Marla Vail by Nancy J. Cohen

Welcome to my world. I’m hairstylist and sometimes sleuth Marla Vail. Things have been hectic in my life between work at my salon and caring for my family. Or at least, they were going well until my husband, Dalton, and I went sightseeing one day. Dalton has always...

Stewart Hoag by David Handler

I saw the Silver Fox drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s, and her hair was perfect. Then again, my literary agent’s helmet of silver hair was always perfect. Everyone in the publishing world called Alberta Pryce the Silver Fox partly because of her hair but mostly...

Marcia Rosen by Marcia Rosen

I am working about three to four hours about four days a week on my new book, The Cinderella and Podcast Murders, An Agatha, Raymond Sherlock and Me Mystery. In the past I did more hours and more days. I’ve slowed down a bit! I’m fortunate I can spend time writing...

Ariel Shepard by Susan C. Shea

Ariel Shepard had only dreamy ideas of what living in a château would be like until, after her husband’s sudden death, she found out he had purchased one for her as a gift after they stumbled upon it during their honeymoon. Moving from Manhattan to a small town in...

Deputy Mattie Cobb by Margaret Mizushima

What a week this has been! It all started when my sister, Julia, and I drove to Mexico to visit our mother. The trip was stressful since the last time I’d been there she’d told me never to return. She was still afraid of the men who’d killed my father decades earlier....

Theodosia Browning by Laura Childs

Occupation: Tea Shop Maven When life hands me lemons, I try to make lemonade. Except when I’m hosting a fanciful Limón Tea Party. Let me introduce myself. I’m Theodosia Browning – yes, that Theodosia, the one who owns the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston, South Carolina...