Apr 12, 2024 | A Day In My Life
My name is Lou Shoemaker. To keep tuna in their bowls and the roof over the heads of my two cats, Sherlock and Watson, I had to learn to drive my deceased husband’s refuse disposal truck, the Pooper Scooper, when he was killed by a hit and run driver. This has led me...
Apr 11, 2024 | A Day In My Life
“CUT! That’s a wrap!” With a loud thunk, the Klieg lights dim and I pick my way over heavy cables by the remaining dim light and follow the cast and crew out the studio door, eyes blinking after the darkness inside. My name is Trudy Genova, RN, and my work as a...
Apr 10, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Maybe I read too many Sam Spade books when I was a teenager. I thought being a PI would be exciting. And it was, but not always in a good way. After an irate client tried to make my nondescript face “descript,” I applied for what I assumed would be a nice, safe...
Apr 9, 2024 | A Day In My Life
The name’s Marlon Morrison–Detective Marlon Morrison to you– and you may have heard the stories about me around here in the Personal Crimes Unit. Some of it, maybe, is true: I am pretty tired of this job and I am looking forward to uneventfully riding out my final...
Apr 8, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Hank Worth pulled the dry-cleaning bag off his dress uniform and laid everything on the bed. He didn’t want to go today. He didn’t like funerals. But as sheriff of Branson County, Missouri, he knew his attendance was required. Just like it was for all the top law...
Apr 5, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Last week I got in touch with the detective who worked on my father’s case. Milton Walsh wasn’t a fireball twelve years ago when my father was murdered, and he’d only gotten lazier. Persuading him to talk to me was like prodding a frog to walk upright. He actually...
