{"id":24166,"date":"2015-08-08T07:29:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T12:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=24166"},"modified":"2015-08-09T12:32:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T17:32:05","slug":"does-the-age-of-your-amateur-sleuth-make-a-difference-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/does-the-age-of-your-amateur-sleuth-make-a-difference-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Age of Your Amateur Sleuth Make a Difference to You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Detective\"<\/a>Patti B. sent me an email with the following entry idea:<\/p>\n

… I was wondering if you\u2019ve ever written a blog on the preferred age of protagonists in cozies. I loved Ann George\u2019s southern sisters series, just wish she\u2019d lived longer so she could have kept on writing them. I love M.C. Beaton\u2019s Agatha Raisin. I obviously love senior sleuths. Yesterday I had lunch with a friend who said she hated senior sleuths. She found them boring and didn\u2019t know anyone who liked them… and I began to wonder\u2014am I the only one who likes senior sleuths? (Obviously not since M.C. Beaton is making big bucks writing her books!) But I was wondering if the cozy readers who follow your blog have an opinion on this.\u00a0 Do you yourself, since you\u2019re an avid cozy reader?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I started thinking about it the day I received Patti B’s email. Hmmm… Do I have a prefered age for my amateur sleuths?<\/p>\n

I went through all of my favorite authors and thought about their sleuths’ ages. Wow! What a span of years!<\/p>\n

I read one particular series that has sleuths from three age groups. And, after looking at all of my favorite authors’ sleuths, I think I can safely say I don’t have a particular age bracket that I strictly adhere to.<\/p>\n

\"Manhattan<\/a>One of my favorite authors is Margaret Grace<\/a><\/strong> (aka Camille Minichino & Jean Flowers). \u00a0She writes the Miniature Mystery Series<\/strong> which features Gerry Porter as its main sleuth. Gerry is a retired English teacher in California who has, as her side-kick sleuthing partner, her granddaughter, Maddie. Maddie is an eleven year old whiz on the computer, which helps Gerry immensely. Another (sort of) sleuthing partner of Gerry’s is her nephew, a thirty something police detective. So, with just that one series, I have the very youngest sleuth I follow, a young adult aged sleuth, and a (somewhat) older sleuth.<\/p>\n

I have to admit, while I enjoy sleuths of all ages, I find myself drawn to senior sleuths. I have enjoyed senior sleuths for as long as I can remember. I wonder if it’s because Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple has been one of my very, very favorite amateur sleuths for years >>> going back to when I was quite young, I loved Miss Marple. No other sleuth could draw me into her world the way this clever, gray-haired lady could!<\/p>\n

How about you? Do you have a favorite age for your amatuer sleuths? If so, why do you think you prefer that age bracket?<\/p>\n

P.S. In case you do prefer senior sleuths, Susan* just suggested that I add these links to the Senior Sleuths lists.<\/p>\n

SENIOR SLEUTHS:<\/h4>\n

Authors beginning with A \u2013 F<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Authors beginning with G \u2013\u00a0 P<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Authors beginning with Q \u2013 W<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In case you prefer young sleuths:<\/p>\n

Mystery Books with Sleuths in Their 20s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

And, here is a list of sleuths who are a little older than 20 and not quite yet seniors:<\/p>\n

Stay-at-Home Moms &\/or Housewives AND Stay at Home Dads &\/or Househusbands in Mysteries<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patti B. sent me an email with the following entry idea: … I was wondering if you\u2019ve ever written a blog on the preferred age of protagonists in cozies. I loved Ann George\u2019s southern sisters series, just wish she\u2019d lived longer so she could have kept on writing them. I love M.C. Beaton\u2019s Agatha Raisin. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cozy-site-readers-question","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-6hM","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24166"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24194,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24166\/revisions\/24194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}