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How I Discovered Cozy Murder Mysteries

Moms Book Club  I recently joined a local moms book club whose members are into murder mysteries. Although I used to deem this genre as too dark for my taste, I've come to see what I've been missing.  May 2021 Book Club Read The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose This month's book was "The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose". Briefly, and without giving away too much, it is a whodunnit. The main characters are a husband and wife power couple. The wife is winning at her law career, to which she is highly committed, often at the expense of her marriage. She is also a law firm partner. The husband is a semi struggling yet well known writer. As cliché might have it, the husband becomes disgruntled and justifies an affair with a mysterious beautiful lady who works at a local eatery. This mistress ultimately is the murder victim and the rest of the book is a whodunnit surrounding many possible suspects. As far as cops and overwhelming evidence is concerned, the husband is the...