Apr 27, 2016 | A Day In My Life
“You went to school with Faith Hunter. What do you have on her or Steve Davis? Better yet, both of them.” My editor’s eyes gleamed as she slid onto my desk. “Their names are being dropped everywhere around town.” Faith Hunter. Faith Hunter. Faith Hunter. I was so sick...
Apr 26, 2016 | A Day In My Life
There’s nothing particularly interesting about my life. What I do is pretty routine, most of the time: I compare fingerprints and photograph crime scenes and collect items of evidence. All the excitement is over when I get there—which is the way I like it—and I’m...
Apr 25, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I belong to a group of five dancers in their early fifties who perform on cruise ships, luxury trains, resorts and anywhere else they’re willing to let us tap, samba, carioca or flamenco. There’s Tina, a bridal magazine editor, Gini, a documentary film maker, Janice,...
Apr 24, 2016 | A Day In My Life
“The same thing happened to me,” Faith Fairchild said. She was on the phone with her friend, Sophie Maxwell, who had called from Savannah, Georgia, her new home, in distress. “What!” exclaimed Sophie. “You found a dead body, it disappeared pretty much immediately and...
Apr 23, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Crime fiction curator/librarian Ambler looked up from his work —writing finding aids for a backlog of crime fiction collections that hadn’t been processed—to see Kay Donnelly standing at the reading room door. Her face showed the strain she was under....
Apr 22, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I’m worried about my sister, Nikki. Her catering business, Catered Capers, has been growing in success. She considered taking on a partner, Drew Pierson, but that didn’t work out. She didn’t exactly tell me why which is unusual. We tell each other...
