May 17, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Living on a plantation in the Mississippi Delta is a dog’s dream come true. I’ve got fields to roam, rabbits to chase (I don’t really want to catch them) and bad guys to snare (I really, really DO want to catch them). I get to ride around in a convertible and eat ice...
May 16, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Tracy Eaton here, protagonist of the just-released Revenge on Route 66. I used to describe myself as a mystery writer and detective wannabe, because I wanted to be an amateur sleuth like the one I wrote about. Now I’m not a wannabe anymore. I’ve had so many cases,...
May 15, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name is Nikki Latrelle. I’m a twenty-three-year-old female jockey, who ran away from home ten years ago when my mom died and left me in the hands of a pedophile stepfather. That night, I climbed a fence onto Pimlico racetrack and slept in a stall with a surprised...
May 14, 2013 | A Day In My Life
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be Girl Keanu Reeves. I didn’t really want to be Girl Keanu Reeves so much as I wanted to be Girl Johnny Utah, rookie FBI agent in Point Break or Girl LAPD officer Jack Traven in Speed. My father, the police chief (and mayor) in my...
May 13, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name is Deputy Candace Carson of the Mercy Police Department in upstate South Carolina. A few years ago the woman who was to become my best friend moved to Mercy from Texas. We’ve been through a bunch a stuff together ever since, mostly murder investigations....
May 11, 2013 | A Day In My Life
The first hour of my day is pretty much always the same: up, bathroom, kitchen, kettle, coffee, then a quick “Cheers” to my Mum and Dad. Their ashes sit in matching urns on the mantelpiece of my little house on Burnaby Mountain, in British Columbia. After two coffees...