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Crime Fiction Cozies

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Crime Fiction - Cozies

 

Cozies involve not much violence, ususally an amatuer sleuth and a very small town feel.

 

US

Peter AbreshJames P. Dandy series. Retired physical therapist visits elderhostels encountering mysteries throughout North America
Susan Wittig AlbertChina Bayles series. Herbalist/former attorney in Texas. Also has started a set of cozies invoving Beatrix Potter with humans solving the crimes but the little animals around the village helping out
Donna AndrewsMeg Lanslow series, southern decorative blacksmith
Nancy AthertonAunt Dimity series. US author, UK setting. Aunt Dimity is a British crime solving ghost
Charlaine HarrisAurora Teagarden series. Librarian/real estate agent in Georgia; Lily Bard series. Housecleaner in Shakespeare, AR
Carolyn HartDeath on Demand series. Annie Laurance, book store owner in SC
Julia Spencer-FlemingNot sure if this classifies as a cozy but it does involve crimes in a small town near the New York Adirondacks. Rev. Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ Van Allstyne try to keep their citizens in order. The first of the series In a Bleak Midwinter won multiple awards

 

UK

Nancy Atherton, NancyAunt Dimity. US author, UK setting. Aunt Dimity is a British crime solving ghost. It is a humorous series and Aund Dimity makes guest appearances with the people she knew when living more involved with solving the various crimes
M.C. BeatonAgatha Raisin series, retired ad. exec. in the Cotswolds : Hamish McBeth series - police officer in Scotland

 

International

Alexander McCall SmithPrecious Ramotswe series, Botswana's own Miss Marple

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