When the first note shows up at the restaurant where he works -- when he isn't designing costumes for a local theater -- Jim Foster laughs it off. When the notes keep coming, he doesn't find the fact that he might have a secret admirer quite so amusing. Alan North, a lonely, bookish customer at the restaurant, is too shy to even think of talking to Jim -- as much as he wants to. Then the killings begin. Two of Jim's friends are murdered in what appear to be muggings. However, the detective in charge of the cases believes they're more than that, and that Jim is either the killer ... or being stalked by one. When Jim and Alan finally connect, can they help find and stop the stalker, or will Alan end up dead before their budding relationship can become more than friendship?

His Secret Admirer

“You won’t believe this. I stilldon’t. He was jealous.”


“Of you?” Mazie looked at him in disbelief.


“Uh-huh. He thought I was straight, and trying to cut into his field of possible conquests. Then, when he found out I’m not…” He looked at the others. Some nodded, others seemed surprised, although they didn’t say anything. “Anyway, I guess he thought I was screwing around with him, since obviously I couldn’t be interested in women. So he decided to teach me a lesson. Of course I didn’t know any of that, when Alan and I decided to see if we could catch the killer, with the help of the police.”


“You thought it was someone you knew, who wanted you for himself and was eliminating the competition,” Mazie said while tying on her apron.


“Yeah. Our plan worked. Almost too successfully. Logan attacked Alan, but the cops stopped him before he could finish the job.”


“One question,” one of the waitresses said. “Who’s Alan?”


Chapter 35