When Tony Watkins discovers a dead man in the elevator of his apartment building, he has no idea there will be more murders. When the second body is found, he and his friends at the club he goes to put their heads together to try to figure out what's happening and who the killer might be.<br><br>Kirk Logan is a man with problems. At twenty-nine, he still isn't out to his parents. On top of that, Tony thinks he's easy -- which is true -- and will have nothing to do with him, even though he wants to help Tony solve the murders. That is until he finally opens up to Tony about why he's the way he is.<br><br>What Tony learns about Kirk, in addition to a third murder, changes everything. Can Tony deal with his feelings for Kirk while trying, if possible, not to become the next murder victim?

The Elevator Murders

“Bill. We have an ID on the vic,” the second detective said from the apartment doorway. Sanders got up, telling Tony and Alan he’d be back in a few minutes.


“Do you think he believes me?” Tony asked Alan.


Alan smiled. “I think so. Your story is just crazy enough he probably figures no one would be dumb enough to make it up.”


“At least I have you to vouch for the fact I wasn’t on the elevator when the doors opened, couching over the dead body.”


Alan snorted. “I doubt even the stupidest killer would ride down with the person he’d just murdered.”


Tony got up, crossing the room to look out the window at the parking lot below him then up at the cloudy, blue sky. “If I’d moved faster. Called the police the minute I heard it…”


“It would still have been too late,” Alan said. “Those were probably the last words the guy said before he was stabbed. I’d say, from the fact no one else called the cops, nobody was home on the floor where it happened, to hear his cry for help.”


Chapter 3