Vacationing with RCMP Sgt Ray Robertson by Vicki Delany

Vacation time! I’m in Turks and Caicos for two weeks of vacation. And, boy do I need it. I love my job, working with the UN, trying to introduce modern policing methods to fragile states. But it can be tough work, both physically and emotionally. First I was stationed...

Not the Usual Suspects organized by Cindy Brown

We are Not the Usual Suspects, a group of Pacific Northwest mystery writers who have banded together to contemplate life, mystery and of course, murder. Though not all of our mysteries are set in the Northwest, we all agree that living here inspires our writing. I’m...

A day in the life of Edith Head by Renee Patrick

As reported by Miss Head’s close personal friend and confidante, Miss Lillian Frost, formerly of Flushing, New York and crowned Miss Astoria Park of 1936. Los Angeles, California. December 1938. Ahem. Morning does not greet Edith Head, bespectacled queen of costume...

A day in the life with Fia McKee by Sasscer Hill

It’s dawn, and dense fog covers the Saratoga backstretch as I do my undercover work for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau. The heavy mist leaves Saratoga’s training track virtually invisible, but I can smell its sandy dirt and sense the expanse of the mile...