Apr 19, 2012 | A Day In My Life
There are days in my life that I’d be happy to repeat, sort of like the movie Groundhog Day. The day I married Pete, the love of my life. The first day I had one of my articles make the cover of Newsweek magazine. The days when my two kids Caleb and Jenny were...
Apr 18, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Good morning. Thank you for meeting me here, in the library. I know it sounds funny to say, after five years of research, that I am under the gun. But the truth is, I am. You see, I’m working on my doctoral thesis and every day counts. I don’t want to be Dulcie...
Apr 17, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I’m not what you’d call a morning person. At least not until I polish off my first pot of coffee. Thanks to my mother, the only living heart donor, I have a lovely cottage on Palm Beach. The cottage wasn’t very lovely when she sold it to me and it did have a body in...
Apr 16, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Welcome to 302 Grace Street in Parkland, North Carolina, my new home and soon to be the office of the Randall Detective Agency. I’ve just moved in, but let me give you a tour. This, of course, is the porch. A southern home isn’t complete without one. This one’s nice...
Apr 12, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I just signed a contract with Berkley Prime Crime for a new Hemlock Falls novel. The working title is A FETE WORSE THAN DEATH—(although that will probably change, since it’s the story that’s in control, and I haven’t written the story yet.) To my gob-smacked amaze,...
Apr 11, 2012 | A Day In My Life
What, you were expecting a person? Yes, I supposed I should cede this space to Pru. My roommate – the one who opens the cans – is Pru Marlowe. She’s also the one who dragged us both out of the city and to this godforsaken town a little over a year ago, as you people...