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...
Apr 21, 2016 | A Day In My Life
“The first time I thought of killing him, the two of us were having chicken sandwiches at that fast-food place with the oversized rubber bird anchored to its roof. It didn’t seem right to kill him in a place that closes on Sundays.” “Probably not.” I pushed a cup of...
Apr 20, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Have you ever had an event so traumatic happen in your life that you know it will haunt you forever? And maybe deep down, you’ve always suspected something was off about the situation, but you just couldn’t put your finger on it? That’s pretty much been the story of...
