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

“Michael? Detective Daniels. I have some news about Mr. Trask.”


“Sorry. Robert Trask. He’s the man you saw with Ms. Lee.”


“You found him?” Michael held the phone so Reid could listen in.


“We found his body, or rather a guest at the Mann Hotel did.”


Michael hissed in a breath. “He was murdered?”


“Yes. Strangled, like Ms. Lee, and left in a restroom stall. The guest who found him immediately called us.”


“Yes, Michael, I’m sure. I do know what I’m doing,” Daniels replied.


“I know. I’m sorry. I guess I should say I’m relieved, but…”


“If it connects with Ms. Lee’s murder, then maybe he wasn’t the man who killed her,” Reid said.


“I’m leaning in that direction,” the detective replied. “I won’t be able to say for certain for a while, one way or the other, but I thought you’d like to know.”


Michael thanked Daniels and they hung up. “I guess I can stop looking over my shoulder, now,” he said to Reid.


Chapter 16