All Hail the Queen!
Agatha Christie is the undisputed Queen of Cozy Mysteries. She has a vast collection of plays, short stories, and novels which have been adapted for television, theatre and movies. While most writers would be happy to create one memorable detective. Agatha Christie has two, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Recently, I decided to reread some […]
Cozies on the small screen
I think I’ve mentioned I love cozy mysteries, maybe one or two thousand times, but I love cozy mysteries. I read cozies. I write cozies. I even watch cozy mysteries on television. Yep, cozies on TV have been a rare treat when I can find them. But lately, it’s gotten easier for me to locate […]
Room for a multicultural cozy
You often hear people say, “Write what you know.” But what if what you want to write are murder mysteries? Unless you are a homicidal serial killer, writing what you know will be challenging, if not down-right impossible. But murder mysteries don’t take place in a vacuum. Mysteries are stories about people and setting. For […]