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Cozy Site Reader's Question

Does There Need to Be a Body?!? I Would Love to Hear What You All Think…

June 24, 2009

Hi Cozy Mystery Site Readers!

I just received a question from a site reader who also writes mysteries. So far, she has published short stories and is working on a cozy mystery. She would really appreciate our help. Here is her question:

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Mystery Authors with Authors Who Are Similar… A Little…

February 28, 2009

On Feb. 19 I got this comment from Maura:

I have been through all of the Janet Evanovich, Cynthia Riggs, Donald Westlake, Anne George, Dorothy Gilman, Carolyn Hart, Rex Stout, Carl Hiaasan, can anyone recommend more comic mysteries? I love them and devour them!

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The Men of Cozy Mysteries, Part Two

February 24, 2009

This is a follow up to yesterday's entry. Bill wrote to thank me for addressing his question, with this:

"P.S. — BY the way, I do read a good number of mysteries with female protagonists…I liked Lonnie Cruse's "Fifty-Seven Heaven," for example, and some of the Sue Grafton books and many others….

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The Men of Cozy Mysteries, Part One…

February 23, 2009

Bill wrote a comment to the site that started me thinking, so I thought I would post it here:

"I have a question about cozy mysteries: Why are they seen as largely geared to female readers? I enjoy many elements of cozy mysteries — their plots, their wit, their avoidance of relying overly much on gratuitous graphic details, etc. I wonder why there are not a greater number with male protagonists, etc.? Do you have a list of those that might be more appealing to male readers? Thanks! (I don't suppose writers such as William Tapply and Bill Crider would quite fit into the cozy genre, would they? I like those two authors, among MANY others."

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