Bouquins & Books | How Cozy Is Your Mystery? A Discussion Video @bouquinsbooks | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 19 minutes ago.
What makes a cozy mystery a cozy mystery? Here is my theory. I would love to hear what you have to say on the subject.

0:00 Opening remarks
4:24 Prerequisite: the world is good
5:51 Indicator 1: idealized setting
7:29 Indicator 2: strong sense of community
8:20 Indicator 3: quirky characters
9:20 Indicator 4: amateur sleuth
10:12 Indicator 5: the murder is not horrifying
11:11 Indicator 6: nobody mourns the victim
12:05 Indicator 7: investigation focused on ordinary life
13:19 Indicator 8: no violence and no real fear
14:06 Indicator 9: no sensitive issues
16:02 Indicator 10: no vulgarities
17:21 Indicator 11: special interest
19:09 Indicator 12: does not take itself too seriously
20:58 Excluded indicators
Testing the theory:
23:07 Murder in Chianti; by Camilla Trinchieri
26:12 Black Diamond; by Martin Walker (no 3 of Bruno Chief of Police)
31:04 Behind the Shattered Glass; by Tasha Alexander
34:28 Still Life; by Louise Penny (no 1 in the Armand Gamache series)
37:45 Kingdom of the Blind; by Louise Penny (no 14 in the Armand Gamache series)
40:38 It's all subjective really

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