I recently talked to a group and not everyone was familiar with cozy mysteries.
I explained some of the fun aspects of cozies.
Small communities make good settings for cozy mysteries. They can be real or fictional. I created Heyward Beach for A Low Country Dog Walker series, Lutz, Texas for a Texas Flower Farmer series, and Fox Island for An Organized Crime series. In these tight-knit communities, my amateur sleuths feel comfortable asking people questions about the crime.
Most cozy mysteries include pets. I have dogs in all my books because I love dogs. (I’m allergic to cats, but they make appearances.)
Earlier this year, I was on a panel and our theme was Romcozies. Romantic cozy mysteries. The books have a romantic thread, but it’s only a thread. The main goal of the cozy mystery is to solve the murder.
There’s one more thing I want to include. Cozy mysteries are clean. There’s no blood and gore, no sex, and no foul language. One reader told me these some of the reasons she reads cozy mysteries.
I’d love the know why you enjoy cozy mysteries.
Jackie Layton 
The reasons you list are why I enjoy cozy mysteries. I do like trying to figure out the who and why. The small communities are heartwarming….simple and filled with friends who help each other. (Most of the time. 😉 There must be some disgruntled folks for the crimes to happen.) The satisfying endings are always good.
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Thanks for stopping by and sharing, Sherida!
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Cozy mysteries are fun for trying to think outside the box when solving a whodunit. It’s like reading a playing a game at the same time. I also appreciate a clean read and humor which wouldn’t be accepted in some other genres.
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Hi Priscilla,
That’s why I enjoy cozies too.
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