A Day in the Life of Diego Mendoza by Elizabeth Zelvin

When I was a child growing up in Seville, Christians, Moors, and Jews still mingled in the narrow streets and markets of my beautiful city. But the shadow of the Inquisition was already upon us. I saw black Africans and Moors taken in the wars paraded through the...

Talking About Mitzy Maven With Jennie Spallone

“I’m not boasting when I say I’ve got the smartest daughter in the world! Who wouldn’t be proud to have a daughter who zoomed off to Washington, D.C. to interview big whigs in Congress? I’m not going to lie. Over the eight years she worked for the Chicago Tribune,...

A Conversation with Joseph Graves by Sally Carpenter

In a previous dru’s musings post my series character, former teen idol Sandy Fairfax, introduced himself. Today one of the supporting characters from “The Sinister Sitcom Caper” tells how he got involved with Sandy’s sleuthing. Hey, you, I’m down here. Yeah, that’s...

Davis Way: Gambling for Dummies by Gretchen Archer

My name is Davis Way, and I work undercover at the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Bellissimo is a big place—3.2 million square feet of property, 80,000 square feet of casino, 1700 guest rooms, 3,800 slot machines, and 4,000 employees. I’ve...