it's Not a Cozy! by Mar Preston
It’s not a cozy! My recent book The Most Dangerous Species is set in a 12-acre cat rescue sanctuary in a village much like the one where I live in the mountains in Central California. Cozies are a genre of mystery fiction that often include cats, domestic murders, amateur sleuths, and sometimes recipes. The tone is often light and airy and the sex and violence happen off screen. I like them just fine when I’m in that mood, but those are not the books I write. Police procedurals are more in my line. The Most Dangerous Species features a hotshot sheriff’s homicide detective from Bakersfield and a prickly village patrol officer. The backstory of cat rescue is one that I know well, having been a co-founder of the local SPCA. Over the space of years I helped set up spay/neuter clinics, trapped and fostered litters of feral cats, wrote grants and set up a thrift store to help fund our work. ...