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Mercury McMurtry, Forensic Psychologist

Splitting Heirs, or What Happens When the Assignment Changes

Jenny Page November 13, 2025 No Comments

Silas Morgan, state investigator Uncategorized

Quizzing the Questioner: Silas & Merc Chat with Bernie

Gunnar Olafsson November 13, 2025 No Comments

Cassie Cunningham, Proprietor The Riverside

Cassie’s Good Day Keeps Getting … Better?

Gunnar Olafsson November 10, 2025 No Comments

Bernie Rossie, Local Newspaper Editor

Bernie Gets the Call. Two Calls, Actually.

Jenny Page November 6, 2025 No Comments

Bitsy McMurtry, wealthy widow

Bitsy at one with being the windshield; eschews being the bug

Gunnar Olafsson November 6, 2025 No Comments

STYLE LIKE CARSON
CRUSADE LIKE ELYSE
SIP LIKE A MCMURTRY
Carson Sigmund, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

Sliding Doors: Elyse Opens One, Then Closes Another

I arrive at the Hughes’ porch and I hesitate. I ring the doorbell. Elyse answers immediately. “Come in.” She smiles, but I can tell she isn’t at ease – or…

Gunnar Olafsson October 20, 2025
Carson Sigmund, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

Carson’s a Caged Animal and Wants Out

I feel sick. I could throw up. I look around this home that I live in, at these people I’ve taken pains to get to know and move among –…

Gunnar Olafsson October 20, 2025
Paul Wilson, Sheriff

Saved By the Bell? Paul’s Story Starts Trickling Out …

A guard leads me to a monitored meeting room where my visitors were waiting. I recognize Mercury immediately. “Glad to see you,” I say. “Gets kinda lonely here, especially since…

Gunnar Olafsson October 16, 2025
Wanda Moreno, President, Middle Valley Chamber of Commerce

White Russians for Wanda … Thunder Stolen, Then Returned

Thankless. That is how people in this town are – thankless. No one will ever admit that I was right, that bringing in Theodora and her therapy crew was the…

Jenny Page October 13, 2025
Mercury McMurtry, Forensic Psychologist

Mercury & Silas, a Meeting of the Minds

I am half an hour early for brunch with Silas, tense already from strolling in on Lindy and his merry band of entrepreneurs. First issue jitters, I reckon, and with…

Gunnar Olafsson October 9, 2025
Shirley Scott, Realtor

Shirley Finds Silas’ Jail Away from Home

I am anxious to meet Silas, the new guy in town, who we hope will sort out all our mysteries. We spoke briefly by phone last evening and agreed to…

Gunnar Olafsson October 6, 2025
John McHenry, Local Newspaper Reporter

Sunrise on the Lady Lux: Carson Ebbs, Lindy Flows

Carson arrives at the office on the yacht around 9 AM to meet with Lindy to continue forming the initial direction of the new magazine. The two of them have…

Gunnar Olafsson October 2, 2025
Silas Morgan, state investigator

Grey Skies, Blues Sounds, It’s Silas’ Case, Hope Abounds?

I pulled into the parking space in front of the Courthouse, Louis Armstrong’s West End Blues playing on my Spotify. Seemed somehow appropriate for the setting. The pavement – two…

Jenny Page September 29, 2025
Cassie Cunningham, Proprietor The Riverside

Wanda Steps In & Steps Up … to the Bar

Dad used to call it “resting bartender face,” the look he’d have when business was slow and he was forced to talk to patrons he either didn’t know or didn’t…

Gunnar Olafsson July 23, 2025
Marjorie "Miss Comportment" Hughes, Gossip Columnist

A Quiet Night in Middle Valley: Secrets, Scandals and a Cat Named Chuckles – Part 2

Dear reader, I’ve returned. Not heat, nor the dark of night would keep your Miss Comportment from walking the five blocks to the Riverside and collecting three fresh bottles. Mission…

Gunnar Olafsson July 2, 2025

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