Dec 14, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Buenas tardes. I’m Mercy Spivey, but that’s just my most recent name. In Cuba, my birth place, I was Mercedes Montero Rojas. Everybody called me Merceditas, which I prefer. The ending “ita” gives it an affectionate feel, even if all you’re doing is asking me for a...
Dec 13, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Why would anyone steal a chicken hawk, red fox, and a muskrat? I wondered while sipping my second cup of coffee. I’m not a morning person, but with two dogs, sleeping late is not an option. My canine friends now sat on either side of me, hoping I would share part of...
Dec 11, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Today I found a dead body. Startled? Yeah, me too. But before I explain, let me introduce myself. My name is Hazel Rose. I live in Richmond, Virginia with Vince Castelli, hubby #5, and our cats, Morris and Olive. Vince, a retired homicide detective with the Richmond...
Dec 9, 2021 | A Day In My Life
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a mother in possession of two single daughters will not rest until both daughters are wed. Even if one of the daughters—me, Phaedra Brighton—is a professor of English Literature and a Jane Austen scholar with a satisfying...
Dec 8, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Hello, everyone! My name is Emma Starrs. My sister Lucy, aunt Nora, and I run Starlit Bookshop on the main street of Silvercrest, Colorado, which is a picturesque town full of artistic types—painters, writers, sculptors, musicians, and more. Starlit Books is a...
Dec 7, 2021 | A Day In My Life
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...
