A Day in the Life ~ Nell Valenti by Stephanie Cole

Mornings: Damage Control When I took the job of designing a cooking school for American gastrotourists (i.e., foodies) at the Tuscan villa of world-famous Chef Claudio Orlandini, I was offered more money than I had yet seen in this line of design work — plus a...

A Day in the Life ~ Mia Carina by Maria DiRico

I’ll be honest with you. When you run a catering hall with a father who’s a mobster trying to go straight, things can get a little dicey. Anyway, about my day. I wake up every morning thanking the universe that I’m in Astoria, Queens, and not Palm Beach, Florida,...

My Musing ~ My Fair Latte by Vickie Fee

My Fair Latte by Vickie Fee is the first book in the NEW “Cafe Cinema” cozy mystery series. Publisher: Henery Press, coming March 3, 2020. Broke, unemployed barista Halley Greer is shocked when she inherits an Art Deco movie palace from the great uncle,...

My Musing ~ Here Comes the Body by Maria DiRico

Here Comes the Body by Maria DiRico is the first book in the NEW “Catering Hall” cozy mystery series. Publisher: Kensington Books, coming February 25, 2020 After her philandering husband’s boat went down, newly single Mia Carina went back to Astoria, the...

Day in the Life ~ Betty Ahern by Liz Milliron

What’s buzzin’, cousin? Nope, no one’s in that seat. It’s all yours. Hi. My name is Betty Ahern. What am I doin’ on a bus this early? I’m heading to work. I help build the P39 Airacobra out at Bell Airplane in Wheatfield. You know, outside of Buffalo. Why? Well, a...