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

“Probably not your best idea at the moment,” Reid agreed.


When they got to the parking garage in Michael’s building, Reid pulled into Michael’s spot since it was empty and, as he pointed out, closer to the elevator. He told Michael to wait in the car until he’d made certain no one was lurking on the emergency stairs or in the elevator. Then he beckoned for Michael to join him.


Getting off the elevator on Michael’s floor, Reid did as he had the previous evening and checked the hallway before they went down to the condo.


“We don’t have to search all the rooms,” Michael said when they got inside and it looked as if Reid was going to. “Not with the police monitoring the cameras.”


Reid smiled wryly. “You’re right, so let’s try to relax, starting with eating dinner.”


Michael took out the chicken breasts he’d remembered to move from the freezer to the fridge that morning. “We can fry these, or get fancier and make curried or stir-fried chicken.”


Chapter 25