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Originally Posted by HarryT
I definitely wouldn't call Cadfael a "cozy mystery". Not cozy at all.
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I used the info from
Cozy-Mystery.com. "The Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters is a very good example of an historical cozy mystery. "
I can see how you might consider this 'not a cozy'. But it matches several of the key criteria which distinguish a cozy: an amateur sleuth; "gentle" books… no graphic violence, no profanity, and no explicit sex; usually takes place in a small town or village. But it fails in several others: the crime-solver is usually a woman; the local police force doesn’t take the amateur sleuth very seriously; tend to be fast-paced, with several twists and turns.
But, I had already checked the book out of the library and the lending clock was ticking -- and I found "permission" on the Cozy-Mystery site, so I'm calling it a cozy for this week.