29 Quotes About Cozy-mysteries

Style, you either have it or you don't, and if you have it, you have it all the time.

You’ve only been engaged three hours. How in the world does this keep happening to you? Normal people don’t have bodies popping up in their lives like this except for that Jessica Fletcher woman in Cabot Cove. I can’t understand why anyone in their right mind would want to be her friend. They all wind up dead, and now you’re getting to be the same way.

If you’ve got a cozy mystery, and a dog is introduced, readers’ first question is, ‘Does the dog die?’ They never ask about a cat. They know that the first rule of cozies is: The Cat Never Dies.

Quote taken from Chapter 1:I know what." Isabel reached under the end table, took out the game board, and rattled the Band-Aid box containing the letter tiles. "It's been a week-and-a-half since our last Scrabble game.

Sam [the family dog] had no idea that his fellow pet had joined a crime-fighting spy agency, and Kat wanted him to stay that way. Her identity was top-secret.

Pokey’s Tavern and Pool Hall served a light lunch. Men hung out there, mostly playing cards and hiding from their wives. Women weren’t welcome to hang inside unless they were jezebels, or hard-drinkers, preferably both.

Quote taken from Chapter 1 of The Corpse Wore Gingham:"You love to figure out things as much as I do,” Piper said.“Like what?” Bill asked.“You fix broken stuff,” Piper replied.“Repairing a broken toaster or steam iron is far different than unraveling a murder mystery," Bill said.

I’m hungry as a church mouse, Hope. Do you have anything to eat?Hope looked down at His Whiskery Lordship swishing his black tail back and forth at her. He’d tucked a blue paper napkin into his collar. “When did you wake up?” she asked.

Quote taken from Chapter 1:"The police should be in it, not us. We’re out of here.” Bill did an about-face to retrace their route to the door.Piper whipped out a hand and snagged him by the shirttail. Her tone returned to crisp and decisive. “Slow down, Roadrunner. I’m not ready to leave. We’ve got work to do.”Incredulous, he stared gape-mouthed at her. “You'd better explain,” he said.She wiggled her nose. “I’m growing nosier by the second about the circumstances surrounding Anna’s murder.