Bea Cartwright…It Should Have Been This by Kylie Logan

A day in the life, that’s what I’m supposed to be writing about today and truth is, it should be easy. But here’s the thing. There’s the life I thought I’d be leading. And then there’s the life I ended up with. The one I thought I had planned out for myself went...

Scent Of A Sleuthhound by Sue Owens Wright

My mistress, Elsie MacBean, has had her say in our Lake Tahoe adventures. Now it’s my turn, and I’ll be doggoned if I’m not going to howl it like it is. Cruiser’s my name, howling is my game. I’m a basset hound and the one with the real nose for crime in this...

Farming With Cameron Flaherty by Edith Maxwell

Forty customers are about to descend on my organic farm to pick up their weekly share. And I’m panicking. Do I have enough stuff growing to even harvest this early in the season? My favorite volunteer, Lucinda, suggests cutting irises from the flower garden. I send...

A Night in the Life of Margery Flax by Elaine Viets

Margery Flax here, Marlboro-smoking landlady of the Coronado Tropic Apartments in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In most Dead-End Job mysteries by Elaine Viets, you see me by the pool drinking wine in a sunset salute, or puttering around the property. But ever since Helen...

Dishing It Up with Eve Angelotta by Shelley Costa

I’d like to be able to tell you I wake up and roll out of bed, but if that’s how I started my day, I’d have no more days to start, considering I spend my non-waking hours in a sleeping loft. I’m Eve Angelotta, the head chef at our family-owned Italian Restaurant in...

A Conversation With Casey Tucker by Larissa Reinhart

Y’all seriously don’t want a day in my life. I’m Casey Tucker. I live on my Grandpa’s farm in Halo, Georgia, with my brother Cody and a bunch of goats. I wait tables at Red’s County Line Tap. Sounds real exciting, doesn’t it? Not that she knows it, but I’m thinking of...