Love and Loss by Lucy Valentine (by Heather Webber)

Love and loss often go hand in hand. I deal with both on a daily basis. With my consulting work through the Massachusetts State Police, I help solve missing person cases. People who are loved—and who are lost. There are some cases that have happily ever afters—but not...

Prozac Speaks by Laura Levine

DRU: Laura Levine is unfortunately unable to participate in this interview, so instead we’ve managed to contact the co-star of her Jaine Austen Mysteries, Jaine’s cat Prozac. Can you tell us what it’s like living with Jaine? PROZAC: Co-star? Who are you calling...

A Day In The Life Of Lola Cruz by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez

A bevy of beautiful women lounging around the conference table at Camacho and Associates, each exhibiting their own take on ‘aloof’, wasn’t exactly par for the course, but it wasn’t all that surprising, either. When I stepped through the door of the PI firm I worked...

A Day in the Life of Bruce Kohler by Elizabeth Zelvin

Hi, I’m Bruce, I’m an alcoholic. I’d feel like a dork if I said I’m a grateful recovering alcoholic, the way my friend Jimmy and other guys with long-term sobriety do in AA. But I have to admit that life without booze doesn’t suck as much as I thought it would. For...

A Day In The Life Of Helen Hawthorne by Elaine Viets

I’m Helen Hawthorne, Fort Lauderdale private eye. I just finished working as a stewardess aboard a 143-foot luxury yacht, trying to catch an emerald smuggler. Elaine Viets wrote about my adventure in Final Sail. A job with an ocean view. Sounds glamorous, right?...