Cozy Mysteries
Cozies are mystery novels featuring little violence, aside from the murder, which usually happens quickly and without great detail. The protagonists are generally amateur sleuths and the villians (and victims) tend to be ill-mannered and deserving of punishment. At the end of the novel, the loose ends are tied up, the graphic details avoided and the likeable sleuth lives on to solve another mystery!
Albert, Susan Wittig – China Bayles Mysteries
Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity Mysteries
Beaton, M. C. – Agatha Raisin Mysteries, Hamish Macbeth Mysteries
Berenson, Laurien – Melanie Travis Mysteries
Bowen, Rhys – Royal Spyness Mysteries, Molly Murphy Mysteries
Braun, Lilian Jackson – The Cat Who Mysteries (Ko Ko & Yum Yum)
Brown, Rita Mae – Mrs. Murphy Mysterues (co-author: Sneaky Pie Brown)
Childs, Laura – Scrapbooking Mystery, Tea Shop Mystery
Churchill, Jill – Bed & Breakfast Mysteries, Grace & Favor Mysteries, Jane Jeffrey Mysteries
Daheim, Mary – Emma Lord Mysteries
Davidson, Diane Mott – Goldy Culinary Mysteries
Fowler, Earlene – Benni Harper Mysteries
Hall, Parnell – Puzzle Lady Mysteries
Meier, Leslie – Lucy Stone Mysteries
Myers, Tamar – Avon Mysteries, Den of Antiquity, Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries
Page, Katherine Hall – Faith Fairchild Mysteries