When the crazy woman from hell, as he thinks of her, moves in next door to Michael, he isn't happy about it. When she's murdered, he's even less ecstatic, especially when he has to deal with a detective's suspicions and a nosy reporter.<br><br>Reid Hanson is a good reporter with a nose for a story. When he tries, and fails, to interview Michael, he's intrigued by the man's resistance. It takes all his persuasive powers to get Michael to open up to him about the murder ... and his past.<br><br>When Michael does, the two men set out to try and learn more about the woman's murder ... and a related one a week later. In the process they begin to fall for each other. Will their attraction come to fruition or will the killer manage to eliminate Michael, the only witness to his existence, before that happens?

Murder in the Condo Next Door

He found he couldn’t concentrate on the book because his thoughts went to the woman next door and the murder.


I was here most of Sunday. How could someone have killed her without my knowing? He knew that answer to that one. The building had thick walls. He rarely heard anything from the other units unless someone was doing upgrades on one of them that involved hammering and what have you. Even then, it had to be very loud, and on the weekend, because he was never home on weekdays.


Still, wouldn’t I have heard a shot? Or her screaming if someone was trying to strangle her? He was tempted to go ask the detective how she was killed, but the less he had to do with the police, the better.


Chapter 3