They can cover a variety of themes like cooking, pets, puzzles, or crafts. Newer cozy mysteries may have some violence, sex, or profanity in them. cozy or cozies), sometimes called traditional mystery, is a mystery subgenre in which the books have no graphic violence, sex, or profanity (most of the time). They reside in central Iowa, but if they could write anywhere, you would find them on the beach with their laptops and depending on the time of day either an iced tea or a margarita.By Dan Eells, in The Case Files, I will be investigating the world of “cozy mysteries.” The best-known example of a cozy mystery detective is Jessica Fletcher – you know, the “Murder She Wrote” lady.Ĭozy mystery (a.k.a. The pen name was created by combining the names of their rescue pets - Sparkle (Mary Lee's cat) and Abbey (Anita's dog). They are friends and neighbors as well as co-writers of the Pampered Pets Mystery Series. "Kevin Blackstone is dead." Sparkle Abbey is the pseudonym of two mystery authors (Mary Lee Woods and Anita Carter).
What about Kevin?" I had a really bad feeling about this. I'm the behavioral counselor for his German shepherds. What can I help you with, Detective?" "I understand you visited Kevin Blackstone today?" "Yes, I did. He shook his head and continued his scan. "Can I get you something to drink?" I asked. Dogbert climbed from his doggie bed, trotted over for a sniff, but then also dismissed Malone and went back to his nap. Each opened an eye and then, unimpressed, went back to their beauty sleep. My cats, Thelma and Louise, perched in the window sill, replete with tuna.
Detective Judd Malone scanned my living room, his baby blues taking in my overstuffed couch, easy chairs and crowded bookshelves. What she doesn't expect is that two hours later the police will find Kevin dead, his dogs impounded and that as the last person to see Kevin alive (well, except for the killer) she is suddenly a person of interest, at least according to Homicide Detective Judd Malone. When Caro Lamont, former psychologist turned pet therapist makes a house call to help Kevin Blackstone with his two misbehaving German Shepherd dogs, she expects frantic dogs, she expects a frantic dog owner, she even expects frantic neighbors. In posh Laguna Beach, murder has gone to the dogs.
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