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

“You figure I’m safe out on my own?” Michael asked with a brief smile.


“During the day, in public? Yeah, I do. I doubt he’s going to take potshots at you. If that was his MO, he’d have used a gun to kill Ms. Lee instead of strangling her.”


“Probably,” Michael agreed. “Although a gunshot would have, well, might have been noticed by anyone who was home at the time, like me. At least, I guess I was. I don’t really know since Daniels hasn’t said anything to me about exactly what time it happened other than that it was last Sunday.”


“Probably because the ME hasn’t narrowed it down to a specific timeframe since the body wasn’t found until two days later.”


Chapter 13