# Let's talk about cozy mysteries

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [June 22, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cozy-mysteries/944806 "2021-06-22T00:13:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cozy-mysteries/944806/61 "2022-04-29T22:25:34Z")

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Yeah, he was also a bit old for the role. I think Peter was supposed to be late 30s to early 40s.

It was a long time ago I saw the Carmichael version (even longer ago than the Petherbridge). I just remember thinking he was awfully … _hearty_ … for a man described as appearing languid and foolish most of the time.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cozy-mysteries/944806/62 "2022-04-29T22:26:44Z")

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Also, damnit, he wasn’t blond.

(I’ve read the Wimsey mysteries many times. I have a fairly firm picture of Peter, and Carmichael weren’t it.)

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cozy-mysteries/944806/63 "2022-04-29T22:32:46Z")

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O.k., ok. I yield. I also haven’t seen any of the eps in decades, so some details could be escaping me.

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**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cozy-mysteries/944806/64 "2022-07-11T19:51:39Z")

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I love a lot of cozies, but always take offense when Louise Penny’s books are included. I feel like they are more.

check out Murder’s A Swine for a lovely murder mystery that takes place in London, in the early days of WWII.

I found it charming.

from a review on Amazon:

> it’s the beginning of World War II in England, before the bombs have started falling. Blackout blinds and air raid wardens are still merely a nuisance.

very interesting period I knew nothing about.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cozy-mysteries/944806/65 "2022-07-29T00:21:52Z")

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The Meg Langslow mysteries, by Donna Andrews. (First book was _Murder with Peacocks_.)

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