mary’s Mead in Agatha Christie’s classic Miss Marple novels and Cabot Cove, Maine, in the popular TV show, Murder She Wrote. My own Magical Cats series takes place in Mayville Heights, Minnesota, which in some ways is like the small town where I grew up. But there are also cozies that take place in big cities. Cleo Coyle’s Coffeehouse series is set in New York, Greenwich Village to be specific. Leslie Budewitz’s Spice Shop mysteries are based in Seattle, while Los Angeles is the setting for Jennifer Chow’s Sassy Cat books.

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