Steph, I am so sorry that you are suffering with shingles. I know it can be activated by stress; unfortunately, the shingles don't eradicate that stress, so you're left dealing with both! I hope this outbreak is short-lived.
I agree, Babi: the puzzle and its solution are what first attracted me to the mystery genre. I remember looking for mysteries that focused on a crime or problem other than murder. I'm not sure why more mysteries don't focus on theft or some other crime or problem; even those that do usually involve murder as well.
The justice attraction is interesting as well. In most mysteries, the victim is either an unpopular person or is revealed to have undesirable traits; the killer may be another "bad guy" or may be a basically good person who is driven to murder for reasons with which the reader can sympathize. In others, the victim is a person whom we can like. I remember one of the first mysteries in which I had gotten to like the person(s) who ended up being murdered: I almost resented the author for "killing" them!
Ultimately, though, law enforcement is the element we want to see prevail. Seeing justice carried out through the proper channels and not by vigilantes makes me vicariously feel safer. I especially like to see a cold case solved, a victim whose loved ones can finally work towards closure.
JoanK, if you decide to read "One Coffee With", please let us know what you think of it. I don't see in past posts that you have read any of the Deborah Knott series, so it will be interesting to get a fresh perspective on Maron as well as Sigrid. Incidentally, I'm dropping back to read "Bloody Kin" before I read any more Deborah Knott books. It's Maron's first novel set in North Carolina, a sort of prequel to the Knott series. No Knotts, but some of the other series characters are evidently introduced here; it features one secondary character from the Sigrid series as well.
