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

“A late-night snack, after you finish playing around?” She grinned knowingly.


Michael rolled his eyes, suggesting it was time to leave—which they did.


“First things first,” Reid said as soon as they got to his house.


“Yep. Then, we’ll get to what’s really important.” Reid took time to kiss Michael quite thoroughly before getting on his computer.


While Reid was writing and sending it off, Michael went into the kitchen to put the pizza in the fridge and make them coffee—giving Reid a cup when it was ready. Then he went over to the shelves in the living room to see what sort of books Reid read. Not too surprisingly, as far as he was concerned, there were true crime ones, and reference works relating to criminal investigation. There was also a shelf of sci-fi—hard sci-fi he discovered after taking a couple out to read the blurbs.


“Find something you like?” Reid asked, coming over.


Chapter 31