Comments on: The Importance of a Village/Small Town Setting in a Cozy Mystery Series…

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:44:54 +0000

Hi Nel,

I LOVE those old Jessica shows… and much prefer the Cabot Cove seasons over the big city seasons, also! Of course, at the rate that the Cabot Cove people were being killed off, the Chamber of Commerce probably took up a collection to send Jessica away!!!

By: Nel

Nel — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:28:47 +0000

Hi,
I believe that is why I love the cozy mysteries also. I grew up in a small town, and it was really great, better than the big city, (LA)….I'm reading one of Joanne Fluke's books and really injoying it…
We can't get Jessica any more on TV, so my kids bought me the whole series on DVD. I didn't like it much when she moved to the city…too bad…
Take care……Nel

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:29:09 +0000

Hi Jackie,

When I was young, P. E. O. was a secret society for women. It has now gone public, and stands for Philanthropic Educational Organization.

As for D. A. R.>>> Daughters of the American Revolution.

I'm glad you asked, since I didn't even think that there would be people who didn't know what those abbreviations mean. And, there are a lot of people in the USA who don't know!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:45:49 +0000

What on earth is "the P. E. O. and D. A. R. meetings"? Sorry. but not all your readers are familiar with such abbreviations.
There is at least one reader who is not from North America, or even an English speaking country. I am from Denmark.

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:16:46 +0000

Hi Sharon,

What a shame about the small towns becoming suburbs. But, it is nice that the our mysteries can continue to have the same small town feelings to them...

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:35:34 +0000

I, too, live in a small town and have most of my life. We used to know everyone. We even had a blacksmith shop. Now we know hardly anyone. The old families have died off and are replaced by people wanting out of the cities. I think the village/small town feeling can be a state of mind. Cleo Coyle has made her coffeehouse mysteries seem "small town" just by having a good group of regulars. A lot of our small towns are now suburbs of big cities which should broaden the "field for murders" in our mysteries.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:20:50 +0000

What an interesting observation about the move from small towns to communities (i.e. newspaper office, hair salons). Vickie, I can well imagine a cozy with a setting on an Air Force or Military base…sort of Jessica Fletcher meets NCIS. Wouldn't that be fun!

By: Vickie

Vickie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:40:15 +0000

I have always wondered about the small town settings for the cozy mysteries. Only so much murder can occur, or should occur, before the natives would get nervous and leave town. = )
I do like the small town atmosphere since I grew up mainly in small towns or on Air Force bases which are just like small towns. That might be why I enjoy the cozy genre so much.