The story of the Craigslist murder for hire intrigued me. A man advertised for someone to kill his wife. On Craigslist. And he expected to get away with it. Some crimes solve themselves, but most require actual police work. My background is military, and academic, and library, so on my…
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‘Tis the season for Split your pants Pavlova with Hayson Manning! This takes a while so bring a book, crank out some tunes and be prepared to hang in the kitchen. But it is totally worth it. You’ll need: 8 egg whites (of if you’re like me and…
Behind the Book: Dancing with the Shadows “Bad is never bigger than good. It’s a trick, a game of shadows.” Our minds are the most amazing things. When I started listing everything they can do, it seemed limitless. Creating, solving, imagining. Loving, hoping, believing. Doing, thinking, understanding. With…
‘Tis the season for Moscow Mule with Tessa Bailey! There is very little science or measuring when it comes to making drinks for myself. I’m all about quantity, not quality. My husband is a bartender, so he cringes while I work my magic. Regardless, here is my…
‘Tis the season for homemade holiday Irish cream with Tee O’Fallon! Ingredients: 3 large eggs 1 cup heavy cream 1 ½ cups Seagram’s 7 blended whiskey (no substitutes!) – about a 375 ml bottle 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk 2 Tablespoons Hershey’s original chocolate syrup Directions: Blend…
‘Tis the season for French Canadian Tourtière with Veronica Forand! My mother in law makes the best Tourtière for Christmas Eve every year. All you need is: Meat Filling Ingredients: 1 pound ground pork 1 pound ground beef 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 tbsp olive oil 1…
Why fear throws spitballs and we must hit them out of the ballpark. I loved, hated, cried, pouted like a denied toddler writing Bound to the Bounty Hunter. I love the story; I adore the characters. I’d plant my butt, suck back Coke Zero, stare at the screen. So…
Harper MacLain is a cockeyed optimist, despite the many tragedies and challenges she’s experienced in her short life. Personally, it’s my preferred state of being, though I admit, the older I get, the less I believe people are able to change their essence. You either are, or you’re not an…
“Betrayed By a Kiss” started with a memory of the movie, “Marnie”, directed by Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery (in his prime, yum). At its core, it was a story about a woman seeking happiness, billed as a romance, but was so much more. “Mystery! Sex! Murder!” A…
I became fascinated with the notion of look-alikes or doppelgangers when, at the tender age of 13, I read “The Scapegoat” by Daphne DuMaurier. In the story a cruel French aristocrat and a mild-mannered British school teacher run into each other in a small French inn and, recognizing they…