January 2! Ann Middleton, former FBI agent

   Hope you have January 2nd marked on your calendar for our first meeting of the New Year when retired Special Agent Ann Middleton will join us to talk about her experiences working for the FBI.

    Ann entered the FBI as a Special Agent in October 1983.  She served in several offices to include Milwaukee, Baltimore, Los Angeles, FBIHQ, and Greenville.  She was the case agent on a high profile Organized Crime case in Milwaukee and a Money laundering/ insurance fraud case in Baltimore. She has held several management roles to include night supervisor in LA, Supervisor at FBIHQ in the Criminal Division’s Undercover Unit, Program Management and Coordination Unit and Assistant Inspector in the Inspection Division.

   In October of 2003, she was assigned as the supervisor for the FBI’s office in Greenville.  She retired in March of 2007 after 24 years in the FBI.  Following her retirement, she worked as a government contractor supporting the FBI’s compliance program in the Counterterrorism Division in Washington DC for several years.

   In December of 2018, she completed her contract job in WDC and returned to Greenville.   Ann is married to Chuck Middleton, also a retired FBI agent and supervisor.  They have three daughters, Laura, Catherine and Beth and one grandson, Joe.  All the girls attended Clemson and were in the Clemson Band.  Ann enjoys spending time with family, getting together for the Society of former Special Agents meetings, serving on her homeowners association Board and going to Clemson football games. 

MEETING DETAILS

   Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, January 2nd at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Ann Middleton and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

   In order for the Runway Café to speed service, dinner orders must be emailed by noon the day of the meeting. If you can't dine with us, we would still like to know you plan to attend so we can be sure you have a seat. If possible, please join us for dinner as our dinner orders help to ensure we can book our meeting room for free.

   To see the special menu for our group, go to the Advance Order Menu in the right-hand column, make your selection, and e-mail your order to Ellis Vidler by 10 a.m. the morning of the meeting. If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by 10 o’clock, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

November - Author Dorothy St. James!

Mystery author Dorothy St. James was born in New York but raised in South Carolina. For the past 20+ years, she made her home on an artsy island community in South Carolina with her husband. Though writing has always been a passion for her, she pursued an undergraduate degree in Wildlife Biology and a graduate degree in Public Administration and Urban Planning. She put her educational experience to use, having worked in all branches and all levels of government including local, regional, state, and federal. She even spent time during college working for a non-profit environmental watchdog organization.

Switching from government service and community planning to fiction writing wasn't as big of a change as some might think. Her government work was all about the stories of the people and the places where they live. As an urban planner, Dorothy loved telling the stories of the people she met. And from that, her desire to tell the tales that were so alive in her heart grew until she could not ignore it any longer. In 2001, she took a leap of faith and pursued her dream of writing fiction full-time.

At Amazon

Dorothy St. James is the alter-ego of award-winning multi-published author, Dorothy McFalls. She enjoys writing in several different genres. Her works have been nominated for many awards including: Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Reviewers International Organization Award, National Reader's Choice Award, CataRomance Reviewers' Choice Award, and The Romance Reviews Today Perfect 10! Award. Reviewers have called her work: "amazing," "perfect," "filled with emotion," and "lined with danger." Workshop Description: Flexibility and the Art of Staying Relevant in Today’s Publishing World

Dorothy St. James will talk about the experiences and changes she’s made in her publishing career since her first book was released fourteen years ago. She’s published with large publishers, small publishers, e-publishers, and self-published books. She’s worked with an agent but also sold books to publishers on her own. She’s made plenty of mistakes over the years, experienced a bit of luck, and is looking forward to sharing her professional ups and downs and lessons learned ever since quitting her job to write full-time way back in 2001.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, November 7th, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Dorothy St. James and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before 10 a.m. on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

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December   (date & details tbd)   Holiday Party

William Kent Krueger, September 26!

Fiction-Addiction

In lieu of our October meeting, Sisters in Crime will be co-sponsoring an author event at Fiction Addiction on Thursday, September 26th.

As you may know, Sisters in Crime moderates the monthly lunch hour Mystery Book Club the second Wednesday of each month from noon to one o’clock. One our favorite book choices last year  was acclaimed author William Kent Krueger’s Ordinary Grace. On Thursday, September 26th at 6pm., Mr. Krueger will discuss his latest novel, This Tender Land and will be available to sign books afterwards.

Two ticket options for this event:

Option 1

A $28.62 book ticket admits one, guarantees you a seat at the event, and includes a copy of This Tender Land. SinC Members will enjoy preferred seating.

Option 2

A $10 ticket admits one, is standing room only, and is good for $10 off a purchase the day of the event.

Reserve a Place

Tickets can be purchased online through Eventbrite. Click on the following link to reserve your seat and copy of This Tender Land:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/william-kent-krueger-book-talk-and-signing-tickets-61362064587?aff=sic

We hope you can join us to hear from this distinguished author whose work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last nine novels were all New York Times bestsellers.

November Meeting
Our regular monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, November 7, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC, with author Dorothy St. James 

Professional Fiduciary Stephanie Rosso

Photo by Dmitry Moraine on Unsplash

Professional Fiduciary Stephanie Rosso will be our September guest speaker. In her capacity as a fiduciary, she has served as court appointed conservator, power of attorney, and trust administrator for various individuals and families. Come join us as Ms. Rosso relates case studies, some criminal, some humorous, in which she assisted individuals unable to manage their own finances -- fertile ground for us mystery writers.

Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Stephanie Rosso moved to Granville, Ohio, in 1988.  She began her career in banking with Bank One as a personal banker, and after two years in branch banking, she transferred to the bank’s trust department as a Trust Officer.  In 2003, Stephanie was recruited by the Private Bank of Bank of America, and moved to Hilton Head, SC.   After three years, she transferred to the Greenville office where she continued to work with high net worth clients as Vice President and Trust Officer until 2009. In June of 2009, she established her LLC, and has been working independently as a professional fiduciary for the past 10 years.  

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, September 5th, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Stephanie Rosso and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before 10 a.m. on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS

Thursday, September 26th, (replaces October meeting) Fiction Addiction—William Kent Krueger

November 7    Dorothy St. James

December      Holiday Party

Former Federal Defense Attorney David Plowden

By Eric Chan from Palo Alto, United States.
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We are fortunate to have attorney David Plowden, recently retired federal defense attorney, as our August 1 speaker. David is an excellent speaker with lots of case stories and information. Now that he's retired, he may be able to share more opinions on the criminal justice system.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, August 1, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet David and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before 10 a.m. on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS

September 5--Stephanie Rosso, Fiduciary Consultant

Thursday, September 26th, (replaces October meeting) Fiction Addiction—William Kent Krueger

November 7    Dorothy St. James

December      Holiday Party

Who ya gonna call? Bail bonder Sharon Baker!

Photo by Lionel Allorge - Own work

On Wednesday, July 10, the Upstate SC Chapter of Sisters in Crime is pleased to host Sharon Baker, co-managing owner of Giggie's Bonding Company LLC.

For all of us who don't really understand the process of bonding, Sharon has the answers, and, we trust, some stories. She was thrust into bonding in 2000 when her father, the founder of Giggies, suddenly passed. Prior to bonding, she served in accounting and computer system administration for fifteen years, primarily in auto dealerships and computer services. When her father died, Sharon was bookkeeper for Sepala Homes, a subdivision home builder.

Giggies is a family business. Sharon’s husband, Calvin Baker is retired from Greenville County Service Center where for 28 years he was a mechanic for the Sheriff Department. He now helps her with the bonding. Sharon’s niece, who was working for the company when Sharon’s father passed, is their court liaison. Her nephew is their customer services and office clerk. Her son, who is blind, helps with answering phones. Sharon partners with her two siblings, Sandra Stowers and Lamal Thompson, who inherited the business with her.  

Along with being a busy bail bonds person, Sharon has found the time to be a wife, Mother and grandmother. She and Calvin have been together for 37 years and have 2 children and  3 grandchildren. She attended USC Columbia SC for 2 years and graduated from Rutledge College for Business.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 10, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Sharon Baker and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before noon on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS

August 1, David Plowden, Retired federal attorney

September 5, Ann Middleton, Former FBI agent

Thursday, September 26th, (replaces October meeting) Fiction Addiction—William Kent Krueger

November 7    Dorothy St James

December      Holiday Party

Former Detective Jacki Molnar

Jacki Molnar, a former detective who worked for a District Attorney’s Office,  is our June speaker. Her pre law enforcement experience includes counseling at a residential youth shelter, and her law enforcement experience covers 29 years with the Middlesex County Prosecutors Office, New Brunswick, NJ.

13 years in Major Crimes (Homicide, Fatal Crash, and Crime Scene Investigation)

During her time in law enforcement, she was assigned to various units, with 9 years in Sex Crimes/Child Abuse and 13 years in Major Crimes (Homicide, Fatal Crash, and Crime Scene Investigation). She attained ranks of Sergeant and Lieutenant and retired as Captain, overseeing most investigative units including Major Crimes, Special Victims (formerly Sex Crimes/Child Abuse), and Narcotics and Gang Units.

Coordinator of the County Counter-Terrorism Task Force

After 9-11, Ms. Molnar served as the Coordinator of the County Counter-Terrorism Task Force and was briefly on loan to FBI to work on the Pentbomb Task Force (9-11 terror attacks case), which she says was not nearly as interesting as it sounds.

Ms. Molnar has a BA in Psychology from Rutgers University and an MA in Criminal Justice from Boston University. She also attended Middlesex County Police Academy where she served as Class Captain.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, June 6, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Jacki Molnar and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before noon on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS (odd dates in red)

Wednesday July 10—Sharon Baker, Giggies Bonding

August 1

September 5

Thursday, September 26th, Fiction Addiction—William Kent Krueger (This event replaces the October meeting.)

November 7    Dorothy St. James

December      Holiday Party

Author A.J. Hartley/Andrew Hart

A.J. Hartley

A.J. Hartley is the award winning, New York Times bestselling author of 20 novels for children, adults and young adults in a variety of genres.

His audiobooks feature performances by celebrated actors such Noma Dumezweni (currently playing Hermione in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) [Steeplejack, winner of International Thriller Writers Best YA book of 2017], Alan Cumming [Macbeth, a Novel] and Richard Armitage, [Hamlet Prince of Denmark, a Novel, which won Audible’s Book of the Year for 2014]. His latest audiobook is the YA ghostly thriller, Cold Bath Street, voiced by the ninth Doctor Who, Christopher Eccleston. AJ will perform the audiobook of his upcoming middle grades adventure Monsters in the Mirror himself. He also writes as Andrew Hart and his first novel under that name, Lies that Bind Us, was an international bestseller, hitting #1 on Amazon.

Born and raised in Preston, Lancashire, he lives now with his wife and son in the United States where he is the Robinson Professor of Shakespeare at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, specializing in performance work. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the University of Central Lancashire. You can learn more than you can ever possibly want to know about him at www.ajhartley.net.

Dr. Andrew Hartley is effectively two people.

At Amazon

As Andrew James Hartley he is UNC Charlotte’s Russell Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare studies, specializing in performance theory and practice. He is the author of various scholarly books including The Shakespearean Dramaturg, Shakespeare and Political Theatre, a performance history of Julius Caesar, essay collections on Shakespeare on the University stage and Shakespeare in Millennial fiction for Cambridge University Press, and numerous articles and book chapters on staging Renaissance drama. Dr. Hartley is currently working with Peter Holland of Notre Dame on a book on Shakespeare and geek culture, and has recently committed to editing Julius Caesar for the Arden 4th series. He was the editor of the performance journal Shakespeare Bulletin for Johns Hopkins UP for a decade, was resident dramaturg for Georgia Shakespeare, and is an honorary fellow of the University of Central Lancashire, UK. In the UNCC theatre department he regularly works as a director and dramaturg on Shakespeare productions, and heads up the Shakespeare in Action initiative which brings guest speakers to campus and helps fund visiting theatre companies and student scholarships for the annual study abroad trip to London and Stratford Upon Avon. In addition to teaching Shakespeare related classes, he also teaches occasional creative writing courses for the English department.

As A.J. Hartley he is the international and NY Times bestselling author of 22 novels in various genres for adults and younger readers.

STEEPLEJACK was released by Tor Teen in June 2016, won several awards including the Manly Wade Wellman Award and the International Thriller Writer’s YA (young adult) Award, and was named to Kirkus’s Best Teen Reads list and the ALA’s best YA books list. It was followed by FIREBRAND in 2017 which, like its predecessor, was nominated for a Dragon award. His other YA series, CATHEDRALS OF GLASS, is part of a special partnership with Tom DeLonge of Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves, with whom he is also writing the adult scifi series Sekret Machines. 2018 will see the publication of the 2nd book in that series (A Fire Within), the 2nd Cathedrals of Glass book (Valkrys Wakes), the 3rd Steeplejack book (Guardian), a YA stand alone novel grounded in the ghost stories of his childhood called Cold Bath Street, and an adult thriller called Lies That Bind Us (published under the pseudonym Andrew Hart, and to be followed by The Woman in Our House in 2019).

His early novels include the mystery/thrillers The Mask of Atreus, On the Fifth Day, What Time Devours and Tears of the Jaguar and the young adult fantasy adventures Act of Will and Will Power. The first of his Darwen Arkwright children’s fantasy trilogy (Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact) came out from Penguin/Razorbill in 2011 and won SIBA’s best YA novel of 2012. With David Hewson he has co-written two adaptations of Shakespeare plays as epic thrillers: Macbeth, a Novel (audio edition voiced by Alan Cumming) and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, a Novel (the audio book, performed by Richard Armitage, was named Audible’s book of the year for 2014).

Talk:

AJ will discuss the joys and terrors of writing for multiple publishers in different genres and for various age groups, discussing, among other things, the issues of identifying what kind of book you are writing and for whom (both in terms of audience and publishing system) and how you then determine what does and doesn't belong in it. He'll talk about the business implications of being an agent's nightmare and the unsung importance of creative whimsy.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, May 2, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet A.J. Hartley and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before noon on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS

June 6—Jacki Molnar, former detective who worked for a District Attorney’s Office

July 10 (Wednesday)—Sharon Baker, Giggies Bonding

The Coroner Calls, April 4th

We are fortunate to have Parks Evans returning after several years for our April 4 meeting. He has been the Greenville County, South Carolina, coroner since March 1981. A Greenville native, he attended Furman University.

His duties as coroner are death scene response and investigation, making positive identification, notifying next of kin, reports and record keeping, training and speaking engagements, and statistical reporting.

Mr. Evans will discuss some of his interesting cases, things that went wrong, and details and restrictions of the coroner’s duties.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, April 4th, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Parks Evans and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before noon on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS

May—A.J. Hartley

June—Jacki Molnar

Mystery Author, Judge, and Guppy Pres!

You don’t want to miss our monthly meeting on Thursday, March 7^th, because we are especially honored to have Judge Debra H. Goldstein, President of Sisters in Crime’s Guppy Chapter, as our guest speaker.

Judge Debra H. Goldstein is the author of One Taste Too Many, the first of Kensington’s new Sarah Blair cozy mystery series. She also wrote Should Have Played Poker and the 2012 IPPY Award winning Maze in Blue. Her short stories, including Anthony and Agatha nominated “The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place,” have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies, including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Weekly. Debra serves on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and is also president of the Southeast Chapter of MWA. You can find out more about Debra at www.DebraHGoldstein.com

 

In her talk, Debra will discuss "Following Your Passion – If You Allow Yourself to Discover It.”  In addition to discussing the highs and lows of writing and her journey, she’ll discuss how networking can make a difference, and the joy, albeit at different levels, that we all can find in writing.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, March 7th, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Debra Goldstein and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speakers will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before noon on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column.

If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS

April 4--Parks Evans, Greenville County Coroner
May 2--Author A.J. Hartley, who blurs the lines between scifi and thriller
June 6--Jacki Molnar, law enforcement officer with broad range of experience

Feb 7 -- Writing Fight Scenes, Self-Defense for Women

Howard and friend

Get ready for an extra-special meeting next month when SinC’s own Howard Lewis will provide a presentation on Martial Arts that will include a discussion of how to write fight scenes and self-defense for woman.

To examine writing fight scenes, Howard will start with generic scene guidelines. Then Howard will talk about how trained fighters approach a confrontation, what they think, and how they react. Engaging your readers in fight scenes will be compared to engaging your readers in sex scenes. If you can write one you can write the other. He’ll discuss what we can learn from Bruce Lee and how to use the Shaolin Temple’s five animals in designing altercations. You’ll read a fight scene as readers and then dissect it as writers. Bring any questions you have about fight scenes. Someone will know the answer.

Student Denise performing
a "Getaway" on Howard

You’ll read a fight scene as readers and then dissect it as writers.

Next he will look at how training women for self-defense differs from training for the martial arts, what a woman needs to know before an assault to help her mentally and psychologically survive an attack, and how women can use physiology and physics to “getaway.” Howard will touch on defense against a gun and how women can use weapons to defend themselves. Then the discussion will explain how writers can modify their manuscripts to actually help women’s mental attitude about defense.

There is still a lot of material. We’ll make it as far as we can.Howard Lewis modestly says he knows a little about writing and a lot about the martial arts. He studied Kung Fu for about 20 years and taught at the Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte for 10. The highest rank he holds is a fifth-degree black sash, or master, in the Esoma System of Kung Fu. He’s a certified instructor in Sil Lum Kung Fu, Esoma Kung Fu, Self Defense of Women, and Tai Chi for Arthritis. He has taught Martial Arts for Writers as a lecture, a hands-on class for the Writers’ Police Academy, and as an online course for the Kiss of Death Chapter of the Romance Writers of America.

Howard holds a fifth-degree black sash, or master,

in the Esoma System of Kung Fu.

MEETING DETAILS

Our monthly meeting will take place on Thursday, February 7th, at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Howard Lewis and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speakers will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before noon on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place an order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS

March 7—Debra Goldstein, judge, litigator, and author of the Sarah Blair mysteries
April 4--Parks Evans, Greenville County Coroner
May 2--Author A.J. Hartley, who blurs the lines between scifi and thriller
June 6--Jacki Molnar, law enforcement officer with broad range of experience