When Wylie Lewis sells his half of the detective agency he owned to move into the house his grandfather willed him in the small town of Earlston, he expects he'll have work to do refurbishing and redecorating it. He doesn't expect that Garry Parish, the handsome restaurant owner who lives two doors down, would offer his assistance, as well as put him in contact with Carl, a handyman who could do most of the manual labor.<br><br>Wylie also doesn't expect to be the sheriff's prime suspect when Nelly, a young woman who works for Garry, disappears a week after Wylie arrives in town. As if that isn't bad enough, a second woman, Emma, vanishes a few days later.<br><br>Wylie, Garry, and Carl team up to try to locate them before the sheriff decides to arrest Wylie, but things take a deadly turn when they find Nelly's body. Will they be able to discover who the killer is in time to save Emma, while Wylie and Garry deal with their growing attraction to each other? Or will Wylie become the killer's next target, with deadly results?

New Man in Town

Leaning back, he closed his eyes. They flew open when he felt someone shake his shoulder and heard Garry saying, “Falling asleep on the job?”


“An hour later than it was the last time I saw you,” Garry replied. “Why didn’t you go inside?”


Garry snorted as he opened the door. “He’d have licked you to death to show he was glad to have company.”


As if to prove his point, his dog, a medium-sized black and white border collie, bounced over to greet them as soon as they were inside. When Wylie held out his hand, the dog slathered his tongue over it.


“Sit, Ziggy,” Garry ordered. The dog obeyed, although it was obvious it was the last thing he wanted to do. “Good boy. Out?” Garry asked him.


Wylie was certain the dog would make a beeline for the door, but he didn’t. Unbelievably, he nodded his head. Garry winked at Wylie then told Ziggy, “Go.”


Chapter 21