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

The deputy returned at that moment. “There’s nothing upstairs that says he kept either of them prisoner up there,” he told Kingman before glaring at Wylie. “You could have warned me there’s a foot of dust in the attic.”


Wylie bit back a laugh. “Now where would the fun have been in that?”


It was apparent that Kingman found the exchange amusing from the glint of humor in his gaze as he stood. “I’m sorry for the inconvenience we caused you, Mr. Lewis.”


“No problem. I know it was unavoidable, all things considered.” Wylie was tempted to tell him to ignore any more tips that pointed him in his direction but refrained because he knew it wouldn’t do any good. He started toward the door to let them out, and then had a thought. “Could you give me a minute to get something?” he asked, getting a nod in return.


Hurrying up to his office, he got the map that Garry had created, and quickly made a copy which he brought downstairs to hand to Kingman.


Chapter 41