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Not "cozy" in the least! I like that because I am grown-up. Cute covers and characters are not the gauge: tone and content inform the category labels. Please be warned that this series firmly belongs in "standard mystery". For the millions of people who overlook it, it is the middle ground between "cozy" and "thriller / horror": serious, dark, adult things like swearing (which I consider natural) but nonviolent.