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

“I’ll be right back,” Garry told him when they got to his house. He was, with Ziggy on a leash. “Where he gets his energy…” he grumbled when the Border collie dashed forward, only to be brought up short by the leash. He looked back at Garry as if to say, ‘Are you coming or not?’


“If nothing else, we’ll be worn out by the time we get back,” Wylie said, grinning as they tried to keep pace with Ziggy without resorting to running.


“That’s the idea. A good night’s sleep and everything will look better in the morning. And I shouldn’t have said that.”


“It’s okay, because you’re right.”


“Aren’t I always?” Garry replied with obviously feigned seriousness before his lips curled up in a smile seconds later.


“I haven’t known you that long, but so far I’d say so.”


“You’ll find out for sure as we get to know each other even better than we do now.”


Chapter 31