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What mstery subgenre does Deadly Currents fall in?
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Thanks for your comment, Scott and Lisa! There aren't any hard-and-fast criteria or lines between the subgenres, either, and some reviewers have called Deadly Currents a cozy. And books within a series can venture over that line, too, if the author decides to tackle a more serious or lighter subject.
If you want to avoid certain subjects, like sex scenes, or foul language, or in my case, torture or rape scenes, then relying on word-of-mouth recommendations and advice from friends and fellow Goodreads readers is the best way to go, I think.
What does everyone else think?
If you want to avoid certain subjects, like sex scenes, or foul language, or in my case, torture or rape scenes, then relying on word-of-mouth recommendations and advice from friends and fellow Goodreads readers is the best way to go, I think.
What does everyone else think?

Hi Chris,
Since you enjoy the Nevada Barr series, I think you'll like Deadly Currents, too. Please let me know what you think after you read it!
Since you enjoy the Nevada Barr series, I think you'll like Deadly Currents, too. Please let me know what you think after you read it!
Deadly Currents debuts my new RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery series. My editor at Midnight Ink calls this new series a "softboiled" series versus a "cozy" series. It's still not as gritty, bloody, gory or sexy as a thriller can be, but it does push the boundaries of the tamer cozy genre. For example, we see Mandy and her boyfriend Rob engage in a little foreplay, but when they go in the bedroom, one of them kicks the door shut before we can go in there with them. :)
With my Claire Hanover gift basket designer cozy mystery series, I write about many emotions, but I hold back a little when it comes to exposing the raw underbelly of dark emotions. In this series, I have the leeway to dig deeper into those dark emotions and darker topics, and I do.
As for the force of nature, there's no force more powerful than that of rushing water, and the videos of the Japan tsunami attest to that. That's why whitewater rafting and rangering can be dangerous.