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Old 08-16-2024, 07:35 AM   #2915
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats View Post
Fun cliches in cozy mysteries:

- A cat/dog featuring prominently on the cover but is barely mentioned in the story.

- A generic Hot Cop for the female protagonist to fall in love with.

- Crazy people. (Sometimes it's the protagonist.)

- During the inevitable confrontation at the end, the murderer stops trying to kill the protagonist and instead starts blabbing about their motives, resulting in the protagonist recording it/figuring out a way to escape/the Hot Cop showing up in the nick of the time.
With a cat and dog too, I assume.
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