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278:'s Daisy Dalrymple detective series follows the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple and her "copper" husband DCI Alec Fletcher. Many of the murders occur in aristocratic country houses Daisy is visiting to write articles about, in her 1920s "modern-woman's" career as a journalist. The usual cast of best friends and relatives make cameo appearances, as do members of Alec's faithful team of detectives who are always on Daisy's side when Alec is trying to keep her out of the case. 146:
well-liked individual who is able to get the community members to talk freely about each other. There is usually at least one very knowledgeable, nosy, yet reliable character in the book who is intimately familiar with the personal history and interrelationships of everyone in the town, and whose ability to fill in the blanks of the puzzle enables the amateur detective to solve the case.
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who can give them access to important information about the case at hand, but the contact is typically a spouse, lover, friend, or family member rather than a former colleague. Dismissed by the authorities in general as nosy busybodies, particularly if they are middle-aged or elderly women, the
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The cozy mystery usually takes place in a town, village, or other community small (or otherwise insular) enough to make it believable that all the principal characters know, and may well have long-standing social relationships with, each other. The amateur detective is usually a gregarious,
198:'s Aunt Dimity novels feature American Lori Sheppard, who settles in an English village thanks to an inheritance from "Aunt" Dimity (an old friend of her late mother's). Dimity communicates with Lori, via a magical journal, to help solve mysteries involving Lori and her neighbors. 141:
and falls from great heights. The wounds inflicted on the victim are never dwelt on and are seldom used as clues. Sexual activity, even between married characters, is only ever gently implied and never directly addressed, and the subject is frequently avoided altogether.
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The murderers in cozies are typically neither psychopaths nor serial killers, and, once unmasked, are usually taken into custody without violence. They are generally members of the community where the murder occurs and able to hide in plain sight, and their
161:'s "Sarah Kelling" series around art. Other series focus on topics including fishing, golfing, hiking, fashion, antiques, and interior decoration. Cat-lovers are well represented among the ranks of cozy-mystery detectives, notably in the work of 180:
While de-emphasis on sex and violence, emphasis on puzzle-solving over suspense, the setting of a small town, and a focus on a hobby or occupation are characteristic elements of cozy mysteries, the boundaries of the subgenre remain vague.
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The Mags & Baxter Mystery Series, set in Nevada, features Mags Rogers, ex-Wall Streeter; Baxter, Mag's wirehaired dachshund; Jeep Reed, Mags' Grandmother Rancher; and King, Jeep's German Shepherd cross.
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The supporting characters in cozy mysteries are often very broadly drawn and used as comic relief. The accumulation of such characters in long-running cozy mystery series, such as those of
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One subtle joke in such series is how the main character constantly becomes embroiled in so many high-profile cases, often by accident. A long-running joke about the series
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Sidney Chambers, and subsequently vicar William Davenport, each of whom develop a sideline in sleuthing with the help of Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, based on
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is a British mystery television series that combines accidental amateur sleuthing and gardening. A few episodes have been adapted and expanded as full-length novels.
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is a British mystery television series that combines sleuthing and cooking. A police detective and gourmet runs his own restaurant in between solving crimes.
284:'s novels about Hannah Swensen, a young baker and amateur sleuth living in the fictional town of Lake Eden, Minnesota. The books include recipes for baking. 125:
was how the main character/detective (Jessica Fletcher) had to be the actual murderer in every case, because, "No matter where she goes, somebody dies!"
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D.M. Greenwood's 9 Theodora Braithwaite novels written between 1991 and 1999, each an 'Ecclesiastical Whodunnit' set in a church or cathedral.
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detectives in cozy mysteries are thus left free to eavesdrop, gather clues, and use their native intelligence and intuitive "feel" for the
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antiques dealer, Jean White, who helps solve an array of mysteries and deaths in the fictional village of Sainte Victoire in the
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sleuth, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. Cozies thus stand in contrast to
241:'s Hilary Tamar Series features Professor Hilary Tamar, and a cast of clever and trouble-prone young London barristers. 1076: 1051: 223:
The Foxhunting Mystery Series, set in Virginia, features "Sister Jane" Arnold, a 70-year-old Master of the Fox Hunt.
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Cozy mystery series frequently have a prominent thematic element introduced by the detective's job, pet or hobby.
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coffeeshop owner Clare Cosi, who sleuths with help from her coffee-hunting ex-husband and her staff of quirky
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The detectives in such stories are nearly always amateurs, and are frequently women. Village policeman
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and took early retirement, but sets up her own detective agency to solve crimes and murders.
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concerns a desperate search for a young woman who mysteriously vanished from the
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at St. Vincent's Convent in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in the
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is a British television series set in the 1950s, and the era of the
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as the eponymous elderly pensioner who solves mysteries around her
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is a British television series set in the early 1950s, with the
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with their cats Gin, Sherry, and Martini and solve mysteries.
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is a British television series set in the 1950s in the
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The Mrs. Murphy series of animal cozies, set in the
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Index

Cosy mystery
Cozy game
crime fiction
violence
amateur
hardboiled fiction
Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Hamish Macbeth
M. C. Beaton
police force
social dynamics
greed
jealousy
revenge
Charlotte MacLeod
eccentrics
Murder, She Wrote
profanity
poisoning
Diane Mott Davidson
Parnell Hall
Charlotte MacLeod
Lilian Jackson Braun
Rita Mae Brown
Ellis Peters
Brother Cadfael
Nancy Atherton
Lilian Jackson Braun
Cat Who...
hardboiled

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