question of the day Friday may 12th

[strider rose]

good afternoon my TCS family ! todays question is : do you like to read cozy mysteries and if so who is your favorite author?
im so far collecting the rita mae brown series

 

[Alldara]

My favorite author is Kelley Armstrong. I'm not sure if you would consider her cozy? She has some standalone mysterys and series as well.

 

[catapault]

Marta McDowell has a new book coming out in September. Published by Timber Press it is titled "Gardening Can Be Murder." There are chapters about gardening detectives, garden scenes of the crime, means, clues, suspects, mystery writers and their gardens, and more. I just got an early copy and it is as excellent as all of Marta's other books.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I’ve enjoyed a few but it’s not my favorite.

This was a nice series with cats as part of the characters: https://www.amazon.com/What-Dragged...-4bb6-9a4e-fe1c7813160d&nodl=1&tag=thecatsite

 

[Margot Lane]

COSY mysteries. You might like Father Brown.

 

[Margot Lane]

I mean, I wouldn’t call them cosy but you might enjoy the 87th Precinct series. If you read those, definitely start at the beginning.

 

[susanm9006]

I enjoy mysteries if they don’t involve murder, which unfortunately most do.

 

[misty8723]

I don't care much for any sort of mysteries.

 

[Kat0121]

I don't care much for any sort of mysteries.

I really don't either. I read Nancy Drew books when I was a kid. I'm not sure what would make a mystery cozy anyway.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I'm not a huge mystery fan because I feel like I'm reading the same book over and over again.

 

[vansX2]

COSY mysteries. You might like Father Brown.

I agree the "Father Brown" mystery series on PBS is intriguing.

 

[Mia6]

no, i like psychological thrillers

 

[mani]

Caroline Graham (she wrote the stories that Midsomer Murders was based on)
Agatha Christie
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Anthony Horowitz - the Susan Ryland and the Hawthorn and Horowitz series.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

I read and reread the Lord Peter Wimsey and Miss Fisher and Corinna Chapman series. Enjoyed the Joe Grey ones for a while (talking cats solving crimes - yes, they were daft). I’ve got the first Mrs Bradley book on order atm. I only learned the other day about the books - I saw Diana Rigg’s TV series when it came out but never knew it was taken from novels.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Well, actually... there are several sub-genres in cozy mysteries. My favorites are cat themed and culinary themed with recipies. I also collect cookbooks based on cozy mysteries, and there are SEVERAL out there! I think my favorite cat themed author is Shirley Rousseau Murphy (the Joe Grey series), and my favorite culinary is the Tea Shop mysteries by Laura Childs. I have learned SO MUCH about different teas, brewing, and tea party fare!

 

[strider rose]

Mamanyt1953 i have the joe grey series in my wish list on thrift books too

 

[Margot Lane]

You might like some of the mysteries on Brit Box, which are all based on novels. Some of the plots are quite fluffy, but the scenery is lovely…one minute you‘re in the Shetlands, the next, Provence.