Title is self explanatory.
Does anyone here read this kind of thing?
Does anyone here read this kind of thing?
Anyone read cozy mysteries?
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I read some cozy mysteries. This year I have read some of the Cat Who books, and one book by Margaret Coel that are set on an Arapaho reservation in Wyoming and one of the books in Sheila Atwell's Glassblowing Mysteries series.
However I much prefer reading Scandinavian crime mysteries which aren't cozy at all.
What cozy mysteries are is explained here.
However I much prefer reading Scandinavian crime mysteries which aren't cozy at all.
What cozy mysteries are is explained here.
I love Margaret Coel's books! I'm actually in the midst of rereading the whole series. In general, I've always preferred less cozy mysteries; my favorite suspense writer is Laura Lippman. But since I can't deal w/ anything graphic these days, I'm grateful that I'd already discovered Coel.
I have her second book on my wish list so I have a long way to go until I read the entire series.
I've just started reading Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple novels - set in 1920s London. Before reading these I hadn't come across the term cosy mysteries, but they're described as such on the back covers. I love them - and I do love this style of novel, a nice enjoyable read with a mystery involved but nothing too horrendous.
I like my dark crime too, but sometimes I just like something lightweight.
I like my dark crime too, but sometimes I just like something lightweight.
Interesting. I'd never heard of the "cozy mystery" subgenre, though I've certainly seen them in the bookstore, now that I know what to look for.
I can certainly understand their appeal, though I prefer hard-boiled detective novels and noir crime fiction myself. As a result, I laughed when I read this:
I not only can imagine it--I've done it. That's a pretty good description of the Parker series of crime novels, written by Donald Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark.
The first book in the series, The Hunter, was the basis for the film Payback, starring Mel Gibson--the tagline for which read: "Get ready to root for the bad guy!"
I'll have to try one of these cozy mysteries, just to see what I think of them.
I can certainly understand their appeal, though I prefer hard-boiled detective novels and noir crime fiction myself. As a result, I laughed when I read this:
I not only can imagine it--I've done it. That's a pretty good description of the Parker series of crime novels, written by Donald Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark. The first book in the series, The Hunter, was the basis for the film Payback, starring Mel Gibson--the tagline for which read: "Get ready to root for the bad guy!"
I'll have to try one of these cozy mysteries, just to see what I think of them.
The reason I ask is that I have a character in mind for the amateur sleuth of a cozy mystery and I wondered if people still read these kind of books. A little research has shown me that people do, so I think I might work on fleshing out the idea a little bit and see if I can make it work.
Have you read Dwayne Cook's graphic novel adaptations? I read the two that are out so far, and thought they were great.
As for me, while I enjoy the occasional Agatha Christie novel, I prefer a little more realism in my mystery stories. Authors like Giles Blunt, for example.
I've certainly read some cozy mysteries over the years; a couple of the Rita Mae Brown books, for example. Not for a while, though, unless you count the Holmes stories in The Strand and Sherlock Holmes Magazine. Actually, I'm now kind of in the mood to read something like that.
It's pretty much all that I read.
You ever tried Ken Bruen's books?
I had never heard the term before but that sounds pretty much like the type of books I read. I almost exclusively read Agatha Christie books nowadays. Specifically Hercule Poirot.
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