Jessica Fletcher by Terrie Farley Moran

Hi all. My name is Jessica Fletcher and I can hardly describe how topsy-turvy the past twenty four hours have been. Yesterday morning I was in Bethesda, Maryland at my all-time favorite mystery conference, Malice Domestic. I started the day having breakfast with Dru...

Avery Ayers by Tracy Gardner

When I moved home to Lilac Grove a year ago, I never imagined I’d be raising a teenager and running a business. Don’t get me wrong—I love my constantly-singing, overly-dramatic, no-filter little sister Tilly. Despite the seven years between us, we’ve grown close since...

Stacey Knudson by Mark Leichliter

I’ve been with the Flathead County Sheriff’s Department for a dozen years, and I made detective a year and a half ago, but already I’m beginning to wonder if one day I’ll see every piece of this valley like it’s a crime scene. Some of it’s to be expected, right? Like...

Emily Wilson by B.J. Bowen

I’m Emily Wilson, second flute of the Monroe (Colorado) Symphony. Please excuse me if I’m a little nervous. I’m used to a quiet life and I’m more comfortable playing music than talking about myself. Concerts, rehearsals, students, practicing. Excitement is supposed to...

Libby Beckett by Allie Pleiter

I don’t know why I waited so long to fulfill my dream of opening up a yarn shop. Oh, wait, I do. His name is Sterling and I’m not married to him anymore for that and a bunch of other reasons. So now that my shop is open, my days are filled with color and creativity....

Abby Pearce by Dana Perry

My name is Abby Pearce, and I’m a homicide detective with the Cedar Cliffs, Mass. police force on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. I always wanted to be a police officer. In school, all the other girls dreamed of growing up to be Hillary Clinton or Serena Williams or...