{"id":5496,"date":"2022-03-21T04:34:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2022-03-21T04:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:34:04","slug":"meowy-monday-the-cozy-cat-mystery-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5496","title":{"rendered":"Meowy Monday \u2013 The Cozy Cat Mystery Craze"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Cats are mysterious creatures, so it was inevitable that someone at sometime would create stories featuring cats involved in crazy, quirky, entertaining mysteries. Presumably the first to do so was Lillian Braun Jackson, who came out with The Cat Who<\/em> Mysteries in the 1960s, before the term cozy mysteries<\/em> was coined.<\/p>\n

Now there are dozens of cozy mystery series with cats \"\"along with cozy mysteries featuring quilting, cooking, baking, libraries, travel, dogs, and others. While this genre (or sub-genre)\u00a0 has guidelines\u2014some of them have gone out the window as authors create their own themes and styles and what they \"\"consider appropriate for cozy mystery readers.<\/p>\n

Some authors feature cats that talk and have a point of view, some main characters are detectives, amateur sleuths, veterinarians, librarians, bakers. Yes, we\u2019ve stepped outside the box and that seems to \"\"be okay with readers, as long as the cat (dog, horse) has plenty to do in these stories and the stories are fun and entertaining and provide little surprises along the way.<\/p>\n

I know that many of you enjoy my Klepto Cat and Calico Cat Mysteries. Here are a couple of sites listing others you might want to read. There\u2019s no such thing as too much fun cat reading is there?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/kittens-cats-and-cozies-cat-mysteries\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/some-of-the-best-cozy-mystery-series-that-feature-cats\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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