10 COZY DETECTIVE SERIES YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE

[SheltieLover]

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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.

More at link. Enjoy.

[MLAA]

1. One of the comments mentioned books by Hazel Holt that sounded good.

Just ordered a couple. Also learned Rhys Bowen has a series with a detective Evan Evans so trying those also. Thanks!

[SheltieLover]

3. I've read Jennifer Chow's series & found it absutely delightful.

Glad you found some new reads! Let us know how you like them pls?

And I've inhaled Sofie Kelly's series. Again fun reads.

Enjoy!

[question everything]

25. I like this series. Some sescribed literary places, including Oxford famous Bodleian with

interesting entrance, do not remember the specifics. And another place where she traveled with interesting history.

[MLAA]

26. Great, I look forward to them arriving in a few days and I will dive in.

[tanyev]

2. I just finished reading all the Kat Holloway Below Stairs Mysteries by Jennifer Ashley

and I really enjoyed them. A nice change of pace to have the focus on a cook and all of the people she interacts with. Plus, I found all the side info about shopping, cooking and serving meals in Victorian times very interesting.

[SheltieLover]

6. Sounds intriguing!

I'm currently reading Ellery Adams' "Pies & Prejudice." Protagonist is opening a pie restaurant...

I love this author's works.

Enjoy!

[tanyev]

9. And now that you say that I realize that there are a lot of contemporary cozies that revolve around

chefs, bakers, etc. But it seems to me like most of the things I read set in Victorian or Edwardian times revolve around the upper class, so the Kat Holloway series was a nice change from that.

[SheltieLover]

22. Sounds like a pleasant change

[Joinfortmill]

4. 👍

[SheltieLover]

7. ...

[central scrutinizer]

5. Also MC Beaton, the Hamish Macbeth series

Lots of fun

[SheltieLover]

8. I'll give it a look.

Thx!

[niyad]

12. See post 11.

[niyad]

11. Also her Agatha Raisin series (several of which have been turned into a tv

series).

[SheltieLover]

21. I tried one of these & didn't care for it, but they're so popular

I think I'll try again.

Thx for the nudge!

[XanaDUer2]

24. The shows a delight

Its on Acorn

[central scrutinizer]

15. And Roderic Jeffries, Inspector Alvarez series

Set on Mallorca

[SheltieLover]

20. Just checked out "A Question of Motive"

Ty!

[niyad]

10. I just discovered the Gethsemane Brown series. Love the ghost, and the

very laid-back and accepting parish priest. G is a delight.

[SheltieLover]

18. Sounds great!

I'll give them a try, if library has ebooks.

[SheltieLover]

19. Just checked out "Murder in G Major"

Looks like a delightful series! Thx!

[chillfactor]

13. I read cozy mysteries all of the time

but living on social security I can't afford to buy books. I pay a small Kindle Unlimited monthly fee and read tons of cozy mysteries for free.

[SheltieLover]

16. I read 1/day

So buying them would prob cost more than my mortgage.

I get my ebooks from library.

Thx for the tip.

Keep reading & enjoy!

[Demsrule86]

27. You can also get free library cards from most states and they have electronic books tons of titles.

[nwliberalkiwi]

14. Stuart Kaminsky

Wonderful books. Several different dectective lines---enjoyed the Toby Peters stories!!!

[SheltieLover]

17. Thx for heads up!

Just checked out "Think Fast, Mr. Peters."

[XanaDUer2]

23. Thanks!