Blaine Ayers and Lloyd Thomas are identical twins -- separated at birth, reunited by accident, and serial killers by choice. Two men, posing as one. Steve Cooke is a private investigator married to Gary Drake-Cooke, an interior decorator. The four men's paths cross when Blaine and Lloyd move into a house across the street from Steve and Gary. What happens next has the potential to change their lives forever -- for better or for worse. Warning: This story contains scenes of graphic violence.

Murderous Twins

“At least now we have an address for him,” Owen said when Steve finished. “Back to what I was telling you. Apparently, as soon as Gary stepped out of the building, he was attacked. The door is set in an alcove, giving Lloyd Thomas, or Ayers, the perfect cover without anyone seeing him. The maintenance manopened it, saw what was happening, and intervened before Ayers could finish the job. The one thing he heard was something like, ‘You deserve this, Father, for what you did to me.’ That was before he pulled Ayers off Gary and knocked him out. Then he called 911.”


“Thank God he was there.” Steve shuddered, envisioning what would have happened if the man hadn’t been. “So Lloyd Ayers is the serial killer?” he asked.


“We believe so. Despite the variance from his usual attack sites, the method was the same. Ayers had a pair of brass knuckles on one hand. He was wearing a plastic raincoat. Okay, that’s something we don’t know that he did in the previous attacks, but it makes sense.”


Chapter 25