I'm in a bit of a reading slump lately. I mean, I still read regularly, but not many things 'stick.' I think it's because my brain isn't at hundred percent at the moment – you know how stress's consequences sometimes only hit after the stress is over? Yeah, it's something like that, plus my body doesn't respond well to sudden, repeated changes in atmospheric pressure (thank you, genetics, for making springs extra fun.)

Point is, I need something light. And what tends to 'stick' at the moment are cozy mysteries of a very specific kind – only in my native language I've just run out of them (I think), and I don't know what's there & good in English, because normally, mysteries (cozy or otherwise) aren't my cup of tea.

What I'm looking for:

• preferably written by a woman

• starring women, preferably multiple and being supportive towards each other

• mystery is just a cherry on top of that

• a (tiny) romantic subplot welcome but not required

• with lots of humor

• written in 3rd person, preferably omniscient, but as long as it's 3rd person, I'll bite

That's...very specific, I know. But. Does it exist?

Recs?

I love the casual mention that Houdini went on a quest to the underworld 😅 I wonder who his godly parent was?