Dec 15, 2022 | A Day In My Life
As the middle Finch sister, Violet hasn’t had things her own way, but tasked with cataloging an important citizen’s family treasures, she is finally following her dreams of researching and assessing books and antiques. When some items go missing, and with the...
Dec 14, 2022 | A Day In My Life
My name’s Myrtle Kane. My late husband and I moved from Iowa to Hullis Island, South Carolina, when we retired—Hayes was Keokuk’s fire chief, I was a registered nurse. The Lowcountry captured our hearts when we visited our daughter Kylee, then a Coast Guard...
Dec 13, 2022 | A Day In My Life
There are certain rules one must follow as a member of high society, and these hold doubly true when you are secretly a spy. Allow me to introduce myself. In most social circles, I’m known as Theodora Laurent, the international femme fatale with a mysterious past....
Dec 12, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Two years ago, if you’d asked for a snapshot of my day, I’d have painted a very different picture. Back then, I’d wake up my daughter, Amelia, with a kiss, spread peanut butter on her English muffin, and drop her off at school. I’d go to work, track down a murderer,...
Dec 9, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Today is not like every other day. Today has been a nightmare. It started off as usual: coffee, gym, breakfast, then work at the paper. Reporting is not a glamorous job: it’s mostly digging through files, talking to people, checking, cross-checking, and confirming...
Dec 8, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Okay, so here’s the question – should I stay, or should I go? On the one hand, me, Maddie McGuire, from Tempe, Arizona, landed an international internship at the Roman Baths in Bath, England. And I’m only nineteen! I would be crazy to pass up the opportunity. But on...