It's funny because I think of the UK as having started the whole genre of the cozy mystery, while the US is more about the police procedural or the hard boiled detective. Anyway procedurals are all the rage because men and women read them, while the other stuff is mostly only read by women.

God, GOLDY BEAR, I remember those novels! I read a lot of those sort in the 90s, but I wonder if they're still around?

In the store yesterday I did get vaguely interested in #1 Ladies Detective Agency. I think they're more the thing, and HBO is doing a series based on them at the end of the month.

Now I will need a sleuthy icon!