WHO PUT THE COZY IN MYSTERIES? BY: KIMBERLY R. THORN

Who Put the Cozy in Mysteries?                            By: Kimberly R. Thorn

Some people credit ‘Golden Age’ authors like Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers with writing some of the very first considered cozy mysteries.  Others credit the genre as being more of a modern return to stories like these Golden Age writers wrote.  Ones with the murder not being as deep, dark and bloodthirsty.  Where the writers present the mystery as more of a puzzle for the reader to solve in real time with the sleuth.

What Ingredients Are Needed for a Cozy?

~ Includes an amateur sleuth.  It helps is they at least are considered a suspect at least first, as the actual police or detective do not like our sleuth meddling in their work.

IS THE PEN STILL MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD? PART 4-AGATHA CHRISTIE-THE BIG DEBATE. By KIMBERLY THORN

I want to have some fun with this blog post. So it’s time for you to tell me some things. I hope you enjoy and will respond! 

 

Ok, so now for the great debate. Who is it for you? Marple or Poirot? And why?

For me, I am a diehard Poirot fan. Maybe it’s him being French, oops, sorry, I mean him being from Belgium that helps me love his character but I do. Actually I have found out recently something about myself that I think makes me relate to him more. Or at least I think I can understand where he comes from some.  

It’s to do with his appearance and his talking. Because he is excessive in his dress and very precise in his speech, which is with a French accent, people do not think he is very smart. He is