I have been a part of the older lady sleuth fan club since before there were many old lady sleuths in fiction to choose from. Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple had the corner on that market for a long time, and with good reason: her penchant for astute observations delivered with subtle shade is not just fun to read, it’s aspirational.
Beloved as she is, I’ve never understood why it took so long for more older women to be featured as protagonists, especially in cozy mystery novels. Women of a certain age are uniquely suited for amateur sleuthing! They have the life experience to know a little something about human nature, the dwindling fucks supply to meddle without reservation, and thanks to the way we treat women as they age, the ability to fly under the radar when they’re up to their shenanigans. They’ll crack the case and probably give you a little sass while doing it, and I will read that every time.
So when an author I know and love described her cozy mystery debut as “Miss Marple, but make it desi,” I was all in.
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