Maggie Matthews by Morgan W. Silver

My name’s Maggie Matthews and I own The Wicked Bookworm. It’s a bookshop in the Cornish village of Castlefield, my home. It’s not your typical village, to be honest. My aunt has the tendency to attack people with household objects, and the Castlefield Book Club...

Lily Ross by Jess Montgomery

Thank goodness for pockets. That may sound funny, coming from a woman, but over the past two years as Sheriff of Bronwyn County, here in the foothills of Appalachia in Ohio, and as a widowed mother, I’ve really come to appreciate some of the smaller details that make...

Marcie Rayner by J.C. Eaton

Occupation: Minnesota P.I. and former Crime Statistician When I gave up my position as a crime statistician at St. Paul Community College to work as an investigative assistant for my late father’s former partner, I expected a few murders to waft my way. I also...

Alexis Winston by Kathryn Long

My name is Alexis Winston. I am a screen writer for a popular television show, or I should say was a writer. Just like I was also the show’s researcher, until budget cuts and younger views pushed me out the door. (My views are considered old? Good grief. I’m only...

Cassandra Davenport by Lois Winston

Being a single parent isn’t easy, especially when The Ex rarely remembers his financial obligations to me and our kids. Which is why I, Cassandra Davenport, recently concluded I needed a better paying job than working as the Arts and Entertainment reporter for our...

Harbinder Kaur by Elly Griffiths

One of the advantages of still living with your parents at the age of thirty-six – don’t get me going on the disadvantages – is that my mum makes me breakfast. I remember, when I was at primary school, being asked to describe a typical breakfast. I began, ‘First you...