Mar 16, 2012 | A Day In My Life
“Okay. Here’s how it is,” Burgess said, trying to find a position in the chair that would accommodate his bad knee and his sore back, “there is no typical day in the life of a personal crimes detective. How the day goes depends on what the bad guys have been up to....
Mar 14, 2012 | A Day In My Life
So there I was, at the opening of the Neptune Aquarium in Charleston, South Carolina. A private party for big buck donors where I’d been tapped to cater tea and scones. That’s what I do, you see. I’m the proprietor of the Indigo Tea Shop, a cozy little place with tea...
Mar 13, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Hello, my name is Molly Murphy. Actually it has just changed to Molly Sullivan. My life just underwent a dramatic change recently, when I married my sweetheart, New York Police Captain Daniel Sullivan. Now I’m a respectable married woman, and my days are filed with...
Mar 12, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I work in a building that’s full of paper—an old building with a lot of old paper. I’m Nell Pratt, president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society for the past few months, and I’m still trying to get used to the job. When I heard about the...
Mar 8, 2012 | A Day In My Life
My name is Rory McCain. I was a sketch artist for the Suffolk County Police Department here on Long Island until I solved two murders on my own, one being my uncle Mac’s. It was then that I decided to continue his work as a private investigator. My life...
Mar 7, 2012 | A Day In My Life
“Coffee.” My life seems to revolve around it. That’s what greets me every morning. When I come down to my store — Southern Treasures Gift Shop — from my apartment overhead, I carry my second, or sometimes third, cup of coffee because I need my caffeine. And every...