Mar 11, 2020 | A Day In My Life
You know what I like best about my town of Fredericksburg, Texas? I say “my” town because I spent my very early years here. I’ve recently returned after being in Austin, running a bakery. So what do I like about this place? The bluebonnets blooming in the spring. My...
Mar 10, 2020 | A Day In My Life
My name isn’t on the marquee sign in front of the store. Instead of “Mimi Lee” in bright lights, it reads, “Hollywoof.” The place, though, is my very own bone-afide pet grooming shop, my life’s goal. All courtesy of a huge investment from Pixie St. James, whose active...
Mar 9, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Dressed Up 4 Murder, the sixth novel in our Sophie Kimball Mysteries, set in Sun City West, Arizona, started out as an original premise. Since the series features Streetman, a neurotic Chiweenie dog owned by the mother of bookkeeper and amateur sleuth, Sophie (Phee)...
Mar 7, 2020 | A Day In My Life
It’s not safe to give you my name; just know me as the wife of Pytheus. My husband was one of the three men who, during the spring of the seventh year of the Reign of Nero, broke into the Temple of Artemis, made off with a king’s ransom in gems, and escaped on the...
Mar 6, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Before zookeeper Theodora “Teddy” Bentley hears that there’s a dead man floating near her houseboat, she’s having a terrific day. Since six in the morning, Teddy’s been attending to her usual rounds at California’s famed Gunn Zoo. Feeding flash-frozen termites to...
Mar 5, 2020 | A Day In My Life
With amber leaves etched against a cerulean blue sky, it’s a glorious day here at Creekmore Plantation. Drayton, my tea sommelier, and I have been invited to participate in a bird hunt. And because our hosts are rabid anglophiles, the hunt is styled in the manner of...