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54. Bad series

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:02 PM

4 hrs ago

I used to read the Lillian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who series. Cozy mysteries. I would get the new hardback for my birthday. But then the author started killing off beloved characters that had been featured in multiple books. This would be like killing off nephew Brady and the Sheriff on the show "Murder She Wrote" or Della Street on "Perry Mason". So the author, or whoever was churning out the series, broke a cardinal rule of the cozy mystery genre. I dropped the series. I guess I am still a little bitter. But you all know how we can get wrapped up in our series!

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