I really do not think this should be sold as a “Cozy Mystery” or assumed by the reader that it is!
I fell for the good rating, nice cover & book 1 of a series thinking this was.
This is a good mystery about a mother and daughter who buys houses, repairs them and resells them.
The daughter buys a former “Bordello” and a few days later the “Madam” who use to run the house turns up dead.
The book was still a cozy mystery until interviews with some of the former ladies working at the house went into a little more detail of their jobs then was needed!
I have read about 60 Cozy Mysteries and this is the 1st time I've seen phrases such are used in this book.
I still gave it a 4 for the mystery part and lots of suspects but you be the judge if this is a Cozy Mystery or just on the edge of Cozy or Regular Mystery! David N.