Not every cozy mystery writer uses puns in her titles, but a whole bunch do. I happen to like puns. Maybe it's the Shaggy Dog stories my uncle told so well. Many people love them, many don't. But they persist.
Here are a sampling of title puns from my bookshelf at home (I admit that I picked up a few of these just because of the titles):
Club Dead and Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries)
Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey (Southern Sewing Circle mysteries)
A Real Basket Case and To Hell in a Handbasket by Beth Groundwater (Gift Basket mysteries)
On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle (Coffeehouse mysteries)
Needled to Death, Dyer Consequences and Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton (Knitting mysteries)
The Lies That Bind and If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle (Bibliophile mysteries)
Evans Above by Rhys Bowen (Constable Evan Evans mysteries)
Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement
So here's the question: Would a title like these make you more or less likely to pick up the book?
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