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Two Styles of Mystery Writing: The Cozy and the Hard-Boiled

 
Author: Mary Arnold
 

< P > C o z y n o v e l s d o n o t h a v e g r a p h i c v i o l e n c e , a n d l i t t l e o r n o s e x u a l c o n t e n t a n d a b u s i v e l a n g u a g e . S o c i e t y i s " v i e w e d a s o r d e r l y a n d c o n t r o l l e d , a n d t h e c r i m e i s a f a i l u r e o f t h e s o c i e t y t o f u n c t i o n c o r r e c t l y " ( N i e b u h r 7 ) . I n t h i s t y p e o f n o v e l , r i g h t a n d w r o n g a r e c l e a r l y d e f i n e d , a n d t h e m u r d e r i s c o n s i d e r e d t o b e a n a b e r r a t i o n , n o t s o m e t h i n g t h a t i s s e e n o n a d a i l y b a s i s . < / P > < P > T h e d e t e c t i v e i n t h e s e n o v e l s i s u s u a l l y a n a m a t e u r , a l t h o u g h t h e r e a r e e x c e p t i o n s s u c h a s A g a t h a C h r i s t i e ' s S u p e r i n t e n d e n t B a t t l e o f t h e C I D . A n d t h e m u r d e r v i c t i m t e n d s t o h a v e s o m e i n h e r e n t m o r a l f l a w t h a t l e a d s t o h i s o r h e r d e a t h . T h i s d o e s n ' t m e a n t h a t t h e m u r d e r v i c t i m m u s t b e a m o n s t e r . T a k e , f o r e x a m p l e , t h e c h a r a c t e r o f M r s . A r g y l e i n C h r i s t i e ' s < I > O r d e a l b y I n n o c e n c e < / I > . S h e w a s a w o n d e r f u l l y k i n d w o m a n w h o t u r n e d h e r h o m e i n t o a s a f e h a v e n f o r c h i l d r e n d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I . A f t e r t h e w a r e n d e d , s h e a d o p t e d f i v e o f t h e c h i l d r e n . S h e l o v e d a n d c a r e d f o r h e r a d o p t e d s o n s a n d d a u g h t e r s v e r y m u c h a n d d i d e v e r t h i n g s h e c o u l d f o r t h e m . < / P > < P > E v e r y o n e s p o k e h i g h l y o f h e r . . . b u t s h e e n d e d u p m u r d e r e d . H e r m o r a l f l a w - s h e w a s t o o a r r o g a n t i n b e l i e v i n g s h e k n e w t h e b e s t f o r e v e r y o n e a r o u n d h e r . S h e w a s n e v e r c r u e l t o a n y o n e , a t l e a s t o u t w a r d l y , b u t s h e m a d e h e r e n t i r e f a m i l y d e p e n d e n t u p o n h e r . . . f i n a n c i a l l y a n d e m o t i o n a l l y . T h e y a l l f e l t i m p r i s o n e d b y M r s . A r g y l e , a n d s o s h e d i e d . < / P > < P > I n c o z y m y s t e r i e s , t h e r e a r e n o i n n o c e n t v i c t i m s . I n o n e w a y o r a n o t h e r , t h e m u r d e r e d p e r s o n c o n t r i b u t e d t o h i s o r h e r o w n d e a t h . I t m i g h t b e n o t h i n g m o r e t h a n a l a c k o f j u d g m e n t i n t r u s t i n g t h e w r o n g p e r s o n , b u t t h e r e m u s t b e s o m e k i n d o f c h a r a c t e r f l a w . < / P > < P > F o r t h a t r e a s o n , c h i l d r e n s h o u l d n o t b e u s e d a s v i c t i m s . . . u s u a l l y . A s w i t h a n y r u l e , t h e r e a r e e x c e p t i o n s . I f y o u d o u s e a c h i l d a s a v i c t i m , m a k e s u r e i t i s n o t b r u t a l a n d i t ' d h e l p i f t h e c h i l d c o u l d n o t b e t h o u g h t o f a s " i n n o c e n t . " A n e x a m p l e i s M a r l e n e , i n t h e n o v e l < I > H a l l o w ' e n P a r t y < / I > . M a r l e n e , a t t h e t e n d e r a g e o f f o u r t e e n , w a s a l r e a d y a n e s t a b l i s h e d b l a c k m a i l e r . < / P > < P > A t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f c o z y m y s t e r i e s , t h e m u r d e r e r i s b r o u g h t t o j u s t i c e a n d s o c i e t y r e t u r n s t o i t s o r d e r l y a n d c o n t r o l l e d w a y s . < / P > < P > I n h a r d - b o i l e d n o v e l s , t h e d e t e c t i v e i s a p r o f e s s i o n a l , w o r k i n g f o r s o m e l a w e n f o r c e m e n t a g e n c y . T h e a c t i o n i s f a s t - p a c e d , a n d i n c l u d e s g r a p h i c v i o l e n c e , s e x u a l c o n t e n t , a n d a d u l t l a n g u a g e . T h i s t y p e o f w o r l d i s " a s o c i e t y w h e r e e v e r y t h i n g i s s u s p e c t , i n c l u d i n g e s t a b l i s h e d i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d t h e p e o p l e w h o w o r k f o r t h e m - e v e n t h e l e g a l f o r c e s " ( N i e b u h r 7 ) . < / P > < P > T h e d e t e c t i v e - p r o t a g o n i s t i n t h e s e n o v e l s c a n b e m o r a l l y a m b i v a l e n t , a n d c a n i n c l u d e c h a r a c t e r s w h o s e a c t i o n s a r e d r i v e n b y c i r c u m s t a n c e s o u t o f t h e i r c o n t r o l . M o r a l i t y i s n o t b l a c k a n d w h i t e i n t h e h a r d - b o i l e d w o r l d , a n d j u s t i c e i s n ' t a n i n e v i t a b l e e x p e c t a t i o n i n t h e s e n o v e l s . < / P > < P > T h e s e t t i n g o f y o u r n o v e l h a s m u c h t o d o w i t h w h a t t y p e o f m y s t e r y y o u r r e a d e r s w i l l e x p e c t . F o r h a r d - b o i l e d n o v e l s l a r g e , m e t r o p o l i t a n c i t i e s a r e u s u a l . I t w o u l d b e i n c o n g r u o u s t o s e t a c o z y i n s o m e p l a c e l i k e M i a m i , f o r e x a m p l e . < / P > < P > C o z y m y s t e r i e s t e n d t o b e p l a c e d i n a s m a l l , r e s t r i c t e d s o c i e t y . E v e n i f s e t i n s o m e l a r g e c i t y , s u c h a s N e w Y o r k , y o u s h o u l d m a k e i t o b v i o u s t h a t t h e p e r p e t r a t o r o f t h e c r i m e c o u l d o n l y h a v e b e e n c o m m i t t e d b y a f e w i n d i v i d u a l s , s a y , g u e s t s a t a p o s h d i n n e r p a r t y . < / P > < P > R e f e n c e s f r o m : < I > M a k e M i n e a M y s t e r y : A R e a d e r ' s G u i d e t o M y s t e r y a n d D e t e c t i v e F i c t i o n < / I > b y G a r y W a r r e n N i e b u h r < / P >

 
 
 

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