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

Reid waited until he was certain he was safely in the building before taking off, heading to the hotel where Trask had been killed. There were the usual compliment of gawkers hanging around outside, even though Reid was certain the body had been moved to the morgue a couple of hours earlier. Thankfully, as far as he was concerned, there were no reporters, which he figured had to do with the fact the murder had been discovered around eight and it was now almost midnight. They would have left by ten-thirty, after interviewing the police for their nightly news programs.


He went inside, flashed his ID at the desk clerk, asked where the police were, then walked down the hallway where the clerk pointed.


An officer he knew stopped him before he got to the restroom, saying, “You’re like a bad penny, Reid. You always show up. I can’t let you inside, but I’ll tell Daniels you’re here.”


Chapter 17