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Originally Posted by KyBunnies
Question:
On Amazon I keep seeing romance as a genre in the cozy mystery. I thought cozy mystery was just mystery. No romance involved.
What do you say Dr. Drib?
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According to
Wikipedia: Cozy mystery, "Cozy mysteries, also referred to simply as 'cozies', are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community." (
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An even better treatment is provided by one of the sources for the above-mentioned article: Stasio, Marilyn (October 18, 1992). "
CRIME/MYSTERY; Murder Least Foul: The Cozy, Soft-Boiled Mystery".
The New York Times.