History Main / CozyMystery

* ''Film/KnivesOut is an AffectionateParody of the genre. Bestselling mystery author Harlan Thrombey has just apparently committed suicide, but Benoit Blanc has just been hired to investigate by an anonymous person who suspects it was murder. As it turns out, no less than four of Harlan's family members had motive to kill him, and nothing adds up about his "suicide".

!!Live-action TV

* ''Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original'' takes place in the fictional town of Richview where the two characters Jake and Jennifer Eagle must solve mysteries where they have to find missing items or track down a guilty culprit.

* ''Literature/MagicalCatMysteries'': Librarian Kathleen Paulson moves from Boston to small-town Minnesota to take over running the town's public library. She also adopts (and is adopted by) two young feral cats, Owen and Hercules, who have unusual and possibly supernatural talents that prove to come in handy when Kathleen stumbles onto mysteries.

* ''Literature/SecondChanceCatMysteries'': Sarah Grayson runs a second-hand shop in Maine and is raising a rescue cat named Elvis. She also finds herself stumbling across mysteries, to the dismay of her detective boyfriend who would prefer that she and four elderly friends of hers, who are also involved in her business, leave such things to the police.

* ''Literature/TheCatInTheStacksMysteries'': A widowed library archivist solves mysteries with the help of his pet cat.

* ''Literature/LighthouseLibraryMysteries'': Librarian Lucy Richardson has recently moved to the outer banks of North Carolina, and works in a library built into a lighthouse, where she stumbles across mysteries.

* ''Literature/NickAndNoraMysteries'': Nora Charles has moved back to small-town California to run a sandwich shop, but finds herself involved in mysteries after meeting Nick, a cat who belonged to a now-missing private investigator.

* The ''Tea Shop Mysteries'' series by Laura Childs has Theodosia Browning, proprietor of the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston, South Carolina, who solves murders in between creating interesting blends and participating in various charity events. She has a small dog she rescued from the streets and named Earl Grey. Each book has a tea-related title, ''The Teaberry Strangler'', ''Chamomile Mourning,'' etc. Plenty of local color and lush descriptions of historic buildings.

* ''Literature/TheDaisyDalrympleSeries'' The Honorable Daisy Dalrymple and her "copper" husband CID Alec Fletcher solve murders that occur in the aristocratic country houses Daisy is visiting to write articles about in her career as a journalist.

* The ''Tea Shop Mysteries'' series by Laura Childs has Theodosia Browning, proprietor of the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston, South Carolina, who solves murders in between creating interesting blends and participating in various charity events. Each book has a tea-related title, ''The Teaberry Strangler'', ''Shades of Earl Grey,'' etc. Plenty of local color and lush descriptions of historic buildings.

* ''Series/AgathaRaisin''

* ''Literature/BeautifulBonesSakurakosInvestigation''
* The ''Blanche White'' series - a housekeeper has a habit of getting entangled in murder mysteries.
* ''Bookmobile Cat Mysteries'': Librarian Minnie Hamilton, having recently moved to Michigan and become the owner of a stray cat named Eddie, is drawn into mysteries as she drives her library's new bookmobile around.
* The ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'' series revolves around a herbalist monk solving mysteries in 12th-century Shrewsbury.

* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'' follows crime journalist Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, who solve mysteries in the fictional rural Moose County. The series was more gritty in the earliest few books, when Qwilleran lived in a large town and hadn't yet moved to Moose County, but only marginally so.
* ''Cam Jansen'' is a series about a girl with a photographic memory and her friend Eric, who both solve mysteries that happen in their town.
* The ''Dixie Hemingway Mysteries'' series chronicles the adventures of a cop turned pet-sitter living in Siesta Key, Florida.
* ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' has the title character solving mysteries in the small town of Idaville.

* ''Lighthouse Library Mysteries'': Librarian Lucy Richardson has recently moved to the outer banks of North Carolina, and works in a library built into a lighthouse, where she stumbles across mysteries.
* Most of Agatha Christie's ''Literature/MissMarple'' stories.
* The ''Literature/MrsMurphyMysteries'' follow postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, and her pets, including the titular Mrs. Murphy the cat.
* ''Literature/NickAndNoraMysteries'': Follows Nora Charles, who's moved back to small-town California to run a sandwich shop, but finds herself involved in mysteries after meeting Nick, a cat who belonged to a now-missing private investigator.
* ''Second Chance Cat Mysteries'': Sarah Grayson runs a second-hand shop in Maine and is raising a rescue cat named Elvis. She also finds herself stumbling across mysteries, to the dismay of her detective boyfriend who would prefer that she and four elderly friends of hers, who are also involved in her business, leave such things to the police.

* ''Series/MurderSheWrote''

* The TV adaptation of ''Series/FatherBrown'' falls definitive under this category, as it takes the oft-travelling priest of Chesterton's stories and roots him cozily in a tight-knit small town in the West Country with a very large proportion of Catholic residents (and therefore the good father's parishioners).

** OurGhostsAreDifferent

* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'' follows crime journalist Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, who solve mysteries in the fictional rural Moose County.

* ''Literature/TheCatInTheStacksMysteries'': A widowed library archivist solves mysteries with the help of his pet cat.
* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'' follows crime journalist Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, who solve mysteries in the fictional rural Moose County.
* ''Cam Jansen'' is a series about a girl with a photographic memory and her friend Eric, who both solve mysteries that happen in their town.
* ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown''

* Many of the ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' titles take place in small communities in which most of the suspects know one another. However, only a few titles (Deadly Device and Secrets can Kill) actually involve murder - usually, the crimes are conspiracies, extortion, or a ScoobyDooHoax.

The crime-solver in a cozy mystery is usually a very intuitive, bright woman with a down-to-earth hobby or occupation, e.g. cooking, scrapbooking, knitting, painting, quilting, working in a teashop, etc. She may or may not be accompanied by a friendly dog or cat.

* ''Series/RosemaryAndThyme'' is about a pair of older ladies who work as gardeners and solve crimes in quaint English towns full of SceneryPorn.