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SensualPoet · 06-04-2011, 08:44 PM

In my limited experience, cozy mysteries come in two flavours: the Louise Penny sort which is a detective solving a murder but in a small village backdrop with somewhat eccentric characters ... it could be Agatha Christie or Gladys Mitchell inspired; the other being closer to "romantic mystery" where the hero is almost always female, often an amateur sleuth, such as Carolyn G Hart's Death on Demand series. In both cases, there is limited sex and while there is almost always at least one murder, it's not gory -- no forensics, morgue dissections, etc.

Contrast that to "thrillers" where there is often a lot of explicit detail and pulse-pounding suspense -- Ian Rankin or James Patterson. Or the more traditional "hard boiled" tales like Robert B Parker's Spenser novels which feature intelligent characters, sometimes very nasty villians, but where examining every drop of blood is not important and where romance is limited.

Sophie's Choice was a heart-breaking movie and created Meryl Streep's movie career.

wyndslash · 06-04-2011, 08:50 PM

i asked because both cozy mysteries i looked at on the sunshine deals had the similar plot: someone the main character knows died, then someone else is murdered and said MC is blamed for it. it almost seems like i'm reading the same book with a different environment

NightBird · 06-04-2011, 09:02 PM

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I'm reading this one right now -- Death of a Cozy Writer. It has a nice blurb from Louise Penny and this title won the Malice Domestic Agatha Award for Best First Novel in 2008. If you like cozies, I'd be surprised if you didn't enjoy this one. It's entertaining for me so far.

Okay, you convinced me.

Got the Smallman, too.

wyndslash · 06-04-2011, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by NightBird

Okay, you convinced me.

Got the Smallman, too.

haha, same here. i just cannot resist sales. i am an impulse buyer when the price is right

NightBird · 06-04-2011, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

haha, same here. i just cannot resist sales. i am an impulse buyer when the price is right

I also got:

A Season in Hell - Jack Higgins
A Death in China - Carl Hiaasen
Promised Land - Robert B. Parker
The Dervish House - Ian McDonald
Organize Now! - Jennifer Ford Berry

Hopefully I'm done now.

wyndslash · 06-04-2011, 10:52 PM

I got The Dervish House too! I just finished The Man Who Folded Himself. I really liked it

mmm i'll check out the titles you got

NightBird · 06-04-2011, 11:32 PM

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I just finished The Man Who Folded Himself. I really liked it

You're quick!

Well, dang, now I will have to go check that one out.

I hate these threads!

wyndslash · 06-04-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by NightBird

You're quick!

Well, dang, now I will have to go check that one out.

I hate these threads!

i started it last night, plus it's not that long

i practically devoured it

NightBird · 06-04-2011, 11:58 PM

Ahhh - devouring is always a good sign.

NightBird · 06-05-2011, 12:34 AM

FYI for anyone who is interested - some of these titles are being price matched on B&N as well.

garygibsonsf · 06-05-2011, 09:00 AM

Did anyone notice an issue with Dervish House, in that the first letter of the first word of each chapter stands on a separate line from the rest of the text, at least on the Kindle? It looks like an error to me. I took a look at the preview of the print book, and it's a large, upper case first letter that doesn't look like it's translated across properly. I know this might seem a minor point to some people, but I just wanted to know if anyone else had noticed that, particularly since Pyr - the publishers of this edition - are normally sticklers for presentation of their ebooks as much as their dead tree editions.

wyndslash · 06-05-2011, 09:01 AM

@gary: report it to amazon CS. those things, minor as they are, still bother me. i may report it when i get to reading the book.

arcadata · 06-05-2011, 11:04 PM

Got this for my dad:

The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh (from the Hachette Book Group)

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Product Description

Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Here in his classic debut novel, Wambaugh presents a stunning, raw, and unforgettable depiction of life behind the thin blue line.

In a class of new police recruits, Augustus Plebesly is fast and scared. Roy Fehler is full of ideals. And Serge Duran is an ex-marine running away from his Chicano childhood. In a few weeks they'll put on the blue uniform of the LAPD. In months they'll know how to interpret the mad babble of the car radio, smell danger, trap a drug dealer, hide a secret, and-most of all-live with the understanding that cops are different from everyone else. But for these men, these new centurions, time is an enemy. The year is 1960. The streets are burning with rage. And before they can grow old on this job, they'll have to fight for their lives...

wyndslash · 06-05-2011, 11:23 PM

i saw that too and was wondering whether to get it or not. is it purely action? i hate whiny female love interests

arcadata · 06-05-2011, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

i saw that too and was wondering whether to get it or not. is it purely action? i hate whiny female love interests

I have no idea - but my dad reads police procedurals, so I'm sure he'd like this. One of the customer reviews on Amazon is from a policeman who had this to say :"almost like a manual on being an officer" so I thought that was a pretty good recommendation!

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06-04-2011, 08:44 PM	#31
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	In my limited experience, cozy mysteries come in two flavours: the Louise Penny sort which is a detective solving a murder but in a small village backdrop with somewhat eccentric characters ... it could be Agatha Christie or Gladys Mitchell inspired; the other being closer to "romantic mystery" where the hero is almost always female, often an amateur sleuth, such as Carolyn G Hart's Death on Demand series. In both cases, there is limited sex and while there is almost always at least one murder, it's not gory -- no forensics, morgue dissections, etc. Contrast that to "thrillers" where there is often a lot of explicit detail and pulse-pounding suspense -- Ian Rankin or James Patterson. Or the more traditional "hard boiled" tales like Robert B Parker's Spenser novels which feature intelligent characters, sometimes very nasty villians, but where examining every drop of blood is not important and where romance is limited. Sophie's Choice was a heart-breaking movie and created Meryl Streep's movie career.

06-04-2011, 08:50 PM	#32
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	i asked because both cozy mysteries i looked at on the sunshine deals had the similar plot: someone the main character knows died, then someone else is murdered and said MC is blamed for it. it almost seems like i'm reading the same book with a different environment

06-04-2011, 10:52 PM	#36
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	I got The Dervish House too! I just finished The Man Who Folded Himself. I really liked it mmm i'll check out the titles you got

06-04-2011, 11:58 PM	#39
NightBird Wizard Posts: 2,364 Karma: 3724797 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: California Device: KPW, KF, KF HD, iPod Touch	Ahhh - devouring is always a good sign.

06-05-2011, 12:34 AM	#40
NightBird Wizard Posts: 2,364 Karma: 3724797 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: California Device: KPW, KF, KF HD, iPod Touch	FYI for anyone who is interested - some of these titles are being price matched on B&N as well.

06-05-2011, 09:00 AM	#41
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Did anyone notice an issue with Dervish House, in that the first letter of the first word of each chapter stands on a separate line from the rest of the text, at least on the Kindle? It looks like an error to me. I took a look at the preview of the print book, and it's a large, upper case first letter that doesn't look like it's translated across properly. I know this might seem a minor point to some people, but I just wanted to know if anyone else had noticed that, particularly since Pyr - the publishers of this edition - are normally sticklers for presentation of their ebooks as much as their dead tree editions.

06-05-2011, 09:01 AM	#42
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	@gary: report it to amazon CS. those things, minor as they are, still bother me. i may report it when i get to reading the book.

06-05-2011, 11:23 PM	#44
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	i saw that too and was wondering whether to get it or not. is it purely action? i hate whiny female love interests

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