Nov 22, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I stood at the threshold of the church. A pine scent wafted toward me. Tied at the end of each pew was a simple evergreen wreath with a velvet bow. A smidge of worry tickled my brain. What about those with allergies? Would they be bothered by the smell? “What do you...
Nov 21, 2017 | A Day In My Life
The toddler cried so loudly that I was tempted to cover my ears with both hands. Little Marissa was distraught, and she wasn’t afraid to tell the world how upset she felt. Her mother lifted the brown-eyed, blonde cherub from the stroller, balanced the baby on one hip,...
Nov 20, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Southeastern Pennsylvania winters can be as unpredictable as a teenager’s moods. One day it’s sunny and forty-five, the next it’s twenty and snowing. This winter seemed to be in constant snit, and the snow started blanketing the landscape weeks before Christmas. At...
Nov 19, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Singh sits in her cubicle and looks around the empty FBI office. It is early, some time before business hours. So she turns away from her Bureau computer and removes her personal laptop from a drawer. She boots up and logs in. Using an alias, on an encrypted...
Nov 19, 2017 | Conventions
2017 Guest of Honor: Lisa Gardner Location: Woburn, Massachusetts Hotel: Hilton Boston/Woburn Date: November 10 – 12, 2017 The New England Crime Bake is the premier conference for writers and lovers of crime writing in New England. Held every Veteran’s Day weekend,...
