So you’re Stuck in a Cozy Mystery

This is a fun post from Book Riot: SO YOU’RE STUCK IN A COZY MYSTERY: A SURVIVAL KIT

It’s really about preparing to be the protagonist in a cozy mystery, complete with suggestions for lockpicks.

You, my friend, have stumbled upon a mystery. 

Surely you’ve prepared for this? You can whip open your carpet bag and pull out exactly the item you need. Perhaps a camera to photograph the crime scene? Or a notebook to take down your observations? No? Nothing? What’s that? A phone? Sure, if you want to call someone else to take care of this.

Listen, if you’re planning a life of amateur sleuthing, you’re going to have to be prepared. … Of course, you’re going to need a flashlight. A nice heavy one can do double duty — yes, obviously that is what I mean. And no, I don’t want to hear another word about your phone. Notoriously shoddy batteries and no reception in caves.

And on to the suggestions for how to Be Prepared, like a cross between Miss Marple and a boy scout.

However, I particularly liked the reference to this book, which I’d never heard of, but it certainly sounds entertaining.

This looks a lot like the Cozy English Mystery version of The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, which I have enjoyed flipping through. As you know, DWJ’s The Tough Guide is the … “handbook to everything you might find: Evil, the Dark Lord, Stew, Boots (but not Socks), and what passes for Economics and Ecology” in a fantasy novel. I didn’t know anybody had written a version for any other genre. It kind of makes me wonder what various other travel guides to genres might look like. The “don’t get murdered” idea makes me think of one for horror, with blood and worse dripping from every page …

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