Hazel Wickbury by Sarah E. Burr

Hi, everyone! Hazel Wickbury, here. Without fail, my day always begins with a beautiful view of Lake Glenmyre. Named after my ancestor, Jedidiah Glenmyre, one of the founders of my hometown Crucible, New York, the lake’s crystalline waters greet me outside my...

Inspector Michael Corravan by Karen Odden

That rainy morning in March of 1878, as I climbed out of a hansom cab near the stone arch that opens onto Scotland Yard, a passerby spat at me. “Liars and cheats, all o’ ye,” he hissed. “Better off at the bottom of the bloody Thames.” I bit the inside of my cheek to...

Trevor Finnegan by Aaron Philip Clark

My name is Trevor Finnegan. Some people call me Finn. I’m a Robbery-Homicide Detective I (first grade) with the Los Angeles Police Department. Being a detective in RHD is one of the most coveted jobs in the LAPD, and as a young black man, it wasn’t easy getting...