is apparently the newer preferred term by at least a number of authors who felt that "Cozy" belittled them. Anyway, there was a big push at Bouchercon this year for terminology change.
I'll read them from time to time, particularly if I've met or or heard an author talk and like them. I've enjoyed the White House Chef mysteries by Julie Hyzy and especially the Stella Hardesty "Bad Day for ..." series by Sophie Littlefield.
Amazon setup for Stella: "Stella Hardesty dispatched her abusive husband with a wrench shortly before her fiftieth birthday. A few years later, she’s so busy delivering home-style justice on her days off, helping other women deal with their own abusive husbands and boyfriends, that she barely has time to run her sewing shop in her rural Missouri hometown. Some men need more convincing than others, but it’s usually nothing a little light bondage or old-fashioned whuppin' can’t fix. Since Stella works outside of the law, she’s free to do whatever it takes to get the job done---as long as she keeps her distance from the handsome devil of a local sheriff, Goat Jones."
Despite that setup, they really are cozy/traditional mysteries instead of revenge novels. And funny.
I don't know that Lisa Lutz's Spellman series counts...but maybe...limited character list for who did what. Very, very, funny. And she doesn't do murders.
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