Nov 8, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Everybody lies to the police. Murderers lie to hide their crimes. Witnesses lie for various reasons: over eager to please, reluctant, hostile, arrogant, under the influence, or all of the above. The only person who doesn’t lie is the murder victim because they have no...
Nov 7, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Coming home to Louisiana was hard after ten years away, especially when I’d made such a big to-do about striking out on my own. Still, home is home, and New Orleans is mine. So, when I walked in on my ex-fiancé getting to know a coworker, biblically, I hiked up my...
Nov 5, 2016 | A Day In My Life
When I wrote Hot Shot, a friend of mine had lost his entire savings and was literally on the street. He couldn’t talk to his family or his close friends about the addiction because, although sympathetic, they just didn’t understand how anyone could get “carried away”...
Nov 4, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Halloween ranks among favorite holidays for many a mystery reader—so we gathered some of our favorite characters from the anthology MIDNIGHT MYSTERIES around the fire pit tonight to share tales of their favorite Halloweens, past and present. Grab a mug of cocoa or...
Nov 3, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Meow! This is Hamlet the Cat. Yes, that Hamlet. . .feline mascot extraordinaire of Pettistone’s Fine Books in Brooklyn. I am in charge of making sure that the bookstore operates properly, and that our customers behave themselves. Of course, my caretaker, Darla...
Nov 2, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Hi ya’ll. My name is Laurie Lee, and I’m an indie romance author who has stumbled into love with an uptight and snobbish literary writer named Aaron. Frankly he can be somewhat of a pill, but I think a vivacious gal like myself is just what this emotionally frozen man...