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Episode 59: Lisa Klink, Patrick Lohier, and Diana Renn

Posted onJanuary 24, 2018January 24, 2018

Layla faced the mirror and took a deep breath. When she went out there, she had to be effortlessly confident. She certainly looked the part, in a rose-colored Givenchy dress that complemented her olive skin and tasteful diamond earrings. She’d Read More …

CategoriesAdventure, featured, International, ThrillerTagsart heist, Cairo, mystery, spy, theft, thriller

Episode 58: Olivia Matthews

Posted onDecember 26, 2017December 27, 20171 Comment

On the ground between the far side of the bed and the windows, Maurice lay, face down on the tan carpet as though he’d collapsed forward, unable to brace for his fall. His killer must have struck him as he Read More …

CategoriesAmateur Sleuth, Cozy, featuredTagsauthor, Catholic, cozy, murder, mystery, nun, Olivia Matthews, sister

Episode 57: David Hulegaard

Posted onDecember 14, 2017December 14, 20171 Comment

My name is Miller Brinkman and I am—or rather, I was—a private investigator. That message was recovered in March of 1948, from a former top-secret area known as Location 2208-C. Two years have since passed, but part of me is forever Read More …

Categoriesfeatured, Historical, Noir, Private Eye, Science FictionTagsDavid Hulegaard, murder, mystery, noir, Private Eye, sci-fi, science fiction

Episode 56: V.M. Burns

Posted onNovember 29, 2017November 29, 20174 Comments

I peeked over the stairs and saw my sister Jenna’s reflection in the glass. I considered ignoring it and sneaking back into my office until my cell phone started vibrating in my pocket. My family and the Borg from Star Read More …

CategoriesAmateur Sleuth, Cozy, featured, HistoricalTagsbookshop, cozy, historical, murder, mystery, V.M. Burns, Valerie Burns

Episode 55: Ellery Adams

Posted onNovember 14, 2017November 14, 2017

The man on the park bench stared at the empty space above the knuckle of Nora Pennington’s pinkie finger.  Strangers were always hypnotized by this gap. They would gaze at the puckered skin stretched over the nub of finger bone Read More …

CategoriesAmateur Sleuth, featured, Women's FictionTagsEllery Adams, friendship, murder, mystery, women's fiction

Episode 54: Kirsten Weiss

Posted onOctober 31, 2017October 30, 2017

All I could see was the dress. The ghost of weddings past, it swept above the checkered linoleum floor and rooted me in place. My heart twisted, leaving me breathless. I jolted into motion. The quiche, forgotten, slipped sideways on Read More …

CategoriesAmateur Sleuth, Cozy, featured, ParanormalTagscozy, culinary, Kirsten Weiss, murder, mystery, paranormal, pie town

Episode 53: Jeri Westerson

Posted onOctober 18, 2017October 18, 20171 Comment

I didn’t believe in ghosts or the supernatural…but that weird noise in the wall was testing my convictions. The unpleasant scratching sound that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention had been going on for Read More …

CategoriesAmateur Sleuth, featured, Historical, Noir, Paranormal, Urban FantasyTagsdemon, historical, Jeri Westerson, murder, mystery, paranormal, urban fantasy

Episode 52: Paul D. Marks

Posted onOctober 3, 2017October 3, 2017

Teddie Matson had a golden life, until her path had the misfortune of crossing mine. I sat staring out the window of my office, k.d. lang playing in the background. It was a while till the sun would set, that Read More …

Categoriesfeatured, Noir, Private Eye, ThrillerTagsLos Angeles, mystery, noir, Paul D. Marks, Private Eye, short stories, White Heat, writing

Episode 51: Steve Goble

Posted onSeptember 20, 2017September 20, 2017

Spider John Rush resigned himself to the hard truth–he was returning to a world of cut and thrust, hide and pounce, blood and smoke, pitch and tar.  He had been foolish to think of leaving that world; Spider John belonged Read More …

CategoriesAdventure, Amateur Sleuth, featured, Historical, Noir, PiratesTagsadventure, Bloody Black Flag, murder, mystery, noir, pirate, Steve Goble

Episode 50: Kellye Garrett

Posted onSeptember 6, 2017September 5, 2017

The copy was straight to the point. Wanted: Information on the hit-and-run murder of Haley Joseph. Tuesday, August 18th, 11:30 p.m., Vermont Ave near Hillside St. And across the bottom, right over her press-on French manicure, $15,000 reward. I peered Read More …

CategoriesAmateur Sleuth, Cozy, featuredTagsactress, amateur sleuth, cozy, Detective by Day, Hollywood Homicide, Kellye Garrett, murder, mystery

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