Andi Grace Scott by Jackie Layton

Hi, I’m Andi Grace Scott. I’m the local dog walker in Heyward Beach, South Carolina. We’re part of the Low Country near Charleston. Some people spell it Lowcountry, but like a lot of issues in these parts, there’s disagreement regarding the correct spelling. I didn’t...

Deb Metzger by Priscilla Paton

Hey there, I’m Deb Metzger, Detective Deb Metzger, and I work for the public investigative agency Greater Metro, “G-Met,” in the Twin Cities Mystery Series. G-Met is like the bastard offspring of law enforcement groups in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul region and...

Gemma James by Deborah Crombie

“Mum!” Toby yells from the front door. “Mum, we’re going to be late!” My son, seven going on seventeen, has become the picture of discipline since he started ballet last summer. Kit, who really is a teenager, is already in the car and has the heater going and Radio...

Alyssa Macallen by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Have you ever had a moment when your world fell apart? Something that you never could’ve predicted? Something that knocked the wind out of you, and knocked your socks off and changed every moment of the rest of your life? Well, yes. That happened to me. Should I have...

Violet Manville by Anastasia Hastings

London, 1885. A day in my life? Oh, dear reader, that is no easy subject to address! My life, you see, has been turned upside down in recent days. My Aunt Adelia has left for the Continent with her paramour, and before she did . . . Well, before she did, my life was...

Rayne McGrath by Ellie Brannigan

Rayne McGrath here, on a plane to Ireland, head spinning as I grapple with my new reality. I fly first class as a birthday gift from my mother, a famous sitcom actress in LA. She’s terrified of flying so can’t accompany me to the Emerald Isle to hear what beloved...