Quinton Mann, a highly ranked CIA officer, is used to being called the Ice Man. He’s astounded to discover himself in a relationship with Mark Vincent, not because Vincent is a man, but because he’s a top-rated WBIS agent. There they are though, for a total of five glorious days. But when Mark uses the excuse of going to Massachusetts for his mother’s funeral to end their relationship, Quinn’s not buying it.<br><br>No one screws with Mark Vincent. Even Mark doesn't screw with himself. Once he realizes how close he's allowed Quinton Mann to get to him, he does what any self-respecting spy would do -- he makes tracks out of there. But Quinn does something no one else ever has -- he comes after Mark. Maybe this relationship thing with a spook isn’t such a bad idea.<br><br>Meanwhile, something strange is going on in the intelligence community worldwide. It takes Quinn’s disappearance while investigating a rogue antiterrorism organization that results in Mark making up his mind. Quinn may be a spook, but he’s Mark’s spook, dammit -- and once he gets Quinn home, he intends to keep him. He knows without a doubt he’ll find Quinn. The question is, will he find Quinn in time?

Not My Spook

“You’re welcome. If you really want to do something for me, keep an ear out for a vacant apartment. That fuck of a complex manager is throwing me out.”


“I should have realized you’d need to look for another apartment. They get kind of testy when you blow up their rentals.”


I scowled at him. “I did not blow up my apartment.” Where the fuck did people get that idea? “And stop laughing; you’re going to pull that tube in your side.”


“Okay, but just so you know, your old apartment above us is for rent again, if you want to take it for a while.”


“It’s empty, or are you going to evict someone?”


“It’s empty. It’ll just take some time to get it in shape again. That artist skipped out on us. Artist my ass. Con artist is more like it!”


Matheson interrupted me. “Mr. Vincent, is it all right if I leave now?” He was trying to keep his expression blank but wasn’t doing a good job.


Chapter 22