Dottie Adler by Laura Bradford

Sleuthing 101 Am I the only one who doesn’t get young people these days? Take for instance, Emma, the young woman my late husband hired to have tea with me every Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock sharp. After watching Emma’s home-based travel agency go the way of...

Mrs Tilling by Catriona McPherson

Occupation: Cook to the Gilvers of Gilverton It’s not like the old days when I was a kitchenmaid. It’s not even like the old days when I was a young cook with my own kitchenmaid. There’s no getting up at 5 to clear, clean, set and re-light the range for breakfast now....

Hubert by Anna Dowdall

My name is Hubert, although you may called me Hughey, the neighbourhood kids do. My “owner,” Ashley Smeeton, twenty-something Montreal private investigator, thinks she rescued me in the third book in which she appears–April on Paris Street (2021). The author...

Judith Silverman by Meg Macy

You might ask how I ended up as mayor of Silver Hollow—a small town with a heart-of-gold community near Ann Arbor, Michigan. We’re into teddy bears here, due to my husband Alex’s teddy bear shop and factory. After he retired ten years ago, our daughter Sasha began...

Hanneke Bauer by Kathleen Ernst

When I stepped off the ship in Milwaukee a few days ago, ending my long voyage across the Atlantic, I had expected that a day in my life would soon brim with everything I had dreamed of: an affectionate and intelligent husband, a farm to tend, the anticipation of a...

Phoebe Meyers by Anne Canadeo

My name is Phoebe Meyers, assistant manager of the Black Sheep & Company knitting shop. Guess you could say I’m the, “and company” part of the shop’s name? My boss and good friend, Maggie Messina changed the sign when she gave me a big promotion about a year ago....