Feb 21, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Why? Why in the world did the one job that I had to learn in order to gain my inheritance have to involve waking up before the sun? I’m Margaret – Maggie to my friends, Magpie Maggie is my CB handle – and I am a recovering shopaholic turned truck...
Feb 20, 2025 | A Day In My Life
NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli here with my partner Detective P.J. Parker describing a day in my life. This morning we sat for our last interview of the month-long dog and pony show forced on us by the NYPD brass to exploit our successful take down of a white...
Feb 17, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I toss the book into the bin. I’m no expert on detective fiction, but I know the author is expected to play fair with the reader. And Mrs. Agatha Christie is not playing fair. Standing at the stove, I tap the side of the coffee pot with one finger. Still warm. I give...
Feb 13, 2025 | A Day In My Life
The day began as it always did in Killian Cove—with the comforting aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the sound of Bartholomew’s raspy voice critiquing my morning crossword. “Really, Candeedo? Seven across is ‘duplicity,’ not ‘decipher,’” he purred, perched on the...
Feb 12, 2025 | A Day In My Life
“Ahh…” My contented sigh lingered as I gazed across the orchards. The magnificent sight of the day’s first rays of sunshine filtering through the apple trees was worth getting out of bed before dawn on a chilly, autumn Sunday. Yes, the Lindens were paying me to...
Feb 11, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Junetta Beale, owner of the Shipshape Bookshop in the small Southeast Alaska town of Ptarmigan Port. I like to think of my little corner of the world as paradise, where the mountains come down to the sea and marine wildlife sightings are a daily occurrence....
