Cozy Mystery

Cozy mysteries very rarely focus on sex, profanity or violence. The murders take place off stage, and are often relatively bloodless (e.g. poisoning), while sexual activity (if any) between characters is only ever gently implied and never directly addressed.

The cozy mystery usually takes place in a small town or village. The small size of the setting makes it believable that all the suspects know each other. The amateur sleuth is usually a very likeable person who is able to get the community members to talk freely about each other. There is usually at least one very knowledgeable, nosy, yet r
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Bad Summer People
The Enchanted Hacienda
Unladylike Lessons in Love (The Marleigh Sisters, #1)
The House on Prytania (Royal Street, #2)
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)
The Poisoner's Ring (A Rip Through Time, #2)
Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, #3)
Wild Things
Murder on Mustang Beach (Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery #2)
The Diva Delivers on a Promise (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #16)
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human (Mead Mishaps, #3)
Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace (Nonna Maria #2)
Tell-Tale Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #26)
Fortune Teller (Miss Fortune Mysteries, #25)
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
Bad Summer People
The Keeper of Stories
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Tress of the Emerald Sea (The Cosmere)
The Golden Spoon
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
No Way Out
The House Witch 3
The House Witch 2
The Lonely Hearts Book Club
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
The One Who Fell (A Whitecliff Bay Mystery, #1)
The House on Prytania (Royal Street, #2)
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)
Books Can Be Deceiving (Library Lover's Mystery, #1)
Murder is Binding (Booktown Mystery, #1)
The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1)
The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1)
Brownies and Broomsticks (A Magical Bakery Mystery, #1)
Death by Dumpling (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #1)
Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #2)
Sprinkle with Murder (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #1)
Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)
Homicide in Hardcover (Bibliophile Mystery, #1)

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