Mar 19, 2014 | A Day In My Life
You know how some people are a little envious of their best friend? They wish they could sing as well, or draw, or looked as good in a pair of skinny jeans? That’s just never been how I roll. Cam Harris and I have been best friends for more than twenty years and...
Mar 18, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Truthfully? I’d rather be left alone to think through the next step in my nonexistent plan. I’m winging it. Not to mention I arrived here in County Clare, Ireland, yesterday. Jet lag has laid its sleep-deprived caul over me, but I couldn’t nap if I tried. Instead, I...
Mar 17, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Small problems can really wreck a day, can’t they? That is, until big ones come along to cut them down to size. Before I found out about my friend Dima, my day was already falling apart. Maybe it was my own fault for driving to work. A cold fall rain was pouring...
Mar 15, 2014 | A Day In My Life
It’s five after eight on this gorgeous Sunday morning in July, and I’m on my way to meet Lowell Hartman. I’m pretty sure Lowell didn’t murder two people in my Golden Age of Mystery book club, but I’m nervous all the same. There’s always the possibility that he is the...
Mar 14, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Proprietor of the Indigo Tea Shop I’ve never been a wine connoisseur, since tea is my forte – fragrant Darjeelings, malty Assams, and my current favorite, a house-blended orchid plum tea. On the other hand, I’m enjoying myself here at Knighthall Winery’s rather...
Mar 13, 2014 | A Day In My Life
A year ago, I quit my high-powered financial consultant job at Stramp Investments in Kansas City and bought the old dime store in my hometown—Shadow Bend, Missouri, population 4028. At the time of my resignation, I had no idea that my boss had been stealing investors’...
