On May 19th I’ll be heading to Bristol for the annual Crimefest, where one of the panels should get a bit fighty; it’s about the pros and cons of the so-called ‘Cosy’,a relatively new sub-genre of mystery fictionwhich sex and violence aredownplayed or treated humorously,and the crimes take place in a small, socially intimate community. […]
Bryant and May...Cosy mysteries? NEVER! These mysteries built around the great city of London, not the little villages of farm country of a UK that is gone.