Book Reviews - Cozy Mysteries

Cozy Mysteries (violence takes place off pages)

Lydia Adamson
	B	A Cat on Stage Left
	B	A Cat Named Brat
	D	A Cat with a Fiddle
Boris Akunin
	B	The Turkish Gambit
	B	The Winter Queen
Steve Allen
	C	Murder in Vegas
Donna Andrews
	B	Murder with Peacocks
	B	Murder with Puffins
Isaac Asimov
	C	Murder at the ABA
Marian Babson
	C	Canapes for the Kitties
	B	Nine Lives to Murder
	C	To Catch a Cat
Lorna Barrett
	D	Bookmarked for Death
M.C. Beaton
	D	Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
	B	Death of a Gentle Lady
	D	Death of a Glutton
	C	Death of a Maid
	C	Death of a Snob
	C	Death of a Witch
Lawrence Block
	C	The Burglar in the Closet
	B	The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
	C	The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
	B	Burglars Can't Be Choosers
	A	The Girl with the Long Green Heart
Brenda M. Boldin
	A	A Bird by Any Other Name
	A	Dead Birds Don't Sing
Rhys Bowen
	B	Death of Riley
	C	Evans Above
Lilian Jackson Braun
	C	The Cat Who Brought Down the House
	B	The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal
	C	The Cat Who Robbed a Bank
	B	The Cat Who Said Cheese
	C	The Cat Who Sang for the Birds
Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
	D	Cat of the Century
	C	Cat on the Scent
	B	Cat's Eyewitness
	C	Claws and Effect
	C	Murder at Monticello
	D	Murder, She Meowed
	C	Murder on the Prowl
	C	Pay Dirt
	B	Santa Clawed
	C	The Tail of the Tip-Off
	C	Wish You Were Here
Dorothy Cannell
	B	The Thin Woman
Josephine Carr
	C	My Very Own Murder
Tori Carrington
	C	Sophie Metropolis
Sally Chapman
	B	Cyberkiss
	C	Love Bytes a Silicon Valley Mystery
Laura Childs
	B	Gunpowder Green
Jill Churchill
	C	A Farewell to Yarns
	C	Grime and Punishment
Carol Higgins Clark
	C	Snagged
Mary Higgins Clark
	C	All Through the Night
	B	Before I Say Good-Bye
	A	A Cry in the Night
	B	Just Take My Heart
	B	Moonlight Becomes You
	B	On the Street Where You Live
	B	Pretend You Don't See Her
	B	Stillwatch
	B	We'll Meet Again
	A	While My Pretty One Sleeps
Mindy Starns Clark
	B	Blind Dates Can Be Murder
	B	Elementary, My Dear Watkins
	B	The Trouble with Tulip
	A	Whispers of the Bayou
Deborah Coonts
	B	Lucky Stiff
	B	So Damn Lucky
	B	Wanna Get Lucky?
Diane Mott Davidson
	B	Catering to Nobody
	B	The Cereal Murders
	B	Chopping Spree
	B	Crunch Time
	B	Dark Tort
	B	Double Shot
	C	Dying for Chocolate
	C	Fatally Flaky
	B	The Grilling Season
	C	Killer Pancake
	D	The Last Suppers
	B	The Main Corpse
	C	Prime Cut
	C	Sticks and Scones
	C	Sweet Revenge
	C	Tough Cookie
Carole Nelson Douglas
	C	Cat in a Crimson Haze
	D	Cat in a Diamond Dazzle
	C	Cat in a Flamingo Fedora
	B	Cat in a Golden Garland
	C	Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit
	B	Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit
	C	Cat in a Kiwi Con
	B	Cat in a Leopard Spot
	B	Cat in a Midnight Choir
	D	Cat in a Neon Nightmare
	B	Cat in a Quicksilver Caper
	C	Cat in a Red Hot Rage
	B	Cat in a Sapphire Slipper
	B	Cat in a Topaz Tango
	B	Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta
	B	Cat in a White Tie and Tails
	C	Cat in an Indigo Mood
	B	Cat in an Orange Twist
	C	Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme
	B	Cat on a Blue Monday
	B	Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt
	C	Cat with an Emerald Eye
	C	Catnap
	B	Pussyfoot
Janet Evanovich
	B	Fearless Fourteen
	C	Finger Lickin' Fifteen
	B	Four to Score
	B	Explosive Eighteen
	C	Eleven on Top
	C	Hard Eight
	B	High Five
	A	Hot Six
	C	Lean Mean Thirteen
	B	Metro Girl
	D	Motor Mouth
	B	One for the Money
	D	Plum' Lovin
	D	Plum Lucky
	C	Plum Spooky
	A	Seven Up
	D	Sizzling Sixteen
	C	Smokin' Seventeen
	B	Ten Big Ones
	B	Three to Get Deadly
	C	To the Nines
	B	Twelve Sharp
	B	Two for the Dough
	B	Visions of Sugar Plums
Arlene Evans
	A	Dinner for Two
Corey Lynn Fayman
	C	Black's Beach Shuffle
Monica Ferris
	C	Crewel World
	C	Framed in Lace
Jasper Fforde
	C	The Big Over Easy
	A	The Eyre Affair
	B	First Among Sequels
	D	The Fourth Bear
	A	Lost in a Good Book
	C	One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
	C	The Well of Lost Plots
Jackie Fullerton
	C	Revenge Served Cold
Anne George
	C	Murder Makes Waves
	C	Murder on a Girls' Night Out
	C	Murder Runs in the Family
Linda Gerber
	D	Death by Latte
Dorothy Gilman
	B	The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
	D	Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
	C	Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
	B	Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
	B	Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
	B	Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
	B	The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Dorien Grey
	A	Aaron's Wait
Lyn Hamilton
	C	The Xibalba Murders
Carolyn G. Hart
	B	Death on Demand
	C	Design for Murder

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Book Rating System

Explicit sexual content - very explicit sex or erotica
Graphic violence - explicit scenes of gore or violent acts
Non-graphic violence
Strong language
Strong sexual content - somewhat explicit sex
Suggestive dialogue or situations

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	B	The Dead Hollywood Moms Society
	B	Playing Dead
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	B	Corpus Christmas
	C	Death in Blue Folders
	D	Death of a Butterfly
	B	Death's Half Acre
	C	Fugitive Colors
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	B	High Country Fall
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Ngaio Marsh
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	B	Death in Ecstasy
	A+	Death of a Fool
	A	Death of a Peer
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	B	When in Rome
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	C	Mag-ni-fi-cat and the Christmas Tree Mystery
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	B	Chat
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		Bimbos of the Death Sun
	C	For the mystery fan
	A	For the person who has ever attended a science fiction convention
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	B	For the mystery fan
	A	For the person who has ever attended a Scottish Games weekend
	B	If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O
	B	If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him
	D	Lovely in Her Bones
	C	MacPherson's Lament
	B	Missing Susan
	D	Paying the Piper
	A+	The PMS Outlaws
	B	She Walks These Hills
	B	Zombies of the Gene Pool
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	C	Death of the Office Witch
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	D	Cat in the Dark
	C	Cat Raise the Dead
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Meira Pentermann
	C	Firefly Beach
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	C	The Ape Who Guards the Balance
	C	The Camelot Caper
	B	Children of the Storm
	A	Crocodile on the Sandbank
	B	The Curse of the Pharaohs
	D	The Deeds of the Disburber
	C	Die for Love
	A	The Falcon at the Portal
	C	The Golden One
	C	Guardian of the Horizon
	A	He Shall Thunder in the Sky
	C	The Hippopotamus Pool
	C	The Jackal's Head
	B	The Last Camel Died at Noon
	B	Lion in the Valley
	B	The Lord of the Silent
	C	The Mummy Case
	A	Naked Once More
	B	Seeing a Large Cat
	C	The Serpent on the Crown
	B	The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
	C	Tomb of the Golden Bird
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	B	A Morbid Taste for Bones
	D	Rainbow's End
Louis Sachar
	A	Holes
Ian Sansom
	C	The Case of the Missing Books
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	B	Busman's Honeymoon
	A	Gaudy Night
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	B	Murder in the Mist
Jeff Shelby
	B	Killer Swell
	A	Liquid Smoke
	C	Wicked Break
Edith Skom
	D	The Mark Twain Murders
Alexander McCall Smith
	B	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Troy Soos
	B	The Cincinnati Red Stalkings
	A	Hanging Curve
	B	Hunting a Detroit Tiger
	C	Murder at Ebbets Field
	C	Murder at Fenway Park
	C	Murder at Wrigley Field
Dana Stabenow
	C	A Cold Day for Murder
Susan Sussman with Sarajane Avidon
	C	Audition for Murder
	C	Cruising for Murder
Marcia Talley, et al.
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Josephine Tey
	C	Brat Farrar
Robert Thornhill
	A	Lady Justice Takes a CRAP
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	A	Among the Mad
	B	Birds of a Feather
	B	An Incomplete Revenge
	A+	Maisie Dobbs
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	A	Pardonable Lies
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