Apr 30, 2017 | A Day In My Life
No matter what some people say, I never go and look for trouble. Most of the time, trouble comes to me. Like this afternoon, Maisie Ong walked into my shop, ordered laksa, and started crying, “Aunty Lee, my life is hopeless!” Of course I asked, “What’s wrong?” People...
Apr 29, 2017 | A Day In My Life
My name is Sneaky, and I’m the Siamese library cat at the Cobble Cove Library. Cobble Cove is a fictional town in upstate New York. I am featured in the Cobble Cove mysteries by Debbie De Louise. The second edition of A Stone’s Throw, where I made my first appearance,...
Apr 28, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I’m not hungry. This is usually a bad sign. We’re at a table near the back of El Rinconcito—the “tiny corner”—a small Cuban place on 157th Avenue in West Kendall. It’s a warm day, the Miami temperatures clocking in no higher than 82. Balmy for the area, hellish and...
Apr 27, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Hannah gets up early, even though she would rather sleep in. She’s a crime reporter in Berlin in 1931, and she has a lot to do before she has to show up at the courthouse. She has a quick breakfast—a roll and some tea, with butter and sugar respectively if she’s...
